Alone is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language thriller film directed by Shaji Kailas, written by Rajesh Jayaraman, and produced by Antony Perumbavoor through Aashirvad Cinemas. It stars Mohanlal as Kalidas, the only character who appears in the film, the film also features some voice roles. 4 Musics composed the film's background score.
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Directed by | Shaji Kailas |
Written by | Rajesh Jayaraman |
Produced by | Antony Perumbavoor |
Starring | Mohanlal |
Cinematography | Abinandhan Ramanujam Pramod K. Pillai |
Edited by | Don Max |
Music by | 4 Musics |
Production company | Aashirvad Cinemas |
Distributed by | Aashirvad Release |
Release date | 2022 |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Principal photography was completed in 18 days from September to October 2021.
Mohanlal plays Kalidas, who works for Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He is the only actor appearing in the film.
Shaji Kailas said that Alone was developed after Mohanlal put forward a proposal to make a "small film" during the COVID-19 pandemic in India to help unemployed workers in film industry during the pandemic. For which, producer Antony Perumbavoor enquired for potential stories, to whom Kailas suggested a single character film about a man named Kalidas who gets trapped in Kerala during the pandemic while travelling from Coimbatore.[2] Mohanlal and Kailas were collaborating for a film after 12 years. The screenplay was written by Rajesh Jayaraman. The title was announced on 4 October 2021. By then, filming had already begun.[3] The title comes with the tagline "real heroes are always alone".[4]
Principal photography of the film began on 27 September 2021.[3] Filming was concluded on 22 October. The whole filming process was completed in 18 days.[5] Kailas took the project after he had begun the production of Kaduva and was shot during its break.[2] Abinandhan Ramanujam and Pramod K. Pillai was the cinematographers. Production design was done by Santhosh Raman.[3] Kailas' son Jagan Shaji Kailas worked as an assistant director in the film.[4] Mohanlal began dubbing in May 2022.[6]
Initially, Jakes Bejoy was attached as the music composer,[4] however, he was replaced by 4 Musics.
In November 2021, it was reported that Alone would be releasing on a digital streaming platform.[7] In June 2022, Kailas revealed that the film would be releasing on an OTT platform in August 2022.[2] On 21 October 2022, a teaser of the film was released announcing the film will have a theatrical release.
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