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{{Short description|2024 Indian film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Gaganachari poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Arun Chandu
| writer = Siva Sai Arun Chandu
| producer = Vinayaka Ajith
| starring =[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] [[Gokul Suresh]] [[Aju Varghese]] [[Anarkali Marikar]]
| cinematography = Surjith S. Pai
| editing = Aravind Manmadhan
| music = Sankar Sharma
| studio = Ajith Vinayaka Films Krishand Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2024|06|21}}
| country = India
|runtime = 115 minutes
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Gaganachari''''' ({{Translation|Celestial traveller}}) is a 2024 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[science fiction]] [[mockumentary]] film directed by Arun Chandu, who wrote the screenplay with Siva Sai.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview {{!}} Actor Aju Varghese: The success of 'Gaganachari' has been overwhelming |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/actor-aju-varghese-on-the-success-of-gaganachari-and-his-future-projects/article68373974.ece|website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=12 July 2024 |date=6 July 2024}}</ref> It is set in 2050s Kerala where three bachelors meet a mysterious alien. The film stars [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]], [[Gokul Suresh]], [[Aju Varghese]] and [[Anarkali Marikar]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/gaganachari-trailer-anarkali-marikar-plays-an-alien-in-aju-varghese-gokul-sureshs-sci-fi-film/article67089889.ece|title='Gaganachari' trailer: Anarkali Marikar plays an alien in Aju Varghese, Gokul Suresh's sci-fi mockumentary|work=The Hindu|date=17 July 2023|access-date=17 June 2024|archive-date=17 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617025713/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/gaganachari-trailer-anarkali-marikar-plays-an-alien-in-aju-varghese-gokul-sureshs-sci-fi-film/article67089889.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>

The film was theatrically released on 21 June 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/malayalam-film-gaganachari-gets-a-massive-success-at-international-film-festivals-6542059.html|title=Malayalam Film Gaganachari Gets A Massive Success At International Film Festivals|date=5 December 2022|publisher=News18|access-date=17 June 2024|archive-date=9 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609211726/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/malayalam-film-gaganachari-gets-a-massive-success-at-international-film-festivals-6542059.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot==
In 2050, global society has collapsed due to environmental and political disasters. Alien megastructures now loom over Earth's surface, and global authorities are aggressively hunting extraterrestrials. In [[Kerala]], a local political outfit named Ajayya Sena claims to protect the public from alien threats while acting as moral police. A team of documentary filmmakers travel to interview Major Victor Vasudevan, a retired soldier known as the "alien hunter" for surviving an alleged alien attack in 2030. He now lives in a bunker on a remote island with his nephew Alan John Valamparambil and their cook, Vaibhav "Vibe".

Victor tries to follow traditional Kerala values and dreams of migrating to the moon, now a human colony. He is assisted by an AI named Raghavan. Victor spends his time painting nude portraits of women, and sleeps in a preservation pod to maintain his youth. Vibe leads a playboy lifestyle, while Alan longs for romantic connection. Two corrupt police officers, Rage Kurup and Potti Ambu Madathil, regularly visit to extort them, abusing their unchecked authority.

One night, Vibe returns from a party with no memory of how he got home. The group discovers a mute, blue-haired woman inside their bunker, who has eaten Victor's cat, Bhavani. She is a humanoid alien fugitive, misled by Vibe into thinking he would help her reach a station. Her emotional responses cause electromagnetic pulses, which trigger flickering lights and can expose her location to the authorities. The men choose to hide her and call her "Alieamma" (alien + ''[[wikt:അമ്മ|amma]]'').

The group tries to care for Alieamma, feeding her cat food and letting her watch old Malayalam films. Alan develops feelings for her. Alieamma gives Alan a damaged device to help her communicate. Vibe repairs it but gives her a voice with maternal cadence, to Alan's dismay. Alieamma tells them her species is peaceful and explains how human theories about their origins are wrong. Long ago, humans and her kind coexisted as sibling species on another planet. After draining their planet, humans had fled to Earth. Now, her species has repeated humans' mistake and come to Earth in search of refuge.

Once, Vibe tries to lead Alieamma to the authorities. Alieamma erases his memory with a touch, but restores it out of pity. Later, Alan becomes heartbroken when he discovers she posed nude for Victor, but Victor explains that he never looks at the actual bodies of his muses. Instead, he always imagines and paints his wife's body from memory.

Kurup and Potti eventually kidnap Alieamma, and Potti begins a ritual to "cleanse" her. Alan finds her in distress and knocks the officers unconscious with a wooden log. The Ajayya Sena arrives wearing alien costumes. Posing as protectors, they were the real troublemakers, dressing up as aliens to create fear. Alieamma defends herself and the group by flying into the sky, and overpowers the Sena reinforcements at their residence. She asks the men to help her reach a spacecraft visible in the sky. They agree, and she thanks them before departing Earth.

