Leela (2016 film)

Leela
Official poster
Malayalam: ലീല
Directed by	Ranjith
Produced by	Ranjith
Written by	Unni R
Starring	Biju Menon Vijayaraghavan Suresh Krishna Indrans Sudheer Karamana Parvathy Nambiar Jagadish Priyanka Nair
Music by	Bijibal
Cinematography	Prashanth Ravindran
Edited by	Manoj Kannoth
Production company	Capitol Theater
Release dates	22 April 2016
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Leela is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language satirical film directed and produced by Ranjith for Capitol Theatre. The film is an adaptation of a short story by the same name by Malayalam screenwriter Unni R which was published in Mathrubhumi weekly magazine.^[1] Biju Menon does the lead role, while Vijayaraghavan, Suresh Krishna, Indrans, Sudheer Karamana, Parvathy Nambiar, Jagadish, and Priyanka do the supporting roles.

The movie was released on April 22, 2016. It is the first Malayalam film in history to make its international premiere online on the same day of its theatrical release.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Biju Menon as Kuttiyappan
Vijayaraghavan as Gopinathan Pillai Nair/Pillechan
Indrans as Dasappappi
Parvathy Nambiar as Leela
Jagadeesh as Thankappan Nair
Suresh Krishna as Devassi
Sudheer Karamana as Thommichan
Muthumani as Angel
Kavitha Nair as Usha
Priyanka Nair as CK Bindu
Kochu Preman as Dr. Sukumaran
Valsala Menon as Kumarakom Nalini
Santhakumari as Chengalam Omana
VK Sreeraman as Soman Muthalali
Parvathy as Padmini
Kavitha Nair as Usha
Pauli Valsan as Eliyamma
Kottayam Purushan as Rama Panikker
Adinad Sasi as Jabbar
Sini Abraham as Rama Panikker's wife

Release

The film was released throughout India on April 22, 2016.^[4] It was also available to watch online through Reelax, an online streaming website, thus becoming the first film in the history of Malayalam cinema to be released online on the day of its theatrical release.^[2]^[5]

Online piracy issue

On April 26, 2016, four days after the film released in theatres and online, it was shared publicly on peer-to-peer (torrent) file-sharing websites. According to Malayala Manorama, the film was also shared across various social media profiles and was consequently downloaded 'thousands of times since its upload.'^[6] Commenting on the issue, the scriptwriter of the film, Unni R, said, "We don't know who all are behind uploading the pirated version of the movie on internet. But they will be arrested soon."^[7]

Subsequently, the film's director, Ranjith, took to his social media account to request call for action against the culprits. "We have come to the notice that the print of the movie 'Leela' is being shared in couple of Facebook pages and sites. We strongly condemn this act. We have already reported this to the Police authorities and would like to inform that strong action will be taken against the culprits [sic]," he said in his Facebook post.^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

External links

Leela at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Ranjith

Raavanaprabhu (2001)
Nandanam (2002)
Mizhi Randilum (2003)
Black (2004)
Chandrolsavam (2005)
Prajapathi (2006)
Rock & Roll (2007)
Kaiyoppu (2007)
Thirakkatha (2008)
Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009)
Pranchiyettan and The Saint (2010)
Indian Rupee (2011)
Spirit (2012)
Kadal Kadannoru Mathukkutty (2013)
Njaan (2014)
Loham (2015)
Leela (2016)

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