Captain (2018 film)

Captain is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language biographical sports drama film written and directed by Prajesh Sen in his directorial debut.

The film is about V. P. Sathyan, former captain of the India national football team, with Jayasurya[1] portraying him.

It also stars Anu Sithara,[2] Renji Panicker,[3] Siddique,[4] Deepak Parambol, Saiju Kurup, Kamal Varadoor and Lakshmi Sharma.

Based on the life of former India national football team captain V. P. Sathyan, who, owning a good career history, committed suicide in 2006, Jayasurya announced the film in October 2016, with debutant Prajesh Sen as director and T. L. George of Goodwill Entertainments as producer.

[7] A Santhosh Trophy match sequence was shot at Calicut University Stadium in Thenhipalam, during which Jayasurya injured his right leg, leading to a stay of filming for one week.