9 The Movie is 2019’s first Malayalam film trailer to trend on YouTube
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Director Jenuse Mohammed Majeed, who made the romantic film 100 Days of Love, is now ready with his latest film. The sci-fi, horror film 9, starring Prithviraj in the lead. The trailer of the film released a few days ago and had everyone talking about it. With a dark theme, the trailer gave us a hint that the film’s story will revolve around the supernatural and the unknown. The trailer of the film has become such a hit, that it is now 2019’s first Malayalam film to trend on the popular video streaming platform YouTube. It has received over 1 million views and over 75k likes on the platform.
The trailer of the film 9, also premiered in 15 different Malayalam TV channels on 9th December, at 9 pm raising the curiosity of movie buffs.
The film marks the foray of Sony Pictures India to produce a Malayalam film for the first time. The film has also been produced by Prithviraj Productions. Shony Panjikaran, the marketing head of Sony Pictures India said ‘‘With the TV roadblock we were able to reach out to more than 20 percent of the entire population. The results are outstanding and the numbers are the first of the kind in Malayalam. A film of this scale really deserves to be seen by many more people and we are glad we could showcase the trailer to such a large section of the audience.”
The film also marks the first time an Indian film being shot in Red Gemini 5K camera. The film’s trailer also won appreciation from Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar. Apart from Prithviraj, the film stars Mamta Mohandas, Wamiqa Gabbi, and Prakash Raj.