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Directed by | Jude Anthany Joseph |
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Cinematography | Akhil George |
Edited by | Chaman Chakko |
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Distributed by | Kavya Film Company |
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Running time | 148 minutes[1] |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Budget | est.₹26 crore[2] |
Box office | est.₹176 crore[3] |
2018 (subtitled onscreen as Everyone is a Hero) is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language survival thriller film based on the severe 2018 Kerala floods that devastated Kerala. It is directed by Jude Anthany Joseph, who wrote the screenplay with Akhil P. Dharmajan and is produced by Venu Kunnappilly, C.K. Padmakumar, and Anto Joseph under the banner of Kavya Film Company in collaboration with P.K. Prime Production Producers. The film stars Kunchacko Boban, Tovino Thomas, Asif Ali, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Narain and Lal with an ensemble supporting cast.
Inspired by 2012, The film was announced on 16 October 2018 by Jude Anthany Joseph. Principal photography commenced on 27 May 2022. The film was shot in different parts of Kerala, as well as Tirunelveli and Hyderabad. The filming was wrapped up on 13 November 2022.
Initially set to release on 21 April 2023, it eventually released on 5 May 2023. The film received generally positive reviews and became a huge commercial success in the box office, grossing around ₹176 crore (US$21 million) at the box office to emerge as the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all-time.[4] until it was surpassed by Manjummel Boys. On 27 September 2023, the film was chosen by the Film Federation of India as India's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[5][6] It was chosen as it addresses a global issue and depicts the harrowing realities of what a natural calamity is for common people. It became the fourth Malayalam film after Guru (1997), Adaminte Makan Abu (2011) and Jallikattu (2019) to be selected as India's official submission for the Academy Awards, although it failed to make the cut.[7] It was featured in the 54th IFFI Indian panorama mainstream section.[8]