Saturday Night is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Rosshan Andrrews and written by Naveen Bhaskar. It stars Nivin Pauly, Aju Varghese, Siju Wilson, and Saiju Kurup. The music was composed by Jakes Bejoy. The plot explores the relationship between four friends.
Plot
Four close friends reunite to find that the fourth, Stanley, to be completely different and mysterious and they set on a journey that explores the mysterious character and discover the true meaning of friendship.
Cast
Nivin Pauly as Stanley, An Ex-Pilot
Siju Wilson as Ajith Thomas
Aju Varghese as Poocha Sunil
Saiju Kurup as Justin
Prathap Pothen as Davis Kalathiparambil
Shari as Nirmala Davis
Malavika Sreenath as Nikki Emmanuel
Grace Antony as Susan Maria Paul
Saniya Iyappan as Vaishnavi
Vijay Menon as Paul John
Bipin Perumbilli as Manjunath
Shaani Shacky as Charles
Ashwin Mathew as Willy
Niva James as Rachel
Ashwini as Sherin Joseph
Roman Khan
Production
Development
The film is produced by Vinayaka Ajith under the banner of Ajith Vinayaka films. Naveen Bhaskar completed its script work. Saturday Night with Kirukkanum Koottukaarum is the film's full title. Nivin Pauly portrays Stanley. As per Nivin Pauly's social media post the film is a comedy entertainer.
Casting
Roshan Andrews who is the director of the film joined hands with Nivin Pauly as hero named Stanley for the film. While Nivin Pauly in the lead role, Aju Varghese, Saiju Kurup and Siju Wilson plays supporting characters.
Filming
The shooting was started in March 2022. The director Rosshan Andrrews shared a behind the scene video of film shooting on 27 April 2022 that Roshan directing the film. He wrote along with the video, Shoot started… Saturday Night.. Cinematography was by Aslam K. Purayil, editor was T. Shivanandeeswaran.
Music
The music was composed by Jakes Bejoy.
Release
Theatrical
The film was released on 4 November 2022.
Home media
The digital rights of the film is acquired by Disney+ Hotstar and started streaming from 27 January 2023. The satellite rights of the film is acquired by Asianet.
Reception
The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and audience. The movie was a disaster at Kerala box office.The Times Of India rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "A tale of tight friends that needed tighter editing". Indian express rated the film 0.5 out of 5 and wrote "This Nivin Pauly starrer is a huge disappointment".