Aadujeevitham - The Goat Life (2024)

Aadujeevitham - The Goat Life is a Malayalam survival drama written and directed by Blessy, adapted from Benyamin's 2008 novel Aadujeevitham (Goat Days), which is loosely based on the real-life experience of Najeeb Muhammad. Najeeb (Prithviraj Sukumaran), a Malayali migrant worker, travels to Saudi Arabia. Deceived by a local man and separated from his companion, he is forced to herd goats in a remote stretch of desert, where he lives in isolation for years. Amala Paul, Shobha Mohan and Jimmy Jean-Louis are also in the cast. A. R. Rahman composed the music, K. U. Mohanan handled the cinematography and A. Sreekar Prasad edited, with Visual Romance as the production banner. The film was shot in six schedules between March 2018 and July 2022, in Kerala locations including Thiruvalla, Pathanamthitta, Ranni and Muthalamada, as well as Wadi Rum in Jordan and Timimoun in the Algerian Sahara. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the crew was stranded in Jordan for about 70 days before returning under the Vande Bharat Mission. Prithviraj went from about 98 kg to 67 kg for the role. The film opened in theatres in March 2024.