minnal murali

 

itten by	Arun Anirudhan Justin Mathew
Produced by	Sophia Paul
Starring	Tovino Thomas Guru Somasundaram
Cinematography	Sameer Thahir
Edited by	Livingston Mathew
Music by	Score: Sushin Shyam Songs: Shaan Rahman Sushin Shyam
Production company	Weekend Blockbusters
Distributed by	Netflix
Release dates	16 December 2021 (Mumbai Film Festival) 24 December 2021 (Netflix)
Running time	159 minutes[1]
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹18 Crore ($2.5 Million)

Minnal Murali (transl. Lightning Murali) is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language superhero film directed by Basil Joseph and produced by Sophia Paul, under the banner of Weekend Blockbusters. The script is written by Arun Anirudhan and Justin Mathew. The film stars Tovino Thomas and Guru Somasundaram, and follows the life of Jaison (Tovino Thomas), a young tailor who gains superpowers after being struck by lightning, and transforms into a superhero.

The film was formally announced in January 2019, but due to the extensive pre-production works, the film's principal photography took place during December 2019. Though shooting got disrupted twice following the two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and the vandalism of a church set by right-wing groups, the makers managed to complete the shoot within July 2021. The film was predominantly shot in Kerala, with few sequences being shot at Hassan in Karnataka. The music of the film was composed by Shaan Rahman and Sushin Shyam, with Shyam also composing the background score, whereas cinematography of the film was handled by Sameer Thahir and editing done by Livingston Mathew.

The film was set for a theatrical release in late-2020, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2021, the makers announced that the film will be released directly through the streaming platform Netflix, as a result of closure of theatres due to the pandemic. It was premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival on 16 December, and was premiered worldwide on the occasion of Christmas Eve (24 December 2021).^[2][3] It received critical acclaim praising performance of cast (especially Tovino Thomas and Guru Somasundaram), story, direction, action sequences, visual effects, climax and the music, with many critics calling it the "best superhero film of India".