Synopsis

EZRA is the Malayalam directorial debut of notable ad filmmaker Jay K who worked in many Bollywood movies with directors like Ramgopal Varma and Rajkumar Santhoshi. He was also an associate to director Rajeev Ravi. EZRA is set in Fort Kochi and Sri Lanka which unfolds an ancient Jewish mythical culture in Kerala. According to the director, though the genre is horror-thriller, the film is not made to frighten the audience, but has a strong plot involving a love story. In Hebrew, Ezra means “cry for help,”. The film is mainly shot at Fort Kochi, which was once home to a thriving Jewish community.

However, now it only has a handful of Jews living in the area, who serve as a living testimony to their community’s long history in God’s own country. EZRA boasts an all-star cast with youth superstar Prithviraj Sukumaran playing the lead. Meanwhile, actor Priya Anand making her debut in Malayalam with EZRA.The movie also has talented actors like Tovino Thomas, Babu Antony, Prathap Pothen, Vijaya Raghavan and Sudev Nair. The cinematography is handled by Sujith Vaassudev and editing by Vivek Harshan. While Rahul Raj has composed the music, Sushin Shyam has scored background.

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