Brother’s Day (2019) [Hindi-Malayalam]

Brother’s Day is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film[1] written and directed by Kalabhavan Shajohn in his directorial debut. Produced by Listin Stephen, the film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Prasanna, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Madonna Sebastian, Prayaga Martin and Miya George. The film marks the debut of Prasanna as actor and Dhanush as singer and lyricist in Malayalam cinema. Music for the film was composed by 4 Musics.

Principal photography began on 16 March 2019 and was completed in mid-July after a 96-day long filming. The film was released in theatres worldwide on 6 September 2019. One day Rony meets an unexpected guest Chandy and they become very close, however, Chandy does not disclose his true identity. Over time Chandy discloses his identity and introduces his daughter Santa and a lot of unexpected events follow. The plot revolves around a young boy named Siva, whose father is an alcoholic and treats him very badly because he doubts about his paternity on Siva and blames his wife for it. Later, his mother gives birth to a baby girl and dies while laboring. Siva names her Peeli, and starts taking care of his sister. Siva and his sister share a beautiful and soulful bond. With time, both grow and come very close to each other. One day, when Siva returns home he sees his father’s friend trying to molest Peeli with his father’s consent. Enraged, Siva kills his father and his father’s friend, and walks out of the house with Peeli, but finds many people surrounding the house. Siva tries to escape with Peeli, but the latter who is in a state of shock after seeing her father dying refuses to move with her brother, but Siva escapes.

Years later, Rony is a part of the catering team at his boss’s daughter’s wedding, serving people at the wedding, where he meets Jema and suspects her of crashing the wedding, but learns that she is the daughter of his boss. They both start to like each other. Rony is then sent to pick up a tourist named Chandy by one of his friends. When he reaches the bus stop he finds Chandy on the roof of the bus. It is shown that Chandy is an alcoholic and very difficult to handle. While taking Chandy back to his friend’s hotel Rony is interrupted by some local college Brother’s Day students who try to stop him from taking tourists as his friend does not have a license. Rony gets into a fight and thrashes all the students. When they reach the hotel, Rony learns that the Chandy he brought was someone else.

When Chandy, Rony and Jema go-to hangout Rony narrates a tragic past. Ruby was in love with his friend and both got married and went on their honeymoon, but are later found in the jungle where his friend has been killed by someone and his sister is in critical condition. Later, Chandy meets with an accident and breaks his left leg. Rony goes to help him and becomes with Chandy. It is revealed that Chandy is actually a businessman, who introduces his daughter, Santa to Rony. One day he takes Santa to meet his sister Ruby. Rony finds out about Shiva, a notorious criminal who is Brother’s Day responsible for the death of his friend and injuries of his sister. A series of events are shown to showcase the crimes Shiva has committed.