Ozhivu Divasathe Kali (English title: An Off-Day Game) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam indie drama film directed by Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, based on the short story of the same name by Unni R. The film follows five middle-aged men who get together for a booze party during an election holiday in Kerala. It won the 46th Kerala State Film Award for Best Film. The film was initially showcased at the festival circuits on October 2015, including the International Film Festival of Kerala and the Mumbai Film Festival. The film has only 70 shots, with the second half of the film being just a single shot. Under Aashiq Abu’s initiative, the film got a limited theatrical release in Kerala on 17 June 2016..

On an election holiday, five friends get together for a booze party. Their only intention is fun and refreshment. As the time passes they start to open up the hidden wildness of their real nature. Tired and bored in arguments they plan to play a game. A game they used to play in their childhood.

CAST

• Nisthar Sait as Dharman
• Baiju Netto as Dasan
• Girish Nair as Thirumeni
• Pradeep Kumar as Vinayan
• Reju Pillai as Narayanan
• Abhija Sivakala as Geetha
• Arun Nair as Ashokan
• Sridhar P.U. as Ganeshan

CREW

• Directed by     Sanal Kumar Sasidharan
• Produced by  Aruna Mathew, Shaji Mathew
• Screenplay by      no formal screenplay
• Based on    Ozhivudivasathe Kali by Unni R.
• Music by   Basil Joseph
• Cinematography   Indrajith S.
• Edited by   Appu N. Bhattathiri
• Sound Recording  Sandeep Kurissery, Jiji P Joseph
• Sound Design & Mixing  T Krishnanunni
• Production Design & Associate Director Murukan A
• Stills Shijin Raj
• Publicity Designs Dileepdaz
• Production Company    Niv Art Movies
• Distributed by    Bigdream Release

• FIPRESCI Award for the Best Malayalam film in the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)
• Kerala State Film Award for Best Film – 2015
• Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Recordist – 2015
• Official Selection in International Film Festival of Kerala IFFK 2015
• Official Selection in Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image MAMI 2015
• Selection in Film Bazaar Recommends, Goa