Anand Sreebala

Anand Sreebala is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language mystery thriller film directed by Vishnu Vinay in his directorial debut, written by Abhilash Pillai and produced by Aan Mega Media and Kavya Film Company.^[1]

Anand Sreebala
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vishnu Vinay
Written by	Abhilash Pillai
Produced by	Neeta Pinto Priya Venu Venu Kunnapilly
Starring	Arjun Ashokan Sangita Madhavan Nair Aparna Das Dhyan Sreenivasan Saiju Kurup
Cinematography	Vishnu Narayanan
Edited by	Kiran Das
Music by	Ranjin Raj
Production companies	Aan Mega Media Kavya Film Company
Distributed by	Kavya Film Company
Release date	15 November 2024 (2024-11-15)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

The film stars Arjun Ashokan in the title role alongside Sangita Madhavan Nair, Aparna Das, Malavika Manoj, Dhyan Sreenivasan, Sshivada, Saiju Kurup, Abin K., Siddique and Krishna in prominent roles. The film was based on true events, and it was released on 15 November 2024 and it received only a mixed response from audiences.

Plot

Anand, a young man who hallucinates his late mother Sreebala who herself was a respected constable aspires to become a police officer, but the inspiring forces to him at times of grief and finally lands as a part time investigator job at a news agency where his girlfriend who is also named as Sreebala works. Her story covers a 6 months old closed and shut case of a college going law student Merin Joy's death which had been considered a suicide. Anand unravels the clues leading to believe that it had been a murder and not a suicide thereby reopening the case. Does he find the right culprit and bring justice to the parents of the Merin forms the rest of the storyline.

Cast

• Arjun Ashokan as Anand Sreebala
  • Sreepath Yaan as young Anand
• Sangita Madhavan Nair as SCPO Sreebala K.S, Anand's mother
• Aparna Das as Sreebala, Anand's girlfriend ^[2]
• Malavika Manoj as Merin Joy
• Sshivada as Commissioner Amala Viswanathan IPS
• Dhyan Sreenivasan as Lalu
• Saiju Kurup as DYSP Shankar Das^[3]
• Siddique as Issac
• Kottayam Nazeer as Pradeep
• Aju Varghese as CPO Ayyappan
• Nandu as CI Benny
• Abin Kapoor
• Indrans as Coroner's attender
• Manoj K. U. as Joy, Merin's father
• Krishna as Coroner
• Azees Nedumangad as Antony^[4]
• Dr. Bashid Basheer as Rony John
• Jayakrishnan
• Nandan Unni
• Thushara Pillai as Joy's wife and Merin's mother
• Rini Udayakumar as Grace John, Rony's adopted mother
• Aniyappan as Thondikkuttan
• K. S. Prasad as Edappally Church Vicar
• Murali Krishnan as Merin's local church Vicar
• Sreeja Das as Merin's hostel warden

Production

The film was officially announced on 12 February 2024.^[5] The principal photography commenced on 19 February 2024 in Kochi and wrapped up on 20 April 2024.^[6][7] The filming locations including Kochi and Nagercoil.

Music

The music and background score is composed by Ranjin Raj, in his second collaboration with Arjun Ashokan after Wolf (2021) and in his first collaboration with Vishnu Vinay. The first single is a duet sung by Evugin Emmanuel and Suchetha Sathish