Lucifer Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Genre | Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller |
| Release date | 28 March 2019 |
| Running time | 2hr 54min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Mohanlal |
| Directed by | Prithviraj Sukumaran |
| Written by | Murali Gopy |
| Produced by | Antony Perumbavoor |
| Cinematography by | Sujith Vasudev |
| Edited by | Samjith Mohammed |
| Music by | Deepak Dev |
| Production Company | Aashirvad Cinemas |
| Distributor | Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments |
Lucifer Movie Cast & Characters:
- Mohanlal as Stephen Nedumpally / Khureshi-Ab’raam
- Vivek Oberoi as Bimal “Bobby” Nair
- Manju Warrier as Priyadarshini “Priya” Ramdas
- Tovino Thomas as Jathin Ramdas
- Indrajith Sukumaran as Govardhan
- Saikumar as Mahesha Varma
- Baiju Santhosh as Murugan
- Kalabhavan Shajohn as Aloshy Joseph
- Saniya Iyappan as Jhanvi
- Nyla Usha as Arundhathi
- Prithviraj Sukumaran as Zayed Masood
- Suresh Chandra Menon as Abdul
- Giju John as Sanjeev Kumar
- Fazil as Father Nedumpally
- Sachin Khedekar as P. K. Ramdas
- Nandhu as P. S. Peethambran
- Shivaji Guruvayoor as Medayil Rajan
- John Vijay as Mayilvahanam IPS
- Aneesh G. Menon as Sumesh
- Adil Ibrahim as Riju
- Bala as Bhadran
- Shaun Romy as Aparna
- Sijoy Varghese as PR agent
- Kainakary Thankaraj as Nedumpally Krishnan
- V. K. Prakash as Senior doctor
- Maala Parvathy as Jhanvi’s doctor
- Parvathy Menon Shijith as PKR’s wife
- Sreeya Remesh as Gomathy
- Thara Kalyan as Jhanvi’s principal
- Binu Pappu as Prison officer
- Alexx O’Nell as Rob
- Frank Free as Fyodor
- Adarsh as Young Stephen
- Angelina Abraham as Young Priyadarshini
- Waluscha De Sousa as Item dancer in the song “Raftaara”
- Shakti Kapoor as Sanghani (guest appearance)
- Sshivada as Govardhan’s wife (guest appearance)
- Antony Perumbavoor as Man in Nightclub (guest appearance)
Storyline:
A political Godfather died and a lot of thieves dressed up as politicians took over the rule. The question arises regarding the successor of God, unfolding a few names, along with God’s most beloved angel, Lucifer.
Lucifer Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₹30 crore |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹128 crore |
Lucifer Movie tracklist:
Malayalam
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Raftaara” | Tanishk Nabar | Jyotsna Radhakrishnan | 6:16 |
| 2. | “Kadavule Pole” | Logan | Karthik, Baradwaj (Rapper) | 3:24 |
| 3. | “Varika Varika” | Amsi Narayanapilla | Murali Gopy, Chorus | 4:30 |
| 4. | “Empuraane” | Murali Gopy | Usha Uthup, Chorus | 3:29 |
| 5. | “L Anthem” | – | Usha Uthup, Chorus | 3:00 |
Hindi
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Raftaara” | Tanishk Nabar | Jyotsna Radhakrishnan | 6:16 |
| 2. | “Dilwale” | Shiv Ganesh | Usha Uthup | 3:24 |
| 3. | “Aao Aao Sathiyon” | Shiv Ghanesh | Kumaar | 4:30 |
About Lucifer Movie:
Development of the film began in 2016 when Murali pitched a story to Prithviraj Sukumaran at the sets of Tiyaan in Ramoji Film City, it was when he decided to make Lucifer his directorial debut.
The title of the film was taken from an unrealized project of director Rajesh Pillai which was also written by Murali with another story.
Pre-production of Lucifer began in 2017 and Murali completed the final draft of the screenplay in February 2018.
Principal photography began in mid-July that year and lasted till January 2019, with filming carried out in Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Ernakulam, and Kollam districts, and Mumbai, Bangalore, Lakshadweep, and Russia.
The film was released in theatres worldwide on 28 March 2019. It was also dubbed and released in other Indian languages. The Telugu dubbed version of the film was released on 12 April 2019. Tamil dubbed version was released on 3 May 2019, distributed by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. On 30 March 2019, Google India released an animated doodle on their Twitter page featuring Mohanlal and Yuvraj Singh playing tennis, with a caption: “The heroes who know how to smash all records”. Lucifer, Miami Open, and Yuvraj Singh topped the Google Trends on the week. Lucifer was released for digital download on 16 May 2019, available as VOD on Amazon Prime Video in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu languages.
The satellite rights of the Malayalam version were sold to Asianet. The Tamil version was given to Star Vijay Super, and the Kannada dubbed version was given to Star Suvarna. The Hindi dubbed version was given to Sony Max.
The film broke many box office records for a Malayalam film, crossing the ₹50 crore (US$6.3 million) mark in four days, ₹100 crore (US$13 million) mark in eight days, and the ₹150 crore (US$19 million) mark in 21 days becoming the fastest Malayalam film to reach all three milestones.
Lucifer was the first Malayalam film to earn more than ₹200 crore, including its box office collections and the earnings from the sale of its satellite rights and digital streaming rights in other languages. It is currently the third highest-grossing Malayalam film.
Lucifer is the first installment in a trilogy and will be followed by L2: Empuraan and an untitled sequel, which are in development.
A Telugu remake titled Godfather was released on 5 October 2022.
