Jalachhayam

Jalachhayam
Movie poster
Directed bySathish Kalathil
Written bySujith Aalungal
Produced bySathish Kalathil
StarringBaburaj Puthur, Kripa, Dr. B. Jayakrishnan, Prasanna Balan, Baby Lakshmi, Baby Nimisha, Master Navin Krishna, Prof. K. B. Unnithan
CinematographyPramod Vadakara
Edited byRajesh Manganam
Music byUnnikumar
Production
company
The People's Films
Distributed byThe People's Films
Release date
  • 6 June 2010 (2010-06-06)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Jalachhayam is the first Indian film, & the second in world cinema, which was shot entirely on a camera phone (Nokia N95) in the Malayalam-language, produced and directed by Sathish Kalathil under the banner of 'The People's Films'. The film was released on a 35mm screen at Sree theatre in Thrissur on 2010 June 06. Its online release was held on 2nd October 2024 through Wikimedia and the incident, the releasing method is considered as the first in film releasing history in world cinema. Nokia N95 Music edition (8gb internal memory with 5 megapixel resolution) mobile phone was used entirely without the assistance of traditional or external camera lenses to film the movie.