Ozhivudivasathe Kali

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{{Infobox film
| name = Ozhivudivasathe Kali
| image = Ozhivudivasathe Kali.jpg
| caption = Official poster
| director = [[Sanal Kumar Sasidharan]]<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/chiselling-out-a-movie-from-fiction/article7528591.ece|title=Chiselling out a movie from fiction|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Kochi, India|date=12 August 2015}}</ref>
| producer = Aruna Mathew Shaji Mathew
| screenplay = no formal screenplay<ref name="Treating films in a new way">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150704/entertainment-mollywood/article/treating-films-new-way-0|title= Treating films in a new way |newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|location=Thiruvananthapuram, India|date=2015-07-04}}</ref>
| based_on = {{Based on|''Ozhivudivasathe Kali''|[[Unni R.]]}}<ref name="Big screen adaptation">{{cite news|url=http://cinetrooth.in/2015/08/15/ozhivudivasathe-kali-big-screen-adaptation-of-a-short-story/|title=Ozhivudivasathe Kali: Big screen adaptation of a short story|publisher=cinetrooth|location=Mumbai, India|date= 3 November 2015}}</ref>
| starring = Nistar Ahamed Arun Nayar Pradeep Kumar Baiju Netto Reju Pillai [[Abhija Sivakala]]
| narrator =
| music = Basil C J
| cinematography = Indrajith S.
| editing = Appu N. Bhattathiri
| studio = Niv Art Movies<ref name="People Magazine">{{cite news|url=http://www.peoplemagazines.net/an-off-day-game-mumbai-review/|title=Mumbai Review|publisher=People Magazines|date= 3 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Cinetrooth">{{cite news|url=http://cinetrooth.in/2015/08/15/ozhivudivasathe-kali-big-screen-adaptation-of-a-short-story/|title=Ozhivudivasathe Kali: Big screen adaptation of a short story|publisher=Cinetrooth.com|date=15 August 2015}}</ref>
| distributor = Bigdream release<ref name="bigdreamofficial">{{cite web|url=http://www.bigdreamcinema.com/|title=Big Dream Release|publisher=Big Dream Release}}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2015|10|29|IFFK|2016|06|17 |Kerala}}
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Malayalam]]
| budget = {{INRConvert|20|l}}
| gross =
}}

'''''Ozhivu Divasathe Kali''''' (English title: '''''An Off-Day Game'''''<ref name="anoffdaygameimdb">{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4920960/|title=An Off-Day Game|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]]}} {{unreliable?|date=June 2021}}</ref>) is a 2015 Indian [[Malayalam film|Malayalam]] [[Independent film|indie]] [[drama film]] directed by [[Sanal Kumar Sasidharan]], based on the short story of the same name by [[Unni R.]]<ref name="Hindustan times review">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-cinema/an-off-day-game-a-gripping-tale-of-corruption/story-uGn87sMO1W8LEJwReM9hOJ.html|title= A gripping tale of corruption|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|location= Panaji, India|date=22 November 2015}}</ref> The film follows five middle-aged men who get together for a booze party during an election holiday in [[Kerala]]. It won the [[46th Kerala State Film Awards|46th Kerala State Film Award]] for [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]].<ref name="Ozhivudivasathe Kali adjudged Best film">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-state-film-awards/article8300123.ece|title= 'Charlie' sweeps Kerala State film awards; 'Ozhivudivasathe Kali' adjudged Best film|website=[[The Hindu]]|location= Trivandrum, India|date=1 March 2016}}</ref> The film was included in [[The Hindu]]'s top 25 Malayalam films of the decade and is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the [[New generation (Malayalam film movement)|Malayalam New Wave]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nagarajan|first=Saraswathy|date=2019-12-19|title=The 25 best Malayalam films of the decade: ‘Premam’, ‘Maheshinte Prathikaram’, ‘Kumbalangi Nights’ and more|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-25-best-malayalam-films-of-the-decade-premam-maheshinte-prathikaram-kumbalangi-nights-and-more/article30349548.ece|access-date=2021-07-12|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

The film was initially showcased at the festival circuits in October 2015, including the [[International Film Festival of Kerala]] and the [[Mumbai Film Festival]]. The film has only 70 shots, with the second half of the film being just a single shot. Under [[Aashiq Abu]]'s initiative, the film got a limited theatrical release in Kerala on 17 June 2016.<ref name="Release on June 17">{{cite news|url=http://www.onlookersmedia.in/comingsoon/ozhivu-divasathe-kali-to-release-on-june-17|title= Ozhivu Divasathe Kali to release on June 17|website=Onlookersmedia.in|date=18 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Aashiq Abu to distribute Ozhivudivasathe Kali">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/the-twain-seem-to-meet/article8658159.ece|title= The twain seem to meet|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=28 May 2016}}</ref>

