English (2013 film)

English: An Autumn in London is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language satire film written by Ajayan Venugopalan and directed by Shyamaprasad.

[2] The film stars Jayasurya, Nivin Pauly, Mukesh, Nadhiya and Remya Nambeesan in lead roles.

Mukesh plays Joy, a middle-class corner store owner with an extended family in London and all its concomitant problems and advantages.

Remya Nambeesan plays Gauri, a young married woman from a rustic background who arrives in London.

[6] The director also used the short-story titled 'Chila Theerumanangal' (ചില തീരുമാനങ്ങള്‍) by Nirmala Thomas, a writer based in Canada, as one of the source narrative.

[7] The film was announced to star Jayasurya, Nivin Pauly, Nadia Moidu, Remya Nambeesan, Mukesh, and Sona Nair.

[10] Nivin Pauly was chosen to play another leading role after his performance in the 2012 film Thattathin Marayathu.

[5] Initially, the film was to be shot in the United States but due to logistical problems that cropped up, English was transported to the U.K.[5] A few changes were made in the script after the location was fixed.

[2] Shyamaprasad who was in the UK for his masters (in Hull University) during the late 1980s says, "The dark underbelly of London was haunting and cajoled me with ideas for a movie.

The album, released by Mathrubhumi Music contains five songs composed by Rex Vijayan and penned by Shibu Chakravarthy and Engandiyoor Chandrasekharan.

For the first time ever, American clarinet player and music composer Shankar Tucker collaborates for a Malayalam song in English.