Premasoothram

Premasoothram is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Jiju Asokan, based on the short story Jalajeevitham by Asokan Charuvil. The story is set in the period 1980-1990s. The film stars Chemban Vinod Jose, Balu Varghese, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Indrans, Sudheer Karamana and Lijomol Jose.^[1][2] The film was released in Kerala on 11 May 2018. The movie is about a student played by Balu Varghese in one way love with his own classmate played by Lijomol Jose. His antics in trying to woo her is the crux of the whole movie.

Premasoothram
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jiju Asokan
Written by	Jiju Asokan
Based on	Jalajeevitham by Asokan Charuvil
Produced by	T. B. Raghunathan Jees Lazar Litty K. George Jayan Mathilakam
Starring	Chemban Vinod Jose Balu Varghese Sreejith Ravi Indrans Dharmajan Bolgatty
Cinematography	Swaroop Philip
Edited by	Ayoob Khan
Music by	Gopi Sundar
Production company	Kamalam Films
Distributed by	JL Films
Release date	11 May 2018 (2018-05-11) (Kerala)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Cast

• Chemban Vinod Jose as VKP/Visham Kudicha Pankajakshan
• Balu Varghese as Prakashan
• Lijomol Jose as Ammukutty
• Sudheer Karamana as Manoharan
• Vettukili Prakash as Subramaniyan
• Indrans as Kochubaby
• Dharmajan Bolgatty
• Manju Sunichen as Sarasu
• Anumol as Manjurani
• Sinoj Varghese as Rajappan
• Sreejith Ravi as Keshava Karuvan
• Chethan Jayalal
• Sibi Thomas as Bhasurachandran
• Anjali Nair as Sugandhi Teacher
• Reshmi Anil as The woman carrying the baby
• Vishnu Govindhan as Sukumaran
• Vijilesh Karayad as Pandan Paramu
• Preetha Pradeep as Mallika

Production

The film is based on the short story Jalajeevitham from the collection of short stories by Asokan Charuvil.^[3] The romantic comedy is set in the period 1980-1990s.^[4]

Release

The film was released in Kerala on 11 May 2018.