Hridayam

Hridayam
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVineeth Sreenivasan
Written byVineeth Sreenivasan
Produced byVisakh Subramaniam
Starring
CinematographyViswajith Odukkathil
Edited byRanjan Abraham
Music byHesham Abdul Wahab
Production
companies
Distributed byMerryland Cinemas
Release date
  • 21 January 2022 (2022-01-21) (India)
Running time
172 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box officeest. ₹52.3 crore[2]

Hridayam (transl. Heart) is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. It was produced by Visakh Subramaniam through Merryland Cinemas and co-produced by Noble Babu Thomas through Big Bang Entertainments. The film stars Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Darshana Rajendran. The film's songs and background score was composed by Hesham Abdul Wahab.[3][4]

Hridayam marks the return of Merryland Studio, one of the earliest film studios in Kerala, into film production. The film reintroduced once obsolete audio cassettes and limited edition vinyl records in India. Principal photography began in February 2020, after taking a break with the surge of COVID-19 pandemic in India, filming was concluded in March 2021. The film was shot at KCG College of Technology in Chennai, where Vineeth, his wife Divya and his friend and actor Aju Varghese studied, and in Palakkad, Kochi, and Andhra Pradesh.

Hridayam was released in theatres worldwide on 21 January 2022.[5] It received generally positive reviews from critics. The film grossed over ₹50 crore (US$6.0 million) worldwide, becoming the 3rd highest grossing Malayalam film of the year.[2] The film won two Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value.[6]

  1. ^ "Hridayam". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Hridayam tops 50 crores globally; Enters all-time top ten Mollywood grossers worldwide". PINKVILLA. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  3. ^ Akhila R Menon (9 September 2020). "Pranav Mohanlal-Vineeth Sreenivasan's Hridayam: Darshana Rajendran Opens Up!". filmibeat. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Darshana Rajendran in Vineeth Sreenivasan directorial 'Hridayam'". The News Minute. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Vineeth Sreenivasan's Hridayam release date is here". The New Indian Express. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. ^ "52nd Kerala State Film Awards: The complete winners list". The Indian Express. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.