This shatters Razaq's dream of opening a five-star hotel in his hometown ( Kozhikode) and costs Faizi a marriage proposal from a wealthy family. When he returns with much fanfare after the course, it is revealed that he has secretly studied to become a chef and not hotel management. Faizi goes to Switzerland to study hotel management at the University of Lausanne. Faizi hopes to be a chef, much against his father's aspirations. Faizi is looked after by his four sisters whom he affectionately calls "Ithathas & Company" (Sisters and Company).Īs Faizi grows up, his sisters get married one by one and his father marries for a second time. Abdul Razaq takes his five children to Dubai. Finally, Fareeda gives birth to a boy but, because of her many deliveries, Fareeda becomes ill and dies. Fareeda gives birth to three more girls, which irritates Abdul Razaq, who migrates to Dubai. To his disappointment, the child is a girl. Razaq wants the child to be a boy and wants to name the child Faizal and call him Faizi. Ībdul Razaq and Fareeda, a Muslim couple in Kerala, are expecting their first child. Ustad Hotel is considered one of the best ever Malayalam movies made during the New-Gen cinema movement in Malayalam. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Janatha Hotel. It was remade in Kannada as Gowdru Hotel (2017). It won three National Film Awards, for Best Popular Film, Menon won the award for Best Dialogues and Thilakan got a Special Mention (posthumously). Ustad Hotel released on 29 June 2012 in Kerala, and 20 July 2012 elsewhere in India. As the relation between father and son deteriorates, Faizi is forced to work as a cook in a restaurant in Kozhikode or Calicut, run by his grandfather Karim (Thilakan) until he can plan something alternate. When this matter comes to light, his father snatches away his passport to prevent him from taking up his new job in the UK. The story is about a young man named Faizal, known as Faizi (Dulquer), who studies in Switzerland as a chef against the wishes of his father (Siddique). The film features music composed by Gopi Sundar, cinematography handled by Loganathan Srinivasan and editing by Praveen Prabhakar respectively. The film stars Dulquer Salmaan, Thilakan and Nithya Menen with Siddique, Mamukkoya, and Lena in supporting roles, along with Asif Ali and Jishnu in cameo roles. Ustad Hotel is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language drama film directed by Anwar Rasheed, written by Anjali Menon and produced by Listin Stephen.