Big Brother (2020 film)

Big Brother
File:Big Brother new poster.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Siddique
Produced by	Siddique Jenso Jose Philipose K. Joseph Manu Maliackal Vaishak Rajan
Written by	Siddique
Starring	Mohanlal Arbaaz Khan Mirnaa Menon Siddique Honey Rose Sarjano Khalid Vishnu Unnikrishnan Anoop Menon Chetan Hansraj
Music by	Deepak Dev
Cinematography	Jithu Damodar
Edited by	K. R. Gourishankar
Production company	S Talkies Shaman International Vaishaka Cinemas Carnival Movie Network
Distributed by	S Talkies Carnival Movie Network
Release date	16 January 2020 (2020-01-16)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹28 crore
Box office	₹8 crore

Big Brother is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language action film written, directed, and co-produced by Siddique. It was jointly produced by S Talkies, Shaman International, and Vaishaka Cinema, in association with Carnival Movie Network. The film stars Mohanlal in the title role, along with Arbaaz Khan, Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Sarjano Khalid, Anoop Menon, Honey Rose, Mirnaa Menon, Chetan Hansraj, Gaadha, Siddique, and Tini Tom in supporting cast. Big Brother marks Khan's debut appearance in Malayalam cinema. The songs and background score for the film was composed by Deepak Dev.

The film began principal photography in July 2019 and was completed in December. It was shot extensively in Bangalore, and the remaining in Mysore, Mangalore, Ernakulam, and Coimbatore. Big Brother was released worldwide on 16 January 2020 and received mostly negative reviews from critics. The film was bombed at the box office.

Summary

The plot follows Sachidanandan / Sachi, who is released from penitentiary after a 24-year double life sentence, as he tries to cope up with his family and outside world, a threat jeopardizes his peaceful life.

Plot

A working prisoner is getting beaten up by a convict named Govind Raj. The prisoner beaten up gets saved by another prisoner named Sachidanandan aka Sachi. Later he is called to the station, and he learns that he will soon be released from prison. He also receives a letter from his brother saying that a surprise awaits him as he gets released. As he goes through the letter, he relives memories before he was sent to jail.

Sachi's father was about to remarry and he was very excited about getting a new mother. He noticed that the mother had a son which was going to be his step-brother named Vishnu. He tries to befriend and love Vishnu, but he rejects him but later on starts accepting him. His step-mother is also going to have a new baby. Once after returning from a function Sachi, witnesses his step mother harassed by her ex-husband and tries to take away Vishnu. Sachi kills the man while saving his brother and mother. He goes to a juvenile home for his crime, and over there, he befriends Khan, Ghani and Pareekkar. Once, he witnesses Khan and Ghani getting beaten up by a ruthless police officer, Sachi kills the officer while trying to save his friends and hence goes to a central jail because he was an adult. He is sentenced for two life term sentences. In the prison, he discovers his has night vision.

As he exits the prison, he is well-received by his younger brother, who was born after he went to jail who was Manu. He was also received by his prison friends Pareekkar, Khan and Ghani. They invite Sachi to join them to work with Edwin Moses, who is a mysterious drug lord. Sachi warns them and decides to lead a peaceful life with his family. The surprise awaiting him was that his brother Dr. Vishnu was soon to marry Vandhana, who was a doctor, and the marriage was postponed so that Sachi can witness the marriage as Vishnu was adamant. The marriage takes place, and as Vandhana seeks Sachi's blessings, she realizes that he was the one who saved her from a gang and in the process of saving her, Sachi's back was scratched by a sickle. The next day Vandhana forces Sachi to tell the truth about him.

When the police found out that Sachi could see in the dark, he and many other prisoners were sent for commando operations. They were often sent unarmed to face armed opponents. Sachi's jail term was extended as every time he went for the operation, the report written was that he jumped or escaped from the jail. Many prisoners never returned. Their bodies were found in random places. A police officer named Vedantham IPS approaches Sachi. He explains to him that the drug mafia has returned stronger as ever, and it is controlled by a person whom no one has seen named Edwin Moses. He tells Sachi that innocent people are used for the drug business without their knowledge. Sachi rejects it, saying that he wants to live peacefully with his family.

Sachi and his family faces many troubles from Edwin Moses and his partner, Shetty. Later Shetty explains to Sachi that Edwin is doing all this for a drug container worth crores which is in Shetty's control. Sachi finds his friends with an alliance with Edwin Moses but reveals to him that they had nothing to do with it unless a gangster named Muthan died. Edwin had been pestering them for the container. It was revealed that Sachi had the container. He had stolen it from Muthan earlier. Edwin's men attack Sachi and his friends. Sachi fights and defeats them when Vedantham arrives and kills Khan and Pareekkar, while Ghani survives. Sachi calls Edwin Moses from Pareekkar's phone, and it is revealed that Edwin Moses was none other than Vedantham. Enraged by this, Sachi destroys the container in front of Edwin Moses and kills him. In the credits, Sachi repairs the old car as he reunites with his family.

