The Proposal (Malayalam) 2022
The Proposal is a 2022 Indian Malayalam language film musical romance-comedy film written and directed by Joe Joseph. The film was produced by Silver Cloud Pictures. The story set in Australia revolves around a student visa holder Davis Mizpah (Joe Joseph) and Archith Kumar Chandran Cherupalassery (Anumodh Paul). Davis happens to meet Sandra (Amara Raja) through a matrimonial website which leads to changes in his life. The film was released on 27 May 2022 as OTT release on Saina Play.
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| Directed by | Joe Joseph |
| Produced by | Silver Cloud Pictures |
| Written by | Joe Joseph |
| Starring | Amara Raja, Joe Joseph, Anumodh Paul, Clair Sara Martin, Suhas Paattathil, Karthika Menon Thomas |
| Cinematography | Fivaz Buys |
| Edited by | Prince Sagar |
Release date | 27 May 2022 |
Running time | 2 hours 46 minutes 51 seconds |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | 25 Lakhs (2.5 Million Indian Rupees) |
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Plot[edit]
Davis arrives in Canberra, Australia as a student visa holder, one year after his friend Archith Kumar. During the course of his student visa, he intentionally falls in love with Anjana (Clair Sara Martin) to get a permanent resident visa in Australia. In early 2022, Anjana goes to her home in Kerala and gets stuck there due to pandemic. Knowing that she is not coming back to Australia, Davis, along with Archith attempts for an unusual smuggling in hopes to attain a lump sum amount of money before they leave Australia. When that plan hilariously fails, Mathews (Suhas Paattathil) and Reena (Karthika Menon Thomas) who see Davis and Archith as their own younger brothers, advice Davis to lead a happy and normal life by getting married. Davis ventures to matrimonial website with a demand - "no dowry asked but sponsor me with a permanent visa in Australia". When Davis meets Sandra, who is a very free-spirit independent woman with a dreadful-turned-strong background, his life takes a turn.
Production[edit]
Silver Cloud Pictures had scheduled to start principal photography of the film in Ooty from early 2020. The project got abandoned due to the pandemic. Joe Joseph, who was originally assigned to write the script and play the character of Archith Kumar Chandran Cherupalassery, In late 2020, Joe suggested a revised modern production strategy to shoot the film in Australia in an extremely low budget. The director who was onboard to direct the film expressed an inconvenience to film in Australia and left the project. Joe Joseph stepped up to a director and lead actor role in order to complete the film. A new casting call was conducted to cast new comers to all the roles in the film. The revised budget of the film that Joe provided to complete the film, including filming in Australia, was twenty five lakhs Indian rupees. This was an unbelievable plan for the production but Silver Cloud Pictures still decided to go ahead with Joe's project design. The first script had a plot which happens in Ooty and Bangalore which got changed to happen in Canberra and Sydney in the final script. The filming was completed in 27 days and crew returned as planned.
Trivia[edit]
In 1992, a Malayalam film titled "Australia" was commenced filming in Australia. Mohanlal was the lead actor and Shankar, Ramya Krishnan and Jagadish were in other main roles. The film was proposed to be directed by Rajiv Anchal. Due to some unknown reasons, the project was abandoned without completing the filming. The shots that they took during this project was used in the Malayalam film Butterflies. After this, Malayalam film industry had never shot a film in Australia.
The Proposal is the first Malayalam film to complete filming in Australia.
Cast[edit]
- Joe Joseph as Davis Mizpah
- Amara Raja as Sandra
- Anumodh Paul as Archith Kumar Chandran Cherupalassery
- Clair Sara Martin as Anjana
- Suhas Paattathil as Mathews
- Karthika Menon Thomas as Reena
- Sana Subedi as Nisha
