Matinee (2012 film)

Matinee is a 2012 Malayalam romantic film directed by Aneesh Upasana and starring Maqbool Salmaan and Mythili in the lead roles. The film marks the directorial debut of still photographer Aneesh Upasana while Mammoottys nephew Maqbool Salmaan plays his first lead role. The story is about two persons journey to filmdom and how their life changes on one Fridays matine show.

The plot of this film revolves around two people who come from different backgrounds but are united by fate. Najeeb Maqbool Salmaan is a youngster from an orthodox background who wishes to be a film star while Savithri Mythili is a motherless girl from an economically backward family who lands up in the film industry to escape her abusive father Sasi Kalinga. The duo get a chance to be the lead pair in a film that appears to be an ordinary love story but turns out to be a sleazefest when it releases. The pair, subsequently, is ostracised from society.The films release was delayed by several weeks with a decision from the Kerala Film Exhibitors Association, who resisted the release of the film in their theatres. It was widely reported that an unofficial ban from the exhibitors came in the wake of AOPLowned Carnival Cinemas, Angamaly not participating in a theatre strike organised by the Association. But AOPL maintained that the ban was based on a technical error as AOPL Entertainment is a separate private limited company and Carnival belongs to another company though both have some common investors. The ban was lifted after a discussion between AOPL and the Association and the film released onDecember 2012. ........

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