Mom Movie Press Meet - Sridevi | AR Rahman | Boney Kapoor | Ravi Udyawar

Sridevi’s MOM Movie Press Meet held at Prasad Lab Chennai. Actress Sridevi, Boney Kapoor, Music Director AR Rahman at the event.

Mom is an upcoming Indian thriller film directed by Ravi Udyawar and produced by Boney Kapoor, Sunil Manchanda, Mukesh Talreja, Naresh Agarwal and Gautam Jain. The film stars Sridevi, Akshaye Khanna, Abhimanyu Singh, Sajal Ali and Adnan Siddiqui in lead roles, with Nawazuddin Siddiqui in a special appearance. Music for the film is being scored by A. R. Rahman. The film is scheduled for release on 7 July 2017, in four languages. Mom is Sridevi's 300th film and is being released in the 50th year of her film career.

It was announced in early 2016 that Sridevi would be starring next in Boney Kapoor's woman-centric home-production titled Mom to be directed by Ravi Udyawar. Nawazuddin Siddiqui was cast to play an important role in the film and the actor revealed that it was a dream come true for him to work with Sridevi. Subsequently, Akshaye Khanna and actors Sajal Ali and Adnan Siddiqui were cast in crucial roles. A. R. Rahman was signed to compose the music of Mom.

The first spell of film was shot in New Delhi in March 2016 around locations of Shri Ram College of Commerce in Delhi University and Noida Film City. Following this, Mom was shot in an extensive schedule in Mestia, Georgia. The crew shot in freezing conditions of minus seven degrees for over two months. Despite the challenging climactic environment, the schedule was successfully wrapped up. Shooting resumed once more in March 2017 and the last leg of the film was completed in Bangkok.

The First Look of Mom was unveiled at the Zee Cine Awards 2017 by Salman Khan who hailed Sridevi on stage as "a bigger star than the Khans". The actress made the First Look public on Twitter which went viral. Subsequently, the Teaser of Mom acquired 1.2 million views on YouTube on the first day itself. It also met with a positive response in Pakistan. The well-receival of the teaser led to distributors in South India asking for dubbed version of the film pre-emptively. The filmmakers announced that Mom would also be dubbed and released in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. The Trailer of Mom went on to garner 3 million views on the first day itself.

The first song of Mom titled "O Sona Tere Liye" earned positive reviews with Indian Express describing it as "a soothing balm for a hurt soul" while a writer from The Times of India wrote that the "song will stir your soul..

MOM MOVIE

CAST:

Sridevi

Adnan Siddiqui

Sajal Ali

Akshaye Khanna

Abhimanyu Singh

Nawazuddin Siddiqui

CREW:

Directed by : Ravi Udyawar

Produced by : Boney Kapoor, Sunil Manchanda, Naresh Agarwal, Mukesh Talreja & Gautam Jain

Screenplay by : Girish Kohli

Story by : Ravi Udyawar, Girish Kohli & Kona Venkat Rao

Music by : A. R. Rahman

Cinematography Anay Goswamy

Edited by : Monisha R. Baldawa

Production company : MAD Films & Third Eye Pictures

Distributed by : Zee Studio & Sridevi Productions

Release date : 7 July 2017