Djibouti release date: When and where to watch Amith Chakalakkal and SJ Sinu’s escape drama online

Amith Chakalakkal’s escape drama Djibouti, which released in theatres on December 31 last year, is finally heading for an OTT release. The movie, which was the first Malayalam film to be shot and screened in the African country, marked the debut feature film directorial of Uppum Mulakum series helmer SJ Sinu.

The film, which also has Dileesh Pothan, Jacob Gregory, Shagun Jaiswal, Kishore and Anjali Nair in pivotal roles, was released in six languages – Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and French.

The action-entertainer revolved around two youth, played by Amith and Gregory, who dream of working abroad to fulfil their dreams. After meeting an HR manager of a company in Djibouti who comes to visit Kerala, the youngsters express their wish and land a job in Africa. But their troubles only begin when they join the company. How the two battle the odds and finally escape the country forms the plot of the film.

Incidentally, the team of the movie were trapped in the country during 2020 when the worldwide lockdown was announced. Djibouti along with Prithviraj Sukumaran’s Aadujeevitham, which had its schedule in Jordan, were the only two Malayalam films that had shot a few portions during the lockdown in March 2020. After the film’s shoot concluded in April, the team of Djibouti had to wait till June for the producers to arrange for a special flight to bring them home to Kerala.

Djibouti is written by SJ Sinu and Afsal Abdul Latheef, both of whom have been frequent collaborators in Uppum Mulakum. The latter also made his directorial debut recently with Dinoy Paulose and Sharafudheen-starrer Pathrosinte Padappukal, which hit theatres on March 18.

Amith recently took to his social media page to reveal that the movie can be streamed on Amazon Prime Video from March 25.

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