Nadikar

2024 Indian film

Nadikar

Release poster

Directed by| Lal Jr.
Written by| Suvin S. Somasekharan
Produced by| Naveen Yerneni
Y. Ravi Shankar
Allan Antony
Anoop Venugopal
Starring| Tovino Thomas
Divya Pillai
Balu Varghese
Suresh Krishna
Soubin Shahir
Shine Tom Chacko
Indrans
Anoop Menon
Bhavana
Cinematography| Alby
Edited by| Ratheesh Raj
Music by| Yakzan Gary Pereira
Neha Nair

Production
companies

Godspeed Cinema
Mythri Movie Makers

Distributed by| Aan Mega Media

Release date

* 3 May 2024 (2024-05-03)

Running time

| 140 minutes
Country| India
Language| Malayalam
Budget| ₹40 crores[1]
Box office| est.₹5.39 crore[2]

Nadikar (transl. Actor) is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language comedy drama film directed by Lal Jr. and written by Suvin S. Somasekharan.[3] Jointly produced by Godspeed Cinema and Mythri Movie Makers, the film stars Tovino Thomas, Divya Pillai, Soubin Shahir, Balu Varghese, Suresh Krishna, and Bhavana. The film follows the life of a superstar who is going through a rough patch.

The film released in theatres on 3rd May 2024.

## Premise[edit]

The film tells the story of David Padikkal, an actor who shot to superstardom in the Malayalam film industry.

## Cast[edit]

* Tovino Thomas as David Padikkal, a superstar
* Divya Pillai as David's mother
* Soubin Shahir as Bala, acting coach
* Balu Varghese as Lenin, David's make-up man
* Suresh Krishna as Paily Kuravilangad (PK), David's manager
* Bhavana as Ann Bava
* Anoop Menon as Chandradas a.k.a 'Kuttan', actor
* Lal
* Dhyan Sreenivasan
* Ganapathy
* Shine Tom Chacko
* Indrans
* Manikuttan
* Devika Gopal Nair
* Maala Parvathy
* Althaf Salim
* Madhupal as S. Sasi, director
* Vijay Babu
* Chandu Salim Kumar
* Ranjith as Koshy, director
* Dinesh Prabhakar
* Major Ravi
* Abhiram Radhakrishnan
* Abu Salim as stunt master

## Production[edit]

Originally titled Nadikar Thilakam, the title of the movie was officially changed to Nadikar in January 2024 at the request of fans of Tamil actor Shivaji Ganeshan who is known by that moniker. An event was conducted on 23 January 2024 to announce the name change and was attended by Prabhu Ganeshan, the son of Ganeshan.[4]

Filming commenced on 11 July 2023.[5] It was shot across 30 locations in Kochi, Munnar, Hyderabad, Dubai and Kashmir, lasting 110 days.[6]

## Release[edit]

Nadikar was released on 3rd May 2024.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Tovino Thomas-starrer Nadikar Thilagam renamed as Nadikar after backlash from Sivaji Ganesan fans". Indian Express. 2024-01-24.
2. ^ "'നടികര്‍' പ്രേക്ഷക പ്രീതി നേടിയോ?: ടൊവിനോ ചിത്രത്തിന്‍റെ ആദ്യദിന കളക്ഷന്‍ ഇങ്ങനെ". AsianetNews (in Malayalam). 2024-05-04.
3. ^ "Tovino Thomas' 'Nadikar Thilakam' gets a new title; details inside". The Times of India. 2024-01-24. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
4. ^ "Tovino Thomas' 'Nadikar Thilakam' gets a new title; details inside". The Times of India. 2024-01-24. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
5. ^ "Tovino Thomas-starrer Nadikar Thilakam shoot begins". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
6. ^ "Tovino Thomas wraps up the shoot of 'Nadikar Thilakam', says, "In our journey, we encountered unexpected challenges"". The Times of India. 2024-01-06. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
7. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (2024-02-04). "'Nadikar,' starring Tovino Thomas and Soubin Shahir, gets a release date". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-03-17.

## External links[edit]

* Nadikar at IMDb
* Nadikar on Instagram

*[est.]: estimation
*[transl.]: translation