One actor, four souls, four elements — Dulquer Salmaan plays god-tier multiverse before it was cool.
An experimental romantic thriller, Solo is the story of four different men, their love, rage and afterlife. Through four elements - water, air, fire and earth, they also represent different facets of Lord Siva.
Direction
Bejoy Nambiar's aesthetic obsession — every frame is a mood board.
Acting
Dulquer's four distinct physicalities; the man commits to each fracture.
Score
Thumping soundscape that refuses to let you relax for 154 minutes.
Director
Bejoy Nambiar
Dulquer Salmaan
Shekhar / Trilok / Rudra / Siva
Sai Dhanshika
Radhika
Sruthi Hariharan
Rukku
Neha Sharma
Akshara
Deepti Sati
Daisy
Anson Paul
Justin
Nassar
BRIG. Ramachandran
Suhasini Maniratnam
Vidya Ramachandran
Dino Morea
Col. Raunaq Sachdeva
Sujata Sehgal
Latika Sundarrajan.
Manit Joura
Alok
Manoj K Jayan
Bhadhran
Ann Augustine
Annie
Prakash Belawadi
Vishnu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Each segment mirrors a Puranic avatar of Shiva: the ascetic, the destroyer, the cosmic dancer, the stillness beyond.
Nambiar shot Tamil and Malayalam versions simultaneously with subtle dialogue differences — Dulquer reportedly found the tonal shifts between languages disorienting during production.
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