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Directed by | Jay K |
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Screenplay by | Jay K |
Story by | Jay K |
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Cinematography | Sujith Vaassudev |
Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
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Distributed by | E4 Entertainment |
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146 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Box office | ₹55crore |
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Soundtrack album by Rahul Raj | ||||
Released | 2016 | |||
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Label – Muzik 247 |
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Ezra is a 2017 Indian Malayalam supernatural horror thriller film written and directed by Jay K, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran. Major filming locations were Fort Kochi and Sri Lanka. Principal photography began in late-June 2016. The music of the film features songs composed separately by Rahul Raj (Lailakame) and Sushin Shyam (Thambiran & Irul Neelum). The film grossed more than ₹50 crore at the box-office.
The last person of the Malabar Jews residing in Kochi dies. Eyeing a precious antique possession of the deceased person, an antique seller steals a box with Jewish inscriptions. That is later sold to Priya Raghuram (Priya Anand). Priya is the wife of Ranjan Mathew (Prithviraj Sukumaran), a nuclear waste management specialist. Theirs is a love marriage. Due to work obligations, Ranjan had to move to Kerala and he and Priya shifts to Kerala. Being a Marathi-Malayali, Priya finds it hard to adjust with the shift from Mumbai to Kerala. On a retail therapy Priya buys the box from the antique shop. After she reaches home, she opens the Dybbuk box. Later, paranormal activities are experienced by Ranjan and Priya.
Ranjan is an orphan who was living with his mother's brother Fr. Samuel (Vijayaraghavan). Samuel is invited to Ranjan's house. Samuel feels that something is amiss and he tells Ranjan that the box from the antique shop is a Dybbuk. Ranjan finds more about the dybbuk from a rabbi David Benyamin (Babu Antony). He tells Ranjan that the Dybbuk only possesses people without mental stability or children under 3 years. The next day, rabbi Benyamin is dead and Ranjan finds that Priya is pregnant. He comes to know that his child is possessed. Ranjan finds more about the dybbuk in his house with the help of rabbi Marques (rabbi Benyamin's son)(Sujith Shankar)