Praana

Praana is a 2019 Indian Malayalam language psychological thriller film directed by V. K. Prakash and written by Rajesh Jayaraman. It had dubbed releases in Hindi, Telugu and Kannada languages.[1] Nithya Menen is the sole actor in the film, who plays an English writer.[2] The film used surround sync sound for the first time ever in Indian cinema. Resul Pookutty and Amrit Pritam was the sound designers and P. C. Sreeram was the cinematographer. Louis Banks, Arun Vijay, and Ratheesh Vegha provided the music for the film.

Not to be confused with Prana, Paraná, Prännä, or Praanam.

Praana
Theatrical release poster
Directed byV. K. Prakash
Produced by
  • Suresh Raj
  • Praveen S. Kumar
  • Anita Raj
Screenplay byRajesh Jayaraman
StarringNithya Menen
Music by
CinematographyP. C. Sreeram
Edited bySunil S. Pillai
Production
company
SRaj Productions
Real Studio
Distributed byCentral Pictures
Release date
18 January 2019 (Malayalam)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

The Malayalam version of the film released on 18 January 2019.

Synopsis

Based on a series of events in the life of a female English writer, Tara Anuradha (Nithya Menen), who dwells in the horrors of her own fears as she focuses on social issues. The movie also deals with intolerance and injustice that is prevailing in the contemporary society.[3]

Production

Filming

Nithya Menen is well versed in Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Telugu languages, which helped in shooting a multilingual film. To create a thrilling atmosphere in the film, the shooting was done in a hill station in South India. The shooting commenced on 2 October 2018 and was extensively shot in Peerumedu, Kerala.[4][5]

Music

Louis Banks composed the song "Oru Vaakkin Mounam" sung by Nithya Menen. Arun Vijay composed the original background score and the song "Titliyon Sa" penned by lyricists P. K. Anilkumar in Hindi, Anusha Akasam in Telugu, Harinarayanan B. K. in Malayalam, and Nagarjuna Dixit-HSN Raju in Kannada. Shilpa Raj sung the song in all four languages. She also sang the Sanskrit title song "Praana" composed by Ratheesh Vegha.[6][7]

Release

The Malayalam version of the film released on 18 January 2019, receiving mixed to positive reviews.

References
  1. Kumar, Manoj (20 February 2018). "Nithya Menen's Praana is a one-actor movie made in four languages". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  2. "VKP's next Praana has Nithya Menen in the lead'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  3. "MOVIES 'Nithya Menen's Praana makes a splash at Cannes 2018, makers release trailer'". hindustantimes. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  4. "MOVIES 'Nithya Menen is the only actor in VKP Prakash's 'Pranna'". The News Minute. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  5. "Nithya Menen plays a[sic] English writer battling intolerance in". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  6. "MOVIES 'Nithya Menen to debut in Bollywood with V K Prakash Praana: അഭിനേതാക്കളെയല്ല, പറയുന്ന കഥയെ കേന്ദ്രീകരിച്ചാണ് സിനിമകള്‍ ഉണ്ടാവേണ്ടത്: നിത്യാ മേനന്‍'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  7. "MOVIES 'Nithya Menen's next, a multilingual- The New Indian Express'". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
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