Hotel California (2013 film)

Hotel California is an 2013 Malayalam comedy caper film written by Anoop Menon and directed by Aji John. It stars Shankar, Jayasurya, Anoop Menon, Honey Rose, Maria Roy and Aparna Nair. The film is produced by Josemon Simon under the banner of Jairaj Films and features music composed by Shaan Rahman, whilst cinematography is handled by Jithu Damodar and is edited by Xian.

The combination of Anoop Menon and Jayasurya was joined again for the film named Pushpakavimaanam, which is scripted by Anoop Menon himself. The film was announced after the duos Beautiful, and was supposed to be directed by V K Prakash. V.K .Prakash was initially chosen to direct the film after the 2011 film Beautiful, in which the cinematography was chosen to be by Jomon T. John who had earlier done the cinematography for the film Beautiful with the same duo. The director V.K. Prakash felt that such a big film wouldnt begun so soon, thus Anoop Menon bringing forth the script of Trivandrum Lodge for the director to start. With the director opting to helm Trivandrum Lodge, Aji John was now chosen to direct Pushpakavimaanam. The film was renamed to Hotel California after the famous Eagles song Hotel California. The film has Aji John and Anoop Menon duo joining together after Namukku Paarkaan which got mixed responses in the box office.Anoop Menon who helms the script of the movie says that the original song has made name touching the hearts of generations. He finds logic to turn the title of the movie to Hotel California as it too is for all generations who are ready to enjoy freedom. ........

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