Cast

• Mohanlal as Sachidanandan aka Sachi
• Arbaaz Khan as Vedanandham IPS / Edwin Moses (voiceover by Vineeth)
• Anoop Menon as Dr. Vishnu, Sachi's brother
• Sarjano Khalid as Manu, Sachi's brother
• Siddique as Shetty, Edwin Moses' former partner
• Honey Rose as Dr. Vandhana Vishnu
• Vishnu Unnikrishnan as Ghani, Sachi's childhood friend
• Mirnaa Menon as Arya Shetty, Shetty's daughter (voice by Raveena Ravi)
• Gaadha as Gemini Manu
• Irshad as Pareekkar, Sachi's childhood friend
• Tini Tom as Khan, Sachi's childhood friend
• Devan as ADGP Prathapachandra Menon, Vandana's father
• Janardhanan as Vallyammavan, Mohanachandran's brother
• Dinesh Panicker as Mohanachandran, Sachi, Vishnu and Manu's father
• John Vijay as Govind Raj, Sachi's rival
• Abu Salim as D'Souza, Shetty's bodyguard
• Asif Basra as Muthan, Edwin Moses' negotiator
• Chetan Hansraj as Vinayaraj, Edwin Moses' assassin
• Nirmal Palazhi as Velappan, servant
• Kollam Sudhi as Chakrapani, servant
• Anjali Krishna as Radhika, Sachi's stepmother
• Majeed as Kalyan Kumar, Gemini's father
• Adhish Praveen as Young Khani
• Master Ajas as Young Pareekar
• Master Nahan as Young Khan
• Mukundan as Jail Superintendent
• Appa Haja as Karthikeyan
• Shilpa Ajayan as Gemini's sister
• Ahran Chaudhary
• Shaju Sreedhar

Production

Development

In May 2018, Siddique revealed in an interview to The New Indian Express that his next Malayalam film is with Mohanlal and it will be released in April 2019. Later, media outlets reported that the film has been titled Big Brother. Soon, Siddique revealed that it is a big budget film with action and humour, and it would begin production in November that year. Denying the reports of Nayanthara and Innocent being cast in the film, he said "we are yet to confirm the cast as I have only a basic thread in my mind and am yet to start scripting". Big Brother was officially announced by Mohanlal through his social media on 9 October 2018 by sharing a title poster.

It was said to be jointly produced by Siddique's and Jenso Jose's S Talkies, Philipose K. Joseph's and Manu Maliackal's Shaman International, and Vaishak Rajan's Vaishaka Cynyma. Big Brother was initially planned with a budget of ₹28 crore, but it went up to ₹32 crore while in production and the corporate company Carnival Movie Network joined the project to invest the additional money. S Talkies and Carnival Movie Network also distributes the film. A pooja ceremony for the film was held on 24 April 2019, followed by a recording session by music director Deepak Dev. Siddique was completing the final draft of screenplay in May 2019.

Casting

More cast were revealed in May 2019, including Arbaaz Khan, Anoop Menon, Vishnu Unnikrishnan, Sarjano Khalid, Chemban Vinod Jose, Siddique, Janardanan, and Tini Tom in pivotal roles. Big Brother marks the Malayalam film debut of Bollywood actor Khan. He plays Vedandam IPS, an encounter specialist. Mohanlal plays Sachithanandan, and Menon and Khalid portrays his younger brothers. Menon plays doctor Vishnu, according to him, Vishnu is the "nicest character" he has played so far. Regina Cassandra and Satna Titus were in talks to play the female lead roles that month. The former for the role of Arya Shetty, the daughter of a wealthy businessman and Sachithanandan's romantic interest, and the latter as the pair of Khalid's character. Titus was confirmed in that month along with another debutante Shilpa Ajayan as the pair of Menon's character. Cassandra opted out from the film due to scheduling conflicts. She was replaced by newcomer Mirnaa Menon, whose casting took place only few days before filming. Gaadha plays one of the three female lead roles in the film, it is her first Malayalam appearance and second film after Nimir.

Filming

Principal photography began on 11 July 2019 in Ernakulam. Filming was initially scheduled to begin on 20 June 2019 with Mohanlal joining on 1 July after finishing his work in Ittymaani: Made in China. The film was mostly shot at Bangalore with a few scenes at Kochi. Mohanlal was filming scenes in Kochi in September. In October, filming took place near the HMT factory in Bangalore. The team were also shooting in Mysore in that month. Lalitha Mahal palace was a filming location. The film was to be shot at the streets of Mysore but heavy downpour caused delay and filming was restricted to indoor sequences. Final schedule of filming resumed in mid-November. Final schedule took place in places such as Ernakulam and Coimbatore. Mirnaa had 100 days shoot. Filming was completed in December 2019, taking longer than expected. The budget also hiked to ₹32 crore. The stunts were choreographed by Supreme Sundar and Stunt Silva, and the songs were choreographed by Brinda, Dinesh Kumar, and Prasanna Sujit.

Music

Big Brother
Soundtrack album by Deepak Dev
Released	21 December 2019
Recorded	2019
Venue	Kochi, Mumbai
Studio	Dev's Wonderland A. T. Studios
Genre	Filmi
Length	12:53
Language	Malayalam
Label	Millennium Audios

The film features a background score and three original songs composed by Deepak Dev, with lyrics by Rafeeq Ahamed and Santhosh Varma. The audio launch function of the film was held at Darbar Hall Ground, Ernakulam on 26 December 2019. The soundtrack album was released by the label Millennium Audios on 21 December 2019.

Big Brother (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kando Kando"	Rafeeq Ahammed	Amit Trivedi Gowry Lekshmi	4:04
2.	"Oru Dinam"	Rafeeq Ahammed	Anand Bhaskar	4:19
3.	"Kalamanodishtam"	Santhosh Varma	M. G. Sreekumar Bindu Anirudhan	4:26
Total length:				12:53

Release

Theatrical

Big Brother was released worldwide on 16 January 2020

Home media

The film was dubbed in Hindi and released on YouTube in May 2021, which received more than 15 million views in nine days.

External links

• Big Brother on Facebook
• Big Brother on IMDb