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Directed by | Nishad Ebrahim |
Written by | Nishad Ebrahim |
Produced by | Muhsina Nishad Ebrahim |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Abhilash Sankar |
Edited by | Noufal Abdullah |
Music by |
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Production company | Mascot Productions |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Amala is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by Nishad Ebrahim, starring Srikanth, Rajisha Vijayan, Anarkali Marikar and Appani Sarath .[1] Srikanth's character speaks in Tamil in the film.[2][3][4][5][6] and was an official selection at 2021 Chennai International Film Festival.[7]
The film was scheduled to release on 26 May 2023, but was postponed and the film was released on 16 June 2023.[8]
Amala focus on an investigation of a murder with ACP Akbar Ali is assigned to find the murderer. Meantime, inside the forest, lives two girls alone in a house. Akbar Ali finds out some similarities in both the cases and the presence of a psycho-killer comes into the picture. The investigation leads to the childhood of the psycho-killer and it opens up the pandora of the mental state of the murderer who still have evil plans on many, whom he believe have destroyed his childhood.[9]
Tamil actor Srikanth was signed to play the lead role, alongside Anarkali Marikar[10] and Appani Sarath, who were already cast in the film.[3] Sajitha Madathil[11][12] later joined the cast, and Gopi Sundar was signed as the film's music director.[13] Lead actor Anarkali Marikar mentioned that Nishad Ebrahim and Muhsina Nishad Ebrahim have been involved in the production of Amala for over 6 years.[14] Anarkali Marikar and Appani Sarath were the first actors to sign for Amala in 2017.[15]
Aswin Bharadwaj from Lensmenreviews gave a thumbs-down to the film, stating it as a thriller that becomes highly annoying due to amateur presentation, despite having an ambitious one-liner.[16] Arun Ramachandran of South First wrote that the film is a decent watch about serial killings, featuring an intense story that picks up after the interval block. He also praised Appani Sharath's performance.[17]