Iblis (lit. 'Iblis'; transl. Devil) is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy comedy film directed by Rohith V. S. with Asif Ali and Madonna Sebastian starring.[1][2] The film was produced by Ichais Productions. The film was released on 3 August 2018.[3]
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Directed by | Rohith V. S. |
Screenplay by | Sameer Abdul |
Story by | Rohith V. S. |
Produced by | Sreelekshmi R Bhupen Tacho Jeetu Gogoi |
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Cinematography | Akhil George |
Edited by | Shameer Muhammed |
Music by | Dawn Vincent |
Production company | Ichais Productions |
Distributed by | Adam's World of Imagination |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Synopsis
editThe film is set in the 1980s and contains themes of fantasy and magical realism and also the film tells about life, death and life after death.[4][5]
Plot
editVaisakhan lives in an unknown land, playing music at the homes where someone has died. He is a carefree youth, who is madly in love with Fida. His concepts of death and afterlife have heavily been influenced by his "muthassan" or grandpa, Sreedharan.
This muthassan is a weird character who enjoys his life, travelling like a nomad. He is a funny character who even plans to make Vaisakhan and Fida fall in love.
Cast
edit- Asif Ali as Vaishakan[6]
- Madonna Sebastian as Fida, love interest of Vaishakan[7]
- Lal as Shreedharan
- Siddique as Jabbar
- Rugmini Amma as Beevi
- Saiju Kurup as Sukumaran
- Sreenath Bhasi as Attar merchant/Subair
- Adhish Praveen as Musthafa
- Shivakumar Nair as Josettan
- Nazeer as Kelu
- Gokulan as Vareed
- Babu Annur as Sulaiman, Fida's father
- Aju Varghese as King (cameo appearance)
Production
editIblis is the second directorial of Rohith V. S. with Asif Ali after his debut film Adventures of Omanakuttan (2017). The film is set in the 1980s, Rohith describes the film a "musical adventure-comedy", planned on the lines of Jagga Jasoos.[8] Rohith discussed the project with Asif during the filming of Adventures of Omanakuttan and also retained its co-writer Sameer Abdul and cinematographer Akhil George for Iblis. Asif too contributed to the script.[9] It was produced by the company Ichais Productions, in their debut. Iblis has music composed by Dawn Vincent.[10] A pooja function for the film was held in early March 2018.[11]
Release
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References
edit- ^ "Adventures of Omanakuttan fame Rohith VS is coming with his second movie". Team Media. 6 March 2018. Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Madonna Sebastian to team up with Asif Ali for Iblis". www.topmovierankings.com. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "ആസിഫും മഡോണയും ഒന്നിക്കുന്ന 'ഇബ്ലീസ്'; ഫസ്റ്റ് ലുക്ക്". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). 20 June 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Iblis (2018) | Iblis Malayalam Movie | Iblis Review, Cast & Crew, Release Date, Photos, Videos". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Madhu, Vignesh (3 March 2018). "Iblis: Asif Ali's next with Madonna Sebastian all set to go on floors tomorrow!". onlookersmedia.in. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "The Asif Ali interview: 'I want to do less but quality films'". The New Indian Express. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Madonna-Asif starrer Iblis will release in October". The Times of India. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (23 October 2017). "Asif Ali, Madonna to unite for an 80s musical comedy". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Asif Ali and Rohit VS reunite in fantasy film Iblis". The New Indian Express. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Asif Ali starts his next adventure". Deccan Chronicle. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Iblis beckons Asif and Madonna!". The Times of India. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ^ "Iblis (2018) - Movie | Reviews, Cast & Release Date in pune - BookMyShow". Retrieved 23 November 2022.