Sevenes is a 2011 Malayalam sports film written by Ikbal Kuttipuram

Ikbal Kuttipuram

Dr. Mohhammad Iqbal kompathel also known as Iqbal Kuttippuram is a Malayalam Film Script and Story writer. He has written stories for the popular films like Niram, arabikatha etc. He has worked almost a half dozen of films till now.-Biography:...

 and directed by Joshiy with Kunchacko Boban

Kunchacko Boban

Kunchacko Boban is an Indian film actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He is the grandson of film producer Kunchacko of the erstwhile Udaya Studios and the grandnephew of producer Maliampurackal Appachan...

, Asif Ali

Asif Ali

Asif Ali is an Indian film actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2009 in the acclaimed film Ritu. And has went on to perform in critical and commercial hits such as Apoorvaragam , Traffic , and Salt N' Pepper .-Early life:Asif Ali was born on 4 February 1986 in Ranni...

, Rejith Menon, Nivin Pauly

Nivin Pauly

Nivin Pauly , is an Indian film actor, best known for his debut film Malarvadi Arts Club .-Early life:Nivin was born in Aluva, a small town in Ernakulam district, Kerala. He did his Engineering in Electronics and Communication from Federal Institute of Science And Technology in 2006...

, Aju Varghese, Rima Kallingal

Rima Kallingal

Rima Kallingal is an Indian model and film actress, predominantly appearing Malayalam films. After being named First Runner Up in the Miss Kerala 2008 contest, she went to pursue a career in acting...

, Bhama and Nadia Moidu in pivotal roles. The film centres around seven young men, passionate about sevens football, a kind of football

Football

Football may refer to one of a number of team sports which all involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer"...

 popular in Malabar. The film started its shooting in April 2011 at Calicut.

Plot

The film is about seven young men, passionate about football – sevens football to be precise – and how they inadvertently get involved in a crime. Sevens is a kind of football played in North malabar, especially in Kozhikode

Kozhikode

Kozhikode During Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, Kozhikkode was dubbed the "City of Spices" for its role as the major trading point of eastern spices. Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom of the same name and later of the erstwhile Malabar District...

, Malappuram

Malappuram

Malappuram is a municipality in the South Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 33.61 km2. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Malappuram district. As per the 2011 census Malappuram urban agglomeration is the fourth largest UA in kerala with a total population of...

 and Kannur

Kannur

Kannur , also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore, which is still in...

. It is played by seven players on each side, instead of the traditional 11.
The name 'Sevenes' ascribed to the movie refers to the gang of seven friends and not as such to sevens football.

Cast

• Kunchacko Boban
  Kunchacko Boban
  Kunchacko Boban is an Indian film actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He is the grandson of film producer Kunchacko of the erstwhile Udaya Studios and the grandnephew of producer Maliampurackal Appachan...
  
   as Shyam
• Asif Ali
  Asif Ali
  Asif Ali is an Indian film actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He made his debut in 2009 in the acclaimed film Ritu. And has went on to perform in critical and commercial hits such as Apoorvaragam , Traffic , and Salt N' Pepper .-Early life:Asif Ali was born on 4 February 1986 in Ranni...
  
   as Suraj
• Nivin Pauly
  Nivin Pauly
  Nivin Pauly , is an Indian film actor, best known for his debut film Malarvadi Arts Club .-Early life:Nivin was born in Aluva, a small town in Ernakulam district, Kerala. He did his Engineering in Electronics and Communication from Federal Institute of Science And Technology in 2006...
  
  
• Aju Varghese
  Aju Varghese
  Aju Varghese, credited mononymously as Kuttu, is an Indian film actor.He made his debut in 2010 in the Malayalam film Malarvadi Arts Club, and is active in the Malayalam film industry.- Early life :...
  
  
• Rejith Menon
• Vineeth Kumar
• Rima Kallingal
  Rima Kallingal
  Rima Kallingal is an Indian model and film actress, predominantly appearing Malayalam films. After being named First Runner Up in the Miss Kerala 2008 contest, she went to pursue a career in acting...
  
  
• Ameer
• Bhama
• Ramya Raj
  Ramya Raj
  Ramya Raj alias Ragini is a Tamil film actress, who has appeared in Tamil films. She is probably best known for her performances in Sandai. Ramya is related to actress Kushboo, by her elder sister being Kushboo's sister-in-law. The relationship helped Ramya to debut opposite Sundar C, Kushboo's...
  
  
• Nadia Moidu
• Mamukkoya
  Mamukkoya
  Mamukkoya is a popular Malayalam comedian actor. His unique usage of Mappila dialect and style marks his presence in the industry. He has acted in more than 450 Malayalam films and is the first winner of State award for Best Comedian in malayalam films, the category introduced in 2009- Career...
  
  
• Manian Pillai Raju as Habeib
• Shivaji
• Sri Kala
• Preethi Srinivasan

Box office

Sevenes had a average opening collecting 2.4 crores. In the second week, it collected another 1.3 crores making its total gross to 3.6 crores. By the third week,it managed to cross the 4.55 crore mark.

Music

The film score and soundtrack of Sevenes were composed by Bijibal

Bijibal

- Career :Bijibal made his debut in music direction in year 2007 with the film Arabikatha. All the songs in this film were hits, especially Thirike njaan varumenna, a nostalgic song with lyrics by Anil Panachooran who also debuted with the same film...

, becoming his first collaboration with Joshiy.The soundtrack, consists of three tracks, including one Theme music track, with lyrics penned by Rafeeq Ahamed and Santhosh Varma
Track listing

#	Song	Artist(s)	Composer	Lyricist
1	"Kaalamonnu Kaalaal"	Arun Elat, Jayaram, Renjith, Sreenath	Bijibal Bijibal - Career :Bijibal made his debut in music direction in year 2007 with the film Arabikatha. All the songs in this film were hits, especially Thirike njaan varumenna, a nostalgic song with lyrics by Anil Panachooran who also debuted with the same film...	Rafeeq Ahamed, Santhosh Varma
2	"Meghathoppil"	Karthik Karthik (singer) Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers...	Bijibal Bijibal - Career :Bijibal made his debut in music direction in year 2007 with the film Arabikatha. All the songs in this film were hits, especially Thirike njaan varumenna, a nostalgic song with lyrics by Anil Panachooran who also debuted with the same film...	Rafeeq Ahamed, Santhosh Varma
3	"Ore Kinaamalarodum"	Balram,Anuradha Sreeram	Bijibal Bijibal - Career :Bijibal made his debut in music direction in year 2007 with the film Arabikatha. All the songs in this film were hits, especially Thirike njaan varumenna, a nostalgic song with lyrics by Anil Panachooran who also debuted with the same film...	Rafeeq Ahamed, Santhosh Varma
4	"Theme Song [Instrumental]"	Instrumental	Bijibal Bijibal - Career :Bijibal made his debut in music direction in year 2007 with the film Arabikatha. All the songs in this film were hits, especially Thirike njaan varumenna, a nostalgic song with lyrics by Anil Panachooran who also debuted with the same film...	Rafeeq Ahamed,Santhosh Varma

External links

• The Hindu article