Velleppam is an upcoming Indian Malayalam language movie directed by debutant Praveen Raj Pookkadan. It has Jins Thomas and Dwarak Udayashankar as producers with Lingson and Anit as co-producers, and stars Roma Asrani, Shine Tom Chacko, Akshay Radakrishnan, Noorin Shereef, Sreejith Ravi and Kailash in major roles.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
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Directed by | Praveen Raj Pookkadan |
Written by | Jeevan Lal |
Produced by | Jins Thomas |
Starring | Roma Asrani Shine Tom Chacko Akshay Radakrishnan Noorin Shereef Sreejith Ravi Kailash |
Cinematography | Shihab Ongallur |
Edited by | Renjith Touchriver |
Music by | S.P.Venkatesh Leela L Giresh Kuttan |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Pramod Pappan are the executive producers of the film with music by S.P.Venkatesh.[11] The principal photography of the film started on 17 November 2019 at Thrissur.
Velleppam revolves around the life of Sara, who is a Velleppam seller at Velleppangadi, a market of the " Velleppam". Sara's irresponsible brother Josemon falls in Love with Kaleena, which takes Josemon's and Sara's life into more serious troubles. Sakhavu, a comrade of the ruling party is the only helping hand for Sara and Josemon, but they never knew they are up against tough and cunning opponents.
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As per the director, the film " uses both reality and fantasy elements to say the story, like in movies such as Amen".[1] Actress Roma Asrani was signed as the lead actress with actors Shine Tom Chacko and Akshay Radakrishnan were signed for other roles. Veteran music director S.P.Venkatesh composes songs and background score of the film.[11] Noorin Shereef was added to the cast later and she plays an artist who comes to Thrissur to retouch mural paintings of Puthanpally that were damaged during floods.[1][3] The director and the lead stars followed a unique marketing after the first look poster launch by making and presenting Appams to the guests.[4]