Salalah Mobiles

Salalah Mobiles
Film poster
Directed by	Sharath A. Haridaasan
Produced by	Anto Joseph
Written by	Sharath A. Haridaasan
Starring	Santhanam Nazriya Nazim Siddique V._K._Sreeraman
Music by	Gopi Sunder
Cinematography	Satheesh M Kurup
Distributed by	PJ Entertainments Europe, Tricolor Entertainment Aus/Nz/Singapore
Release dates	23 January 2014 (2014-01-23)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Salalah Mobiles is a 2014 Malayalam romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Sharath A. Haridaasan, starring Dulquer Salmaan, Nazriya Nazim and Jacob Gregory. The movie was released in theaters worldwide on 23 January 2014 and it received negative reviews from the audience.^[1] The film is produced by Anto Joseph under the banner of Anto Joseph Film Company and features music composed by Gopi Sunder, whilst cinematography is handled by Satheesh Kurup and is edited by Zian Sreekanth.^[2] Lyrics have been done by Santhosh Varma, Alankode Leelakrishnan, B.K. Harinarayanan and Sharath A. Haridaasan.^[1]

Plot

Afsal (Dulquer Salmaan) is a lazy fellow who sleeps till 11AM. His mother (Geetha) is so worried about him. Once, when his uncle comes from Salalah, Oman, he tells him that he can get a job over there. Afsal rejects it saying 'Working is slavery'. He tells that he want to set a mobile shop and needs fund for it. His uncle accepts it with one condition that the shop should be named 'Salalah Mobiles'. Afsal appoints his childhood friend Binoy (Jacob Gregory) as his assistant. There was a bus stop in front of the shop and every morning a college going girl (Nazriya Nazim) comes there. Afsal falls in love at first sight. He comes to know that her name is Shahana and his childhood classmate and enemy Manaf has a crush on her. After some days he goes to Coimbatore to get some stock. There he meets Azhagarsamy (Santhanam), a genius who has made many unbelievable applications. Afsal plans to purchase some of his apps. In the bar, when they were just talking Afsal calls Azhagarsamy a 'genius'. Azhagarsamy, who is so excited, gifts Afsal his mobile tapping app. Afsal returns back to his place and there this virus spreads through messages and Afsal starts hearing every callers. Slowly people come to know about it and it becomes a big case.

Cast

• Dulquer Salmaan as Afsal
• Nazriya Nazim as Shahana
• Jacob Gregory as Binoy
• Anwar Shereef - Abdul Manaf
• Santhanam as Azhagarsamy
• Siddique as Ajay Chacko IPS
• Geetha as Safiyumma
• Narayanankutty as Ramachandran PC
• Tini Tom as Venu Maash
• Mamukkoya as Mammad
• Jose as Salauddeen
• S.P.Sreekumar as Hari, Afsal's friend
• Ramesh Pisharody as Shajahan
• Janardanan in a guest role as Kodaangi
• Raveendran in a guest role as Hawala dealer
• V. K. Sreeraman (Voice Character) as Shahana's estranged father

Production

Development

Sharath A Haridaasan, who had been working behind the screen for the last 13 years as a scriptwriter, short-film director, editor and producer is gearing up to undertake a project which can be a big step in his career. His directorial works include 'The Dominion', 'The Rituals of Fire' and few other short wildlife films in Africa(Kenya). ‘Salala Mobiles’ was his first commercial movie. Sharath who directed an advertisement for Kalyan Jewellers in 2004 with actor Mammootty, is directing his son Dulquer Salmaan for his debut movie after 9 years. Sharath also owns two companies; Watercolor Pictures and Brand Pinaki Integrated Media which is having offices at Dubai, Chennai and Kozhikode. Sheikh Elahi was initially chosen to direct music, giving importance to Sufi music. But he was later replaced with Gopi Sunder.

Casting

The pre-production started in September 2012 with an earlier production company, and in November 2012, after Anto Joseph Film Company took the project, Dulquer Salmaan was roped in to play the lead role.^[3] Unlike his other roles he was cast to play a young lad who works in a mobile phone shop.^[4] Many heroines were considered to play the heroine, but Nazriya Nazim was finalized. Nazriya who was then busy in Tamil with Dhanush's Naiyandi, Arya's Raja Rani and Jai's Thirumanam Ennum Nikka, had joined the sets on the first day.^[5] Jacob Gregory who had acted alongside Dulquer Salmaan in the film ABCD, was cast by the friend ship of two actors to play a prominent role.^[6] Tamil comedian Santhanam was signed by the director to play a Tamilian,^[7] who is a mobile application developer. Sharath A. Haridaasan said, "Santhanam plays Azhagarsamy, a complex and mysterious personality, who at times even triggers doubt as to whether he is a human being" and that it was a "prominent role that manoeuvres the story to its turning point".^[8]

Filming

The shoot of the film had begun on 17 August 2013 at Kozhikode.^[9] The film's primary shooting locations were Kozhikode, Kodungaloor, Kottayam and Coimbatore.^[10] The first schedule of shooting of 'Salala Mobiles' ended on 10 September. The second schedule started on 25 September after a 14 day break, and went on till mid October. The songs were filmed in a separate third schedule towards end of October 2013 in Rajasthan and Kozhikode. Santhanam's portion was shot in a day at AVM Studio, Chennai on December 8, 2013.

Soundtrack

References

External links

• Salalah Mobiles at the Internet Movie Database