White (2016 film)
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| White | |
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| Directed by | Uday Ananthan |
| Screenplay by | Praveen Balakrishnan Nandini Valsan Uday Ananthan |
| Produced by | Jyoti Deshpande |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Amarjeet Singh |
| Music by | Rahul Raj |
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Release date |
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Running time | 149 minutes |
| Language | Malayalam |
White is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film directed by Uday Ananthan, starring Mammootty and Huma Qureshi.[2] It marks the debut of Huma Qureshi in Malayalam cinema. The score and songs are composed by Rahul Raj.[3][4]
It was shot in Budapest, London, Bangalore, and Kerala. [citation needed]
White was released worldwide on 29 July 2016.[5][6]This Movie was a box office bomb.[5]
Plot[edit]
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Roshni (Huma Qureshi) is an IT professional who works at a company in Bangalore. Later, she gets a similar job in London. Her friend Deepa (Sona Nair) gets a job in New York. They get separate together and goes to their countries. And she later got job in a company with a manager named Anwar Rasool (Shankar Ramakrishnan) and they worked very hard.
Six months later, at a railway station, she saves a man named Prakash Roy (Mammootty), a businessman who wanted to commit suicide by being hit by a train. He gets slept with her hip. But she knows that he had been drinking alcohol and she left him at the train station.
His butler, Raymond, calls her, telling her that it was she who left Prakash Roy at the train station and that the CCTV footage had captured this and she comes to the 5th floor of the office. When she came and saw Prakash Roy, she knew that he was a Malayali. In jealousy, she took a plate and broke it, mistaking Prakash Roy as a womanizer. Later at night, she sees a wallet, which she places on a dustbin when she came to his home.
He calls her asking for the wallet and tells her that he would like to get his wallet back and to meet up at the Cemetery. When she meets him, she gives the wallet back. Roy wants to have a true friendship with her, however she refuses. Prakash Roy then barges into her office one day and intimidates her to meet later, meanwhile planning a surprise birthday party.
At night, Prakash Roy celebrates her birthday party at the roadside. He knew that it was her birthday and gave her a gift. Later she spent time with him at a casino, bar, factory and other places.
Cast[edit]
- Mammootty as Prakash Roy
- Huma Qureshi in a dual role as Roshni Menon and Eleena Prakash Roy, wife of Prakash Roy
- Siddique as Pradeep Roy
- Shankar Ramakrishnan as Anwar Rasool
- Ahmed Sidhique as Georgy
- Sunil Sukhada as Thambichayan
- Ansar Kalabhavan as Mathew Kora
- Sona Nair as Deepa Pradeep
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Mariyamma
- Tearry Konjanthed as Mrs. Duyi Suchard
- Bitu Thomas
- John Millichap as Raymond, the butler
- Salvatore Ferragamo in a cameo as "10KSalivathorefurrgmo"
Music[edit]
The film score and soundtrack of the movie were composed Rahul Raj. The soundtrack album, featuring three songs, was released by Eros Music.
| No. | Title | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Eriyumoru Venalil" | Vijay Yesudas | |
| 2. | "Oru Vela" | Shweta Mohan | |
| 3. | "Premadramee Lokam" | Shweta Mohan |
Release[edit]
The film was released on 29 July 2016.[1] The film received mixed reviews.[7][8][9] The satellite rights were given to Surya TV.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Mammootty-Huma Qureshi's "White" movie gets a release date". International Business Times. 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Mammootty to play a romantic hero next". The Times of India. 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Trisha replaces Huma to be Mammootty's heroine?". Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ K, Aswathy (4 June 2015). "Huma in M-town". Entertainment. Malayalam. The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015.
- ^ a b "White (Aka) White review". 29 July 2016.
- ^ "White Movie Review: Mammootty's romantic flick is stagnant, pretentious". 6 June 2020.
- ^ "White Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of White by Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "White review: An embarrassment to Mammootty and Mollywood debutante Huma Qureshi". August 2016.
- ^ "White review- Dull and Boring". Archived from the original on 4 August 2016.
- ^ "New Malayalam Movie DVD Release Updates". Facebook. New Malayalam Movie DVD Release. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
