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Monster is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by Vysakh, written by Udaykrishna, and produced by Antony Perumbavoor through Aashirvad Cinemas. The film stars Mohanlal as Lucky Singh, along with Lakshmi Manchu, Lena, Honey Rose, Siddique, Sudev Nair, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, and Jess Sweejan. The original music was composed by Deepak Dev.

Monster
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vysakh
Written by	Udaykrishna
Produced by	Antony Perumbavoor
Starring	Mohanlal
Cinematography	Satheesh Kurup
Edited by	Shameer Muhammed
Music by	Deepak Dev
Production company	Aashirvad Cinemas
Distributed by	Aashirvad Release
Release date	21 October 2022 (2022-10-21)
Running time	134 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Principal photography began in November 2021 and lasted 55 days, concluding in January 2022. Monster is scheduled to be released in theatres worldwide on 21 October 2022.

Cast

• Mohanlal as Lucky Singh
• Lakshmi Manchu[1]
• Lena
• Honey Rose as Bhamini
• Sudev Nair as Anil Chandra
• Siddique
• K. B. Ganesh Kumar
• Jess Sweejan as Kunjatta
• Johny Antony
• Arjun Nandhakumar
• Kottayam Ramesh
• Kailash
• Edavela Babu
• Biju Pappan
• José Joel as Sikandar
• Sadhika Venugopal

Production

Development

Monster was announced by Mohanlal through his social media profiles on 10 November 2021, along with a poster crediting him as Lucky Singh, to be directed by Vysakh, written by Udaykrishna, and produced by Antony Perumbavoor. Filming also began on the same day.[2] Vysakh said the thought came during the COVID-19 pandemic when large-scale productions, like his earlier collaborations with Udaykrishna, was difficult to execute. Hence, he thought about doing a film "that focused on the craft by using the strength of the content". He appreciated Mohanlal and Antony for taking the project, "they understood its merit from the point of view of artistes and stood by it. They could have rejected it and asked us to do a pure mass film, which we are experts at".[3] According to Vysakh, the film falls under thriller genre.[4] Mohanlal sees it as a crime-thriller.[5]

Casting

Mohanlal plays a turban-clad Lucky Singh.[6] It was the first Punjabi character in his career.[7] Telugu actress Lakshmi Manchu made her Malayalam debut with Monster.[8] She took martial art lessons in kalaripayattu for her role.[9] Sudev Nair also has a major role.[10] Honey Rose plays Bhamini, whom she credited as one of the best characters she had done till then.[11] Child actress Jess Sweejan plays the other important role.[7] Lena, K. B. Ganesh Kumar, and Siddique also plays vital characters.[12]

Filming

Principal photography began on 10 November 2021. Its first schedule was completed on 20 November.[13] Filming was held at Kochi.[9] For two weeks, the film was shot inside a set at VVM Studios, Eloor. Mohanlal, Manchu, Rose, Nair, and Jess performed in these portions.[7] The whole filming lasted 55 days, which was wrapped in January 2022.[14] It took another nine months for the release. According to Vysakh, the film required extensive post-production work compared to other films.[4] Satheesh Kurup was the cinematographer, Shajie Naduvil was the art director, Shameer Muhammed was the editor, Sujith Sudhakaran designed the costumes, and Stunt Silva composed the actions.[15]

Soundtrack

The film's original music was composed, arranged, and programmed by Deepak Dev.[16] Audio mixing was done at Dev's Wonderland studio in Dubai. It was mastered by Gethin John at Hafod Mastering studio in London.[17]

Release

In March 2022, Vysakh said he is unaware of the film's release date and whether it would be releasing in theatres or OTT, which would be decided by the producer, but "I believe Monster will work both in theatres as well as OTT because of the strength of its content".[3] In August, media reported a release date on 30 September 2022.[18] It was later reported that it has been changed to 21 October to release around Diwali.[19] The date was confirmed by Mohanlal in October, as a worldwide release.[20]

References

External links

• Monster at IMDb

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