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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
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				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l6&quot;&gt;Line 6:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| caption        = Theatrical poster&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| caption        = Theatrical poster&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| director       = [[Jayaraj]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| director       = [[Jayaraj]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;producers      &lt;/del&gt;= {{unbulleted list|K. Mohan (Seven Arts Mohan)|Vinod Vijayan}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;producer       &lt;/ins&gt;= {{unbulleted list|K. Mohan (Seven Arts Mohan)|Vinod Vijayan}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| screenplay     = &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Joshy Mangalath]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| screenplay     =&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| story          = [[Joshy Mangalath]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| story          &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;= &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| based_on       = {{based on|Vanka|[[Anton Chekhov]]}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| writer         &lt;/ins&gt;= [[Joshy Mangalath]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| based_on       = {{based on|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;Vanka&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/ins&gt;|[[Anton Chekhov]]}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| starring       = {{unbulleted list|Ashanth K. Sha|Kumarakom Vasudevan|[[Shine Tom Chacko]]|Sabitha Jayaraj|Thomas J. Kannampuzha}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| starring       = {{unbulleted list|Ashanth K. Sha|Kumarakom Vasudevan|[[Shine Tom Chacko]]|Sabitha Jayaraj|Thomas J. Kannampuzha}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| narrator       = &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;!-- or: |narrators = --&amp;gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| narrator       =&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| music          = [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]], [[Sreevalsan J. Menon]] (Background music)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| music          = [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]], [[Sreevalsan J. Menon]] (Background music)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| cinematography = [[M. J. Radhakrishnan]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| cinematography = [[M. J. Radhakrishnan]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| editing        = [[B. Ajithkumar]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| editing        = [[B. Ajithkumar]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| studio         = Director Cutz Film Company Ltd&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| studio         = Director Cutz Film Company Ltd&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| distributor    = Qube India&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/del&gt;Reelmonk&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| distributor    = Qube India&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;Reelmonk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| released       = {{&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;film &lt;/del&gt;date|df=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;yes&lt;/del&gt;|2015|11|06|India}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| released       = {{&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Film &lt;/ins&gt;date|df=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;y&lt;/ins&gt;|2015|11|06|India}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| runtime        = 81 minutes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| runtime        = 81 minutes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| country        = India&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| country        = India&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; Ottaal&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (English: &#039;&#039;The Trap&#039;&#039;) is a 2015 Indian [[Malayalam film]] directed by [[Jayaraj]], an adaptation of the short story &quot;Vanka&quot; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;by Russian author [[Anton Chekhov&lt;/del&gt;]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;YTalkies&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = &#039;OTTAAL&#039;: JAYARAJ ADAPTS CHEKHOV&#039;S STORY|url = http://www.ytalkies.com/mollywood-film-news/ottaal-jayaraj-adapts-chekhovs-story|access-date = 2 November 2015|publisher = YTalkies|date = 16 February 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;This &lt;/del&gt;film stars Ashanth K Sha and Kumarakom Vasudevan, as well as &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;actors &lt;/del&gt;[[Shine Tom Chacko]], Sabitha Jayaraj and Thomas G. Kannampuzha.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;The Hindu&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = When a photo inspired a film|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/when-a-photo-inspired-a-film/article7030356.ece|access-date = 2 November 2015|work = The Hindu|date = 27 March 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; Ottaal&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; (English: &#039;&#039;The Trap&#039;&#039;) is a 2015 Indian [[Malayalam film]] directed by [[Jayaraj]], an adaptation of the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Anton Chekhov]] 1886 short story [[Vanka (&lt;/ins&gt;short story&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;)|&lt;/ins&gt;&quot;Vanka&quot;]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;YTalkies&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = &#039;OTTAAL&#039;: JAYARAJ ADAPTS CHEKHOV&#039;S STORY|url = http://www.ytalkies.com/mollywood-film-news/ottaal-jayaraj-adapts-chekhovs-story|access-date = 2 November 2015|publisher = YTalkies|date = 16 February 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The &lt;/ins&gt;film stars Ashanth K Sha and Kumarakom Vasudevan, as well as [[Shine Tom Chacko]], Sabitha Jayaraj and Thomas G. Kannampuzha.