Kandahar (2010 film)
Kandahar is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language war film written and directed by Major Ravi. It is the third installment in the Major Mahadevan film series, with Mohanlal reprising his role as Major Mahadevan after the 2006 film Keerthi Chakra and 2008 film Kurukshetra. The film also stars Bollywood Actor, Amitabh Bachchan and Tamil Actor, Ganesh Venkatraman in their Malayalam film debut.
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| Directed by | Major Ravi |
| Written by | Major Ravi |
| Produced by | Sunil C. Nair Mohanlal |
| Starring | Mohanlal Amitabh Bachchan Ganesh Venkatraman Ragini Dwivedi Sumalatha Ananya |
| Cinematography | Ravi Varman Velraj |
| Edited by | Don Max |
| Music by | Shamir Tandon Vivek V. K. |
Production companies | Zoe Estebe Moviez Pranavam Arts International |
| Distributed by | Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments |
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Running time | 142 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
The plot is based on the hijacking of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999. The political situation is portrayed from an Indian perspective in the film. Kandahar was released on 16 December 2010, along with its dubbed versions in Tamil and Hindi languages.
The film's sound design was done by Baylon Fonseca. Kandahar was co-produced by Sunil Nair and Mohanlal. It was marketed online by Shaz Shabeer Strikers and Crew Kochi. The film, unlike the prequels, received negative reviews.