Sudani from Nigeria (2018)

Original title

സുഡാനി from നൈജീരിയ

Directed by

Zakariya Mohammed

Genre

comedy film, association football film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

U

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Nigerian footballer gets injured while playing for a local club in Kerala India. He stays with the family of a young football manager who helps him recover.

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What happens

Sudani from Nigeria is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language sports drama film written and directed by Zakariya Mohammed, with dialogues co-written by Muhsin Parari. Shyju Khalid was the cinematographer, who also produced the film with Sameer Thahir. It stars Soubin Shahir, with Samuel Abiola Robinson as the titular character. Sudani from Nigeria was released in India on 23 March 2018. It met with widespread critical acclaim and was a commercial success at the box office. The film won five awards at the 2018 Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Screenplay, Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value, Best Debut Director, Best Actor (Soubin), and Best Character Actress (Savithri and Sarasa). At the 2018 National Film Awards, it won the award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam and Savithri Sreedharan received a Special Mention for her performance in the film. It was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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