Love (2020 film): Difference between revisions

| starring = [[RajishaShine VijayanTom Chacko]]<br>[[ShineRajisha Tom ChackoVijayan]]

| budget = ₹ 2.5 Crore

'''''Love''''' is a 2020 & 2021 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[blackSlasher comedyfilm|slasher]] [[psychological thriller]] [[film]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The trailer of 'Love' to arrive on THIS date! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/the-trailer-of-love-to-arrive-on-this-date/articleshow/77741523.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=29 August 2020 |archive-date=16 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616050305/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/the-trailer-of-love-to-arrive-on-this-date/articleshow/77741523.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> written and directed by Khalid Rahman and produced by [[Ashiq Usman]]<ref name="cef150720"/> under the banner of Ashiq Usman Productions. The film stars [[RajishaShine VijayanTom Chacko]], and [[ShineRajisha Tom ChackoVijayan]] in the lead roles.<ref name="Times of India-1">{{cite news |title='Love' Trailer: Rajisha Vijayan and Shine Tom Chacko starrer looks intriguing |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/love-trailer-rajisha-vijayan-and-shine-tom-chacko-starrer-looks-intriguing/articleshow/77818101.cms |access-date=29 August 2020 |publisher=Times of India |ref=Times of India-1 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517170123/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/love-trailer-rajisha-vijayan-and-shine-tom-chacko-starrer-looks-intriguing/articleshow/77818101.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

Love marks the tenth project of Ashiq Usman and third film of Khalid Rahman after ''[[Unda (film)|Unda]]'' and ''[[Anuraga Karikkin Vellam]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=After 'Unda', Khalid Rahman begins filming his next |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/jun/23/after-unda-khalid-rahman-begins-filming-his-next-2159956.html |access-date=23 June 2020 |publisher=The New Indian Express |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704150404/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/jun/23/after-unda-khalid-rahman-begins-filming-his-next-2159956.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The film is co-written and edited by Noufal Abdullah. The music is composed by Yakzan Gary Pereira and [[Neha Nair]], while Jimshi Khalid was hired as the cinematographer.<ref>{{cite news |title=വീട്ടിനുള്ളില്‍ സ്‌നേഹം പങ്കിട്ടു കഴിഞ്ഞ ഭാര്യാഭര്‍ത്താക്കന്‍മാര്‍ തമ്മില്‍ വഴക്കിട്ടാല്‍? കാണാം 'ലവ്' ട്രെയ്‌ലര്‍ |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/love-official-trailer-shine-tom-chacko-rajisha-vijayan-khalid-rahman-jimshi-khalid-ashiq-usman-1.5011298 |access-date=28 August 2020 |publisher=Mathrubhumi}}</ref> The|archive-date=28 filmAugust received mostly positive reviews from audiences and critics, who praised the dark theme, dialogues, acting,2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828220424/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/love-official-trailer-shine-tom-chacko-rajisha-vijayan-khalid-rahman-jimshi-khalid-ashiq-usman-1.5011298 and|url-status=live screenplay.}}</ref>

The movie begins when Deepthi is doing scanning and the doctor confirms that she is 8eight weeks [[pregnant]]. Her husband Anoop gets a text message "I am pregnant", but he continues to play a violent video game. Deepthi reaches home, and soon they both start arguing. The fight turns violent, and Anoop pushes herDeepthi against their picture on the wall, and Deepthishe immediately collapses. Confused, Anoop decides to commit suicide and tries to cut his nerves using a shaving blade, and then he hears a ring on the door. He takes theDeepthi's body of Deepthi to the [[bathroom]].

At the door, it was aAnoop's friend of Anoop played by [[Gokulan (actor)|Gokulan]], and he starts talking about his life's problems and starts drinking of what was left in the bottle Anoop was having. Anoop tries to console his friend, saying that he has to talk out the indifferences with his wife. Apparently, he doubts his wife is having an [[affair]] with his partner and the partner is trying to steal all his money by cheating him in their combined business. His wife is blaming him for not having kids, but when Anoop says he had already impregnated his earlier girlfriend and his friend replies that he cannot tell that to his wife and prove himself., Hehe wants to [[commit suicide]] because he is fed up with life, but after speaking to Anoop, he changes his mind and decides to kill his partner instead.

Meanwhile, another friendof playedAnoop's by [[Sudhi Koppa]]friends comes home with his girl friendgirlfriend and tells Anoop that they both need to spend half an hour in their bedroom. While the friend and his girl friendgirlfriend are talking in the room, the girl friendgirlfriend receives a message from a guy, and he gets annoyed. He asks her to immediately delete all messages and stop talking to him. Meanwhile, he gets a call from his wife and starts questioning him where he is. He denies that he is with his girl friendgirlfriend and that he does not have any contact with her. That starts a fight between them, and the girl friendgirlfriend leaves, saying that she does not want to be a casual partner for him.

Deepthi's father comes home to meet Anoop. He tries to talk about his daughter's problems, but Anoop is not interested. Anoop also says he has no financial issues. When the dad asks him if he physically abuses his wife, Anoop says that he has the rights to do whatever to his wife. DadHer dad slaps Anoop and says he is Anoop's dad and he also has thatthe rights and leaves. The two friends seessee this from the balcony, but they stop themselves in interfering because itsit ais Anoop's personal matter of Anoop.