==Synopsis==
On an election holiday, five friends get together for a booze party. Their only intention is fun and refreshment. As the time passes they start to open up the hidden wildness of their real nature.
Tired and bored in arguments they plan to play a game. A game they used to play in their childhood.<ref name="Anoffdaygame">{{cite web|url=http://www.anoffdaygame.com/#1|title=Synopsis|website=Anoffdaygame.com}}</ref>

==Cast==
*Nisthar Sait as ''Dharman''
*Baiju Netto as ''Dasan''
*Girish Nair as ''Thirumeni''
*Pradeep Kumar as ''Vinayan''
*Reju R Pillai as ''Narayanan''
*[[Abhija Sivakala]] as Geetha
*Arun Nair as ''Ashokan''
*Sridhar P.U. as ''Ganeshan''

==Development and production==
The film is based on the [[Narrative|story]] of well known short story writer [[Unni R.]] The [[Narrative|story]] has been successfully adopted to make political satire. There was no [[Screenplay|script]] while shooting the film. The film has some unique features because of this making pattern.<ref name="Deccanan Chronicle">{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150704/entertainment-mollywood/article/treating-films-new-way-0|title=Treating films in a new way|newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|location=Thiruvananthapuram,India|date=4 July 2015}}</ref> All the dialogues are evolved due to improvisations and it contains some fine long takes. One of the lengthy shots conceived in the film is 53 minutes.

==Reception==

===Critical response===
[[Charu Nivedita]] called this film, 'a miracle in Indian cinema'.<ref>http://newsable.asianetnews.tv/south/charu-nivedita-ozhivu-divasathe-kali</ref> Deborah Young of [[The Hollywood Reporter]] gave a positive review, saying that "''The classic buddy movie is cleverly revisited with a critical eye on Indian politics and society... Sasidharan builds suspense all the way to the sickening climax.''"<ref>{{cite web|title='An Off-Day Game': Mumbai Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/an-day-game-mumbai-review-836260|author=Deborah Young|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=2 November 2015|access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> Gautaman Bhaskaran of the [[Hindustan Times]] gave a positive review. He called the film "''a griping tale of corruption''" and concluded by saying "An Off-Day Game, finally, is a brutal look at the way the Constitution is used for the benefit of some, at the way caste politics and colour prejudices have been wrecking our lives."<ref>{{cite web|title=An Off-Day Game: A gripping tale of corruption|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-cinema/an-off-day-game-a-gripping-tale-of-corruption/story-uGn87sMO1W8LEJwReM9hOJ.html|author=Gautaman Bhaskaran|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=22 November 2015|access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> After the 17the of June theatrical release, G. Ragesh of [[Malayala Manorama|Manorama Online]] gave a favorable review with a 3 stars out of 5. Ragesh concluded with "''Ozhivu Divasathe Kali must be watched as a political movie, but without any prejudice. It's a deliberate take on hypocrisies in the society, an entertaining trial in which you would find yourself either in the spot of the victim or the culprit''."<ref>{{cite web|title='An Off-Day Game': Mumbai Review|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/ozhivu-divasathe-kali-movie-review.html|website=[[Malayala Manorama|Manorama Online]]|date=17 June 2015|access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>

==Awards and accolades==
* [[International Federation of Film Critics|FIPRESCI]] Award for the Best Malayalam film in the [[International Film Festival of Kerala]] (IFFK)<ref name="Indiatoday">{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/malayalam-film-sweeps-all-iffk-awards/1/545014.html|title=Malayalam film sweeps all IFFK awards|publisher=Indiatoday|date=11 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film]] - 2015
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Recordist]] - 2015
* Official Selection in [[International Film Festival of Kerala]] IFFK2015<ref name="newindianexpress">{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Nine-Malayalam-Movies-at-IFFK--2015/2015/10/12/article3075226.ece|title=Nine Malayalam Movies at IFFK- 2015|publisher=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref name="Malayalam Cinema">{{cite news|url=http://www.iffk.in/index.php?page=malayalamcinema_15/|title=Malayalam Cinema Today|publisher=[[Kerala State Chalachitra Academy]]}}</ref>
* Official Selection in [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image]] MAMI2015<ref name="mumbaifilmfestival">{{cite news|url=http://www.mumbaifilmfestival.com/f2-2.html|title=JIO MAMI WITH STAR INDIA|publisher=[[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image]]}}</ref><ref name="Jamuura">{{cite news|url=http://www.jamuura.com/blog/mami-full-line-up-revealed-incl-some-of-the-best-fresh-work-from-india-the-world/|title=Mumbai Film Festival Full Line-up Revealed|publisher=Jamura.com|date=7 October 2015}}</ref>
* Selection in Film Bazaar Recommends, Goa <ref name="filmbazaar buzzing">{{cite news|url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/whats-the-buzz-at-film-bazaar-2015/5097239.article|title= What's the buzz at Film Bazaar 2015?|publisher=[[screendaily.com]]|date=24 November 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|4920960|An Off-Day Game}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ5qNvknPFc Official trailer]

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan]]

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