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<div>{{short description|2019 Indian Malayalam-language psychological drama film}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Chola<br />
| image = Chola_(film).jpg<br />
| alt = Poster reading "Chola".<br />
| caption = Poster of the film ''Chola''<br />
| director = [[Sanal Kumar Sasidharan]]<ref name="Hindusthan Times">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/heres-why-sanal-kumar-sasidharans-chola-is-for-the-mature-audience/articleshow/68199172.cms|title=Here's why Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's 'Chola' is for the mature audience |work=Times of India|date=28 February 2019}}</ref><br />
| producer = [[Joju George]]<br />
| screenplay = [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6601924/ K V Manikandan] <br> [[Sanal Kumar Sasidharan]]<br />
| starring = [[Nimisha Sajayan]] <br> [[Joju George]] <br> Akhil Viswanath<br />
| music = Basil C J<br />
| cinematography = Ajith Aacharya<br />
| editing = [[Sanal Kumar Sasidharan]]<br />
| studio = Appu Pathu Pappu Production House<br />
| distributor = Showbiz Studios<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2019|09|02|[[Venice Film Festival|Venice]]|2019|12|06|India}}<br />
| runtime = 116 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Malayalam]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Chola''''' (English: ''Shadow of Water'') is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language psychological drama film directed by [[Sanal Kumar Sasidharan]] and produced by [[Joju George]], and co-produced by Shaji Mathew and Aruna Mathew. The film stars [[Joju George]], [[Nimisha Sajayan]] and Akhil Viswanath.<ref name="Times of India">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/sanal-kumar-sasidharans-nimisha-sajayan-movie-chola-is-based-on-an-important-incident-that-happens-in-the-life-of-three-people/articleshow/64476161.cms|title=Here's why Sanal Kumar Sasidharan's 'Chola' is for the mature audience |work=Times of India}}</ref><br />
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An adolescent school girl and her teenage lover meet across at the village by dawn to set out for a trip to the town. Infuriated by the presence of a stranger along with the boy, she expresses her hesitance, however, he comforts and convinces her that the stranger will leave them in the bus stop and the trio begins their journey. Passing through the hilly peripheral suburbs of Kerala, they reach out at the heart of the city. Tall buildings to shopping precinct, the girl is astounded and excited. Resuming their journey back in the evening, things take a wild turn, later unfolding inevitable intriguing incidents.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Nimisha Sajayan]] ''as'' Janaki<br />
*[[Joju George]] ''as'' Boss<br />
*Akhil Viswanath ''as'' Janaki's lover<br />
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==Festivals==<br />
*Venice International Film Festival - Orizonti Competition<ref name="Labiennale">{{cite news|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2019/orizzonti/chola-shadow-water|title=CHOLA (SHADOW OF WATER)|work=La Biennale di Venezia}}</ref><br />
*Geneva International Film Festival - International Feature Competition<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/chola-to-be-screened-at-geneva-international-film-festival/articleshow/71578294.cms|title=Chola to be screened at Geneva International Film festival|work=Times of India}}</ref><br />
*Tokyo Filmex - International Competition<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|8517272|Chola}}<br />
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[[Category:Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan]]<br />
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
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