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Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015)

Oru Vadakkan Selfie poster
Original title
ഒരു വടക്കൻ സെൽഫി
Directed by
G. Prajith
Genre
comedy thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 23m
Rated
U
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 37 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man from a small town in Kerala tries to capture a selfie with a famous actress. His plan sets off a chain of chaotic and funny events.

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What happens

Oru Vadakkan Selfie (transl. A Northern selfie) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language road trip black comedy film directed by G. Prajith and scripted by Vineeth Sreenivasan. The film features Nivin Pauly, Manjima Mohan, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Aju Varghese and Neeraj Madhav. The music was composed by Shaan Rahman. It was released on 27 March to positive reviews, and became one of the biggest grossing Malayalam films of the year. Some news media and the Kerala Film Producers Association called it the first successful Malayalam film of 2015. This movie marks the debut of Manjima Mohan as an actress in a Malayalam movie. Earlier, she appeared as a child artist in films, including Priyam and Sundara Purushan. The film was remade in Telugu as Meda Meeda Abbayi, and partially remade in Bengali as Bolo Dugga Maiki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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