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;The Hindu&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = When a photo inspired a film|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/when-a-photo-inspired-a-film/article7030356.ece|access-date = 2 November 2015|work = The Hindu|date = 27 March 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It became the first movie in [[India]] to be released online on the same day as its theatrical release.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ottaal-to-have-simultaneous-release-in-theatres-online-115110501216_1.html|title=&#039;Ottaal&#039; to have simultaneous release in theatres, online|publisher=[[Business Standard]]|date=5 November 2015|access-date=5 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The film made history, becoming the first ever Malayalam movie to &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;have swept &lt;/del&gt;all the top awards in the 20-year history of the [[International Film Festival of Kerala]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Malayalam Manorama Online&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Jayaraj&#039;s &#039;Ottaal&#039; sweeps top honours|url = http://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/iffk-2015/iffk-news/iffk-2015-ottaal-jayaraj-suvarna-chakoram-award-kerala-film-festival.html|access-date = 22 November 2015|publisher = Manorama Online|date = 11 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The film &lt;/del&gt;was one of four [[Malayalam films]] selected to be a part of the &#039;&#039;Indian Panorama&#039;&#039; at the [[International Film Festival of India]] in [[Goa]] in November 2015.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;New India Express&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Four Malayalam Films to be Screened at International Film Festival|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Four-Malayalam-Films-to-be-Screened-at-International-Film-Festival/2015/11/04/article3112335.ece|access-date = 4 November 2015|publisher = New Indian Express|date = 4 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It became the first movie in [[India]] to be released online on the same day as its theatrical release.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ottaal-to-have-simultaneous-release-in-theatres-online-115110501216_1.html|title=&#039;Ottaal&#039; to have simultaneous release in theatres, online|publisher=[[Business Standard]]|date=5 November 2015|access-date=5 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The film made history, becoming the first ever Malayalam movie to &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;sweep &lt;/ins&gt;all the top awards in the 20-year history of the [[International Film Festival of Kerala]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Malayalam Manorama Online&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Jayaraj&#039;s &#039;Ottaal&#039; sweeps top honours|url = http://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/iffk-2015/iffk-news/iffk-2015-ottaal-jayaraj-suvarna-chakoram-award-kerala-film-festival.html|access-date = 22 November 2015|publisher = Manorama Online|date = 11 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;It &lt;/ins&gt;was one of four [[Malayalam films]] selected to be a part of the &#039;&#039;Indian Panorama&#039;&#039; at the [[International Film Festival of India]] in [[Goa]] in November 2015.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;New India Express&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Four Malayalam Films to be Screened at International Film Festival|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Four-Malayalam-Films-to-be-Screened-at-International-Film-Festival/2015/11/04/article3112335.ece&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151106014504/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Four-Malayalam-Films-to-be-Screened-at-International-Film-Festival/2015/11/04/article3112335.ece|url-status = dead|archive-date = 6 November 2015&lt;/ins&gt;|access-date = 4 November 2015|publisher = New Indian Express|date = 4 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Plot==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Plot==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This film tells the story of a young boy (Ashanth K Sha) and his relationship with his grandfather (Kumarakom Vasudevan), his only living relative in the world. Actor Kumarakom Vasudevan is a fisherman in real life, whom Director Jayaraj found during his hunt for actors to play the role. Shine Tom &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chacko’s &lt;/del&gt;character, Mesthri, also has a pivotal role in the story.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Manorama Online&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = &#039;Ottal&#039; is more than an environmental film: Jayaraj|url = http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/interview/jayaraj-national-award-film-ottal-is-more-than-an-environmental-film.html|access-date = 2 November 2015|publisher = Manorama Online|date = 30 March 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;Ottaal&#039;&#039; is an adaptation of one of Anton &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chekhov’s &lt;/del&gt;timeless works, Vanka. A story of the 18th century, but one that has travelled the time and space to be retold in the present day at a small village in the South of India.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;This film tells the story of a young boy (Ashanth K Sha) and his relationship with his grandfather (Kumarakom Vasudevan), his only living relative in the world. Actor Kumarakom Vasudevan is a fisherman in real life, whom Director Jayaraj found during his hunt for actors to play the role. Shine Tom &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chacko&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;character, Mesthri, also has a pivotal role in the story.