| Cycle | |
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| Directed by | Johny Antony |
| Written by | James Albert |
| Produced by | Thilakan Thandasseri Sunny Kuruvila Viswanathan Nair |
| Starring | Vinu Mohan Vineeth Sreenivasan Bhama Sandhya Jagathy Sreekumar |
| Cinematography | Shaji Kumar |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
| Music by | Mejo Joseph |
Production company | Master's Cinema |
| Distributed by | Lal Release |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Cycle is a 2008 IndianMalayalam film directed byJohny Antony and written byJames Albert, starringVinu Mohan,Vineeth Sreenivasan,Sandhya,Bhama, andJagathy Sreekumar. The tale is about two friends, Roy (Vineeth Sreenivasan) and Sanju (Vinu Mohan), struggling to make both ends meet with their low salaries, working respectively as a cashier in a private finance company and as a salesman in an electronics goods shop. It was a box office success.[1][2]
The film, set at a shopping mall inKochi as backdrop, is all about a few youngsters, Roy and Sanju and their love interests, Annie and Meenakshy. Long-ignored and mistreated by society for reasons none of theirs, they decide to take matters into their own hands. Roy is an accountant in a private financing company of Kaustubhan, (deftly played with ease and characteristic gags by Jagathy) who pays his staff, the modest of all salaries. Sanju is a desperate cricketer, left out of Ranji team, who is working in the same commercial mall in an electronics shop. Roy has a soft corner for Annie who works as a receptionist in a travel agency in the same complex. And Meenakshy, the daughter of Kaushtubhan, is madly in love, always chasing Sanju.
Sanju and Roy have plenty of household chaos due to poverty. An idyllic New Year eve celebration turns nightmarish when they are subjected to unimaginable terrors and struggle to save lives. Circumstances leave them with no alternatives other than to become robbers. After a thrilling getaway after stealing two crore rupees, this heist movie recounts what else the cycle of life holds for them. With tons of money at their disposal but with powerful elites on their search, they are forced to alter their plans following impending pressures.
The film featured a successful soundtrack composed byMejo Joseph and lyrics penned byAnil Panachooran. It featured 5 songs, out of which 3 were featured in the film.
Paresh C. Palicha ofRediff.com rated the film 3/5 stars and wrote, "Cycle may be a youth-oriented film, but it is not all saccharine-coated adventure of director Kamal's variety, but a somewhat dark film with a dash of humour."[3]
