Gold Movie Details:
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Release date | 1 December 2022 |
Running time | 2hr 43min |
Certificate | 16+ |
Starring | Prithviraj Sukumaran Nayanthara |
Directed by | Alphonse Puthren |
Written by | Alphonse Puthren |
Produced by | Supriya Menon Listin Stephen |
Cinematography by | Anend C. Chandran Viswajith Odukkathil |
Edited by | Alphonse Puthren |
Music by | Rajesh Murugesan |
Production Company | Prithviraj Productions Magic Frames |
Distributor | Magic Frames (Kerala) SSI Production (Tamil Nadu) |
Gold Movie Cast & Characters:
- Prithviraj Sukumaran as Joshi S. Kunjan, a mobile shop owner
- Nayanthara as Sumangali Unnikrishnan, Unnikrishnan’s daughter
- Deepti Sati as Radha
- Mallika Sukumaran as Latha, Joshi’s mother
- Baburaj as CPO Rakesh Manjappra
- Lalu Alex as “Idea” Shaji
- Ajmal Ameer as Suneesh Shaji, Shaji’s son
- Shammi Thilakan as Unnikrishnan, sumangali’s father
- Shanthi Krishna as Subhadra, sumangali’s mother
- Jagadish as Head constable Prince
- Krishna Sankar as Bhasi, Joshi’s mobile shop manager
- Shabareesh Varma as CPO Girish
- Chemban Vinod Jose as Boss Freddy
- Vinay Forrt as Jumper Santhosh
- Roshan Mathew as Manu, new-gen Gunda
- Saiju Kurup as Jomon, Joshi’s mechanic friend
- Suresh Krishna as CI Pluto Augustin
- Abu Salim and Sandeep Varma as Timber Brothers
- Althaf Salim as Velukkuttan, Jomon’s assistant
- Prem Kumar as Anto Chettan
- Sudheesh as Gold Musthafa
- Idavela Babu as Chacko, Shop owner
- Sharaf U Dheen as Richard, Driver
- Jaffar Idukki as Babu, Marriage Broker
- These Khan as Newsreader
- Shebin Benson as Sonny, a Day Band member
- Siju Wilson as Gilbert, Day Band Leader
- Justin John as JJ
- Faisal Muhammed as Faiz
- M. A. Shiyas as Baby Kunju
- Vineeth Thattil David as Usman
- Sabumon as Biju, Usman’s friend
- Sibu Thankachan as Pappan, Auto driver
- George Abraham as Speeder Jinto
- Alphonse Puthren as “Spider” Suresh
- Aleena Alphonse Puthren as Mareena
- Soubin Shahir as Mittu
- Ganapathi S. Poduval as Jaffar
- Sai Kumar as Kalamassery Ajayan, Chief Minister of Kerala
- Sharat Saxena as Major General Singhania
- Renji Panicker as Chandrashekhar
- Parvathi T as Bhavathi
- Anarkali Nassar as Suneesh Shaji’s bride
Storyline:
The story unravels between the incidents that take place within four days of Joshi (Prithviraj Sukumaran), a mobile shop owner, purchasing a new car owing to a marriage alliance that is almost fixed with Radha (Deepti Sati).
About Gold Movie:
The film marks Alphonse Puthren’s return to direction after seven years since Premam (2015).
Principal photography on the film began in September 2021 and completed in June 2022.
Gold was released theatrically on December 1, 2022. Due to dubbing and censoring delays, the Tamil dubbed version was released only a few days later on December 2, 2022.
The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics who praised Prithviraj’s performance, story, cinematography, and music, but criticized its screenwriting and length.
The digital rights of the film were bagged by Amazon Prime Video and satellite rights were sold to Sun TV Network.