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Manorama Online&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = &#039;Ottal&#039; is more than an environmental film: Jayaraj|url = http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/interview/jayaraj-national-award-film-ottal-is-more-than-an-environmental-film.html|access-date = 2 November 2015|publisher = Manorama Online|date = 30 March 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &#039;&#039;Ottaal&#039;&#039; is an adaptation of one of Anton &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chekhov&#039;s &lt;/ins&gt;timeless works, Vanka. A story of the 18th century, but one that has travelled the time and space to be retold in the present day at a small village in the South of India.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Cast==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Cast==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l42&quot;&gt;Line 42:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 43:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Soundtrack==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Soundtrack==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The film has one song &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;Aa Manathilirrunnu&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;&lt;/del&gt;,&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Aa Manathilirrunnu video song- Youtube&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Ottaal Multiple Award Winning Movie Review|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAv4Ou03lAo/|access-date = 10 November 2015|publisher = Youtube|date = 8 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; composed by Padma Bhushan [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Ottaal Multiple Award Winning Movie Review&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Ottaal Multiple Award Winning Movie Review|url = http://www.sajmedia.in/reviews/ottaal-review/|access-date = 10 November 2015|publisher = Saj Media|date = 8 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The background score composed by [[Sreevalsan J. Menon]] was praised by the jury when the film won the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;crystal bear &lt;/del&gt;at the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Berlin festival &lt;/del&gt;2016.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/malayalam-film-wins-crystal-bear-at-berlinale/article8263067.ece|title=Malayalam film wins Crystal Bear at Berlinale|work=The Hindu|date=21 February 2016|access-date=21 February 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The film has one song&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, &quot;&lt;/ins&gt;Aa Manathilirrunnu&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/ins&gt;,&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Aa Manathilirrunnu video song- Youtube&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Ottaal Multiple Award Winning Movie Review|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAv4Ou03lAo/|access-date = 10 November 2015|publisher = Youtube|date = 8 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; composed by Padma Bhushan [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Ottaal Multiple Award Winning Movie Review&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Ottaal Multiple Award Winning Movie Review|url = http://www.sajmedia.in/reviews/ottaal-review/|access-date = 10 November 2015|publisher = Saj Media|date = 8 November 2015&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|archive-date = 4 March 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043324/http://www.sajmedia.in/reviews/ottaal-review/|url-status = dead&lt;/ins&gt;}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The background score composed by [[Sreevalsan J. Menon]] was praised by the jury when the film won the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Crystal Bear]] &lt;/ins&gt;at the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Berlinale]] &lt;/ins&gt;2016.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/malayalam-film-wins-crystal-bear-at-berlinale/article8263067.ece|title=Malayalam film wins Crystal Bear at Berlinale|work=The Hindu|date=21 February 2016|access-date=21 February 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Release and reception==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Release and reception==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The film was released in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;theaters in [[Kerala]] &lt;/del&gt;on 6 November 2015 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/del&gt;online &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;on the same day through [[&lt;/del&gt;Reelmonk&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]], making it &lt;/del&gt;the first Indian film to be released simultaneously in theaters and on the internet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/exploring-online-market-for-movie-release/article7844516.ece|title=Exploring online market for movie release|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 November 2015|access-date=4 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.janmabhumidaily.com/news341886|title=Ottaal releasing this Friday|publisher=JanmaBhumi Daily|date=5 November 2015|access-date=5 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url = http://www.india.com/showbiz/malayalam-film-ottaal-to-release-in-theatres-online-on-same-day-685663/|title = Malayalam film Ottaal to release in theatres, online on same day|date = 5 November 2015|access-date = 5 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Ottaal-First-Indian-Film-to-be-Released-Online-in-Real-time/2015/11/06/article3115527.ece|title = &#039;Ottaal&#039; First Indian Film to be Released Online in Real-time|date = 6 November 2015|access-date = 8 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The film was released in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;theatres and online &lt;/ins&gt;on 6 November 2015&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. The &lt;/ins&gt;online &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;platform was &lt;/ins&gt;Reelmonk&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. It was &lt;/ins&gt;the first Indian film to be released simultaneously in theaters and on the internet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/exploring-online-market-for-movie-release/article7844516.ece|title=Exploring online market for movie release|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 November 2015|access-date=4 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.janmabhumidaily.com/news341886|title=Ottaal releasing this Friday|publisher=JanmaBhumi Daily|date=5 November 2015|access-date=5 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url = http://www.india.com/showbiz/malayalam-film-ottaal-to-release-in-theatres-online-on-same-day-685663/|title = Malayalam film Ottaal to release in theatres, online on same day|date = 5 November 2015|access-date = 5 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Ottaal-First-Indian-Film-to-be-Released-Online-in-Real-time/2015/11/06/article3115527.ece&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151106024948/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Ottaal-First-Indian-Film-to-be-Released-Online-in-Real-time/2015/11/06/article3115527.ece|url-status = dead|archive-date = 6 November 2015&lt;/ins&gt;|title = &#039;Ottaal&#039; First Indian Film to be Released Online in Real-time|date = 6 November 2015|access-date = 8 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Accolades==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Accolades==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l98&quot;&gt;Line 98:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 99:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|-&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot; rowspan=1|[[Berlin Film Festival]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/malayalam-film-wins-crystal-bear-at-berlinale/article8263067.ece|title=Malayalam film wins Crystal Bear at Berlinale|work=The Hindu|date=21 February 2016|access-date=21 February 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot; rowspan=1|[[Berlin Film Festival]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/malayalam-film-wins-crystal-bear-at-berlinale/article8263067.ece|title=Malayalam film wins Crystal Bear at Berlinale|work=The Hindu|date=21 February 2016|access-date=21 February 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Crystal Bear&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Crystal Bear&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Ottaal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|Ottaal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|{{won}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;|{{won}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l109&quot;&gt;Line 109:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 110:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* {{IMDb title|tt4625196}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* {{IMDb title|tt4625196}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Jayaraj}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Jayaraj}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Film}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:2015 films]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:2015 films]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Indian films]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Films directed by Jayaraj]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Films directed by Jayaraj]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:Films scored by Kavalam Narayana Panicker]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Films whose writer won the Best Adapted Screenplay National Film Award]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Films whose writer won the Best Adapted Screenplay National Film Award]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation National Film Award winners]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation National Film Award winners]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2010s &lt;/del&gt;Malayalam-language films]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Films about child labour]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:2015 &lt;/ins&gt;Malayalam-language films]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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{{Infobox film&lt;br /&gt;
| name           = Ottaal&lt;br /&gt;
| image          = File:Ottaal ver4 xlg.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| alt            = &lt;br /&gt;
| caption        = Theatrical poster&lt;br /&gt;
| director       = [[Jayaraj]]&lt;br /&gt;
| producers      = {{unbulleted list|K. Mohan (Seven Arts Mohan)|Vinod Vijayan}}&lt;br /&gt;
| screenplay     = [[Joshy Mangalath]]&lt;br /&gt;
| story          = [[Joshy Mangalath]]&lt;br /&gt;
| based_on       = {{based on|Vanka|[[Anton Chekhov]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| starring       = {{unbulleted list|Ashanth K. Sha|Kumarakom Vasudevan|[[Shine Tom Chacko]]|Sabitha Jayaraj|Thomas J. Kannampuzha}}&lt;br /&gt;
| narrator       = &amp;lt;!-- or: |narrators = --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| music          = [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]], [[Sreevalsan J. Menon]] (Background music)&lt;br /&gt;
| cinematography = [[M. J. Radhakrishnan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| editing        = [[B. Ajithkumar]]&lt;br /&gt;
| studio         = Director Cutz Film Company Ltd]]&lt;br /&gt;
| distributor    = Qube India&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[Reelmonk]]&lt;br /&gt;
| released       = {{film date|df=yes|2015|11|06|India}}&lt;br /&gt;
| runtime        = 81 minutes&lt;br /&gt;
