Queen (2018 film)

Queen
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDijo Jose Antony
Written bySharis Mohammed
Jebin Joseph Antony
Produced byShibu K. Moideen
Rinshad V
Starring
CinematographySuresh Gopi
Edited bySagar Dass
Music byJakes Bejoy
Production
company
Arabian Dreams Entertainment
Distributed byCentral Pictures
Release date
  • 12 January 2018 (2018-01-12) (India)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Queen is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language drama thriller film directed by Dijo Jose Antony and produced by Arabian Dreams Entertainment Co by Shibu K Moideen & Rinshad Vellodathil. It features Saniya Iyappan as a student in Mechanical Engineering batch.[1] The idea was inspired from the 2015 Onam Celebration that took place in College of Engineering Adoor, Pathanamthitta, which was a massive controversy, and Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Pattoor, Alappuzha an institution in Kerala where a mass gang of boys and their only female classmate of the Mechanical Engineering Department made a dramatic entry making it a unique event becoming viral on internet, too.[2]

Queen was released in India on 12 January 2018, where it became a commercial success at the box office. Saniya Iyappan won Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South for her performance in the film.[3] It was remade in Tamil as Friendship in 2021 starring Harbhajan Singh, Arjun Sarja and Losliya Mariyanesan.

  1. ^ "Queen, a film on a girl in Mechanical Engineering batch". Times of India.
  2. ^ Adoor IHRD engineering college students used FIRE engine for Onam Celebration, 23 August 2015, retrieved 14 April 2020
  3. ^ "Winners of the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2020.