Victor finally achieves his dream of going to the moon. Alan, heartbroken, sends hundreds of messages to Alieamma through Raghavan. On her home planet, inhabited by giant cats, Alieamma receives Alan’s first message and smiles when she hears that he misses her.

==Cast==
*[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] as Major. Victor Vasudevan
*[[Gokul Suresh]] as Allen Jose
*[[Aju Varghese]] as Vaibhav Vidyanathan aka Vibe
*[[Anarkali Marikar]] as Alien Aliyamma (voiced by [[Mallika Sukumaran]])<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-11 |title=ആ സിനിമയില്‍ ശബ്ദം കൊടുത്തത് ഞാനാണ്, പലരും എനിക്ക് മെസേജയച്ചപ്പോള്‍ സന്തോഷം തോന്നി: മല്ലിക സുകുമാരന്‍|url=https://www.doolnews.com/mallika-sukumaran-about-dubbing-in-gaganachari-64-144.html|access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Dool News |language=ml}}</ref>
*Abraham Evangeline Joseph as voice for Raghavan, the [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]]{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}
*Anantharaman Ajay as Documentary Host
*John Kaippallil as Rage
*[[Suresh Gopi]] as Maniyan Chittappan (photo presence)

==Release==
The film was premiered on 7 January 2024 at the PVR Cinemas at Lulu Mall Kochi in association with Kerala Pop Con 2024.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=Arun Chandu's 'Gaganachari' To Premiere At The Kerala Pop Con |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/arun-chandus-gaganachari-to-premiere-at-the-kerala-pop-con/articleshow/106564800.cms |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=The Times Of India |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619074945/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/arun-chandus-gaganachari-to-premiere-at-the-kerala-pop-con/articleshow/106564800.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-05 |title=Gaganachari to premiere at Kerala Pop Con |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2024/Jan/05/gaganacharito-premiere-at-kerala-pop-con-50984.html |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=Cinema Express |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619080209/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2024/Jan/05/gaganacharito-premiere-at-kerala-pop-con-50984.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was released worldwide on 21 June 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/gaganachari-movie-final-trailer-and-release-date-out-1.9649665|title=ഡിസ്ടോപ്പിയൻ ഏലിയൻ കോമഡി 'ഗഗനചാരി'യുടെ ട്രെയിലർ പുറത്ത്; ചിത്രം ജൂൺ 21-ന്|work=Mathrubhumi News|date=18 June 2024|access-date=19 June 2024|archive-date=19 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619055750/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/gaganachari-movie-final-trailer-and-release-date-out-1.9649665|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-24 |title=Box Office report: Parvathy's 'Ullozhukku' continues strong run, weak start for 'Gaganachari' |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/box-office-collection-ullozhukku-nadanna-sambhavam-gaganachari-guruvayoor-ambalanadayil-1.9664165 |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=English.Mathrubhumi |language=en |archive-date=30 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630033629/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/box-office-collection-ullozhukku-nadanna-sambhavam-gaganachari-guruvayoor-ambalanadayil-1.9664165 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Features |first=C. E. |date=2024-06-11 |title=Gaganachari gets a release date |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2024/Jun/11/gaganachari-gets-a-release-date |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>

===Home media===
The film began streaming on [[Amazon Prime Video]] from 26 October 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-26 |title='Gaganachari' silently makes its OTT debut; here's where you can watch it |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2024/10/26/gaganachari-movie-ott-release-malayalam-movie.html |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=[[Onmanorama]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ {{Screen reader-only|Accolades received by ''Avatar'' (2009 film)}}
|-
! scope="col" | Award / Film festival
! scope="col" | Date of ceremony
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Recipient(s)
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Ref heading}}
|-

|Art Blocks International Film Festival
|October - November 2022
|Best Feature Film
|Gaganachari
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Award |url=http://abiff.tilda.ws/awards |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=abiff.tilda.ws}}</ref>
|-

|[[54th Kerala State Film Awards|Kerala State Film Awards]]
|August 16, 2024
|Special Mentions - Direction
|Arun Chandu
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerala State Film Awards 2024: Prithviraj wins Best Actor, 'Kaathal' takes Best Film {{!}} LIVE |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2024/08/16/kerala-state-film-awards-2024-live.html |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=www.onmanorama.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-16 |title=Kerala State Film Awards 2024 winners list: Aadujeevitham wins big; Prithviraj, Urvashi, Beena Chandran take top honours |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/kerala-state-film-awards-2024-winners-list-aadujeevitham-wins-big-prithviraj-urvashi-beena-chandran-take-top-honours-9517307/lite/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerala State Film Awards 2024: Aadujeevitham Secures 9 Awards, Prithviraj Sukumaran Wins Big |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/kerala-state-film-awards-2024-check-out-full-list-of-awards-6356129 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=www.ndtv.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|}

