December 12, 2001
Release Date

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The Guard (2001)

Name: The Guard
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 2001-12-12

1h 26m

Running Time

December 12, 2001
Release Date

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Plot.

The Guard is the world's first film with a single actor in the cast. Released in December 2001, the Indian Malayalam feature film has Kalabhavan Mani, the only actor on screen, playing the role of a forest guard in a lonely, isolated dense forest.

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Cast & Crew.

Kalabhavan Mani

Appukuttan Nair

Hakim Rawther

Director / Writer

Saloo George

Director of Photography

Sabita Jayaraj

Writer

Shyam Dharman

Composer

Details.

Release Date
December 12, 2001

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 26m

Genres
Adventure Mystery Thriller

Last updated: 2025-02-14

Wiki.

The Guard is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language film directed and written by Hakim Rawther. Kalabhavan Mani plays all of the characters.

Yaadein predated The Guard as "the first ‘one-man film’". The film features cinematography by Saloo George, editing by Venugopal and artwork by Nathan Mannoor. The background score has been provided by Biju and songs featured in the film are composed by Shyam Sharman and Rajesh with lyrics written by Arumughan Vengidang. All the songs are sung by Kalabhavan Mani himself.