Minnal Murali (transl. Lightning Murali) is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language superhero film directed by Basil Joseph and produced by Sophia Paul, under the banner of Weekend Blockbusters. The script is written by Arun Anirudhan and Justin Mathew. The film stars Tovino Thomas in a dual role along with Guru Somasundaram. It follows the life of Jaison, a young tailor, who gains superpowers after being struck by lightning and transforms into a superhero.
The film was formally announced in January 2019, but due to the extensive pre-production works, the film's principal photography took place during December 2019. Though shooting got disrupted twice following the two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and the vandalism of a church set by right-wing groups, the makers managed to complete the shoot within July 2021. The film was predominantly shot in Kerala, with few sequences being shot at Hassan in Karnataka. The music of the film was composed by Shaan Rahman and Sushin Shyam, with Shyam also composing the background score, whereas cinematography of the film was handled by Sameer Thahir and editing done by Livingston Mathew.
The film was set for a theatrical release in late 2020, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2021, the makers announced that the film will be released directly through the streaming platform Netflix on 24 December 2021, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The film premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival on 16 December, before its release on Netflix. The film has been released in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and English languages
Jaison, a young tailor from the village of Kurukkanmoola, is dating Bincy, the daughter of S.I. Saajan. Jaison's dream is to go to the U S and become build a career there. Saajan forbids Jaison to date Bincy and tells him that Bincy is already engaged to Aneesh. Aneesh's ex girlfriend "Bruce Lee" Biji is also angry that Aneesh had broken up with her. Meanwhile, Shibu is a social outcast who works in a teashop. Shibu is in love with Usha, the sister of Daasan who works in the tailor shop where Jaison works in. Usha has a daughter, who needs an urgent medical operation but Usha does not have the money to pay for the operation. One day, both Jaison and Shibu get hit by the same lightning on Christmas Eve. Jaison is taken to the hospital but surprisingly, he does not have any physical problem.
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