Shylock is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language masala film directed by Ajay Vasudev, written by Aneesh Hameed-Bibin Mohan and produced by Joby George under Goodwill Entertainments.
The film stars Mammootty in titular role, alongside and Rajkiran (in his Malayalam debut), Meena, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajon, Baiju Santhosh, Bibin George and Hareesh Kanaran in supporting roles.
[3] The music was composed by Gopi Sundar, while cinematography and editing were handled by Renadive and Riyas K. Badhar.
The film received mixed reviews, became a commercial success at the box office.
The police arrests Boss, but a video evidence proves that Adithyan is celebrating Holi in Nagpur with Felix's daughter Jewel.
Rangan is angered by this and teams up with Felix and Prathapa Varma to exact revenge on Devan and his family.
Ayyanar agrees, but on the condition that Devan, who aspires to be an actor, should act in the film.
With nobody else to trouble him, Boss/Devan takes care of Ayyanar and continues his business as Shylock along with Balakrishna Panicker and Ganapathy.
[7] Rajkiran and Meena, who had earlier worked in Pasamulla Pandiyare, are acting together after 23 years.
[10] The film was scheduled for release on 23 January 2020 along with a Tamil dubbed version titled Kuberan.
[14] The film received mixed reviews, but was commercial success,[15][16] and collected ₹12 crore (US$1.4 million) in its first weekend.
"[22] Cris from The News Minute wrote "Yet another Mammootty 'mass' movie that numbs the mind.
[23] Manoj Kumar R. of The Indian Express gave 1/5 stars and wrote "You know this story.
[24] Anna M. M. Vetticad of Firstpost wrote that "To compensate perhaps for the absolute lack of novelty in the script, camerawork and all else here, multiple references are made to other films and their Tamil superstars.