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Ritu is a film of genre Drama directed by Shyamaprasad with Asif Ali

Ritu (2009)

Ritu
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Length 2h
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Genres Drama
Rating71% 3.581373.581373.581373.581373.58137

Ritu (English: Seasons) is a 2009 Malayalam film iconic film that is now widely acclaimed as 'coming of age' of Malayalam cinema directed by Shyamaprasad, whose previous film Ore Kadal was highly acclaimed. The original screenplay was written by Joshua Newtonn. This is the first time Shyamaprasad has chosen to film an original screenplay. All of his previous films were adaptations of published novels or plays.

Synopsis

Ritu is about three youngsters growing up together and betraying each other. The story follows the lives of three childhood friends: Sunny Immatty (Asif Ali), Sarath Varma (Nishan K. P. Nanaiah), Varsha John (Rima Kallingal). The trio were almost inseparable as friends; they grew up in the same neighborhood in their love, bonding and innocence. They shared a dream of journeying together in life forever.

Actors

Asif Ali

(Sunny Immatty)
Nishan

(Sarath Varma)
Rima Kallingal

(Varsha John)
Vinay Forrt

(Jamal)
M. G. Sasi

(Hari Varma (Sarath's Brother))
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