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{{Infobox film
| name = Solo
| image = Solo movie poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Bejoy Nambiar]]
| producer = Abraham Mathew Sherisha Technologies Private Limited Bejoy Nambiar Executive Producer - Neha Mishra
| writer = Kartik R. Iyer '''(Tamil Dialogue)''' Dhanya Suresh '''(Malayalam Dialogue)'''
| screenplay = '''Original Screenplay:''' Bejoy Nambiar '''Additional Screenplay:''' Anjali Nair Kartik R. Iyer Sreedevi Krishnan
| story = Bejoy Nambiar
| starring = [[Dulquer Salmaan]] [[Dhanshika]] [[Neha Sharma]] [[Sruthi Hariharan]] [[Arthi Venkatesh]] [[Dino Morea]] [[Manoj K. Jayan]] [[Soubin Shahir]]
| music = '''Songs:''' '''World of Shekhar:''' Abhinav Bansal ajmal mujeeb '''World of Trilok:''' Filter Coffee Govind Gaurav Godkhindi '''World of Siva:''' [[Masala Coffee]] [[Thaikkudam Bridge]] Ragini Bhagwat [[Govind Menon]] '''World of Rudra:''' [[Prashant Pillai]] Filter Coffee [[Sooraj S. Kurup]] Gaurav Godkhindi '''Background Score:''' [[Prashant Pillai]] '''(World of Shekhar)''' '''(World of Trilok)''' Govind '''(World of Siva)''' [[Sooraj S. Kurup]] '''(World of Rudra)'''
| cinematography = [[Girish Gangadharan]] [[Madhu Neelakandan]] Sejal Shah
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
| studio = [[Bejoy Nambiar|Getaway Films]] Refex Entertainment
| distributor = Abaam Movies
| released = {{film date|df=y|2017|10|05|ref1=}}
| runtime = Malayalam: 154 min Tamil: 152 min
| country = [[India]]
| language = {{ubl|[[Malayalam]]|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]}}
}}
'''''Solo'''''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sita Kalyanam Song Lyrics - Solo (2017)|url=https://mallulyricsgo.blogspot.com/2021/03/sita-kalyanam-song-lyric-solo-dulquer.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Latest Songs Lyrics}}</ref> is a 2017 Indian [[experimental film|experimental]] [[anthology film]] co-written, co-produced and directed by [[Bejoy Nambiar]] with [[Dulquer Salmaan]] in the lead role. Shot simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil, production began during November 2016. Solo tells the story of four people, each story revolving around four elements: Earth, Fire, Wind and Water, each with the facets of [[Lord Shiva]]. The film was released on 5 October 2017 in both [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam]] worldwide. The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Athade'', which released on 22 June 2018. It's also dubbed into Hindi as ''Tatva''.

==Plot==

The film consists of four independent stories, all of which star Dulquer Salmaan as major roles: Shekhar, Trilok, Siva and Rudra.

===World of Shekhar (Blind Love)===

World of Shekhar is based on the Element of Water. It is a love story of a stammering, daring but loving young man named Shekhar ([[Dulquer Salmaan]]) and Radhika ([[Sai Dhanshika]]) who is a blind, talented dancer, with an open mind. Their story starts in college, 4 years ago. There is a lot of fuss over whom Radhika loves, whether it is Shekhar's friend Nelson or a guy named Sanju. Finally, Radhika confesses her love for Shekhar in front of everyone and the poetic love story begins. When their families first find out about their relationship they do not approve. But when Radhika reveals she is pregnant, they agree to the wedding. After celebrating the happiest days of their lives during the wedding, Radhika goes into labour and passes away while delivering their baby. Shekhar, not being able to accept the truth goes out on his bike, only to meet with an accident. However, the story ends with Shekhar playing with their daughter on a beach. Thereby, fulfilling a promise made to Radhika to take their daughter to a beach and spends time with her; just as Radhika's father did for her just before she lost her eyesight.

===World of Trilok (The Cyclist)===
The story begins with Aisha ([[Arthi Venkatesh]]) whose cycle collides with a BMW being driven by Thomas Zachariah ([[Renji Panicker]]). Zachariah's son in law Justin ([[Anson Paul]]) decides to save her, but Zachariah declines. Justin puts her in the car anyway and rushes to the hospital, but Ayesha dies on the way. Instead of taking the body to the hospital, Zachariah disposes it on the road.

Four years later, Justin and his wife Annie ([[Ann Augustine]]) are saddened by the demise of Zachariah. After returning from a business deal, Justin discovers that his car brakes are not working. The car crashes leaving Justin wounded, but he is saved by Dr Trilok Menon ([[Dulquer Salmaan]]), a veterinary surgeon. As Trilok rushes to the hospital with Justin, Justin notices a photo of Ayesha in Trilok's car and realizes she was his wife.

