Lijo Jose Pellissery

Lijo Jose Pellissery has directed the movie.Sharing the update, Mohanlal took to X and wrote, "The countdown has begun! Vaaliban is arriving in theatres worldwide on 25th January 2024! #VaalibanOnJan25 #MalaikottaiVaaliban."The countdown has begun!Vaaliban is arriving in theatres worldwide on 25th January 2024!#VaalibanOnJan25#MalaikottaiVaaliban@mrinvicible@shibu_babyjohn@achubabyjohn@mesonalee@danishsait#johnandmarycreative#maxlab@VIKME@sidakumar@YoodleeFilms@saregamasouth Mohanlal (@Mohanlal) September 18, 2023He also talked about his experience working with Lijo."To work with Lijo Jose Pellissery has been very enriching as his cinematic approach is totally unique. His films stand apart not just for their technical finesse but also their themes and this project is no different. I hope, together we will be able to live up to the expectations of the audience," Mohanlal shared.'Malaikottai Vaaliban'Malaikottai Vaaliban is created under Yoodlee Films. The film is written by PS Rafeeque. Madhu Neelakandan helms the cinematography and the music is by Prashanth Pillai. It is produced by Shibu Baby John, Achu Baby John, Kochumon Century, Jacob Babu, Vikram Mehra and Siddharth Anand Kumar.

On Wednesday, after the 93rd Oscars shortlists of nine categories were announced, India officially got out of the race for the Best International Feature Film. The Malayalam film Jallikattu directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery was India's official entry for the Oscars from the said category. However, on the bright side, Karishma Dev Dube's directorial Bittu has made it to the Live Action Short Film shortlist.The Academy on Wednesday morning announced the shortlist for the following categories: International Feature Film, Documentary, Original Score, Original Song, Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Live-Action Short Film, Documentary Short Subject, and Animated Short Film. The shortlisted films will compete for the nominations.The Malayalam film Jallikattu was highly appreciated in India but failed to make it to the longer shortlist of fifteen films that will compete to make it for the nominations. It is based on the short story named Maoist by Hareesh. The film stars Antony Varghese, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sabumon Abdusamad and Santhy Balachandran. Films from 93 countries were eligible in the category, the most in Oscars history.Talking about Bittu, the film directed by Karishma Dev Dube is among the top 10 short films that made it to the next level of Oscars 2021. The film tells the tale of a heartwarming friendship between two school-going friends and is based on a true story.