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Oru Vadakkan Selfie
Umesh, a loafer, leaves his home town and goes to Chennai to become a film-maker when his father asks him to manage their grocery store. A selfie that he takes in Chennai changes his life forever.
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Umesh, a loafer, leaves his home town and goes to Chennai to become a film-maker when his father asks him to manage their grocery store. A selfie that he takes in Chennai changes his life forever.
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Genre:Comedy, Drama
Written By:Vineeth Sreenivasan
In Theaters:
Box Office:$4,700,000
Runtime:143 minutes
Studio:Cast N' Crew
Cast
G. Prajith
Director
Nivin Pauly
Umesh Manohar
Manjima Mohan
Daisy George
Vineeth Sreenivasan
Jack Tracker/Nivin
Aju Varghese
Shaji
Neeraj Madhav
Thankamma/Thankaprasad
Vijayaraghavan
Manoharan
Bhagath Manuel
Shylesh
Sreelakshmi
Umesh's Mother
P. Sukumar
George, Daisy's Father
Santhosh Keezhattoor
Mohan
Gourav Menon
Mohan's son
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