Freedom (2025 film)

Freedom
Poster with cancelled release date
Directed bySathyasiva
Written bySathyasiva
Produced byPandiyan Parasuraman
StarringM. Sasikumar
Lijomol Jose
CinematographyN. S. Uthayakumar
Edited byN. B. Srikanth
Music byGhibran Vaibodha
Production
company
Vijaya Ganapathy's Pictures
Release date
  • 9 July 2025 (2025-07-09) (preview)
Running time
129 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Freedom is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Sathyasiva. It is produced by Pandiyan Parasuraman under the banner Vijaya Ganapathy's Pictures. The film stars M. Sasikumar and Lijomol Jose in the lead roles.[2]

The film previewed on 9 July 2025 and was set to release theatrically the next day before getting delayed due to financial issues.

Plot

In the early 1990s, following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, several innocent Sri Lankan Tamil refugees are unlawfully detained and tortured by suspicious police officers, and eventually plot to escape.[3][4][5][6]

Cast

Production

In early-February 2024, it was reported that M. Sasikumar and Lijomol Jose will be appearing their next in the film titled Freedom, directed by Kazhugu (2012) and Savaale Samaali (2015) fame Sathyasiva, reuniting with Sasikumar after Naan Mirugamaai Maara (2022).[8][9] Featuring Sasikumar and Lijomol as Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, the film features Sudev Nair as the antagonist alongside Malavika Avinash, Bose Venkat, Mu Ramaswamy, Saravanan, Ramesh Khanna and others in key roles.[10]

The film is produced by Pandiyan Parasuraman under Vijaya Ganapathy's Pictures.[11] The music for the film is composed by Ghibran Vaibodha, while cinematography is handled by N. S. Uthayakumar and editing by N. B. Srikanth.[12] On 23 June 2025, the production house officially confirmed about the wrapping of the filming process.[13]

Music

Freedom
Soundtrack album by
Ghibran Vaibodha
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageTamil
LabelTrend Music
ProducerGhibran Vaibodha
Ghibran Vaibodha chronology
JSK: Janaki V v/s State of Kerala
(2025) 		Freedom
(2025)
Singles from Freedom
  1. "Aagayam Ambuttayum"
    Released: 8 November 2024
  2. "Aariro Arariro"
    Released: 30 June 2025

The film has music composed by Ghibran Vaibodha in his second collaboration with Sathyasiva and third with Sasikumar.[14] The first single "Aagayam Ambuttayum" was released on 8 November 2024.[15] The second single "Aariro Arariro" was released on 30 June 2025.[16]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Aagayam Ambuttayum"SnehanPradeep Kumar 
2."Aariro Arariro"Mohan RajanVaikom Vijayalakshmi 

Release

Freedom was scheduled to release in theatres on 18 July 2025[17] but got postponed indefinitely without the makers announcing a new release date.[18] Earlier the film was scheduled for 10 July, but got postponed to the next week,[19] and then to the current date due to financial issues faced by the production house.[20] The film is planned to be released in Tamil along with dubbed versions in Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi languages.[12]

Reception

Reviewing the film at its preview show on 9 July 2025, Abhinav Subramanian of The Times of India gave 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Freedom is a historical document that exposes a dark corner many prefer to ignore. It's not the most gripping film, but it's interesting enough to make you look up the real story of those 43 inmates".[3] The film was also reviewed by The Hindu,[4] India Today,[5] OTTPlay and Hindu Tamil Thisai.[6][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Freedom". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 4 July 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ "Sasikumar starrer Freedom makers release special poster". Cinema Express. 11 October 2024. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b Subramanian, Abhinav (9 July 2025). "Freedom Movie Review: Confined by Its Own Righteousness". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 11 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b Chandar, Bhuvanesh (10 July 2025). "'Freedom' movie review: Sasikumar's socio-political thriller is bleak and exploitative". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 July 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b K, Janani (9 July 2025). "Freedom review: Sasikumar's action drama, based on true story, is lost opportunity". India Today. Archived from the original on 9 July 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  6. ^ a b Sundar, Anusha (9 July 2025). "Freedom review: Sasikumar's film with stirring real-life story gets lost in..." OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 4 August 2025. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  7. ^ "சசிகுமார் நடித்த Freedom படத்தின் முக்கிய அறிவிப்பு விரைவில்..." [An important announcement about the film Freedom starring Sasikumar will be made soon...]. Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 6 May 2025. Archived from the original on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  8. ^ "Sasikumar, Lijomol Jose film with Sathyasiva titled 'Freedom'". The Hindu. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  9. ^ M, Narayani (10 February 2024). "Sasikumar-Lijomol Jose film titled Freedom". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Sasikumar and Lijomol to be seen as Sri Lankan refugees". The Times of India. 10 February 2024. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Sasikumar's next titled 'Freedom'; first look revealed". The Times of India. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 17 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  12. ^ a b Kumar, Akshay (9 May 2025). "Sasikumar's Freedom gets a release date". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 9 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  13. ^ Kumar, Akshay (23 June 2025). "Sasikumar's Freedom wraps filming". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  14. ^ M, Narayani (9 February 2024). "Sasikumar's next with Lijomol Jose titled Freedom". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  15. ^ M, Narayani (9 November 2024). "First single 'Aagayam Ambuttayum' from Sasikumar-Lijomol Jose's Freedom out". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  16. ^ "'Aariro Arariro' from Sasikumar's Freedom is a powerful lullaby rendered by Vaikom Vijayalakshmi". Cinema Express. 1 July 2025. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Sasikumar says Freedom will release in theatres next week". Cinema Express. 11 July 2025. Archived from the original on 15 July 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  18. ^ Kumar, Akshay (17 July 2025). "Sasikumar-Lijomol's Freedom release rescheduled indefinitely". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 5 August 2025. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
  19. ^ "Sasikumar's Freedom release postponed". Cinema Express. 10 July 2025. Archived from the original on 10 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  20. ^ Sundar, Anusha (9 May 2025). "Freedom release date out: Sasikumar-Lijomol Jose film set for July release". OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  21. ^ "பிரீடம்: திரை விமர்சனம்" [Freedom: Movie Review]. Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 12 July 2025. Archived from the original on 14 February 2026. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
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