Shylock (2020 film)

Shylock is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Ajay Vasudev. The film stars Mammootty, Rajkiran, Meena, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajon, Baiju Santhosh, and Hareesh Kanaran. Shylock is a slang term for a loan shark.[3] The film is written by debutants Aneesh Hameed and Bibin Mohan and was released on 23 January 2020.

Shylock
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAjai Vasudev
Written byAneesh Hameed
Bibin Mohan
Produced byJoby George
Starring
CinematographyRenadive
Edited byRiyas K Badhar
Music byGopi Sundar
Production
company
Distributed byGoodwill Entertainments
Red Sun Art Creations
Release date
  • 23 January 2020 (2020-01-23)[1]
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹12 Crore[2]
Box office₹70 Crore[2]

Plot

Boss is a ruthless moneylender who provides money to film producer Prathapa Varma to produce a film, but Prathapa Varma cheats him by not repaying the money, which angers Boss. Varma is a friend of Felix John, a corrupted high-ranked police officer. Boss create a quarrel on the sets of Prathapa Varma's film and abduct the director of Varma's film. due to which Varma sends men to kill Boss. Boss defeats everyone and mocks Prathap and Felix. Felix creates a fake case that Prathapa Varma's son Adithya Varma has gone missing and Boss is the kidnapper. The police arrest Boss but a video evidence proves that Prathapa Varma's son is celebrating Holi in Nagpur. Felix is forced to release Boss. On the way home Prathapa Varma confronts Boss and demands to know the whereabouts of Adithya.

After the video was telecasted, Boss reveals that he kidnap and killed Adithya by using Pratap Varma's car claiming it as an accident. During Adhitya's funeral, Felix and Prathapa Varma doubt that Boss was part of a plot that happened 7 years ago. Boss confirms this. His associates ask him, but Boss doesn't respond and receives a call which leads Boss going to a house where an old man named Ayyanar wakes up. His associates question him once again. Boss reveals that Ayyanar is his brother and reveals his past. Boss's real name was Devan. Devan used to live with his rich family. Devan's cousin is in love with a woman named Poonkuzhali. Poonkuzhali's family declined their relationship due to caste differences.

Devan and Ayyanar fights Poonkuzhali's elder brother Rangan's henchman and convince Poonkuzhali to marry Devan's cousin. Rangan is angered by this and teams up with Felix and Prathapa Varma to get revenge on Devan and his family. Devan has to go to Chennai for a few days. During this time, a producer asks Ayyanar for money. Ayyanar agrees, but on a condition that Devan, who aspires to be an actor should act in the movie. Just then Rangan, Rangan's brother, Felix, Prathapa Varma and their henchmen kill the producer and fights with Ayyanar. Rangan kills Ayyanar's wife, Lakshmi. In revenge, Ayyanar kills Rangan by stabbing him. Rangan's brother realizes that Felix and his men back-stabbed him and Rangan and gets killed. Adhitya Varma and his henchman kill all the family members except Ayyanar who is stabbed.

Assuming him to be dead, Felix and Prathapa Varma leave. Devan returns that night, only to find his family members dead. He finds that Ayyanar is still alive and takes him to a hospital. The doctor says that everyone except Ayyanar is dead but Ayyanar will be crippled for life. In the present, Felix and Prathapa Varma also learn about Boss's past. Boss kidnaps Prathapa's and Felix's friend Chacko and Felix's son. They find Chacko heavily drunk and strapped to a chair and Felix's son murdered. Angered, Felix kills Chacko. Boss calls him and challenges Prathapa Varma and Felix to a fight in his old house. They both agree to the challenge and reaches the venue where Boss overpowers their henchman and subdues Felix. Ayyanar stabs Felix to death while Boss kills Prathapa Varma. Boss then takes care of Ayyanar continuing his business as Shylock.

Cast

Production

Principal photography of the film began on 9 August 2019. Mammootty joined the sets a week after the shoot started.[4][5]

The film marks the debut of actor Raj Kiran in the Malayalam film.[6] Raj Kiran and Meena who had earlier worked in Pasamulla Pandiyare (1997) is acting together after 23 years.[7] Actor Bibin George was chosen for an important role.[8]

The art direction of the film was done by Girish Menon.[9]

Release

The film was scheduled for release on 23 January 2020. The film was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu and released as Kuberan on the Aha streaming platform.[10][11]

Music
Shylock
Soundtrack album by
Gopi Sundar
Released18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)
Recorded2019-20
GenreFilm soundtrack
Length11:26
LanguageMalayalam
Tamil
LabelGoodwill Entertainments

The film's music is composed by Gopi Sundar. The soundtrack was launched on 18 January 2020.[12]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Aaray Pirakave"Raj KiranDeepika V, Keshav Vinod3:38
2."Kanne Kanne Veesathe"VivekaSwetha Ashok (Playback Singer), Narayani Gopan, Nanda J Devan3:25
3."Manikya Kiliye"Raj Kiran, HarinarayananSachin Raj, Allwyn Eby George, Divya S. Menon, Shaheershah4:23
Total length:11:26

Reception

Box office

The film was released on more than 1200 screens worldwide. The film received mixed reviews, but was commercial success,[13][14] and collected ₹12 crore (US$1.6 million) in its first weekend. The film collected ₹22 crore (US$2.9 million) within 5 days of its release.It completed 400 special shows in 4 days and first ever 4000 housefull shows in mollywood. The film collected over ₹80 crore at the Worldwide box office of ₹12 crore of Budget.[15][16][2]

Critical response

This film received mixed reviews. Sajin Shrijith of The New Indian Express gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "Shylock is an exuberant celebration of Mammootty, the star, that attempts to milk his charisma to the fullest".[17] Anjana George of The Times of India gave 3 out of 5 stars stating "For the fans of 'mega star Mammootty', Shylock is a treat and for the followers of actor Mammootty, this is a complete 'no'."[18]

Cris from The News Minute rated 3.5 out of 5 and wrote: "Yet another Mammootty 'mass' movie that numbs the mind. It is running out of boring descriptions for itself".[19] Manoj Kumar R. of The Indian Express rated 1 out of 5 star and said: "You know this story. You know how things would pan out. And you know what happens to the bad guys even before the film arrives at its depressingly predictable climax".[20]

Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost rated 0.25 out of 5 stars and wrote that "To compensate perhaps for the absolute lack of novelty in the script, camerawork and all else here, multiple references are made to other films and their Tamil superstars.[21]

References
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  13. "'Anjaam Pathira' To 'Trance', Here Are The Top Five Malayalam Releases Of 2020". The Times of India. 30 December 2020.
  14. "Mollywood in 2020: Chackochan, Prithviraj and Mammootty shine, Mohanlal fans waiting". International Business Times. 28 December 2020.
  15. "Abrid Shine is all praise for 'Shylock' director Ajai Vasudev". The Times of India. 4 March 2020.
  16. "It's official! Mammootty-starrer 'Shylock' enters the 50-crore club". The Times of India. 7 February 2020.
  17. "Shylock review: A loving, Petta-style tribute to Mammootty". The New Indian Express. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  18. "Shylock Movie Review : A mass movie for Mammootty fans". The Times of India. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  19. Cris (23 January 2020). "'Shylock' review: Yet another Mammootty 'mass' movie that numbs the mind". The News Minute. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  20. R., Manoj Kumar (23 January 2020). "Shylock movie review: This Mammootty-starrer is a snoozefest". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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