Maine Pyar Kiya (transl. I've fallen in love) is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language romantic action thriller film written and directed by Faizal Faziludeen. It is co-written by Blk Fzl. The film stars Hridhu Haroon and Preity Mukhundhan (in her Malayalam debut) in the lead roles. It is produced by Sanju Unnithan under the banner Spire Productions. Don Paul P. handled the cinematography and Kannan Mohan editd the film. Electronic Kili composed the songs and Mihraj Khalid and Vijay Anand composed the background score. The film was released on 29 August 2025.
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Plot
Aryan is an unemployed clumsy boy in Unnikulam, whose main job is to hang out and play football with his childhood friends Nixon, Shine and Niju. One day, when he goes to his former college to receive his certificates along with Niju, he encounters Nidhi, a conservative Tamil girl coming from a politically affluent family, whom he started to fall in love. Nidhi's life is miserable due to her toxic parents' domination on her, and she is living her life in her parents' choice rather than in her self choices. Aryan started stalking her. Initially Nidhi tries her best to avoid him, but later, she befriend him. The film follows how an incident change their life and they gets involved in a Kerala-Tamil Nadu smuggling syndicate's bloody dispute over reptile smuggling.
Production
Principal photography began on 15 November 2024 at Changanassery. The first schedule completed on 14 December 2024. The second schedule began by the end of December 2024 at Madurai. The filming wrapped on 15 January 2025. The teaser released on August 5th, 2025 on YouTube and the film got U/A certificate from Central Board of Film Certification.
Release
Theatrical
Maine Pyar Kiya was released on 29 August 2025 in theaters worldwide, during the Onam festival period.
Distribution
Spire Productions distributed the film in India and Phars Film distributes the film in overseas.
Home media
The digital streaming rights of the film were acquired by Amazon Prime Video and ManoramaMAX, and the film was released on 1 October 2025. It also released digitally on Lionsgate Play from 3 October 2025.