Rangeela (upcoming film)

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Rangeela
Directed by Santhosh Nair
Screenplay bySanil Abraham
Story byJayalal Menon
Produced byJayalal Menon
Starring Sunny Leone
CinematographyNeil D' Cunha
Edited byRanjan Abraham
Production
company
Backwater Studios
Distributed byOne World Entertainment
CountryIndia
Language Malayalam

Rangeela is an upcoming Indian Malayalam-language film Directed by Santhosh Nair. [1] The film stars Sunny Leone in her debut lead role in Malayalam cinema, co-starring Salim Kumar, Johny Antony, Sujith Raj Kochukunju, Krrish Menon, Major Ravi, Jacob Gregory and Ramesh Pisharody in significant roles. [2] It is produced by Jayalal Menon under his production banner Backwater Studios. [3] Principal photography of the film commenced on 1 February 2019 in Goa. [4]

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Cast

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The film marks Sunny Leone's debut film in Malayalam Film Industry and plays the main lead role in the film. [5] [6] The film kicked offshoot in Goa on 1 February 2019 with the portions and scenes shot relating to Sunny Leone. [7]

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