Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015) on Netflix
Umesh, a failing engineering student, heads to Chennai to try his luck in films. He tricks his neighbor Daisy into posing for a selfie, and his town believes the two have eloped.
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Plot summary
Umesh Manohar is a mechanical engineering student at Cochin University of Science and Technology with 42 backlog subjects. He wants quick money and fame, so he decides to try films and hopes to assist a renowned South Indian filmmaker. His friend Shaji suggests he make a short film and put it online, but the attempt fails and the camera is lost in an accident. His father then orders him to help run the family shop, and Umesh takes the next train to Chennai instead. Aboard the train he spots Daisy, a neighbor from home, and tries to win her over. He lies to his friends about an affair, gets her to pose with him for a photograph, and sends the picture to Shaji. He returns to Thalassery six days later to find the town waiting over news of an elopement.
Cast
- Gourav Menonas Mohan's son
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Oru Vadakkan Selfie (2015)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Oru Vadakkan Selfie marked Manjima Mohan's debut as an actress in a Malayalam film; she had earlier appeared as a child artist in films including Priyam and Sundara Purushan.
- Some news media and the Kerala Film Producers Association called Oru Vadakkan Selfie the first successful Malayalam film of 2015.
