Ustad Hotel

Ustad Hotel
Theatrical release Poster
Directed byAnwar Rasheed
Written byAnjali Menon
Produced byListin Stephen
StarringThilakan
Dulquer Salmaan
Nithya Menen
Narrated byMamukkoya
CinematographyLoganathan Srinivasan
Edited byPraveen Prabhakar
Music byGopi Sunder
Production
company
Distributed byCentral Pictures
Release date
  • 29 June 2012 (2012-06-29) (India)
Running time
150 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box office₹15 crore[2][3]

Ustad Hotel is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Anwar Rasheed, written by Anjali Menon and produced by Listin Stephen.[4] The film stars Thilakan, Dulquer Salmaan and Nithya Menen with Siddique, Mamukkoya, and Lena in supporting roles, along with Asif Ali and Jishnu in cameo roles. The film features music composed by Gopi Sundar, cinematography handled by Loganathan Srinivasan and editing by Praveen Prabhakar respectively.

The story is about a young man named Faizal, known as Faizi (Dulquer), who studies in Switzerland as a chef against the wishes of his father (Siddique). When this matter comes to light, his father snatches away his passport to prevent him from taking up his new job in the UK. As the relation between father and son deteriorates, Faizi is forced to work as a cook in a restaurant in Kozhikode or Calicut, run by his grandfather Karim (Thilakan) until he can plan something alternate.[5]

Ustad Hotel released on 29 June 2012 in Kerala, and 20 July 2012 elsewhere in India.[1] The film was a commercial success.[6] It won three National Film Awards, for Best Popular Film, Menon won the award for Best Dialogues and Thilakan got a Special Mention (posthumously).[7] It was remade in Kannada as Gowdru Hotel (2017). The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Janatha Hotel.[8] Ustad Hotel is considered one of the best films made during the New-Gen cinema movement in Malayalam.[9] This movie is also noted as the last film appearance of veteran actor Thilakan released before his death.[5]

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  4. ^ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (21 June 2012). "Beachside hotel". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b Sharika C (20 July 2012). "Cooking up success in Malayalam cinema". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  6. ^ Sanjith, Sidhardhan (9 August 2012). "A golden year for Mollywood?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "I took up Gowdru Hotel because the story was very similar to my own life: Rachan Chandra". Times of India. 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  9. ^ "10 Malayalam films to watch before you die". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.