Despite the warm response to the film at the box office, Shane Nigam-Mahima Nambiar's combination was celebrated.
Published Aug 13, 2024 | 12:24 PM ⚊ Updated Aug 13, 2024 | 12:24 PM
'Little Hearts' makes OTT debut on Amazon Prime Video. (Instagram)
The Malayalam movie Little Hearts, featuring Shane Nigam and Mahima Nambiar in the lead roles, made its OTT debut on Amazon Prime Video on Tuesday, 13 August.
The film evoked a decent response from the audience upon its theatrical release. However, it couldn’t be released in the GCC countries, where it was banned by the government for supporting same-sex relationships.
Following the ban, Little Hearts producer Sandra Thomas, took to social media, saying: “The news (ban) comes as a huge disappointment as we put our heart and soul into making this film.”
Sandra Thomas also apologised to the Malayali audience in the GCC countries for disappointing them.
Little Hearts is directed by Anto Jose Periera and Aby Aby Treesa Paul. It has an ensemble cast, including Shine Tom Chacko, and Baburaj.
Sandra Thomas Productions bankrolled the project, while Kailas Menon composed the music and background score.
Little Hearts featured Shane Nigam and Baburaj as son and father. The romantic-comedy deals with different types of love stories, of which a gay love story was a part too. The filmmakers drew applause for being sensible and responsible in showcasing the same-sex relationship.
Despite the warm response to the film at the box office, Shane Nigam-Mahima Nambiar’s combination was celebrated by the viewers though. Earlier, the duo worked together for RDX (2023), a super hit. Now, it is to be seen how Little Hearts will perform in the OTT space.
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Meanwhile, Shane Nigam’s 25th film is an intense action thriller. The actor recently announced the news with a new poster that featured him in a fierce look.
He also revealed the details of the crew and hinted that the film will revolve around the Kabaddi sport. The movie is written and directed by debutant Unni Sivalingam, who worked as an assistant director in Saheed Arafath’s Thankam (2023).
Shane Nigam is also part of Haal, a romantic entertainer directed by Prasanth Vijayakumar. Further, he is debuting in Tamil with Madraskaaran under the direction of Vaali Mohan Das. The movie launches Telugu actor Niharika Kondinela as the female lead in Kollywood.
On the other hand, Mahima Nambiar is currently working on Arjun Ashokan and Mathew Thomas’s Bromance, directed by Arun D Jose of Jo and Jo (2022) fame. The film went on floors in July. it was penned by Arun, Raveesh Nath, and Thomas P Sebastian.
She was last seen in Unni Mukundans’ Jai Ganesh (2024), helmed by Ranjith Sankar. The movie received mixed reviews.
(Edited by Y Krishna Jyothi)
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