After recovering, Justin tells everything to Annie and decides to tell the truth to Trilok. Justin narrates the whole incident. Trilok reveals that it was really him who killed Zachariah, that the accident was orchestrated by him too, and he also injected a drug in Justin's drip a few minutes back which would make him brain dead. He says he was tracking them all these years and had heard everything that Zachariah and Justin said during the incident through Ayesha's BlueTooth earbuds, telling him that she was pregnant and was still alive even after they disposed of her. Trilok then exits the room leaving Justin to die.

===World of Siva (Ties of Blood)===

Shiva's mother leaves him, his father, and his brother Siddhu. Years later, Shiva is now a gangster working under his mentor Bhadran, a crime boss. Shiva protects his brother and is harsh on his wife Rukku ([[Shruthi Hariharan]]). Siddhu is invited to join the gang by Bhadran when he is released from prison for almost killing someone in the middle of the college.

Shiva's life changes when his father is found shot in a bar. Over the CCTV records, his father was killed by Vishnu, a crime boss in Mumbai and Shiva decides to take revenge. Shiva along with two of his gang members Nandha and Prabha goes to Mumbai. On the bus to Mumbai, Siddhu is found by Nandha and Shiva attempts to throw him out but Nandha allows him to stay. On reaching Mumbai, Shiva joins hands with a gangster to terminate Vishnu.

The next night Shiva and gang reach Vishnu and start a shootout in a ritual place, which gets Prabha and many others are killed. Shiva eliminates almost every member of Vishnu's gang and Siddhu escapes, and rushing to Shiva only to see him get killed by Vishnu. Siddhu and Nandha manage to escape and reach their hideout hotel. The next morning, revenge and fury filled Siddhu takes Nandha's gun and goes to Vishnu's house, only to be shocked by seeing his mother there who is now Vishnu's wife. It is revealed that this was why Vishnu killed Shiva and his father. As Vishnu enters the room, Siddhu shoots him on the chest and kills him and his mother begs him to escape. The story ends with a grieving Siddhu running through the streets of Mumbai.

===World of Rudra (The Affair)===

Rudra Ramachandran is an army trainee, madly in love with his girlfriend Akshara ([[Neha Sharma]]). He constantly ruins Akshara's marriage proposals by creating a scene in their house.

Rudra is the son of Brig. Ramachandran and Vidya who always scold him for his aggressive behavior, but his father always considered him a friend. Akshara's father Sundararajan decides to file a case against him in order to expel him from the army as revenge for his aggressive actions, but Rudra's father and mother request him not to. Later, Akshara tells Rudra that she got admission for a degree in Australia and has to leave soon. She promises that she will always be his.

Four years later, Rudra is an army officer narrating the story to his senior officer Col. Raunaq Sachdeva and team. He tells them that Akshara has not contacted him since and when he went to Australia, but she refused to see him. He informs them that her marriage has been fixed, but he yearns to know why she became a stranger to him. Raunaq says that his team must never accept defeat and that Rudra must go to the marriage. Rudra along with others go to Akshara's house the day before her marriage. Rudra sees her but she refuses to talk to him. The night before the marriage, Rudra barges in and demands Alok, Akshara's fiancé to fight with him. Alok, a boxing champion, beats up Rudra, but Raunaq motivates him to fight back. Rudra brutally beats up Alok but is hindered by Akshara who tells him that it was really his father who asked her not to be with him. A shocked Rudra leaves the function. Later, his mother tells him that his father had an affair with another lady when he was 2 years old and that his parents were on the verge of divorce. Although he stopped for the sake of his marriage, the lady was declared pregnant. It is revealed to be Akshara's mother which makes a possibility that Akshara is Brig. Ramachandran's daughter, and Rudra's half-sister. The film ends with Rudra asking for forgiveness from Alok on the day of his marriage with Akshara.

==Cast==
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; World of Shekhar
* [[Dulquer Salmaan]] as Shekhar, a stammering college student
* [[Dhansika]] as Radhika, a blind dancer, and Shekhar's love interest
* [[Soubin Shahir]] as Pattu (in Malayalam), Shekhar's best friend; He makes a cameo as Shekhar's friend in the Tamil version in the song "Thoovaanam".
* [[Sathish]] as Pattu (in Tamil); He makes a cameo as Shekhar's friend in the Malayalam version in the song "Kandu Nee Enne".
* [[John Vijay]] as Shravan, Radhika's brother
* [[Sheelu Abraham]] as Malini, Shekhar's sister
* Aas Mohammad Abbasi as Shekhar Friend
* [[Siddharth Menon]] as Nelson, Shekhar's friend
* [[Anupama Kumar]]
* Nithya Shri
* Kishore Rajkumar

