Dulquer Salmaan-produced 'Maniyarayile Ashokan' to premiere on Netflix soon; Read details

Dulquer Salmaan-produced Maniyarayile Ashokan will exclusively release on streaming platform Netflix in the last week of August. A few weeks ago, the OTT platform Netflix shared details about their August releases online, which revealed that Maniyarayile Ashokan will release on the streaming platform soon. 

The movie, starring Gregory Jacob and Anupama Parameswaran will premiere on the OTT platform on August 31, 2020. The film was initially supposed to release in theatres, however, due to the pandemic, the makers decided to skip the theatrical release. 

Here's a poster of 'Maniyarayile Ashokan': 

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All details about Maniyarayile Ashokan

Maniyarayile Ashokan, starring Gregory Jacob and Anupama Parameswaran in the lead, narrates the light-hearted love story of central character Ashokan. The movie also features actors like Shine Tom Chacko, SV Krishna Shankar, Shritha Sivadas, and others in prominent roles. The film marks the directorial debut of Shamzu Zayba and the debut of Magesh Bogi, who has written the story of Maniyarayile Ashokan, and Vineeth Krishnan, who has written the script and screenplay of the movie. 

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The music of Maniyarayile Ashokan is composed by debutant Sreehari K Nair. Meanwhile, the cinematography is handled by Sajad Kakku, and editing is done by Appu N. Bhattathiri. Maniyarayile Ashokan is produced by Dulquer Salmaan under his production banner. 

A few days ago, the second song of the film was released online. The song, titled Peyyum Nilavu was released on Sunday, August 15, 2020. The song composed by Sreehari K Nair and sung by KS Harisankar has crossed 8 lakh views in two days. Check out the song here: 

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Dulquer Salmaan's next ventures as producer

Besides Maniyarayile Ashokan, Dulquer Salmaan will be producing Srinath Rajendran's Kurup under his production banner. The film, starring Dulquer Salmaan and Sobhita Dhulipala in the lead, narrates the real-life story of one of the most notorious criminals of Kerala- Sukumaran Kurup.

The movie also features actors like Shine Tom Chacko and Indrajith Sukumaran in prominent roles. On Dulquer Salmaan's 34^th birthday, the official teaser of the film was released, amping the expectations of the moviegoers. 

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