| country        = India&lt;br /&gt;
| language       = Malayalam&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;English&lt;br /&gt;
| budget         = &lt;br /&gt;
| gross          = &amp;lt;!--(please use condensed and rounded values, e.g. &amp;quot;£11.6 million&amp;quot; not &amp;quot;£11,586,221&amp;quot;)--&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Ottaal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (English: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Trap&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) is a 2015 Indian [[Malayalam film]] directed by [[Jayaraj]], an adaptation of the short story &amp;quot;Vanka&amp;quot; by Russian author [[Anton Chekhov]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;YTalkies&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = &amp;#039;OTTAAL&amp;#039;: JAYARAJ ADAPTS CHEKHOV&amp;#039;S STORY|url = http://www.ytalkies.com/mollywood-film-news/ottaal-jayaraj-adapts-chekhovs-story|access-date = 2 November 2015|publisher = YTalkies|date = 16 February 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; This film stars Ashanth K Sha and Kumarakom Vasudevan, as well as actors [[Shine Tom Chacko]], Sabitha Jayaraj and Thomas G. Kannampuzha.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;The Hindu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = When a photo inspired a film|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/when-a-photo-inspired-a-film/article7030356.ece|access-date = 2 November 2015|work = The Hindu|date = 27 March 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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It became the first movie in [[India]] to be released online on the same day as its theatrical release.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ottaal-to-have-simultaneous-release-in-theatres-online-115110501216_1.html|title=&amp;#039;Ottaal&amp;#039; to have simultaneous release in theatres, online|publisher=[[Business Standard]]|date=5 November 2015|access-date=5 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The film made history, becoming the first ever Malayalam movie to have swept all the top awards in the 20-year history of the [[International Film Festival of Kerala]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Malayalam Manorama Online&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Jayaraj&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Ottaal&amp;#039; sweeps top honours|url = http://english.manoramaonline.com/in-depth/iffk-2015/iffk-news/iffk-2015-ottaal-jayaraj-suvarna-chakoram-award-kerala-film-festival.html|access-date = 22 November 2015|publisher = Manorama Online|date = 11 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The film was one of four [[Malayalam films]] selected to be a part of the &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Indian Panorama&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at the [[International Film Festival of India]] in [[Goa]] in November 2015.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;New India Express&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Four Malayalam Films to be Screened at International Film Festival|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Four-Malayalam-Films-to-be-Screened-at-International-Film-Festival/2015/11/04/article3112335.ece|access-date = 4 November 2015|publisher = New Indian Express|date = 4 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Plot==&lt;br /&gt;
This film tells the story of a young boy (Ashanth K Sha) and his relationship with his grandfather (Kumarakom Vasudevan), his only living relative in the world. Actor Kumarakom Vasudevan is a fisherman in real life, whom Director Jayaraj found during his hunt for actors to play the role. Shine Tom Chacko’s character, Mesthri, also has a pivotal role in the story.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Manorama Online&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = &amp;#039;Ottal&amp;#039; is more than an environmental film: Jayaraj|url = http://english.manoramaonline.com/entertainment/interview/jayaraj-national-award-film-ottal-is-more-than-an-environmental-film.html|access-date = 2 November 2015|publisher = Manorama Online|date = 30 March 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ottaal&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is an adaptation of one of Anton Chekhov’s timeless works, Vanka. A story of the 18th century, but one that has travelled the time and space to be retold in the present day at a small village in the South of India.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Cast==&lt;br /&gt;
* Master Ashanth K Sha as Kuttappai&lt;br /&gt;
* Kumarakaom Vasudevan as Vallyappachayi&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Shine Tom Chacko]] as Mesthri&lt;br /&gt;
* Thomas J Kannampuzha as Betty&lt;br /&gt;
* Sabitha Jayaraj as Moly&lt;br /&gt;
* Master Hafis Muhammed as Tinku&lt;br /&gt;
* Vavachan as Outha&lt;br /&gt;
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==Soundtrack==&lt;br /&gt;
The film has one song &amp;#039;Aa Manathilirrunnu&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Aa Manathilirrunnu video song- Youtube&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Ottaal Multiple Award Winning Movie Review|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAv4Ou03lAo/|access-date = 10 November 2015|publisher = Youtube|date = 8 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; composed by Padma Bhushan [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Ottaal Multiple Award Winning Movie Review&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|title = Ottaal Multiple Award Winning Movie Review|url = http://www.sajmedia.in/reviews/ottaal-review/|access-date = 10 November 2015|publisher = Saj Media|date = 8 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The background score composed by [[Sreevalsan J. Menon]] was praised by the jury when the film won the crystal bear at the Berlin festival 2016.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/malayalam-film-wins-crystal-bear-at-berlinale/article8263067.ece|title=Malayalam film wins Crystal Bear at Berlinale|work=The Hindu|date=21 February 2016|access-date=21 February 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Release and reception==&lt;br /&gt;
