100 Degree Celsius
100 Degree Celsius is a 2014 Malayalam film written and directed by Rakesh Gopan. A womencentric thriller scripted by Rakesh Gopan, it stars Shwetha Menon, Meghna Raj, Bhama, Ananya and Haritha Parokod. Based on a reallife incident, 100 Degree Celsius revolves around the lives of five women a housewife, banker, IT professional, TV reporter and a college student. The film started shooting in June 2013. 100 Degrees Celsius will be Malayalam cinemas first twopart film. It is produced under the banner of R.R. Entertainments. Cinematographer is Satyanarayanan and music director is Gopi Sundar.
The film was earlier titled Mirror and was reported to star Shwetha Menon, Bhama, Gauthami Nair, Meghana Raj and Aparna Nair. Later Gauthami Nair and Aparna Nair opted out citing date issues. While actress Ananya replaced Gauthami, Aparna was replaced by Kollywood actress Haritha Parokod, who made her debut in Malayalam. Shwetha Menon plays a techie, Bhama, a bank employee, Meghna Raj, a news channel reporter, Ananya, a student, and Haritha a homemaker. Earlier, it was reported that Lakshmi Rai was also a part of the project. However, the director refuted the rumours and said, Lakshmi Rai was never part of it. Krish J Sathar was roped in as the male lead. Later the makers also cast a relative newcomer, Anu Mohan. With the film split into two, the makers also decided to make changes in the cast and cast Tamil and Telugu actor Shaam and Bollywood actress Radhika Apte, who both will make their Mollywood debut.The Times of India gave the filmstars out ofand wrote, If what you want is to sit back and relax with a packet of popcorn, 100 Degree Celsius is not the film for you, as you would mostly be on your seats edge, scene after scene. Rakesh Gopan joins the pack the debutant directors in Malayalam sic, who tell unprecedented stories in our tinsel town. His effort is laudable, and besides a handful of glitches in execution that sets occasional boredom, the film is involving enough to keep one interested till the end. Indiaglitz.com gave a rating of 6.5 out ofand wrote, With all other factors appealing, this 100 degree Celsius can be prescribed for an onetime watch, especially for the lovers of adrenaline raising thriller films... ........
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