Love) is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film[6] directed by Girish A. D. and produced by Bhavana Studios, Fahadh Faasil and Friends, and Working Class Hero.
The film stars Naslen K. Gafoor and Mamitha Baiju, alongside Sangeeth Prathap, Akhila Bhargavan, Shyam Mohan, Meenakshi Raveendran, Mathew Thomas and Althaf Salim.
In the film, Sachin Santhosh, a graduate from Kerala, who plans to move to UK but instead goes to Hyderabad to take a GATE course, where he meets and falls in love with Reenu Roy, an IT company employee.
Premalu was released theatrically on February 9, 2024 to critical acclaim with praise for its performances, script, soundtrack, direction and humor.
On the final day of college in Salem, Sachin Santosh professes his feelings for his classmate Anjali, but she bluntly rejects his proposal.
Sachin moves back to his hometown of Aluva, where he deals with his parents' soured relationship and plans to pursue higher education in UK.
Meanwhile, Reenu Roy, a vivacious young woman from Mallapally, joins the development team of an IT company Ospyn in Hyderabad.
After the wedding, Reenu and Karthika decide to go back to Hyderabad with Sachin and Amal in their Mini Cooper though Aadhi initially disagrees.
A heartbroken Sachin moves to Chennai and takes up odd jobs to make ends meet, while ignoring Reenu's calls and messages.
5, the project would mark as the fifth production for Bhavana Studios; they would fund it in association with Fahadh Faasil and Friends and Working Class Hero.
[18] Premalu received positive reviews from critics with praise for its cast performances, music, script, direction, humor and technical aspects.
Nikhil Sebastian of Pinkvilla gave 4/5 stars and wrote "Premalu undoubtedly marks Girish AD's finest work since Thanneer Mathan Dinangal.
[19] Anandu Suresh of The Indian Express gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Similar to Girish AD's Thanneer Mathan Dinangal and Super Sharanya, this Naslen, Mamitha Baiju-starrer too effectively employs situational and observational comedy.
[20] Anandu Suresh of The Indian Express gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Similar to Girish AD's Thanneer Mathan Dinangal and Super Sharanya, this Naslen, Mamitha Baiju-starrer too effectively employs situational and observational comedy.
"[21] Gayathri Krishna of OTTplay gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Naslen and Mamitha Baiju-starrer Premalu serves as a decent romantic comedy, which makes it watchable again, much like Girish AD's earlier films".
[22] S. R. Praveen of The Hindu wrote "Though Thanneer Mathan.. was quite a winning debut for Girish, Super Sharanya was only half as satisfying.
"[23] Aswin Devan of The New Indian Express wrote "The distinctive style we have seen in Girish's previous films like Thanneermathan Dinangal and Super Sharanya, is all the more pronounced in Premalu".
[26] Premalu also secured a spot in the top 10 list of highest grossing Malayalam films in the overseas market, Rest of India and worldwide.