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Spirit

Spirit

20127.12h 25m

Overview

Raghunandan (Mohanlal) is a TV show host and a budding novelist. He is a loner and a compulsive alcoholic, the latter of which resulted in his divorce from Meera (Kaniha). Despite this Meera and her husband Alexy (Shankar Ramakrishnan) are his best friends. His alcoholism however starts taking a huge toll on his life and things take a turn for the worst. At this point he meets Maniyan (Nandu) a plumber who is a bigger alcoholic than he is which makes Raghu re-evaluate his relationship with alcohol.

Directed by Ranjith
Written by Ranjith
Produced by Antony Perumbavoor
Box OfficeBudget: $599K0

Top Cast

Mohanlal

Mohanlal

Raghunandan

Kaniha

Kaniha

Meera

Shankar Ramakrishnan

Shankar Ramakrishnan

Alexy

Madhu

Madhu

Captain Nambiar

Lenaa

Lenaa

ASP Supriya Raghavan

Nandhu

Nandhu

Maniyan

Sidharth Bharathan

Sidharth Bharathan

Sameer

Thilakan

Thilakan

Aashan

Kalpana

Kalpana

Pankajam

Tini Tom

Tini Tom

Johnson

Themes & Keywords

hidden camerawritertragic eventpolice stationalcoholic

About Spirit

Spirit is a drama film released in 2012 exploring themes of hidden camera, writer, tragic event, police station, alcoholic. Directed by Ranjith, it stars Mohanlal, Kaniha, Shankar Ramakrishnan. Raghunandan (Mohanlal) is a TV show host and a budding novelist. He is a loner and a compulsive alcoholic, the latter of which resulted in his divorce from Meera (Kaniha). Despite this Meera and her husband Alexy (Shankar Ramakrishnan) are his best friends. His alcoholism however starts taking a huge toll on his life and things take a turn for the worst. At this point he meets Maniyan (Nandu) a plumber who is a bigger alcoholic than he is which makes Raghu re-evaluate his relationship with alcohol.

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