The story deals with high school romance. The movie gained worldwide attention due to a clip which went viral, from the song "Manikya Malaraya Poovi".[5] It prompted the makers to make changes in script, which delayed production.[6] The film was released on 14 February 2019. It was dubbed and released in Tamil with the same title, in Kannada as Kirik Love Story[7] and in Telugu as Lover's Day.[8]
Directed by
Omar Lulu
Screenplay by
Sarang Jayaprakash
Lijo Panadan
Story by
Omar Lulu
Produced by
Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy
Starring
Roshan Abdul Rahoof
Priya Prakash Varrier
Siyadh Shajahan
Noorin Shereef
Cinematography
Sinu Sidharth
Edited by
Achu Vijayan
Music by
Songs:
Shaan Rahman
Sathyajith
Score:
Shaan Rahman
Production
company
Ousepachan Movie House
Distributed by
Ousepachan Screen Media
Release date
14 February 2019
Running time
143 minutes[1]
Country
India
Language
Malayalam
The film music and score were composed by Shaan Rahman.[13] The song "Manikya Malaraya Poovi" sung by Vineeth Sreenivasan, a revised modern version of a Mappila song, was uploaded on 9 February 2018 on YouTube as part of the promotions. It became a viral video at number 1 position garnering over one million views and 50,000 likes in 20 hours.[4] The original version of "Manikya Malaraya Poovi" was written by P. M. A. Jabbar with music composition by Thalassery K. Refeeque in 1978.[14]
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Manikya Malaraya Poovi" P. M. A. Jabbar Vineeth Sreenivasan 3:20
2. "Freak Penne" Sathyajith Sathyajith, Neethu Naduvathettu 3:21
3. "Munnale Ponaale" Pearle Maaney Haricharan 3:52
4. "Thanananana Penne" B. K. Harinarayanan Sooraj Santhosh, Sruthy Sivadas 2:47
5. "Forever Friend" Sathyajith Sachin Warrier 3:27
6. "Aarum Kaanaathinnen" B. K. Harinarayanan Vineeth Sreenivasan 3:00
7. "Maahiya" B. K. Harinarayanan Hesham Abdul Wahab, Jeenu Nazeer 4:20
8. "Manichettan Song" Sachin Raj 4:35
Total length: 24:07