Fireman (film)

Fireman
Directed by Deepu Karunakaran
Produced by Milan Jaleel
Screenplay by Deepu Karunakaran
Story by Deepu Karunakaran
Manoj
Ranjith
Starring
Music by Rahul Raj
Cinematography Sunoj Velayudhan
Edited by V. Saajan
Production
company
Distributed by Popcorn Entertainments
(Australia, New Zealand, Singapore & Botswana)
Release dates
  • 19 February 2015 (2015-02-19)
Running time
 118 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam

Fireman is a 2015 Malayalam thriller film directed by Deepu Karunakaran and produced by Milan Jaleel under the banner of Galaxy Films.[1] It stars Mammootty, Nyla Usha, Unni Mukundan, and Siddique in the lead roles. The music is composed by Rahul Raj.

The film opened to generally positive reviews upon release.[2][3][4]

Plot

The movie starts off with Narendan Achari (Salim Kumar) at a shop with his daughter who has been treated with brain tumour. He is distracted for some time during which his daughter goes missing. In a frenzy he rushes to the nearest police station but is frustrated at their lack of efforts at finding her. Later he is seen driving away in his car and causing an accident involving a petroleum tanker. There are casualties and the police and the fire force arrive and try to contain the situation. However, the tanker springs a leak and a police officer inadvertly causes an explosion despite Asams' best efforts to thwart this. Asams is wounded in the ensuing explosion destroying his lower body. Fire man Vijay (Mammooty) appears heroically to the scene and takes over the reins of the disaster avertment plans that Colin Francis had been heading previously. Vijay and the police force clashes as to what action plan to take. In the ensuing fight Vijay is given full reins of the project and a humiliated Colin chooses to depart from the scene with his long time girlfriend Jyo. As the film progresses it is found that this had all been the master project of a man identified only as Kanjan to break someone out of the central jail. However the force is left with no option but to vacate the jail which is when Kanjan has decided to break the prisoner. Vijay locks himself in the jail in order to find out who the wannabe free prisoner is and finds the culprit successfully thwarting a major disaster.

Cast

Production

On 4 September 2014 it was reported that Mammootty would play a fire fighter in a movie directed by Deepu Karunakaran.[5] Deepu initially approached Mohanlal for protagonist, he liked the script and suggested some changes in the screenplay, but after the revised screenplay Deepu had to wait 2 years for his dates. So he decided to cast Prithviraj but the fate was the same. Finally he offered the role to Mammootty, who already knew the story from Mohanlal and the revision he made.[6] Initial reports stated Andrea Jeremiah and Nyla Usha are in the film, but not as Mammootty's pair.[7][8] On 1 November 2014 Unni Mukundan confirmed about his role through Facebook.[9] Movie planned to start its shoot by the third of October at Ernakulam,[10] but started rolling on 20 October 2014 at Palakkad.[11] The first look poster released on 26 November 2014[12] followed by a second one on 29 November 2014 through Mammootty's official Facebook page.[13]

Critical reception

The IB Times reported that the film received positive reviews.[2][14][15][16][17] Deepa Soman writing for The Times of India rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and said, "The movie keeps you on the edge of the seat throughout and there is no dull moment. The freshness of the subject and its intention in recognizing the tribe of firemen is commendable," and she appreciated Mammootty for his performance as a fireman.[18] Tony Mathew of Malayala Manorama wrote: "There was no hype; neither were the expectations high. Still it has all elements in place to keep the critics quiet, satiate the fans and common audience alike in the days ahead." He concluded the review saying, "Firefighters are supposed to douse the flames that eat everything it comes across, but this 'Fireman' will set fire to theatres for sure."[17] Veeyen of Nowrunning.com stated that Fireman was a tribute to firefighters and that the film was "fairly good."[19] Applauding the film's cast and performances, direction, cinematography, editing and score, but criticising the graphics works and the incompleteness in screenplay, Akhila Menon of Filmibeat.com gave a rating 2.5 out of 5 and wrote a verdict, "Kudos to team for materialising India's first fire force based movie. Overall, a partially accomplished mission."[20] A reviewer of Indiaglitz.com said that "opens to a very shaky start" it has an engaging storyline and it is " one of the well made thrillers in recent Malayalam."[21]

Pramod Thomas of The New Indian Express however said, "The movie throws cold water on the fire of expectations of an average spectator. The bland screenplay of the movie isn't helping either. The only saving grace of the film is that it tells a hitherto untold story of the heroics of firemen and deserves a salute for the same."[22]

Box office

The film became second hit of 2015 after Picket 43.[23][24] The film collected over ₹8 crore (US$1.2 million) and made profitable.[25][26]

References

  1. ↑ "Fireman Malayalam Movie - Preview, Trailers, Gallery, Review, Events, Synopsis". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  2. 1 2 Nicy V.P (19 February 2015). "'Fireman' Review Round-up: Mammootty-Nyla Usha Starrer is a Highly Engaging Thriller". IB Times. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Akhila Menon (30 June 2015). "6 Box Office Hits Of Malayalam Cinema 2015". Filmibeat.com. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Box office report: 'Premam', 'OVS' rule 2015 first half". Malayala Manorama. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Mammootty to play a fire fighter". Nowrunning.com. 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  6. ↑ "Why Mohanlal rejected fireman". Filmibeat.com. 6 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Andrea Jeremiah to play Mammootty's heroine". Nowrunning.com. 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  8. ↑ "Andrea and Nyla Usha in Mammootty film". Nowrunning.com. 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  9. ↑ "Unni Mukundan | Facebook". Fb.com. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  10. ↑ "Fireman to start soon - Malayalam Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 2014-09-24. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  11. ↑ "'Fireman' shooting started". Nowrunning.com. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  12. ↑ "Timeline Photos". M.facebook.com. 2014-11-26. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  13. ↑ "Timeline Photos". M.facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  14. ↑ T (2015-02-19). "Movie Reviews". Manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  15. ↑ മനീഷ് നാരായണന്‍ (2015-02-19). "ഫയര്‍മാന്‍ | Southlive". Southlive.in. Retrieved 2015-03-17. zero width joiner character in |title= at position 5 (help); zero width joiner character in |author= at position 15 (help)
  16. ↑ "Fireman Movie Review". Metromatinee.com. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
  17. 1 2 Tony Mathew (20 February 2015). "This Fireman sets fire to theatres". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  18. ↑ Deepa Soman (22 February 2015). "Fireman Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  19. ↑ Veeyen. "Fireman Review". Nowrunning.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  20. ↑ Akhila Menon (20 February 2015). "Fireman Movie Review". Oneindia.com.
  21. ↑ "Fireman". Indiaglitz. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  22. ↑ Pramod Thomas (22 February 2015). "Fireman Borders on Average". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  23. ↑ http://www.filmibeat.com/malayalam/news/2015/6-box-office-hits-of-malayalam-cinema-2015-188832.html
  24. ↑ http://www.onlookersmedia.in/movies-list/2015/malayalam-movie-list-2015
  25. ↑ http://www.onlookersmedia.in/collection-report/mollywood-half-year-box-office-report
  26. ↑ http://www.sify.com/movies/the-top-10-of-malayalam-in-2015-imagegallery-6-malayalam-pgzopbaibicda.html

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