==Reception==
===Box office===
The film opened with a collection of {{INR}}4 lakhs on opening day and {{INR}}12 lakhs on second day<ref>{{cite web |title='Gaganachari' Box Office Collections Day 2: Sci-Fi Comedy Film Mints Rs 18 Lakhs |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/gaganachari-box-office-collections-day-2-sci-fi-comedy-film-mints-rs-18-lakhs/articleshow/111204557.cms |website=[[The Times Of India]] |access-date=12 July 2024 |date=23 June 2024 |archive-date=12 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712151036/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/gaganachari-box-office-collections-day-2-sci-fi-comedy-film-mints-rs-18-lakhs/articleshow/111204557.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> and as of 27 June 2024, film collected {{INR}}92 lakhs worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title='Gaganachari' Box Office Collections Day 6: Gokul Suresh Starrer Maintains Steady Momentum With Rs 92 Lakhs Worldwide |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/gaganachari-box-office-collections-day-6-gokul-suresh-starrer-maintains-steady-momentum-with-rs-92-lakhs-worldwide/articleshow/111307829.cms |website=[[The Times Of India]] |access-date=12 July 2024 |date=27 June 2024 |archive-date=12 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712151036/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/gaganachari-box-office-collections-day-6-gokul-suresh-starrer-maintains-steady-momentum-with-rs-92-lakhs-worldwide/articleshow/111307829.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/gaganachari-box-office-collections-day-3-anarkali-marikar-starrer-gathers-rs-24-lakhs/articleshow/111225073.cms | title='Gaganachari' box office collections day 3: Anarkali Marikar starrer gathers Rs 24 lakhs | newspaper=The Times of India | date=24 June 2024 | access-date=25 June 2024 | archive-date=25 June 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625153603/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/gaganachari-box-office-collections-day-3-anarkali-marikar-starrer-gathers-rs-24-lakhs/articleshow/111225073.cms | url-status=live }}</ref> As of 3 July 2024, film collected {{INR}}1.53 crore<ref>{{cite web |title='Gaganachari' Box Office Collections Day 12: Arun Vijay Directorial Sci-Fi Mints Rs 1.53 Crore |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/gaganachari-box-office-collections-day-12-arun-vijay-directorial-sci-fi-mints-rs-1-53-crore/articleshow/111459247.cms |website=[[The Times Of India]] |access-date=12 July 2024 |date=3 July 2024 |archive-date=12 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712151037/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/gaganachari-box-office-collections-day-12-arun-vijay-directorial-sci-fi-mints-rs-1-53-crore/articleshow/111459247.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> and as of 10 July 2024 the film collected worldwide gross of {{INR}}2.2 crore.<ref>{{cite web |title='Gaganachari' Box Office Collections Day 19: Sci-Fi Comedy Surpasses Rs 2.2 Crore Worldwide |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/gaganachari-box-office-collections-day-19-sci-fi-comedy-surpasses-rs-2-2-crore-worldwide/articleshow/111638163.cms |website=[[The Times Of India]] |access-date=12 July 2024 |date=10 July 2024 |archive-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711101916/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/gaganachari-box-office-collections-day-19-sci-fi-comedy-surpasses-rs-2-2-crore-worldwide/articleshow/111638163.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=.2>{{cite web |title=നേടിയ വന്‍ അഭിപ്രായം ബോക്സ് ഓഫീസില്‍ പ്രതിഫലിച്ചോ? ഗോകുല്‍ സുരേഷ് ചിത്രം 'ഗഗനചാരി' 19 ദിവസം കൊണ്ട് നേടിയത് |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/entertainment/box-office/gaganachari-box-office-collection-report-arun-chandu-aju-varghese-gokul-suresh-anarkali-marikar-kb-ganesh-kumar-sggqr6 |website=[[Asianet News]] |access-date=12 July 2024 |date=11 July 2024}}</ref>

===Critical response===
''[[The Hindu]]'' gave positive review calling it a fun-filled science fiction film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Praveen |first=S. R. |date=2024-06-22 |title='Gaganachari' movie review: A fun-filled sci-fi film which celebrates yesteryear Malayalam cinema |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/gaganachari-movie-review-a-fun-filled-sci-fi-film-which-celebrates-yesteryear-malayalam-cinema/article68320259.ece |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Future ==
Director Arun Chandu and the team behind Gaganachari are planning to expand the Gaganachari universe with their next feature, starring actor [[Suresh Gopi]] and allen Jose Perrera in the lead role within the same storyline.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-27 |title='Maniyan Chittappan': Suresh Gopi joins 'Gaganachari' universe with director Arun Chandu's next |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/maniyan-chittappan-suresh-gopi-joins-gaganachari-universe-with-director-arun-chandus-next/article68339613.ece |access-date=2024-06-30 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=30 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240630035530/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/maniyan-chittappan-suresh-gopi-joins-gaganachari-universe-with-director-arun-chandus-next/article68339613.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Indian dystopian films]]
[[Category:Indian post-apocalyptic films]]
[[Category:Indian satirical films]]
[[Category:2024 Malayalam-language films]]

Gaganachari - Revision history

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