Leela (2016 film)
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| Malayalam: ലീല | |
| Directed by | Ranjith |
| Produced by | Ranjith |
| Written by | Unni R |
| Starring |
Biju Menon Vijayaraghavan Suresh Krishna Indrans Sudheer Karamana Parvathy Nambiar Jagadish Priyanka |
| Music by | Bijibal |
| Cinematography | Prashanth Ravindran |
| Edited by | Manoj Kannoth |
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Production
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Capitol Theater
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Release date
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22 April 2016 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Leela is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language satirical film directed and produced by Ranjith. The film is an adaptation of a short story by the same name by Malayalam screenwriter Unni R. which was published in Mathrubhumi weekly.Biju Menon does the lead role, while Vijayaraghavan, Suresh Krishna, Indrans, Sudheer Karamana, Parvathy Nambiar, Jagadish, and Priyanka does the supporting roles.
The movie was released on April 22, 2016. It is the first Malayalam film in history to make its international premiere online on the same day of its theatrical release.
The film was released throughout India on April 22, 2016. It was also available to watch online through Reelax, an online streaming website, thus becoming the first film in the history of Malayalam cinema to be released online on the day of its theatrical release.
On April 26, 2016, four days after the film released in theatres and online, it was shared publicly on peer-to-peer (torrent) file-sharing websites. According to Malayala Manorama, the film was also shared across various social media profiles and was consequently downloaded 'thousands of times since its upload.' Commenting on the issue, the scriptwriter of the film, Unni R, said, "We don't know who all are behind uploading the pirated version of the movie on internet. But they will be arrested soon."
Subsequently, the film's director, Ranjith, took to his social media account to request call for action against the culprits. "We have come to the notice that the print of the movie 'Leela' is being shared in couple of Facebook pages and sites. We strongly condemn this act. We have already reported this to the Police authorities and would like to inform that strong action will be taken against the culprits [sic]," he said in his Facebook post.
Leela at the Internet Movie Database
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