HeAnoop hears a knock on the door again, and when he opens the doorit, he sees Deepthi. Deepthi enters the house, but now the house is clean as if nothing happened. Soon, the fight turns fierce. Deepthi accuses Anoop for having an affair and also being irresponsible in this business ventures and losing all the money. From the conversation, we understandscan understand that the two friends who are at his home are not two outside personspeople, but multiple personalities of Anoop itself. One of them wants to kill Deepthi, while the other says Nono. Finally, Anoop hits Deepthi on her head with an iron box, and Deepthishe collapses.

In the final scene of the movie, we see a car which gets stopped by police for checking. We see Deepthi on the driving seat, who confesses that she killed her husband and the body is in the trunk. It is left to the viewer to guess how Anoop was killed.

* [[Gokulan (actor)|Gokulan]] as aAnoop's friend of Anoop

* [[Sudhi Koppa]] as aAnoop's friend of Anoop

* John Kaippallil as Police Officer

* [[Sunny Wayne]] as Shelby (voice only)

* Aji Peter Thankam as NeighbourNeighbor

After the success of [[Unda (film)|Unda]], Khalid Rahman announced that the next film will have [[Rajisha Vijayan]] and [[Shine Tom Chacko]] in lead roles. Both were collaborated with him in his previous films. He also informed that additional cast includes [[Veena Nandakumar]], [[Sudhi Koppa]], [[Johny Antony]], and Gokulan M.S.<ref>{{cite news |last1=News Service |first1=Express |title=After 'Unda', Khalid Rahman begins filming his next |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/jun/23/after-unda-khalid-rahman-begins-filming-his-next-2159956.html |access-date=27 August 2020 |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=4 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704150404/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/jun/23/after-unda-khalid-rahman-begins-filming-his-next-2159956.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Principal cinematography started on June 22, 2020, in Kochi, adhering to COVID-19 protocol guidelines.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Soman |first1=Deepa |title=The no-work phase had hampered our flow but we still finished the shoot in 23 days: Shine Tom |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/the-no-work-phase-had-hampered-our-flow-but-we-still-finished-the-shoot-in-23-days-shine-tom/articleshow/77313250.cms |access-date=27 August 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=3 August 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803182526/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/the-no-work-phase-had-hampered-our-flow-but-we-still-finished-the-shoot-in-23-days-shine-tom/articleshow/77313250.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> On July 15, the crew informed that the film shoot has completed and it only took 23 days.<ref name="cef150720">{{cite news |last1=Features |first1=CE |title=Filming completed for Khalid Rahman's next |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2020/jul/15/filming-completed-for-khalid-rahmans-next-19370.html |access-date=27 August 2020 |publisher=Cinema Express |date=15 July 2020 |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809135838/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2020/jul/15/filming-completed-for-khalid-rahmans-next-19370.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Love'' was released in [[United Arab Emirates]] on 15 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sachin |first=Ambica |date=13 October 2020 |title=Malayalam film 'Love' out in UAE theatres |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/south-stars/malayalam-film-love-to-be-released-in-uae-theatres |website=[[Khaleej Times]] |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-date=26 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326164600/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/south-stars/malayalam-film-love-to-be-released-in-uae-theatres |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Love'' is the first Malayalam film to release in UAE cinemas after a long spell owing to restrictions to contain the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus outbreak]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radhakrishnan |first=Manjusha |date=18 October 2020 |title=9 things to know about Malayalam thriller 'Love' |url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/9-things-to-know-about-malayalam-thriller-love-1.74649749 |website=[[Gulf News]] |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-date=30 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030192247/https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/9-things-to-know-about-malayalam-thriller-love-1.74649749 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film released in [[Kerala]] on 29 January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2021 |title=Catch Rajisha Vijayan-Shine Tom Chacko film 'Love' to release in the cinemas on THIS date |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/catch-rajisha-vijayan-shine-tom-chacko-film-love-to-release-in-the-cinemas-on-this-date/articleshow/80329970.cms |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-date=28 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028153531/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/catch-rajisha-vijayan-shine-tom-chacko-film-love-to-release-in-the-cinemas-on-this-date/articleshow/80329970.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Love'' has been streaming on [[Netflix]] since 19 February 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2021 |title=Malayalam film 'Love' to release on Netflix |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malayalam-film-love-release-netflix-143631 |website=[[The News Minute]] |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-date=25 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025090114/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malayalam-film-love-release-netflix-143631 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Baradwaj Rangan]] of Film Companion South wrote "Love is tricky, and therefore, Love is tricky, too. It flips around genres like mad: it’s a narcissistic murder mystery like Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope mixed with a psychological black comedy like David Fincher’s Fight Club mixed with a domestic-abuse drama like Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/malayalam-review/love-malayalam-movie-netflix-review-shine-tom-chacko-and-rajisha-vijayan-subvert-the-form-of-the-domestic-abuse-drama-khalid-rahman-baradwaj-rangan/|title=Review Of Khalid Rahman's Love on Netflix: Shine Tom Chacko And Rajisha Vijayan Subvert The 'Form' Of The Domestic-Abuse Drama|website=FilmCompanion.|date=20 February 2021|access-date=15 July 2023|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326130736/https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/malayalam-review/love-malayalam-movie-netflix-review-shine-tom-chacko-and-rajisha-vijayan-subvert-the-form-of-the-domestic-abuse-drama-khalid-rahman-baradwaj-rangan/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A Tamil adaptation with the same[[Love title(2023 isfilm)|same settitle]] towas releasereleased in 2023 with [[Bharath (actor)|Bharath]] and [[Vani Bhojan]] in the lead roles. The Tamil remake is directed by RP Bala.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10222617448007058&set=a.10200275932523134 |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.facebook.com |archive-date=16 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016174357/https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10222617448007058&set=a.10200275932523134 |url-status=live }}</ref>