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Hridayam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vineeth Sreenivasan
Written by	Vineeth Sreenivasan
Produced by	Visakh Subramaniam Noble Babu Thomas
Starring	Pranav Mohanlal Kalyani Priyadarshan Darshana Rajendran Arun Kurian
Cinematography	Viswajith Odukkathil
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Music by	Hesham Abdul Wahab
Production companies	Merryland Cinemas Big Bang Entertainments
Distributed by	Merryland Cinemas
Release date	21 January 2022 (2022-01-21)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Hridayam (lit. 'Heart') is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written and directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. It was produced by Visakh Subramaniam through Merryland Cinemas and co-produced by Noble Babu Thomas through Big Bang Entertainments. The film stars Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan, and Darshana Rajendran. The film's songs and background score was composed by Hesham Abdul Wahab. The film's characters draws from moments and memories from the lives of Vineeth and his wife as well as their friends from college days and their life beyond that.

Hridayam marks the return of Merryland Studio, one of the earliest studios in Kerala, into film production. Principal photography that began in February 2020 was completed in March 2021. The film was shot in the same college where Vineeth and his wife studied, KCG College of Technology in Chennai. Hridayam is scheduled to be released in theatres worldwide on 21 January 2022.

Premise

The film tells the life's journey of a timid and naive man Arun, from his college days to his life after marriage filled with happiness, friendships, mischiefs, laughters, celebrations, love, sorrows, hardships, farewells, death, frustrations, confessions, sacrifices and much more that life unveils during the course of one's own journey.

Cast

• Pranav Mohanlal as Arun Neelakandan
• Kalyani Priyadarshan as Sharmila
• Darshana Rajendran as Darshana

• Arun Kurian as Varun Subrahmanyam
• Vijayaraghavan as Subrahmanya Moorthi
• Meenakshi Raveendran
• Prashanth Nair as North Indian bride's father
• Jojo Jose as Pratik Tiwari

Production

Development

Hridayam was officially announced in December 2019, set to be produced by Visakh Subramaniam and co-produced by Noble Babu Thomas, starring Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan, and Darshana Rajendran, intended to be released during Onam 2020. The film marks the comeback of yesteryear production company Merryland Cinemas after a hiatus of 30 years. Vineeth told in an interview that the characters in the film draws from the moments and memories from his and his wife's lives and their friends' from college and life beyond that.

Filming

The film began principal photography in early February 2020. After a schedule in Kochi, filming was shifted to Kollengode, Palakkad for a two-day schedule. The film's main location was Chennai. Filming was paused in March 2020 due to a 21-day COVID-19 lockdown in India. By then about 50 percent of the film was complete, primarily featuring Pranav and Darshana. Filming was put on hold indefinitely after the surge of COVID-19 pandemic. It was resumed in January 2021. Kalyani joined the sets. Vineeth recalled in an interview that he never saw Pranav reading his dialogues on location as he would have learned it by rote. Significant parts of the film takes place in a college. It was shot at KCG College of Technology in Chennai, where Vineeth and his wife studied. That schedule was concluded in Kochi on 21 January. Vineeth said that Hridayam gave him the most fun working in a film since Thattathin Marayathu. Another schedule in Chennai was concluded on 11 February, about 95 percent of the film was complete by then. Principal photography was complete by mid-March, with one song remaining to be shot with limited crew. The film, which was originally charted to shoot for 100 days in multiple schedules was able to complete in 60 or more days. The follow-up 5-day song shoot was held in July 2021 in Andhra Pradesh. Post-production of the film was completed by October 2021.

Music

The music for the film was composed by Hesham Abdul Wahab. In early 2020, Vineeth went to Istanbul to record pieces of music for the film. Actor Prithviraj Sukumaran has sung a song for the film. Beside acting, Darshana Rajendran has sung the track "Darshana". The track list was revealed on 21 June 2021 on the occasion of Fête de la Musique. Audio mastering of the film was completed by September 2021. Audio rights of the movie was acquired by Think Music. Hridayam is bringing back audio cassettes and limited edition vinyl records back to India, which was a dream shared by Vineeth, Hesham, and Think Music executives. Since its production was obsolete in the country, Think Music had to partner with a cassette manufacturer in Japan to import its physical copies to India.

Release

When the shoot was through midway in March 2020, the producers announced that the film will have a theatrical release. In October 2021, it was announced along with the song "Darshana" that the film will have a worldwide theatrical release in January 2022.

References

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18. "Darshana Rajendran croons a track in 'Hridayam' says, 'can't believe my name is here with all of these fabulous musicians'". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
19. Merryland Cinemas (21 June 2021). "Today being 'World Music Day' here's a little sneak peek into Hridayam's audio album ..." Twitter. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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22. TNM Staff (26 October 2021). "Watch: Romantic single Darshana from Hridayam tells a sweet story". The News Minute. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

External links

• Hridayam at IMDb

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1. Chani, Alan. "Darshana Lyrics - Hridayam | Pranav| Malayalam Song - SongLyricsPro". songlyricspro.in. Retrieved 26 October 2021.

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