Peranbu

For the television series, see Peranbu (TV series).

Peranbu
Premiere poster
Directed byRam
Written byRam
Produced byP. L. Thenappan
Starring
CinematographyTheni Eswar
Edited bySuriya Pradhaman
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Shree Rajalakshmi Films
Release dates
  • 27 January 2018 (2018-01-27) (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
  • 1 February 2019 (2019-02-01) (Worldwide)
[1]
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Peranbu (transl. Compassion; released internationally as Resurrection), is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by Ram and produced by P. L. Thenappan under Shree Rajalakshmi Films. It stars Mammootty, and Anjali. The film's score and soundtrack album is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with cinematography and editing handled by Theni Eswar and Surya Pradhaman respectively. It follows the story of a confused father, who is dejected after his wife abandons him and their child, who has cerebral palsy, struggles to take care of his daughter while society constantly rejects him.

Director Ram worked on the script for almost six years, and narrated to Mammooty in February 2015, although production being further delayed, after the team decided to finalise the cast and crew. The principal photography of the film commenced in January 2016, with filming took place on Kodaikanal and Chennai, completed within a year. The film was internationally premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam on 27 January 2018,[2] Shanghai International Film Festival, China on 17 June 2018,[3] the Indian Panorama category of 49th International Film Festival of India,[4] before being scheduled for a theatrical release on 1 February 2019.

The film received critical acclaim with Mammootty's performance and other cast members, the direction, screenplay and narration being praised by critics. The film won the Best Film award at the Zee Cine Awards Tamil, while it received ten nominations at the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, receiving two wins with one for Best Film and the other one for Best Music Director for Yuvan Shankar Raja. The movie was listed at the Top rated Indian movies of 2019, by the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).[5][6][7][8]

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  2. ^ "Mammootty's Tamil film Peranbu goes to International Film Festival Rotterdam 2018". India Today. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Peranbu screened at the Shanghai film festival". The Times of India. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  4. ^ Digital Native (31 October 2018). "Mammootty's 'Peranbu' to be screened at the IFFI". The News Minute. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Peranbu is the top-rated Indian movie of 2019". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Mammootty's 'Peranbu' tops IMDb's Indian films list for 2019". The Hindu. 17 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Mammootty's 'Peranbu' tops IMDb 2019 list of Indian movies". Mathrubhumi. 16 December 2019.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Mammootty's 'Peranbu' tops IMDb list of highest rated Indian movies of 2019". The News Minute. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.