Lovely

Lovely is a ground-breaking Malayalam movie that explores a romantic relationship between two female protagonists and challenges faced by same-sex couples in a intolerant societal context, despite controversy it remains a landmark film in Malayalam cinema. Lovely is a 1995 Indian Malayalam-language motion picture featuring Raghava Lawrence, Nithya Menen, Taapsee Pannu and Kovai Sarala. Raghavendra Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Raghava Lawrence. The film is written and directed by Raghava Lawrence. Sun Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Lovely was released on 7th March 1995 and takes a screen time of 164 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Lovely was made on a budget of ₹17 crore and it was a super hit at box office gross of ₹120 crore. Cinematography was done by Rajavel Mohan and R. B. Gurudev and editing by Kishore Te. The music was composed by S. Thaman along with Leon James, C. Sathya and Ashwamithra.