Solo (2017 film)

Solo is an upcoming bilingual Indian romantic thriller film written and directed by Bejoy Nambiar, starring Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role. Shot simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil, production began during November 2016. The movie was initially planned to be made only in Malayalam but later was decided to shot simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil.

Cast

Production

In September 2016, Bejoy Nambiar revealed that he was preparing a script for a Malayalam film starring Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role. Nambiar stated that he would also produce the venture under his home studio, Getaway Films, in association with Abaam Movies.^[1][2] The following month, the film was titled as Solo and Nambiar revealed that it would be simultaneously shot and released in Tamil.^[3][4]

The film began production on 14 November 2016 in Kochi, with Chennai-based model Arthi Venkatesh making her debut as a leading actress in the film.^[5][6] The first schedule was completed within ten days, with the team shooting for up to twelve hours a day. Anson Paul and actress Ann Augustine were added to the film to play a couple.^[7][8] Following a production break, the second shooting schedule began in March 2017 in Kochi and then moved to Mumbai, following the completion of Dulquer's filming work for Comrade in America (2017).^[9] Actress Sruthi Hariharan joined the project during the second schedule, as did actresses Sai Tamhankar and Asha Jayaram for two further leading female roles.^[10][11] Actors Manoj K. Jayan, Prakash Belawadi and filmmaker Qaushiq Mukherjee also joined the cast during the second schedule, while Govind Menon and Siddharth Menon were signed as the film's music composers along with other composers and also agreed to play musicians in the film.^[12][13] R. Parthiepan also revealed that he had signed to work on the film in a supporting role.^[14]

The third schedule for film was started in Kochi during April 2017, with several more additions to the cast. Actress Dhansika was signed to play a leading role of a visually-challenged dancer, while actors Sathish, John Vijay, Sheelu Abraham and Soubin Shahir also joined the team.^[15][16] The team moved to film another segment of the anthology in Lonavala during May 2017 with actors Dino Morea, Neha Sharma and Deepti Sati playing further roles. Nassar and Suhasini also joined the team during the schedule to portray parents of Dulquer's character in the segment.^[17]

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