Hridayam (2022)

Hridayam is a Malayalam romantic drama directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. Arun Neelakandan (Pranav Mohanlal), a teenager from Kerala, joins an engineering college in Chennai and falls for his classmate Darshana (Darshana Rajendran). The film follows Arun from his college years into adulthood, and his relationship with Darshana ends after he admits to an incident involving another woman. Kalyani Priyadarshan plays Nithya Balagopal, with Aju Varghese as Jimmy, Vijayaraghavan as Arun's father Neelakandan Menon and Johny Antony as Balagopal. The film marks the return of Merryland to production after about 30 years, and it carries the Merryland Cinemas and Big Bang Entertainments banners. Its music was recorded in Istanbul. Locations include KCG College of Technology in Chennai, Kochi, Kollengode in Palakkad and Andhra Pradesh. Hridayam released in theatres in January 2022 and began streaming on Disney+ Hotstar in February 2022. Dharma Productions and Fox Star Studios acquired its remake rights in March 2022.