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== Crew ==
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Kandahar
Directed byMajor Ravi
Written byMajor Ravi
Produced bySunil C. Nair (under Zoe Estebe Moviez) and Mohanlal (under Pranavam Arts International)
StarringMohanlal
Amitabh Bachchan
Ganesh Venkatraman
Sumalatha
Parvathy Omanakuttan
Kaveri Jha
Ananya
CinematographyRavi Varman, Velraj
Edited byDon Max
Music byShameer Tandon
Distributed byAashirvad Release
through Maaxlab
Release date
16 December 2010
CountryTemplate:Film India
LanguagesMalayalam (Original)
Tamil (Dubbed)
Hindi (Dubbed)
Telugu (Dubbed)
Budget 8 Crores

Kandahar is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Major Ravi starring Mohanlal, reprising his role from the sequels as Major Mahadevan. Amitabh Bachchan and Ganesh Venkatraman also play roles in the project.

The film is expected to be dubbed and released in Tamil and Hindi. The film is said to be based on the hijacking incident of the Indian Airlines Flight 814.[1][2][3] The sound recording of this movie is done by Dr. Resul Pookutty. This movie is produced by Sunil Nair under the banner Zoe Estebe Moviez Pvt. Ltd. and Mohanlal under Pranavam Arts International.

Cast

Actor Role
Mohanlal Major Mahadevan
Amitabh Bachchan Lokanathan Sharma
Ganesh Venkatraman Suryanathan Sharma
Parvathy Omanakuttan
Sumalatha Wife of Lokanathan Sharma
Kaveri Jha Air hostess
Ananya
Lal
K.P.A.C. Lalitha
Major Ravi
Anoop Chandran
N. L. Balakrishnan
Pradeep Chandran
Saaju Attingal
Kannan Pattambi
Major Kishore
Captain Anil
Haneef Kumaranellur
Jaffer Idukki

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Crew

  • Direction: Major Ravi
  • Production: Zoe Estebe Moviez Pvt. Ltd. in association with Pranavam Arts International
  • Distributor: Aashirvad Release through Maaxlab
  • Music: Shamir Tandon
  • Background Score: Vivek.v.k
  • Title Animation:Panache entertainment
  • Cinematography: Ravi Varman and Velraj
  • Editing: Don Max
  • Sound Recordist: Dr. Resul Pookutty
  • Stunt Coordinator: Shakthi
  • Story, Script, Dialogues: Major Ravi
  • Art: Rajeevan
  • Production Controller: Kannan Pattambi
  • Production Executive: Badhusha
  • Production Managers: Jolly, Abu Thahir
  • Lyrics: Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma
  • Makeup: Ratheesh Ambadi
  • Costumes: Sai
  • Dance: Cool Jayanth
  • Chief Associate Director: Kudamalur Rajaji
  • Associate Director: Arun Varma
  • Assistant Directors: John Robinson, P Sundhar, Vinod Ram, Yesudas K.J(Taj), Ranjith Mohan, Bosmi Chandrabos
  • Stills: Rajesh

Casting

Mohanlal plays the lead role and is serving as the film's producer. Several other artists from Tamil cinema were initially approached to play secondary lead roles as well, including Surya Sivakumar and Arun Vijay, who all cited date conflicts. Later, Ganesh Venkatraman was finalized for a role. Amitabh Bachchan was also approached for a "small guest appearance" in the film, to which he agreed. According to his blog, he did not ask for any compensation for his appearance in the film. His son in the film is played by Ganesh Venkatraman.[4] Later, models Parvathy Omanakuttan and Ragini Dwivedi were signed up to play supporting roles.[5][6]

Locations

At a press conference, Major Ravi reported that the aeroplane sequences of the film would be shot in Russia. Other locations include Ooty and New Delhi.

Release

The film is scheduled to release on 9 December 2010.

Major Mahadevan series

Mohanlal had previously acted in the Dasanum Vijayanum film series (Nadodikattu, Pattanapravesham and Akkare Akkare Akkare).

Previous films of the series were successes all over Kerala, playing in Kirtichakra for 100 days and in Kurukshetra 50 days.

Jeeva played a supporting role in Kirtichakra and Siddique in Kurukshetra. This time Ganesh Venkatraman is playing the supporting role.

Soundtrack

Untitled

The soundtrack features four songs composed by "Shameer Tandon", with lyrics by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma.

Track # Song Singer(s) Duration
1 " " 3:54
2 "" " 4:22
3 " " 4:36
4 " " 4:08

Trivia

  • Recent news reports that Sonu Niigaam has rendered a patriotic song titled "Naman hai", for the movie which hits the highest note in human vocal registry without voice cracking. And it also marks the debut song of Sonu Niigaam in Malayalam music industry.[7]

References