Charlie (2015 Malayalam film)

Charlie
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Directed by	Martin Prakkat
Produced by	Shebin Becker Joju George Martin Prakkat
Screenplay by	Martin Prakkat Unni R.
Story by	Unni R.
Starring	Dulquer Salmaan Parvathy Aparna Gopinath Nedumudi Venu Soubin Shahir
Music by	Gopi Sunder
Cinematography	Jomon T. John
Edited by	Shameer Mohammed
Production company	Finding Cinema
Distributed by	Playhouse Release, Tricolor Entertainment
Release date	24 December 2015 (2015-12-24)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Box office	est. ₹42 crore (US$6.5 million)

Charlie is a 2015 Indian Malayalam language romantic drama film directed by Martin Prakkat and written by Prakkat and Unni R. Produced by Prakkat, Joju George and Shebin Becker, the film stars Dulquer Salmaan and Parvathy. The music is composed by Gopi Sundar, while Jomon T. John handles the cinematography. The film released on 24 December. It won 8 awards at the 46th Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Cinematography.

Tessa (Parvathy) is a graphic artist who runs from home to avoid her marriage. With the help of her friend she rents a room. Initially she hates her room which is a complete mess, but then she learns that the room was previously occupied by a carefree vagabond named Charlie (Dulquer Salmaan). When she starts cleaning up the place, she discovers a photo and a sketchbook of this man. The sketches depict the previous New Year's Eve, when a small-time thief (Soubin Shahir) tries to rob the man's room. In a turn-of-events, the man joins him, and they both go on the rooftop of a home. There, they are shocked by what they see inside. That was the last page of the sketch, and the story is left unfinished, which piques her curiosity about the rest of the story, as well as the previous occupant of the room.

Intrigued, Tessa starts finding the people in the man's sketches. Backtracking his steps, she meets the man's "father" (who is more of a friend), a boat servant, and Mariya/Queen Mary (Kalpana), a physically abused woman. Charlie takes Mariya out to sea for her birthday. Unfortunately, Mariya commits suicide and he becomes heartbroken. Following up on more clues, Tessa gets news that the man is staying in a hotel and rushes to meet him. However she just misses him by a few seconds. Later a helper boy in the hotel explains to her that the little girl with Charlie was Mariya's daughter.