Kolaambi (transl. Loudspeaker) is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar, starring Nithya Menen, Renji Panicker, Rohini, Sijoy Varghese and Dileesh Pothan. The film is produced by Roopesh Omana under the production house Nirmalyam Cinema. Resul Pookutty handles the sound recording, while music is composed by Ramesh Narayan and cinematography is done by Ravi Varman. Production design is done by Sabu Cyril.
Kolaambi was premiered in Indian Panorama at 50th International Film Festival of India, Goa, held in November 2019. The film was released on 7 April 2023.
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Cast
Nithya Menen as Arundhati
Renji Panicker as Abdul Khader
Dileesh Pothan as Sudharshan
Sijoy Varghese as Sanjay Tharakan
Rohini as Sundarambal
Siddharth Menon as Solomon
Baiju Santhosh as Moulavi
Aristo Suresh as Aampli Naanu
Suresh Kumar as Varghese
Manju Pillai as Lawyer
Asha Aravind as Anju Sudharshan
P. Balachandran as Kamal Pasha
Pauly Valsan as Alphonse
Jayakrishnan as Jacob George
Poojapura Radhakrishan as Beeran
Vijay Yesudas as himself (cameo appearance)
Abhiram.S.S as Bicycle Guy(cameo appearance)
Production
Kolaambi marks the 25th film and directorial come back of director T. K Rajeev Kumar after nearly six years. Resul Pookutty was brought in for sound recording. Ravi Varman was signed as the cinematographer and Sabu Cyril as the production designer. Nithya Menen was chosen for the role of biennale artist, marking her second collaboration with T. K. Rajeev Kumar after Thalsamayam Oru Penkutty.
Principal photography of the film was commenced at Thiruvananthapuram on 18 October 2018.