Lucifer
Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Genre | Action, Crime, Thriller |
| Release date | 28 March 2019 |
| Running time | 2hr 54min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Mohanlal |
| Directed by | Prithviraj Sukumaran |
| Written by | Murali Gopy |
| Produced by | Antony Perumbavoor |
| Cinematography by | Sujith Vasudev |
| Edited by | Samjith Mohammed |
| Music by | Deepak Dev |
| Production Company | Aashirvad Cinemas |
| Distributor | Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments |
Trailer, Teaser & Video:
Cast & Characters:
- Mohanlal as Stephen Nedumpally / Khureshi Abraam
- Adarsh as Young Stephen
- Vivek Oberoi as Bimal ‘Bobby’ Nair
- Manju Warrier as Priyadarshini ‘Priya’ Ramdas
- Angelina Abraham as Young Priya
- Tovino Thomas as Jathin Ramdas
- Indrajith Sukumaran as Govardhan
- Saikumar as Mahesha Varma
- Baiju Santhosh as Murugan
- Kalabhavan Shajohn as Aloshy Joseph
- Saniya Iyappan as Jhanvi
- Nyla Usha as Arundathi Sanjeev
- Giju John as Sanjeev Kumar
- Prithviraj Sukumaran as Zayed Masood
- Fazil as Fr. Nedumpally
- Sachin Khedekar as P. K. Ramdas
- Suresh Chandra Menon as Abdul
- Shivaji Guruvayoor as Medayil Rajan
- Nandhu as P. S. Peethambaran
- John Vijay as Mayilvahanam IPS
- Aneesh G. Menon as Sumesh
- Kainakary Thankaraj as Nedumpally Krishnan
- Bala as Bhadran
- Adil Ibrahim as Riju
- Shaun Romy as Aparna
- Binu Pappu as Jail Warden Mathew
- Maala Parvathi as Jhanvi’s doctor
- Sreeya Remesh as Gomathy
- Sunil Sukhada as Manapattil Chandy
- V. K. Prakash as Doctor
- Parvathy Menon Shijith as Janaki, Ramdas’s wife
- Alexx O’Nell as Rob, Interpol officer
- Baiju V. K. as Sarath
- Jaise Jose as Stephen’s assistant
- Rajesh Babu as DGP Faizal Muhammed
- Sijoy Varghese as PR agent
- Thara Kalyan as Jhanvi’s principal
- Sshivada as Govardhan’s wife (cameo appearance)
- Parthana Sandeep as Govardhan’s daughter
- Shakti Kapoor as Sanghani (cameo appearance)
- Antony Perumbavoor as a man in the nightclub (cameo appearance)
- Waluscha De Sousa as bar dancer in the song Raftaara (cameo appearance)
Storyline:
A political Godfather died and a lot of thieves dressed up as politicians took over the rule. The question arises regarding the successor of God, unfolding a few names, along with God’s most beloved angel, Lucifer.
About Lucifer Movie:
Development of the film began in 2016 when Murali pitched a story to Prithviraj Sukumaran at the sets of Tiyaan in Ramoji Film City, it was when he decided to make Lucifer his directorial debut.
The title of the film was taken from an unrealized project of director Rajesh Pillai which was also written by Murali with another story.
Pre-production of Lucifer began in 2017 and Murali completed the final draft of the screenplay in February 2018.
Principal photography began in mid-July that year and lasted till January 2019, with filming carried out in Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Ernakulam, and Kollam districts, and Mumbai, Bangalore, Lakshadweep, and Russia.
The film broke many box office records for a Malayalam film, crossing the ₹50 crore (US$6.3 million) mark in four days, ₹100 crore (US$13 million) mark in eight days, and the ₹150 crore (US$19 million) mark in 21 days becoming the fastest Malayalam film to reach all three milestones.
Lucifer was the first Malayalam film to earn more than ₹200 crore, including its box office collections and the earnings from the sale of its satellite rights and digital streaming rights in other languages. It is currently the third highest-grossing Malayalam film.
Lucifer is the first installment in a trilogy and will be followed by L2: Empuraan and an untitled sequel, which are in development.
A Telugu remake titled Godfather was released on 5 October 2022.
Lucifer Release Date:
Lucifer was released in theatres worldwide on 28 March 2019. It was also dubbed and released in other Indian languages. The Telugu dubbed version of the film was released on 12 April 2019. Tamil dubbed version was released on 3 May 2019, distributed by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. On 30 March 2019, Google India released an animated doodle on their Twitter page featuring Mohanlal and Yuvraj Singh playing tennis, with a caption: “The heroes who know how to smash all records”. Lucifer, Miami Open, and Yuvraj Singh topped the Google Trends on the week. Lucifer was released for digital download on 16 May 2019, available as VOD on Amazon Prime Video in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu languages.
The satellite rights of the Malayalam version were sold to Asianet. The Tamil version was given to Star Vijay Super, and the Kannada dubbed version was given to Star Suvarna. The Hindi dubbed version was given to Sony Max.
Budget & Box Office Collection:
| Budget | ₹30 crore |
| Opening Day Collection | ₹14 crore |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹128 crore |
Where to Watch Lucifer Movie Online:
Lucifer is available on Amazon Prime Video.