Anuragam (transl. Love or passion) is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Shahad Nilambur and written by Aswin Jose. It is produced by Premachandran AG and Sudhish N under the banners of Lakshminath Creations and Satyam Cinemas. The film stars Aswin Jose, Gouri Kishan, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Lena, Johny Antony and Devayani, alongside Sheela, Sudheesh, Manikandan Pattambi, Durga Krishna and Jaffer Idukki in supporting roles.[1] This film marks the comeback of Devayani after a gap of 6 years in Malayalam movies.
Anuragam was theatrically released on 5 May 2023.
Cast[edit]
- Aswin Jose as Aswin
- Gouri G. Kishan as Janani
- Gautham Vasudev Menon as Shankar, Janani's father
- Lena as Devika, Janani's mother
- Johny Antony as Jose
- Devayani as Mercy, Aswin's mother
- Moozi as Moosi
- Sheela as Jose's mother
- Sudheesh as Father
- Manikandan Pattambi as Ravi
- Durga Krishna as Neetha
- Jaffar Idukki as Moosi's father
- Balaji Sharma as advocate
Production[edit]
The filmmaker announced that Gautham Vasudev Menon and Ashwin Jose in lead role[2] and earlier the production team announced the film will release in October 2022.[3] The first look poster of the film was released in November 2022 by Dileesh Pothan.[4] Later Gautham Vasudev Menon featuring song was released [5] and Trailer was released in April
2023.[6] Debutant Joel Jones has arranged the songs to the lyrics of Tito P Thangachan.[7]