Captain is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language biographical sports drama film written and directed by Prajesh Sen in his directorial debut. The film is about V. P. Sathyan, former captain of the India national football team, with Jayasurya[1] portraying him. It also stars Anu Sithara,[2] Renji Panicker,[3] Siddique,[4] Deepak Parambol, Saiju Kurup, Kamal Varadoor and Lakshmi Sharma. Jayasurya won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film.

Captain
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPrajesh Sen
Written byPrajesh Sen
Produced byT. L. George
StarringJayasurya
Anu Sithara
Renji Panicker
Deepak Parambol
Saiju Kurup
Siddique
CinematographyRoby varghese Raj
Edited byBijith Bala
Music byGopi Sundar
Production
company
Goodwill Entertainments
Distributed byAnto Joseph Film Company, Popcorn Entertainments Australia
Release date
  • 16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)
Running time
144 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

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Production

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Based on the life of former India national football team captain V. P. Sathyan, who, owning a good career history, committed suicide in 2006, Jayasurya announced the film in October 2016, with debutant Prajesh Sen as director and T. L. George of Goodwill Entertainments as producer.[6] It began filming in early April 2017 in Kozhikode.[7] A Santhosh Trophy match sequence was shot at Calicut University Stadium in Thenhipalam, during which Jayasurya injured his right leg, leading to a stay of filming for one week.[8]

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Songs and score were composed by Gopi Sundar.[9] The film's audio was released by minister K. T. Jaleel on 28 January 2018, by awarding it to Anitha Sathyan, V. P. Sathyan's wife. As part of the event, a football match between teams Golden 90s led by I. M. Vijayan and Captain Elevens led by Jayasurya was organised at the Safari Ground, Edappal, which was kicked off by C.K. Vineeth.[10]

Soundtrack
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Paalthira Paadum"Rafeeq AhamedShreya Ghoshal4:35
2."Peythalinja Nimisham"B. K. HarinarayananP. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam5:18
3."Paattu Petty (Music by Viswajith)"Nitheesh Naderi, Swathy ChakraborthyP. Jayachandran5:26
4."Nithyamurulum (Captain Theme)"Rafeeq AhamedGopi Sundar5:17
Total length:20:36

References

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  1. ^ "Jaysurya in movie on V P Sathyan". Deccan Chronicle. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Anu Sithara to play football legend VP Sathyan's wife in Captain". The Times of India. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Renji Panicker to play VP Sathyan's coach in Captain". The Times of India. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Siddique to play Maidaanam in Jayasurya's Captain". The Times of India. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. ^ "ജയസൂര്യയുടെ ക്യാപ്റ്റനിൽ മെഗാസ്റ്റാർ". manoramaonline. 15 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Captain: Malayalam star Jayasurya's most expensive movie is here". International Business Times. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Jayasurya's Captain starts rolling". Deccan Chronicle. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Jayasurya injured during shooting of 'Captain'". Mathrubhumi. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Gopi Sunder wraps up Captain's background score". The Times of India. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  10. ^ "ആരാധകരെ ഇളക്കി മറിച്ച് 'ക്യാപ്റ്റൻ' ഓഡിയോ റിലീസ്‌". Madhyamam. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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