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Movie Name: Pani
Directed by: Joju George
Starring: Joju George, Abhinaya, Sagar Surya, Junaiz VP, Abhaya Hiranmayi, Seema, Chandini Sreedharan, Prashanth Alexander, Sujith Shankar, Bobby Kurian, Ranjith Velayudhan, Bitto Davis, Jayashankar, Lanka Lakshmi, Sona Maria Abraham, Dr Merlet Ann Thomas
Genre: Drama, Action, Thriller
Running Time: 141 Minutes
Release Date: 24 October, 2024
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Language: Malayalam
Budget: ₹ -Cr
When the peaceful married life of a couple is unexpectedly disrupted by two youngsters with criminal inclination, the trials and tribulations connect the mobster lives of Thrissur by becoming a part of vengeance.
Pani: Movie Overview
Pani is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Joju George (in his directorial debut). The film stars Joju, Abhinaya, Sagar Surya, Junaiz V. P., Abhaya Hiranmayi, Seema, Chandini Sreedharan, Prashanth Alexander, Sujith Shankar and Rinosh George.
Principal Photography commenced on 9 October 2023 in Thrissur, Kerala. The film features music and background score composed by Vishnu Vijay and Sam C. S.
Joju George was signed to direct and play a lead role in this film. Some of the major cast members were selected from Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 5, such as Sagar Surya and Junaiz VP. Abhinaya plays the female lead in this movie. The cast also includes Abhaya Hiranmayi, Seema, Chandini Sreedharan, Prashanth Alexander, Sujith Shankar in prominent roles.
The principal photography began on 9 October 2023, with a puja ceremony. It took more than 100 days to complete the shoot, wrapping up on 27 February 2024. Shooting took place in and around Thrissur, Kerala.
The music and original background score for this film was composed by Vishnu Vijay and Sam C. S. Muhsin Parari penned the lyrics for all the songs in the film.
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Movie Review:
Joju George’s violent gangster flick may be old wine in new bottle but is a good directorial debut
Joju George’s hyper violent film offers nothing new to the audience in terms of story but has been presented and shot well.
Actor Joju George has earned a name for himself through splendid performances in Malayalam cinema in films like Iratta, Trance, Malik, Nayattu, Pada, and Joseph. Now, he makes his directorial debut with Pani, which he also wrote. He is the lead in Pani, featuring Abhinaya, Sagar Surya, Junaiz VP, Seema, Bobby Kurian, Chandini Sreedharan, and Prashanth Alexander.
The movie is set in Thrissur where the audience is introduced to two young mechanics named Don (Sagar Surya) and Siju (Junaiz VP), who end up taking up a contract killing job to earn a quick ₹10 lakhs. They end up killing a man and stuffing him into an ATM, and this makes headlines. The city of Thrissur, which had been quiet for a long time, now erupts into action, and everyone, including the cops, wonders who is responsible for this murder. Don and Siju pocket the money, which they believe could make their life. However, their paths quickly cross Giri (Joju George), one of the most well-known dons in the city, and his wife Gouri (Abhinaya), and things take a nasty turn. Giri and his friends are a close-knit gang who are known for their criminal activity and are on the police radar, but they remain untouched by the law. So, what happens between these two men and Giri? Why are Giri and his men hunting down Don and Siju?
A worthy directorial debut
Joju George is a seasoned actor who has worked in numerous excellent crime thrillers. However, the story he has written for his debut directorial doesn’t present us with something novel and is literally old wine in a new bottle. It is a revenge drama that has been told many times before, and the actor has chosen to keep it simple yet infused with a lot of action and violence. The first half takes the usual trajectory one expects to find in this genre, and we see Giri as a loving family man who doesn’t voluntarily get involved in the nasty business. It is in the second half that Joju George has pushed the envelope with his character, and we find out really who Giri, the gangster, can be when his vulnerability is exposed and he’s backed up against the wall.
The character arc he has written for himself is laudable, as well as those of Don, Suni and his close friends. He is able to convey how Don and Suni’s psychopathic minds work, as well as Giri’s own friendships pithily in carefully crafted scenes. The action sequences are well done, and the chase scenes push up the energy levels too. Having said that, the film could be a tad too violent (in the second half) for some people, but the crime possibly justifies this.
