Moothon
2019 Indian film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moothon (transl.ā The Elder One),[1] also known internationally as The Elder One,[2] is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film[3][4] written and directed by Geetu Mohandas, and jointly produced by S. Vinod Kumar, Anurag Kashyap, Ajay G. Rai and Alan McAlex. Featuring a bilingual narrative in the Jeseri dialect of Malayalam and Arabic, the film stars Nivin Pauly, Shashank Arora, Sobhita Dhulipala, Melissa Raju Thomas, Sanjana Dipu and Roshan Mathew. Hindi-language dialogues were written by Anurag Kashyap. The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and received a positive critical response. It was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade and is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the New Wave Movement.[5]
Moothon (The Elder one) | |
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Directed by | Geetu Mohandas |
Written by | Geetu Mohandas |
Hindi Dialogues by | |
Produced by | Anurag Kashyap S. Vinod Kumar Ajay G. Rai Alan McAlex |
Starring | Nivin Pauly Shashank Arora Sanjana Dipu Sobhita Dhulipala Melissa Raju Thomas Roshan Mathew |
Cinematography | Rajeev Ravi |
Edited by | B. Ajithkumar Kiran Das |
Music by | Sagar Desai Shashank Arora |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Mini Studio |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | India |
Languages | Malayalam Hindi |