Romancham

Romancham (transl. Goosebumps) is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language comedy horror film written and directed by Jithu Madhavan in his directorial debut, starring Soubin Shahir, Arjun Ashokan, Sajin Gopu, Siju Sunny and Abin Bino in the lead roles. [2]

Romancham
Directed byJithu Madhavan
Written byJithu Madhavan
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySanu Thahir
Edited byKiran Das
Music bySushin Shyam
Release date
  • 3 February 2023 (2023-02-03)
Running time
129 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

Based on incidents that is said to have happened in the life of seven bachelors in 2007 Bangalore after using a Ouija board and subsequent events, the film satirically explores how divination that started as fun becomes a problem bigger than boredom.[3]

Cast
  • Soubin Shahir as Jibi
  • Anantharaman Ajay as Rivin
  • Sajin Gopu as Niroop
  • Abin Bino as Shijappan
  • Siju Sunny as Mukesh
  • Afzal PH as Hari (Harikuttan)
  • Jagadeesh Kumar as Nithin Naarayan (Soman)
  • Arjun Ashokan as Sinu Solomon
  • Joemon Jyothir as DJ Babu
  • Chemban Vinod Jose as Sayed
  • Deepika Siva as Nurse Nayana
  • Sneha Matthew as Pooja
  • Asim Jamal as Benny
  • Thankam Mohan
  • Jolly Chirayath as Sinu's mother

Production

The film is produced by John Paul George and Girish Gangadharan under the banner 'Guppy Cinemas'.

Music
Romancham
Soundtrack album by
Sushin Shyam
Released2023
Recorded2022-2023 (2022-2023)
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length20:10
LanguageMalayalam
LabelSaregama
ProducerSushin Shyam
Sushin Shyam chronology
Ariyippu
(2023)		 Romancham
(2023)

All lyrics are written by Vinayak Sasikumar; all music is composed by Sushin Shyam.

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Aadharanjali"Sushin Shyam,
Madhuvanthi Narayan		2:29
2."Athmave Poo"Sushin Shyam3:36
3."Manuja"Rex Vijayan,
Sushin Shyam		3:29
4."Thalatherichavar"Zia Ul Haq,
MC Couper,
Sushin Shyam		4:21
5."Ottamuri Vakkumayi"Pradeep Kumar,
Sushin Shyam		3:28
6."Romancham Title Track"Neha Nair,
Sushin Shyam		2:45
Total length:20:10

Release

The film was released on 3 February 2023 across 144 theaters in Kerala.

The film is available for streaming in Disney+ Hotstar from 7 April 2023.

Reception

Critical Response

The film received highly positive reviews from the critics.[4][5][6] Gopika of Times of India gave the film a rating of 4/5 and wrote "Romancham is the movie that gives us this wonderful formula. There is no exaggeration, no nonsensical humour, the movie is simply hilarious and interestingly, it's inspired from real life incidents.[7] S.R Praveen of The Hindu wrote "Along with some top-notch comic performances from the entire cast, everything works like a charm and evokes uproarious laughter in director Jithu Madhavan’s debut film [8] Cris of The News Minute gave the film a rating of 4/5 and wrote "Along with some top-notch comic performances from the entire cast, everything works like a charm and evokes uproarious laughter in director Jithu Madhavan’s debut film [9] Sajin Shirjith of The New Indian Express wrote "Romancham is at its funniest when it explores the idiosyncrasies of its well-sketched character"[10]

References
  1. "Romancham (2023)". Irish Film Classification Office. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. "ഈ സിനിമയ്ക്കായി ജീവിതവും കരിയറുമെല്ലാം പണയത്തിലായി: രോമാഞ്ചം നിർമാതാവ് ജോൺപോൾ പറയുന്നു". Malayala Manorama.
  3. "Romancham: Soubin Shahir, Arjun Ashokan's horror-comedy, inspired by true incidents, to release on this date".
  4. "'Romancham' Twitter review: Netizens hail Soubin Shahir starrer horror comedy film". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. "രോമാഞ്ചം". Samayam Malayalam (in Malayalam). Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  6. "'Romancham' review: A refreshingly funny story about a game gone wrong". The Week. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  7. "Romancham Movie Review: Exactly what you need to cheer up". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. Praveen, S. R. (4 February 2023). "Romancham' movie review: Jithu Madhavan's horror-comedy is a laugh riot". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  9. "Romancham review: Great debuts make this Soubin horror comedy a fun watch". The News Minute. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  10. "'Romancham' Malayalam film review: Rewarding horror-comedy high on laughs". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 February 2023.


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