Uyare (2019)

Original title

ഉയരെ

Directed by

Manu Ashokan

Genre

thriller film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aviation student survives an acid attack that threatens to end her career. She must fight to rebuild her life and pursue her dream of flying.

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What happens

Uyare (transl. Up Above) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language drama thriller film directed by Manu Ashokan (in his directorial debut), written by Bobby & Sanjay and produced by the sister-trio Shenuga, Shegna, and Sherga. The film stars Parvathy Thiruvothu, Asif Ali and Tovino Thomas with Siddique, Anarkali Marikar and Prathap Pothen in supporting roles. The story follows the life of Pallavi Raveendran (Parvathy), an aviation student who survives an acid attack that jeopardizes her career. Filming that began in November 2018 was completed by the end of January 2019. Uyare was released in India on 26 April 2019. It received widespread critical acclaim and was a major Malayalam box office success of the year. It was nominated for the Best Debut Feature Film of a director at the 50th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), held from 20 to 28 November 2019. It was included in The Hindu's top 25 Malayalam films of the decade and is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the New Wave Movement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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