; World of Trilok
* [[Dulquer Salmaan]] as Trilok Menon, a veterinary doctor
* [[Arthi Venkatesh]] as Ayesha, Trilok's wife
* [[Anson Paul]] as Justin
* [[Ann Augustine]] as Annie, Justin's wife
* [[Renji Panicker]] as Thomas Zachariah, Annie's father (in Malayalam)
* [[Azhagam Perumal]] as Thomas Zachariah, Annie's father (in Tamil)

; World of Siva
* [[Dulquer Salmaan]] as Siva, a dreaded gangster
* [[Sruthi Hariharan]] as Rukku, Siva's wife
* [[Manoj K. Jayan]] as Bhadhran, a crime boss and Siva's mentor
* [[Prakash Belawadi]] as Vishnu, a Mumbai-based crime boss
* [[Govind Menon]] as Nandha, a member of Bhadran's gang
* [[Dinesh Prabhakar]] as Praba, a member of Bhadran's gang
* Rohan Manoj as Siddhu, Shiva's brother
* [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]] as a Mumbai gangster
* [[Sai Tamhankar]] as Sati
* Peethambaram Menon as Shiva's and Siddhu's father
* Asha Jayaram as Shiva's and Siddhu's mother

; World of Rudra
* [[Dulquer Salmaan]] as Lt. Rudra Ramachandran, an army officer
* [[Neha Sharma]] as Akshara (in Malayalam)/Bhama (in Tamil), Rudra's love interest and half-sister (Speculated)
* [[Manit Joura]] as Alok, Akshara's fiancé
* [[Dino Morea]] as Col. Raunaq Sachdeva, Rudra's senior officer
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Brig. Ramachandran, Rudra's father
* [[Suhasini Mani Ratnam]] as Mrs Vidya Ramachandran, Rudra's mother
* [[Deepti Sati]] as Daisy, Rudra's teammate
* [[Suresh Chandra Menon]] as Brig. Sundarrajan, Akshara's father
* Sujata Sehgal as Latika Sundarrajan, Akshara's mother
* Mona Mathews as Alok's Mother

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==Production==
In September 2016, [[Bejoy Nambiar]] revealed that he was preparing a script for a Malayalam film starring [[Dulquer Salmaan]] in the lead role. Nambiar stated that he would also produce the venture under his home studio, Getaway Films, in association with Abaam Movies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/Bejoy-Nambiar-ropes-in-Dulquer-for-his-Mwood-debut/articleshow/54509444.cms|title=Bejoy Nambiar ropes in Dulquer for his M’wood debut — Times of India|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/bejoy-nambiar-to-direct-dulquer-salmaan-news-malayalam-qj0jzXdebfgdi.html|title=Bejoy Nambiar to direct Dulquer Salmaan|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref> The following month, the film was titled as ''Solo'' and Nambiar revealed that it would be simultaneously shot and released in Tamil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Dulquer-Salmaans-next-titled-Solo/articleshow/55154282.cms|title=Dulquer Salmaan's next titled Solo? - Times of India|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/bejoy-nambiar-to-work-with-dulquer-salmaan-in-his-next/story-sJ0iPjyVtc5rpHGVXClvWP.html|title=Bejoy Nambiar to work with Dulquer Salmaan in his next|date=3 November 2016|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref>

