Casanovva

Confidant Casanovva
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRosshan Andrrews
Written byBobby & Sanjay
Produced byRoy C. J.
Antony Perumbavoor
Starring
CinematographyJim Ganesh
Edited byMahesh Narayanan
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed byMaxlab Cinemas and Entertainments
Release date
  • 26 January 2012 (2012-01-26)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget12 crore

Casanovva (also known as Confident Casanovva) is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language romantic action thriller film directed by Rosshan Andrrews and written by Bobby & Sanjay. It was produced by Roy C. J. of Confident Group in association with Aashirvad Cinemas. It stars Mohanlal in the title role, along with an ensemble cast of Shriya Saran, Vikramjeet Virk, Lakshmi Rai, Roma Asrani, Sanjjana, Abhishek Vinod, Riyaz Khan, Shankar Panicker, Lalu Alex and Jagathy Sreekumar. The film features original soundtrack composed by Gopi Sundar, Alphons Joseph, and Gowry Lekshmi, and a film score composed by Sundar.

Produced on a budget of 12 crore, it was one of the most expensive Malayalam films ever made at that time. Confidant Casanovva was released in India on 26 January 2012. Upon release, the film received negative reviews from critics, with criticism on the story, screenplay, cast performances and direction. However the film's music, songs, production values and technical aspects received praise. The film was a box-office bomb. The Hindi remake rights to the film were bought by Ketan Shah for 15 million (US$180,000).