Shibu (film)

2019 movie by Arjun Prabhakaran and Gokul Ramakrishnan

Shibu

Shibu movie poster

Directed by| Arjun Prabhakaran & Gokul Ramakrishnan
Screenplay by| Arjun, Gokul & Praneesh Vijayan
Produced by| Kaargo Cinemas
Starring| Karthik Ramakrishnan
Anju Kurian
Lukman Avaran
Salim Kumar
Biju Kuttan
Cinematography| Shabeer Ahammed
Edited by| Noufal Abdullah
Music by| Sachin Warrier

Production
company

Kaargo Cinemas

Distributed by| UK studios

Release date

* 19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)

Running time

| 122 minutes
Country| India
Language| Malayalam

Shibu is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by duo directors Arjun Prabhakaran and Gokul Ramakrishnan, written by Praneesh, and produced by Kaargo Cinemas.[1][2] It features Karthik Ramakrishnan, Anju Kurian, Lukman Avaran, Salim Kumar, and Biju Kuttan in lead roles.[3] Sachin Warrier composed the music for the film.[4] It was released on 19 July 2019.[5][6] Film is loosely based on a hard-core fan of Actor Dileep.[7]

## Plot

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Shibu is a young guy from an aspiring small town. He tries hard to achieve his dreams, but gets rejected by all. Then he hears about a film institute and he manages to convince his family to let him join the institute. There, instead of learning about cinema, he gets confused. He quits the film institute and tries to make a zero budget film casting his brother in law as the hero and chooses supporting actors from random people he meets. But the shoot goes wrong and turns into chaos and an actor is accidentally killed by Shibu. Then he desperately tries to cover up the murder. Meanwhile, he meets with a girl named Kalyani in a match-making meet and how their aspirations brings them together forms the rest of the story.[8]

## Cast

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* Karthik Ramakrishnan as Shibu
* Anju Kurian as Kalyani
* Salim Kumar as Dr. Thomas
* Biju Kuttan as Prahladhan
* Lukman Avaran as Habeeb
* Vinod Kovoor as Producer
* Unni Rajan P Dev as Antappan
* Sneha Sreekumar as Kalyanis friend
* Aiswarya Padmakumar as Suhara
* Rajesh Sharma as Satheesh Kupleri
* Kannan Sagar as Bhuvanan
* Badra as Shibu's Mom
* Kshama Krishnan as Sheeba
* Sharan as Siddique
* Sundarpandiyan as Police Officer
* Kochu Preman as Eastman Narayanan
* Naseer Sankranthi as Kambikaadu
* Vaishnavi Warrior as Sandhya
* Gopika as Suhara's Friend
* Anagha as Kalyani's Friend
* Roslyn as Short film actress
* Shyni Sara as Kalyani's mother
* Janish Jinu as Kuttan
* Ajith as Suhail
* Rajesh Paravoor as Attender
* Pavithran as Police Constable
* Rajesh Panavalli as Marriage Broker

## Production

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The film has music by Sachin Warrier. Sachin wrote about it, "‘Omal Kanmani’ composed by Bijibal sir from the 2015 movie ‘32aam Adhyayam 23aam Vaakyam’ is a song that's close to heart among the ones I’ve sung so far. The directors of the movie, Arjun and Gokul came to me to narrate a story recently, and I had a lot of fun listening to it. I believe it'll turn out to be an interesting film. Super happy to associate with Arjun and Gokul, as a composer in their second film" said Sachin Warrier.[9][10] Arun Gopi director of Dileep starer movie Ramaleela released first look poster of the film in April 2019.[11] Actor Dileep released trailer of the film in June 2019.[12][13]

## Soundtrack

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Shibu

Soundtrack album by

Sachin Warrier

Released| 19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)
Recorded| 2019
Genre| Feature film soundtrack
Label| Zee Music Company
Producer| Kaargo Cinemas
Sachin Warrier chronology
| Katheyondu Shuruvagide
(2018)  | Shibu
(2019)  | Pookkalam
(2023)

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Official audio
Shibu on YouTube

Lyrics are written by Manu Manjith and Vinayak Sasikumar, all music is composed by Sachin Warrier and Vignesh Baskaran.[14]

No.| Title| Artist(s)| Length

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1.| "Aliyukayayi"| Karthik (singer)| 4:21
2.| "Pularum Vare"| K. S. Harisankar| 4:00
3.| "Oru Poo Chendu"| Anwar Sadat| 3:55
4.| "Swapnalokam"| Rajalakshmi| 3:20
5.| "Njan ara"| Rex Rapper| 3:05

## Release

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The film was released on 19 July 2019 across 80 screens in Kerala.[15]

### Critical reception

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The film received mixed reviews, with 2.5 stars out of 5 from Anandh Vishnu of Samayam,[16] while Deepika Jayaram in Times of India gave it 2 stars out of 5, criticising the story and the actors' performances.[17]

## References

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1. ^ "'Aravindante Athidhikal' release date is here! - Malayalam News". IndiaGlitz.com. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
2. ^ jo (27 March 2019). "സിനിമയ്ക്കുള്ളിലെ സിനിമയും മനോഹരമായ പ്രണയവുമായി ഷിബു; ടീസര്‍ | Southlive Malayalam: Kerala News, Malayalam News, Breaking News, Movie News, Political News". Retrieved 21 January 2020.
3. ^ "'Shibu Malayalam movie' times of india article".
4. ^ "ദിലീപ് ആരാധകന്‍ 'ഷിബു' എത്തുന്നു". Indian Express Malayalam (in Malayalam). 23 April 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
5. ^ "'Shibu' to release this June". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
6. ^ "ദിലീപ് ആരാധകന്റെ ചിത്രം; ഷിബു ട്രെയിലര്‍". ManoramaOnline (in Malayalam). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
7. ^ "ദിലീപ് ആരാധകൻ്റെ കഥ പറയുന്ന 'ഷിബു'; ഉടൻ തീയേറ്ററുകളിലേക്ക്". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 16 September 2023.
8. ^ "എനിക്ക് ദിലീപേട്ടനെ ഒന്ന് പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തി തരുമോ ? : ഷിബു ട്രെയിലർ എത്തി !!!". www.vellinakshatram.com/online/. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
9. ^ "Director duo Gokul And Arjun To Work On Their Next Film". Desimartini. 2 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
10. ^ "malayalamcinema.com, Official website of AMMA, Malayalam Film news, Malayalam Movie Actors & Actress, Upcoming Malayalam movies". www.malayalamcinema.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
11. ^ "Another hardcore fan based movie, this time for Dileep - Times of India". The Times of India. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
12. ^ Madhu, Vignesh (4 June 2019). "Dileep releases the trailer of Shibu". onlookersmedia. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
13. ^ "സിനിമയും പ്രണയവും പറഞ്ഞു 'ഷിബു'വിന്റെ ടീസർ". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Malayalam). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
14. ^ "Shibu teaser released - Times of India". The Times of India. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
15. ^ "പ്രണയവും തമാശകളും നിറഞ്ഞ 'ഷിബു '". Entertainment. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
16. ^ "ഷിബു". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
17. ^ "Shibu Movie Review {2.0/5}: Critic Review of Shibu by Times of India", The Times of India, retrieved 21 January 2020

## External links

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* Amazon Prime Video
* Shibu at IMDb

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