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The film was released in theaters in [[Kerala]] on 6 November 2015 and online on the same day through [[Reelmonk]], making it the first Indian film to be released simultaneously in theaters and on the internet.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/exploring-online-market-for-movie-release/article7844516.ece|title=Exploring online market for movie release|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 November 2015|access-date=4 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.janmabhumidaily.com/news341886|title=Ottaal releasing this Friday|publisher=JanmaBhumi Daily|date=5 November 2015|access-date=5 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url = http://www.india.com/showbiz/malayalam-film-ottaal-to-release-in-theatres-online-on-same-day-685663/|title = Malayalam film Ottaal to release in theatres, online on same day|date = 5 November 2015|access-date = 5 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url = http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Ottaal-First-Indian-Film-to-be-Released-Online-in-Real-time/2015/11/06/article3115527.ece|title = &amp;#039;Ottaal&amp;#039; First Indian Film to be Released Online in Real-time|date = 6 November 2015|access-date = 8 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Accolades==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Anchor|Awards}}&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable plainrowheaders&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;text-align:center;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;  style=&amp;quot;background:#ccc; width:25%;&amp;quot;| Award / Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;  style=&amp;quot;background:#ccc; width:35%;&amp;quot;| Category&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;  style=&amp;quot;background:#ccc; width:25%;&amp;quot;| Recipient(s)&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;col&amp;quot;  style=&amp;quot;background:#ccc; width:15%;&amp;quot;| Result&lt;br /&gt;
|- style=&amp;quot;border-top:2px solid gray;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot; rowspan=2|[[National Film Awards]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/national-awards-kangana-ranaut-collects-best-actress-award-760191|title=National Awards: Kangana Ranaut Collects Best Actress Award|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=3 May 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Best Screenplay Writer (Adapted)&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Joshy Mangalath]]&lt;br /&gt;
|{{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation&lt;br /&gt;
|Ottaal&lt;br /&gt;
|{{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot; rowspan=1|[[Kerala State Film Awards]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/kerala-state-film-awards-2014-winners-list/111260/story.htm|title=Kerala State Film Awards 2014 - Winners List|publisher=Now Running|date=10 August 2015|access-date=3 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Best Film]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Jayaraj]]&lt;br /&gt;
|{{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot; rowspan=2|[[Mumbai Film Festival]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/jio-mami-2015-haraamkhor-chauthi-koot-bag-top-honours-complete-list-winners-653521|title=JIO MAMI 2015: &amp;#039;Haraamkhor&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Chauthi Koot&amp;#039; bag top honours; complete list of winners|publisher=[[IB Times]]|date=6 May 2015|access-date=8 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Golden Gateway of India Award&lt;br /&gt;
|Ottaal&lt;br /&gt;
|{{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Film for Social Impact Award&lt;br /&gt;
|Ottaal&lt;br /&gt;
|{{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot; rowspan=4|[[International Film Festival of Kerala]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-malayalam-film-ottaal-sweeps-all-awards-ar-international-film-festival-of-kerala-2154722|title=Malayalam film &amp;#039;Ottaal&amp;#039; sweeps all awards ar International Film Festival of Kerala|publisher=[[DNA India]]|date=11 May 2015|access-date=22 November 2015}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Suvarna Chakoram (Best Film)&lt;br /&gt;
|Ottaal&lt;br /&gt;
|{{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Best Film - International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) jury&lt;br /&gt;
|Ottaal&lt;br /&gt;
|{{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Best Malayalam film - Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) jury&lt;br /&gt;
|Ottaal&lt;br /&gt;
|{{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|Rajatha Chakoram - Audience Prize&lt;br /&gt;
|Ottaal&lt;br /&gt;
|{{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! scope=&amp;quot;row&amp;quot; rowspan=1|[[Berlin Film Festival]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/malayalam-film-wins-crystal-bear-at-berlinale/article8263067.ece|title=Malayalam film wins Crystal Bear at Berlinale|work=The Hindu|date=21 February 2016|access-date=21 February 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
|Crystal Bear&lt;br /&gt;
|Ottaal&lt;br /&gt;
|{{won}}&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{IMDb title|tt4625196}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Jayaraj}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:2015 films]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Indian films]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films directed by Jayaraj]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Films whose writer won the Best Adapted Screenplay National Film Award]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation National Film Award winners]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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