Sand City

Sand City
Promotional Poster
Directed by Shankar Panicker
Produced by M.I.Vasanthkumar
Screenplay by M.I.Vasanthkumar
P.N.Prasad (Dialogues)
Story by Muraliraman
Starring Prajin Padmanabhan
Gautham
Tejaswini Prakash
Varuna Shetty
Jijesh Menon
Vinod Kumar (VK)
Sakshi Sharma
Jaise Jose
Dubai Kannan
Caravan Arun
Music by Rinil Gowtham
Cinematography J.Sreedhar
Release date
  • 2 January 2015 (2015-01-02)
Running time
 131 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Sand City is a 2015 Malayalam language Indian romantic thriller film directed by Shankar Panicker starring Prajin, Gautham, Tejaswini Prakash, Varuna Shetty, Vinod Kumar (VK), Jaise Jose, Jijesh Menon and himself.[1][2][3]

The film has been written and produced by M.I.Vasanthkumar and has been made in Tamil language as Manal Naharam.[4]

Plot

Sand City explores the lives and predicaments experienced by people from India at Arab countries for better dream and fortunes, leaving behind their loved ones at home. The story takes place in Dubai.[5]

Cast

  • Prajin -
  • Gautham -
  • Tejaswini Prakash[6][7][8] -
  • Varuna Shetty -
  • Vinod Kumar (VK) -
  • Jaise Jose -
  • Jijesh Menon -
  • Sakshi Sharma -
  • Rex George
  • "Engal Aasan" Raamki -
  • Dubai Kannan
  • Caravan Arunachalam
  • "Kaadhal" Saravanan
  • RajeshB
  • Master Ashwanth and
  • Shankar Panicker -

Filming

The preliminary schedule of the film took place in Chennai in March 2013 and the crew left for Dubai as the major story unfolds in Dubai, with most part of the film being shot there. "The 50-day shooting was very tough and challenging", said Shankar to a daily.

Audio Launch

Sand City 's audio was launched on 15 October at The Oberoi, Dubai attended by the entire cast and crew of Sand City. Apart from the team, actor Rizabawa also spoke on the occasion.[9]

Soundtrack

Sand City
Film score by Sand City
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 24:48
No.SongSingersLyrics
1Oru Yatra Mozhi...Anwar SadathNeha Gayal
2Usharaiah Usharu...AnithaTamil Amudhan
3Theechoodi Theechoodi...Sulfiq.LRinil Gowtham
4Njan Oru Minnal Kodi..Sulfiq.L Chitoor Gopi
5Manasil Mazhaiyai...Anoop Shankar & SitaraSibi Padiyera

Reception

Movietoday appreciated Sand City as an example of a film which has been dedicated to the Gulf Malayalees. The technical aspect of the film like cinematography, songs and stunning visuals was aptly praised. They recommended the film for the realistic picturisation of Gulf and the life of Gulf Malayalees and rated 3.25/5 stars.[10] Onlookersmedia too appreciated the film summing it as "Sand city is a one time watchable small film for film lovers".[11] Muyals.com praised director Shankar Panicker mentioning that "he needs a good applause as he created a good film with good theme and a group of talented youths. Sand City will mark Shankar Panicker’s name in the list of good directors" and summed up as "Overall the film stands as a watchable one with a good story and presentation; consisting lots of positive factors in it".[12] Times of India rated the movie as average and appreciated the photography of the film, summing up as "the film could have been much better if treated well".[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Kairali news bite Sand City Audio Launch At Dubai". youtube. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  2. ↑ "Sand City music launched in Dubai". khaleejtimes. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  3. ↑ "Sand City music launched in Dubai". en-maktoob.news.yahoo. 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  4. ↑ "Oruthalai Ragam fame Sankar is directing his first Tamil Movie Manal Nagaram". tamilomovie. 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Shankar directs Tamil film". deccanchronicle. 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  6. ↑ Prathibha Joy (2013-07-09). "Tejaswini to debut in three industries". timesofindia. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  7. ↑ Prathibha Joy (2013-07-10). "Tejaswini to debut in Kollywood". timesofindia. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
  8. ↑ "Tejaswini Prakash At Sand City Audio Launch". filmymalayalam. 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2014-10-23.
  9. ↑ "Actor Shankar's directorial Sand City to release". Mathrubhumi. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  10. ↑ "Sand City Movie Review". movietoday. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Sand City Movie Review". onlookersmedia. 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  12. ↑ "Sand City Film Review". muyals.com. 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  13. ↑ "Sand City Movie Review". timesofindia. 2015-01-06. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
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