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Theatrical release poster
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Directed by | Major Ravi |
Produced by | Sunil C. Nair Mohanlal |
Written by | Major Ravi |
Starring |
Mohanlal Amitabh Bachchan Ganesh Venkatraman Sumalatha Ragini Dwivedi Ananya |
Music by | Shamir Tandon Vivek V. K. |
Cinematography |
Ravi Varman Velraj |
Edited by | Don Max |
Production
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Zoe Estebe Moviez
Pranavam Arts International |
Distributed by | Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments |
Release date
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Kandahar | |
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Soundtrack album by Shamir Tandon | |
Released | 27 November 2010 |
Genre | Film soundtrack |
Language | Malayalam |
Label | Satyam Audios |
Producer | Sunil C. Nair Mohanlal |
Kandahar is a 2010 Malayalam-language Indian war film written and directed by Major Ravi. It is the third installment in the Major Mahadevan film series, with Mohanlal reprising his role as Major Mahadevan after the 2006 film Keerthi Chakra and 2008 film Kurukshetra. The film also stars Amitabh Bachchan and Ganesh Venkatraman in their Malayalam film debut.
The plot is based on the hijacking of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999. The political situation is portrayed from an Indian perspective in the film. Kandahar was released on 16 December 2010, along with its dubbed versions in Tamil and Hindi languages.
The film's sound design was done by Baylon Fonseca. Kandahar is co-produced by Sunil Nair and Mohanlal. It was marketed online by Shaz Shabeer Strikers and Crew Kochi. The film, unlike the prequels, received negative reviews.
Suryanatha Sharma (Ganesh Venkatraman) is an educated, unemployed man. His father, Lokanatha Sharma (played by Amitabh Bachchan), wants to see his son victorious in life. Things change when he meets Major Mahadevan (Mohanlal). It's another mission with Mahadevan and crew, as they deal with international terrorism with a flight being hijacked by hardcore terrorists.
Kandahar is the third film in the "Major Mahadevan series", the previous ones being Kirtichakra (2006) and Kurukshetra (2008). Kirtichakra was a runaway success in Kerala, and Kurukshetra was a superhit.Jeeva played a supporting role in Kirtichakra and Siddique in Kurukshetra. This time Ganesh Venkatraman is playing the supporting role. Surya was supposed to do the role but was replaced by Ganesh when he opted out of the project due to date clashes with 7aam Arivu.