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Street Lights (film)

This article is about the film. For other uses, see Streetlight (disambiguation).

Street Lights is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by cinematographer Shamdat in his directorial debut. The film is produced by Mammootty under his banner Playhouse Motion Pictures and starring himself alongside a different supporting cast in each language. The film features Soubin Shahir, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Hareesh Perumanna, and Lijomol Jose, who play pivotal roles in Malayalam. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil with Prithvi Rajan, Pandi, Pandiarajan, and Sreeram playing pivotal roles.

Street Lights
First Look Poster
Directed byShamdat Sainudeen
Written byFawaz Mohamed
Produced byMammootty
Starring
CinematographySadat Sainudeen
Edited byManoj
Music byAdarsh Abraham
Neha Nair and Yakzan Gary Pereira (score)
Production
company
Playhouse Motion Pictures
Distributed byPlayhouse Release
Release date
  • 26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)[1]
Running time
129 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

The principal photography began on 24 March 2017 and was conducted in Kochi, Pollachi, and Chennai.[2] Malayalam version was released on 26 January 2018.[1]

Plot

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This film begins with a chase scene where two security guards are chasing two thieves wearing masks, catching up to them only to be beaten down by a third thief. They return to their hideout to reveal that they were unable to crack the safe but were able to yank off a rare Rs. 5 crore (or $724,000) necklace off of the homeowner’s neck. The homeowners call their nephew James, who is a police detective, investigates it. The thieves are chased by the police and Sachi the second thief hides it in a bag. The bag is later taken by Mani, a boy. Soon after the chase James reveals that Murugan the third thief is a notorious criminal with a grudge on James as he killed Murugan's elder brother Manimaran. Finally the necklace reaches James and he catches Murugan and kills him.

Cast

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Malayalam version:

Tamil version:

Production

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Development

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Cinematographer Shamdat is marking his directorial debut.[3] Eager to direct a film, he watched many short films, and one of them led him into contacting its maker Fawaz Mohamed. After Shamdat told his idea to Fawaz, Fawaz developed the content into a story within a week.[4] In 2016, Shamdat narrated the story to Mammootty at the sets of The Great Father, which he agreed to act and to produce.[5] Originally scripted in Malayalam, the story featuring a certain Tamil-speaking characters and portions to be set in Tamil Nadu prompted the makers to make the film in Tamil also.[6] Shamdat's initial idea of different production of film, as first in Malayalam and Tamil thereafter, was advanced to the simultaneous filming of both versions, since Mammootty was ready to finance also the Tamil version. Dialogues for Tamil version were written by Shamdat himself, while Malayalam dialogues along with script are credited to Fawaz Mohamed, who is also debutant.[5][4][7][8] Shamdat does not include the film in any specific genre such as action, crime or suspense, and wants to call it an "entertainment thriller".[9]

Casting and filming

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The principal photography began on 24 March 2017 in Kochi, planned to be completed in a single schedule. Shamdat's brother Sadat Sainudeen was the cinematography.[10] Mammootty had allotted his 20 days of date.[11][6] An accident occurred during filming of a fight sequence held at Mattancherry, causing Vishnu Unnikrishnan an injury to his right hand wrist. He was prescribed two weeks' rest by the doctors and, subsequently, was replaced by Dharmajan Bolgatty.[12][13] Lijomol Jose was offered a role by Shamdat during the shooting of her film Kattappanayile Rithwik Roshan.[14][15] In Tamil version, a prominent role is played by Prithvi Rajan, who is placed at the way of a probe conducted by Mammootty, with few collaboration scenes between them, while he also leads a romantic comedy track, paired with Lijomol's character. Rajan's father, Pandiarajan, also plays an important role.[16][8] Stunt choreographer Stunt Silva was cast for the antagonist, whose real looks and style were retained for the character.[17]

In the case of filming, Tamil scenes were shot first, followed by Malayalam.[16] In order to minimize the production cost and expedite the filming, only perfected shots based on finalized script were taken, and big monitors and crew were avoided. Filming was done with camera hidden at places like bus stands. Sound design was by Renganaath Ravee; sounds taken from day and night were used in the film.[18] Tamil version is based in Chennai.[8] According to the director, both versions were treated differently, in such a way that Malayalam features more humour while Tamil a serious narrative.[19] Filming of both films completed in 35 days.[5] In November 2017, the makers also planned to dub the film into Telugu.[20][21][22][2] Mammootty himself dubbed in three languages.[4]

Release

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In November 2017, it was reported that release of the film is rescheduled to January 2018 because of the Telugu dubbing works.[22][21][20] Malayalam version was released on 26 January 2018 in India and GCC countries.

