Shylock is a Malayalam action film directed by Ajai Vasudev. The film was written by Aneesh Hameed and Bibin Mohan. Produced by Joby George under the banners of Goodwill Entertainments. The film is distributed by Goodwill Entertainments and Red Sun Art Creations which distributing the movie in Tamil Nadu.
The film stars Megastar Mammootty as Devan, Meena Lakshmi, and Rajkiran as Ayyanar in the lead roles. Mammotty is seen playing the role of a money lender. The Veteran Tamil actor Rajkiran has made his debut in Malayalam with this film. Meena is seen playing the female lead with Rajkiran.
According to the information gathered, Rajkiran and Meena initially worked for Rasavin Manassile and then after 28 years, they are acting together again in this film. The Principal Photography of the film began on 9 August 2019. Later after a week, Mammotty joined the sets of the film. The art direction if the film is done by Girish Menon.
Along with Mammotty, Meena and Rajkiran, the film also stars Siddique as Felix Jhon, Baiju Santhosh as Balakrishna Panicker, Kalabhavan Shajohn as Prathapa Varma, Ajai Vasudev as Thotta Raja, Jhon Vijay as Rangan, Bibin George as Velmurugan, Hareesh Kanaran as Ganapathi, Arjun Nandhakumar as Ram, Arthana as Poonkuzhali and many other.
The music of the film was composed by Gopi Sundar. The cinematography of the film by Renadive and Edited by Riyas K Badhar. The film was dubbed in Tamil and released as Kuberan. The film was set to release theatrically on 23 January 2020.
This movie may compete with Big brother which was released on 16 January 2020. The two superstars of Malayalam cinema have released their film in the same month. But Mohanlal’s Big Brother was released a little earlier than Shylock. So, finally, the story decides the winner of the competition.
Shylock Twitter Review
#Shylock so far
Classic case of how a lead actor stands tall in an otherwise normal script. This one is an out n out mass show by @mammukka.
Entertaining so far. Will be a treat to fans 👍
— Forum Keralam (FK) (@Forumkeralam1) January 23, 2020
#Shylock :
Review : Routine Revenge Mass Masala Entertainer Which Entirely Belongs To #Mammootty For His Energetic Performance As #Boss
Script Had Nothing New To Offer So As #AjaiVasudev #Shylock Is A Treat For #Mammootty Fans & Mass Movie Lovers pic.twitter.com/pEYpbrfXVs
— Forum Reelz (@Forum_Reelz) January 23, 2020
#Shylock :
Interval : Entertaining First Half With Full-On Megastar Show , Nothing Much Into Story Line , Still #AjayVasudev Keeps Audience Engaged & Ends With A Good Interval Bang 💥
— Forum Reelz (@Forum_Reelz) January 23, 2020
A disappointing mass entertainer in which #Megastar screen presence and perfo is the only saving grace.Decent first half and a plain 2nd half. Needs a better execution and an engaging screenplay badly!
2/5
Below Average!#ShylockReview
— KeralaBoxofficeStats (@kboxstats) January 23, 2020
#Shylock is a treat for fans and mass masala lovers with Mammukka’s characterization working big time. Routine story. Second half starts well, a normal flash back portion and ends with a bang again thanks to that man again
Paisa Vasool Entertainer
Treat for Mass movie lovers
— Forum Keralam (FK) (@Forumkeralam1) January 23, 2020
#Shylock – Treat for mass masala entertainer fans. The movie truely belongs to @mammukka for his terrific energy level & perfomance. In an usual revenge drama what keeps the film full on high is the never seen before screen space of Mammootty.
Sure shot at Box Office !!
— Movies Junction (@Moviesjunctionn) January 23, 2020