Jack N' Jill
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Directed by | Santosh Sivan |
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Cinematography | Santosh Sivan |
Edited by | Renjith Touchriver |
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Production companies | Sree Gokulam Movies SEWAS Films |
Distributed by | Joy Movie Productions Santosh Sivan Productions |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Jack N' Jill (pronounced as Jack and Jill) is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language science fiction comedy film directed by Santosh Sivan. It stars Manju Warrier, Kalidas Jayaram, Soubin Shahir, Shaylee Krishen, and Esther Anil in the lead role.[1] The film marks cinematographer Santosh Sivan's directorial comeback in Malayalam cinema after nearly seven years.[2] It was released in theatres on 20 May 2022. The film is partially reshot in Tamil under the title Centimeter with Yogi Babu replacing Soubin Shahir and was also released on the same day. It was a box-office disaster.[3]
Plot
Kesh is a young scientist who returned from abroad to his grandfather's ancestral home in Kerala after winning an award in AI Robotics. He, along with his colleague, a
Cast
- Manju Warrier as Parvathy[4]
- Kalidas Jayaram as Kesh[5][6]
- Soubin Shahir as Kuttaaps[7][8]
- Yogi Babu as Centimeter (Tamil version)
- Shaylee Krishen[9] as Tara
- Esther Anil as Arathy[10]
- Aju Varghese as Dr. Subramaniam[11]
- Indrans as Anthrappan[4]
- Nedumudi Venu as Colonel Ramachandran Nair[11]
- Basil Joseph as Ravi[11]
- Ramesh Pisharody[4]
- Ida Sofie Straume as Cheorlett
- Vineetha as Jalgi
- Gokul Anand as Joseph
- Sunil Varghese as Stephan Tharakan
- M Prashanth Das as Bhasker
- Sethu Lakshmi as Ammini Amma, Parvathy's grandmother [4]
Soundtrack
The songs are composed by Jakes Bejoy, Gopi Sundar and Ram Surendar.
- "Kim Kim" - Manju Warrier
- "Angane" - Sithara
- "Jack And Jill" - Jithin Raj
- "Enganokke Enganokke" - Ram Surendar, Sree Nanda
- "Annatha Pokki" - Kavya Ajit, Ram Surendar
Release
Theatrical
The film was released theatrically on 20 May 2022.
Home Media
The digital rights of the film is acquired by Amazon Prime Video and started streaming on 17 June 2022.
Reception
Critical reception
The film received highly negative reviews from critics as well as the audience. S. R. Praveen of
References
- ^ "Santhosh Sivan shares a still from the set of 'Jack and Jill' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Kalidas-Santhosh Sivan movie titled as Jack and Jill". www.mangalam.com. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Manju Warrier turns action heroine for Santosh Sivan's 'Jack N Jill'; teaser to be out soon". 4 January 2022 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ^ "Kalidas Jayaram: Working with Manju chechi is a blessing". 30 October 2018 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ^ "Kalidas Jayaram: While working with Santosh sir, I kept asking him about Thalapathy". 9 September 2020 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ^ "Soubin Shahir plays the character named Kuttaaps, in 'Jack and Jill'". 19 May 2019 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ^ "Santosh Sivan calls Soubin Shahir the finest actor". 21 May 2019 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ^ "Shaylee Krishen: I wish to be a filmmaker someday". 14 May 2021 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ^ "I need more time to be ready for heroine roles in films: Esther Anil". 10 October 2019 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ^ a b c "Manju Warrier: Jack N Jill is a fun, quirky movie that I enjoyed working in". 28 November 2020 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Jack N' Jill movie review: Manju Warrier, Soubin Shahir can't save Santosh Sivan's bizarre sci-fi experiment". OTTPlay. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
External links
- Jack N' Jill at IMDb