Varaal (film)

Varaal
Poster
വരാൽ
Directed by	Kannan Thamarakulam
Story by	Anoop Menon
Produced by	PA Sebastian
Starring	Anoop Menon Prakash Raj Sunny Wayne
Cinematography	Ravi Chandran
Edited by	Ayoob Khan
Music by	Gopi Sunder
Production company	Time Ads Entertainment
Release date	14 October 2022 (2022-10-14)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Varaal is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language political drama film written by Anoop Menon and directed by Kannan Thamarakulam. The film stars Anoop Menon, Prakash Raj and Sunny Wayne in lead roles. It is produced by PA Sebastian under the banner of Time Ads Entertainment.

Cast

• Anoop Menon as David John Medayil[1]
• Prakash Raj as CM Achuthan Nair[2]
• Sunny Wayne[3]
• Suresh Krishna
• Shankar Ramakrishnan
• Renji Panicker
• Madhuri Braganza
• Priyanka Nair
• Hareesh Peradi
• Nandhu
• Kollam Thulasi
• Gowri Nandha
• Senthil Krishna
• Sai Kumar
• Sudheer
• Meghanathan
• Idavela Babu

Production

The title poster was reveled by Mohanlal ,Manju Warrier, Tovino Thomas and Joju George.[3][2] The film main filmed in Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram and Peerumedu.[3] The film got U/A censored.[1] The film was released on 14 October 2022.

Reception

V Vinod Nair critic of Times of india gave 2.5 out of 5 and stated that "You don’t feel any connection with the characters, and while you are waiting for the thrilling suspense at the end, it ends in a whimper".[4] S.R.Praveen of The Hindu critic wrote that "Anoop Menon’s political thriller gets neither the politics nor the thrills right".[5] Crics of The News Minute gave 2 stars out of 5 and stated that "Varaal is bearable if you squirm through the beginning and block out the cringeworthy one-liners, otherwise, not so much".[6] Critics from Mathrubhumi [7] and Indian Express[8] gave mixture of reviews.Critic from Samayam gave 4 out 5 ratings.[9]

References

1. "Anoop Menon, Prakash Raj-starrer Varaal gets U/A certificate". Cinema Express. 24 August 2022. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
2. "Anoop Menon, Prakash Raj join Varaal". Cinema Express. 3 September 2021. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
3. Soman, Deepa. "Anoop Menon and Prakash Raj team up for Kannan Thamarakkulam's 'Varaal'". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
4. "Varaal Movie Review : A trite political thriller". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
5. Praveen, S. R. (14 October 2022). "'Varaal' movie review: Anoop Menon's political thriller gets neither the politics nor the thrills right". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
6. "Varaal review: Anoop Menon's political film leaves much to be desired". The News Minute. 14 October 2022. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
7. "വരാൽ; ഒരു ഗംഭീര കച്ചവട സിനിമയുടെ ക്ലാസിക് ബ്ലെൻഡ് | Varaal Review". Mathrubhumi. 14 October 2022. Archived from the original on 12 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
8. "Varaal Movie Review & Rating : അനൂപ് മേനോൻ സ്റ്റൈലിൽ ഒരു പൊളിറ്റിക്കൽ ത്രില്ലർ;റിവ്യൂ". Indian Express Malayalam (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
9. "വരാൽ". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

External links

• Varaal at IMDb