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One
One
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Santhosh Viswanath
Written by	Bobby–Sanjay
Produced by	Sreelakshmi R
Starring	Mammootty ; Mathew Thomas; Murali Gopy ; Siddique; Joju George; Ishaani Krishna; Gayatri Arun; Nimisha Sajayan
Cinematography	Vaidy Somasundaram
Edited by	Nishadh Yusuf
Music by	Gopi Sundar
Production; company	Ichais Productions
Distributed by	Central Pictures
Release date	26 March 2021 (India);
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

One is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language political drama film directed by Santhosh Vishwanath and written by Bobby–Sanjay. The film stars Mammootty in the lead role.^[1]^[2] Mathew Thomas, Murali Gopy, Siddique, Joju George, Ishaani Krishna, Gayatri Arun and Nimisha Sajayan plays the supporting roles.

Plot

Kadakkal Chandran is the Chief Minister of Kerala and he undergoes a transformation and tries to do good to the populace by bringing Right to Recall (India) tool against corrupt ministers. Will he be able to politically, morally, and sensitively deal with the "plaguing accountability issue" within the existing circumstances becomes the plot.

Affected by the high handedness of police protecting the CM and the challenges faced by commoners when people of power are traveling, Sanal posts an angry anonymous Facebook post lamenting the situation, which goes viral. Opposition parties make this, into a major political issue leading up to a general strike. There is a serious hunt for Sanal by the government and police. The local MLA and attorney are afraid to take up his case. He is apprehended as he tries to flee to Bengaluru. Later the CM declares that he wanted to meet Sanal in person. Though scared, he goes to the official residence of the Chief Minister. On meeting him, Sanal understands that the CM is a good leader and a wonderful human being after the CM reveals the truth behind Sanal's Facebook post. After initial friction, Sanal gets more close to the CM and they become close friends. The CM gives him an appointment and his life takes a new turn.

Cast

Mammootty as Kadakkal Chandran, Chief Minister of Kerala
Mathew Thomas as Sanal Das
Joju George as Babychan, Party Secretary
Murali Gopy as Marampalli Jayanandhan, Leader of Opposition
Siddique as K.C. Jayakumar, Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly (Cameo)
Ishaani Krishna as Ramya, Sanal's friend
Gayatri Arun as Seena Das, Sanal's Sister
Nimisha Sajayan as Lathika Satheesh, Kadakkal Chandran's sister
Madhu as Vasudeva Panicker, Retd. Professor (cameo)
Balachandra Menon as Dr. Sreekar Varma (cameo)
Ranjith as Vijaya Mohan, Advocate General of Kerala
Shankar Ramakrishnan as Shamsudeen IAS, Chief Secretary of Kerala
Binu Pappu as Chief Minister's gunman
Mamukkoya as Ibrahim, CM's cook
Salim Kumar as Dassappan, Seena and Sanal's father
Jagadish as P. Sugunan, MLA opposition
Prem Kumar as P. Madhu, MLA opposition
Rizabawa as R. Bhaskaran, MLA opposition
Jayan Cherthala as Vishwambharan, Minister for Culture
Sudev Nair as MP Dinesh Rajan
Sudheer Karamana as T.M Musaliyar, Minister for Industries
Alencier Ley Lopez as Kuriakose, Minister for Revenue
Krishnakumar as DGP Alex Thomas IPS, Vigilance Director
Mukundan as MLA Kariyavattom Sreekumar
Jayakrishnan as MLA Tom Mukkadan
Archana Manoj as MLA Geetha Hariprasad
Sreeja Das as Celine, MLA Opposition
Yadhu Krishnan as DYSP Rajesh Menon
Vivek Gopan as Roshan Alex, Private Secretary to Chief Minister of Kerala
Shiju as Satheesh Manohar, Lathika's husband
Meghanathan as K. Ramachandran, Minister for Excise
Suresh Krishna as MLA Nilamel Rajan
Balaji Sharma as MLA Chittar Gopalakrishnan
V.K Baiju as MLA Anil Thomas
Sadiq as Sameer Kallayi, MLA opposition
P. Balachandran as Attingal Madhusoodhanan, MLA opposition
Prasanth as Satheeshan, MLA opposition
Premjith Lal as T.K Santhosh, MLA opposition
Nandhu as Councillor Noorudheen
Dinesh Panicker as SP Ananthan IPS
Nishanth Sagar as CI Shine Thomas
Abu Salim as SI Jayakrishnan
Reshmi Boban as Indira, Dasappan's wife
Vettukili Prakash as Adv. Padmanabhan
Subbalakshmi as Ramya's grandmother
Azees Nedumangad as Binu, Auto rickshaw driver
Sanjay Padiyoor as Chief Minister's gunman 2
Riyaz Narmakala as Rajagopal
Nazeer Latheef as Prof. George Korah
Anubha George as District Collector, Trivandrum
K.Laljy as Trivandrum City Police Commissioner
Kalabhavan Haneef as Thomas, security officer
Anoop C Mammen as Security officer
Aaryan Krishna Menon as Jaimon
Nazmal Ali Ahammed as Muneer, CM's driver
Viaan Mangalassery as Felix
Tarun Dhanrajgir as Governor of Kerala
Dr. Arun Kumar as 24 News Reader
Poojappura Radhakrishnan as Gopu, hair dresser
Ashraf Pezhumoodu
Pooja Mohanraj as Civil Police Officer

Production

Principal photography began in the month, October 2019.^{[citation needed]}

Music

Gopi Sundar is the music director of the movie. The film has one song, "Janamanssin", a political anthem, sung by Shankar Mahadevan. Its lyrics were written by Rafeeq Ahamed.^[3]

Release

Theatrical

The film was originally scheduled to be released on 22 May 2020,^{[citation needed]} but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] It was released on 26 March 2021.^[5]^[6]

Home media

Following the theatrical release, the film was released on 27 April 2021 on Netflix.

Reception

Critical response

The film received positive reviews from critics.

Sify gave it a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "A relevant political drama ". Indian Express gave it a rating of 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Mammootty’s political drama is pleasant despite its problems". Times of India gave it a rating of 3 stars out if 5 and wrote, "The portrait of a too-good-to-be-true CM ". Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South wrote "The film’s problem is in this utter predictability. The chief minister is so good, so pure and selfless that he becomes a big bore. It’s easier to portray Ravana on screen than Rama."^[7]