Soundtrack

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Adarsh Abraham who was a programmer under Ouseppachan debuted as composer in the film, which comprises four songs. Neha Nair and Yakzan Gary Pereira duo composed film's score.[18][8][23]

Soundtrack
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kaalamellam"Manu ManjithHaricharan3:27

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mammootty's 'Street Lights' release postponed". The News Minute. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Anjana George (13 November 2017). "Mammootty's multilingual Streetlights will hit the theatres in January". Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  3. ^ Bipin Babu (18 September 2015). "അഭിനയം പഠിച്ചു ക്യാമറമാനായി". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b c C. V. Siniya (15 January 2018). "മമ്മൂക്കയുടെ ഡിസിപ്ലിനാണ് എന്നെ ആകര്ഷിച്ചത്: ഷാംദത്ത്". Asianet News (in Malayalam). Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b c Priya Sreekumar (21 October 2017). "Streetlights turn spotlight on Shamdat Sainudheen". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b Manoj Kumar R (18 January 2018). "Street Lights trailer: Looks like Mammootty got his groove back". Indian Express. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Mammootty's upcoming crime thriller titled 'Streetlights'". Times of India. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d M Suganth (13 January 2018). "Kamal sir felt that an English title will help my film stand apart: Shamdat Sainudeen". Times of India. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  9. ^ Our Correspondent (11 January 2018). "Mammootty's 'Street Lights' is not an action thriller: director clarifies". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 10 January 2018. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ Farsana Jaleel (22 March 2017). "Mammootty to produce Street Lights". Vellinakshathram. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Mammootty to play an investigating officer in Shamdat's directorial debut". The News Minute. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  12. ^ Deepika Jayaram (25 March 2017). "Vishnu Unnikrishnan gets injured, while shooting for Mammootty's film". The Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  13. ^ Anjana George (28 March 2017). "Dharmajan replaces the injured Vishnu Unnikrishnan in Shamdat-Mammootty movie". The Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  14. ^ Meera Manu (27 March 2017). "Keeping fingers crossed: Lijomol Jose". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  15. ^ Asha Prakash (24 March 2017). "Maheshinte Prathikaram fame Lijomol Jose in Streetlights". The Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  16. ^ a b Anupama Subramanian (13 October 2017). "Prithivi Pandiarajan excited to work with Mammootty". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  17. ^ Mythili Ramachandran (23 January 2018). "Mammootty's 'Street Lights' is a thriller, but not a dark one". Gulf News. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  18. ^ a b "എന്റര്ടെയിന്മെന്റ് ത്രില്ലർ ആണ് സ്ട്രീറ്റ് ലൈറ്റ്‌സ്: ഷാംദത്ത് സൈനുദ്ദീൻ" [Street Lights is an entertainment thriller: Shamdat Sainudeen]. Deepika (in Malayalam). 24 January 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  19. ^ Meera Suresh (11 October 2017). "'Streetlights is not a dark movie, but an entertainer'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  20. ^ a b "സ്ട്രീറ്റ് ലൈറ്റ്സ് തെലുങ്കിലും" [Street Lights also in Telugu]. Kerala Kaumudi (in Malayalam). 7 November 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  21. ^ a b "Mammootty's 'Street Lights' to release in Telugu?". The News Minute. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  22. ^ a b HT Correspondent (17 November 2017). "Mammootty's crime thriller Street Lights to release in 2018". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 January 2018. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  23. ^ Deepa Soman (22 January 2018). "'Street Lights' song has Crispin and Sonia making a comeback!". Times of India. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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