Kali (transl. Rage) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed and co-produced by Sameer Thahir. It stars Dulquer Salmaan and Sai Pallavi in lead roles.[1][2] It is the second collaboration of Thahir and Salmaan, after Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi (2013).[3]

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Kali
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sameer Thahir
Written by	Rajesh Gopinadhan
Produced by	Ashiq Usman Shyju Khalid Sameer Thahir
Starring	Dulquer Salmaan Sai Pallavi
Cinematography	Gireesh Gangadharan
Edited by	Vivek Harshan
Music by	Gopi Sundar
Production company	Hand Made Films
Distributed by	Central Pictures
Release date	26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

The film was shot in Kochi, Vagamon, Athirappilly, Masinagudi, and Gudalur.[4]

Kali was released on 26 March 2016 to critical and commercial success.[5] It has since been remade in Kannada as Kidi.[6] The film was dubbed and released into Telugu as Hey Pillagada in November 2017.[7]

Plot

Siddharth suffers from anger issues,finding it difficult to control himself for petty issues. He is in love with his classmate Anjali, where the duo get married after their graduation against the wishes of their parents. With the help of his friends, Siddharth gets a job at a bank in Kochi. Anjali tells Sidharth that he should control his anger for which anger management schools can be attended. Anjali's parents invite them for Anjali's brother's engagement where Anjali tells her to make her father call Siddharth. Sidharth concentrates on his work to bring down his anger and encounters foolish customers, much to his irritation.

In one such instance, Anjali breaksup with Siddharth mentioning that she cannot lead a life with him. Siddharth offers to take her home at Masinagudi in Tamil Nadu. On the way, a trucker named Chakkara overtakes without warning, which almost causes the couple to crash. Furious, Siddharth follows Chakkara and successfully overtakes him, but Anjali begs him to leave the matter. On their way, They stop at a restaurant for dinner, which is headed by a ruthless gangster named John. The couple learns that Chakkara is also one of John's henchmen. Siddharth gets into trouble due to his temper and learns that Chakkara is interested in Anjali.

Siddharth is about to get into a fight with Chakkara, but Anjali stops him. When both of them realize they don't have cash, The hotel staff suggest one of them to leave and bring the cash from the nearby ATM. Anjali doesn't want to live alone, and leaves for the ATM, Though she lacks driving skills. After she leaves, Chakkara leaves the restaurant. Fearing for worse, Siddharth tries to contact Anjali, who is also unable to contact Siddharth due to lack of network and doesn't find any ATM. She notices Chakkara's truck following and trying to scare her so that she cannot drive the car in the lonely road. She continues driving, but is unable to escape as it is a one-way road.

Fearing Anjali's safety, Siddharth tries to escape from the restaurant, but is captured by the henchmen and is locked in a room. Anjali keeps on driving where another trucker, who had noticed the couple in the restaurant witnesses the chase. Siddharth tries to escape from the room where a young boy opens the locked room. Siddharth steps into the middle of a gang war. At the same time, Chakkara corners Anjali when her car gets stuck in the mud, but escapes when the other trucker arrives on the scene with police which enables Anjali to escape from Chakkara's cruel intentions. Anjali, along with the police, arrives back at the restaurant to find John injured and Siddharth with a knife.

Siddharth is arrested, but John reports to the police that the restaurant's previous owner arrived with a gang to kill him. Siddharth and Anjali continue their journey where Siddharth apologize to Anjali and promises to control his anger, though which can't be done overnight and tells her that he’s sure he change with her by his side and Anjali agrees. On the way, they encounter Chakkara, whose truck has broken down. Siddharth decides to leaves him, but Anjali, who is furious with Chakkara, refuses to forgive him for harassing her. Anjali stops the car as a sign to tell Siddharth that something must be done and so he steps out to vent his anger with Anjali's complete approval and charges towards Chakkara.

Cast

• Karthik Vishnu as Waiter Boy

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Gopi Sunder and the soundtrack was released on 11 March 2016 by Satyam Audios.[8][9][10]

Adaptations

It has been remade in Kannada as Kidi.[11] The film was dubbed and released into Telugu as Hey Pillagada in November 2017.[12]

Box office

IBTimes reported that the film collected ₹2.33 crore (US$290,000) in the opening day from Kerala; breaking the previous record of Loham (2015) to become the highest Malayalam opener. It grossed ₹5.89 crore after 3 days.[13]

The total earnings of the movie in 27 days from the US box office is ₹28.84 lakh (US$36,000),[14] and ₹30.18 lakh (US$38,000) from 3rd weekend from UK box office.[15] The film is reported to have collected ₹16.4 crore at the Kerala box office.[16][17]

References

External links

• Kali at IMDb