The film began production on 14 November 2016 in Kochi, with Chennai-based model Arthi Venkatesh making her debut as a leading actress in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Chennai-Model-Arthi-to-debut-in-Bejoy-Nambiars-bilingual/articleshow/55561891.cms|title=Chennai Model Arthi to debut in Bejoy Nambiar's bilingual — Times of India|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/arti-venkatesh-is-dulquer-s-heroine-in-solo-news-malayalam-qlwmeQhfabffh.html|title=Arti Venkatesh is Dulquer's heroine in 'Solo'|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref> The first schedule was completed within ten days, with the team shooting for up to twelve hours a day. [[Anson Paul]] and actress [[Ann Augustine]] were added to the film to play a couple.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Ann-Augustine-makes-a-comeback-in-Solo/articleshow/55666073.cms|title=Ann Augustine makes a comeback in Solo — Times of India|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2016/nov/24/after-remo-anson-goes-solo-1541924.html|title=After Remo, Anson goes Solo|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref> Following a production break, the second shooting schedule began in March 2017 in Kochi and then moved to Mumbai, following the completion of Dulquer's filming work for ''[[Comrade in America]]'' (2017).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/dulquer-salmaan-and-bejoy-nambiars-solo-will-kick-off-its-second-schedule-in-kochi/articleshow/57478569.cms|title=Dulquer Salmaan and Bejoy Nambiar’s Solo will kick off its second schedule in Kochi — Times of India|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref> Actress [[Sruthi Hariharan]] joined the project during the second schedule, as did actresses [[Sai Tamhankar]] and Asha Jayaram for two further leading female roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2017/mar/06/sruthi-hariharan-return-to-malayalam-with-top-guns-1578018.html|title=Sruthi Hariharan return to Malayalam with top guns|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/sai-tamhankar-joins-dulquer-salmaans-solo/articleshow/57576330.cms|title=Sai Tamhankar joins Dulquer Salmaan’s Solo — Times of India|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref> Actors [[Manoj K. Jayan]], [[Prakash Belawadi]] and filmmaker [[Qaushiq Mukherjee]] also joined the cast during the second schedule, while [[Govind Menon]] and [[Siddharth Menon]] were signed as the film's music composers along with other composers and also agreed to play musicians in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/new-additions-in-dulquer-salmaan-bejoy-nambiars-solo-malayalam-news-180733.html|title=IndiaGlitz — New additions in Dulquer Salmaan Bejoy Nambiars Solo — Malayalam Movie News|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/quashiq-mukherjee-to-make-his-mollywood-debut-with-dulquers-next/articleshow/57518467.cms|title=Quashiq Mukherjee to make his Mollywood debut with Dulquer's next — Times of India|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref> [[R. Parthiepan]] also revealed that he had signed to work on the film in a supporting role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Parthiepan-key-to-Dhruva-Natchathiram/article17311663.ece|title=Parthiepan, key to Dhruva Natchathiram|first=Chitradeepa|last=Anantharam|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref>

The third schedule for film was started in Kochi during April 2017, with several more additions to the cast. Actress [[Dhansika]] was signed to play a leading role of a visually-challenged dancer, while actors [[Sathish]], [[John Vijay]], [[Sheelu Abraham]] and [[Soubin Shahir]] also joined the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/sai-dhanshika-is-a-visually-challenged-dancer-in-solo/articleshow/58326417.cms|title=Sai Dhanshika is a visually-challenged dancer in Solo — Times of India|access-date=11 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.top10cinema.com/article/42498/dhansika-pairs-up-with-dulquer-salmaan|title=Dhansika pairs up with Dulquer Salmaan|date=2017-05-13|work=Top 10 Cinema|access-date=2017-05-13|language=en-US}}</ref> The team moved to film another segment of the anthology in Lonavala during May 2017 with actors [[Dino Morea]], [[Neha Sharma]] and [[Deepti Sati]] playing important roles. [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] and [[Suhasini Mani Ratnam|Suhasini]] also joined the team during the schedule to portray parents of Dulquer's character in the segment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/dino-morea-to-make-his-mollywood-debut-with-solo/articleshow/58789784.cms|title=Dino Morea to make his Mollywood debut with Solo - Times of India|access-date=1 October 2017}}</ref>

The animated sequences for the film were created by Plexus,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/nambiarbejoy/status/918382226215133184|title=The awesome team behind the animation in SOLO !https://twitter.com/PlexusPost/status/918381803349536773 …|last=Nambiar|first=Bejoy|date=12 October 2017|website=@nambiarbejoy|language=en|access-date=2017-10-12}}</ref> a Mumbai-based motion design and visual effects studio.

==Soundtrack==
{{see also|Solo (soundtrack)}}
The film's soundtrack has twenty-two songs recorded by an assortment of musicians.

==Reception==
Times Of India reviewer Deepa Soman rated it 3.5/5 and stated:' An experimental romantic thriller, Solo is the story of four men, their love, rage and afterlife. Through four elements - water, air, fire and earth, they also represent different facets of Lord Siva.'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/solo/movie-review/60956774.cms|title=Solo review {3.5/5}: An experimental romantic thriller, Solo is the story of four different men, their love, rage and afterlife. |website=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-05}}</ref>

In other websites, the film was criticised for the World Of Shekhar and World Of Rudra being reminiscent of many previous Tamil films. The World Of Trilok and The World Of Shiva was praised, although the critics said that a crime drama like The World Of Shiva should have been made in a different film with more depth.

[[Baradwaj Rangan]] of Film Companion South wrote "Primarily, the film is another casualty of making a bilingual. The supporting cast looks off. The tone is all over the place. And the stories look like they belong neither here nor there. "<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/solo-movie-review/|title=Solo Movie Review|publisher=[[Film Companion]]|date=1 March 2018}}</ref>

Dulquer Salmaan was praised for his versatility as a stammering college student, a revenge-seeking restrained doctor, an emotionally affected criminal, and a heart-broken lover, respectively.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|tt6613814}}

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