Mass Bunk: Housefull shows for Queen all over Kerala
It is not often that we see a movie starring youngsters getting reception in theatres. Debutant director Dijo Jose Antony’s Queen is one such film that has took the whole industry by surprise. Despite releasing along with two Tamil biggies, Thaana Serntha Koottam and Sketch, Queen has managed to take a solid opening at the box office.
Queen had its share of expectations among the audience thanks to the highly impressive teaser and promos. But the kind of response the movie is getting in social medias is truly surprising and heartening at the same time. Going by the audience response, we can say that the movie has lived up to all the pre-release hype.
Youngsters, mostly college students, have taken up the movie as their own and are visiting theatres in large numbers. On the opening day, many theatres in Kerala witnessed a rare phenomenon of engineering students taking mass bunk to watch the movie together.
The word of mouth is extremely positive in social medias which is further attracting the audience to theatres. The movie is expected to continue its great run for atleast two week before the Republic Day releases grab the screenns.
Queen, scripted by Sharis Mohammed and Jebin Joseph Antony is the story of a group of mechanical engineering students. The plot evolves after the arrival of a girl who joins mechanical engineering, a stream which is generally considered as boys only. It also has a thriller element with a very relevant social message.
The cast as well as the technical largely comprises of a bunch of newcomers. Suresh Gopi has weilded the camera and Sagar Dass is in charge of the edits. Jakes Bejoy has handled the music department. The movie is produced by Arabian Dreams and Entertainment headed by Rinshad Vellodathil, TR Shamsudeen and Shibu K Moideen.
