| Double Barrel | |
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| Directed by | Lijo Jose Pellissery |
| Written by | Lijo Jose Pellissery |
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| Cinematography | Abinandhan Ramanujam |
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| Music by | Prashant Pillai |
Production companies | August Cinema Amen Movie Monastery |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹16 crore (US$1.9 million)[2] |
Double Barrel is a 2015 IndianMalayalam-languageparodygangster film written, directed, and co-produced byLijo Jose Pellissery. It was jointly produced by August Cinema andAmen Movie Monastery.[3] The film stars anensemble cast, includingPrithviraj Sukumaran,Indrajith Sukumaran,Arya,Chemban Vinod Jose,Sunny Wayne,Swathi Reddy,Isha Sharvani,Vijay Babu,Poornima Indrajith,Anil Radhakrishnan Menon,Thomas Berly,Sherrin Varghese,Sabumon Abdusamad,Rachana Narayanankutty,Anil Murali,Asif Ali, andPearle Maaney.[4][5]Prashant Pillai composed the music, while the cinematography and editing were handled byAbinandhan Ramanujam andManoj-Sathyaraj Natarajan.
Double Barrel was released on 28 August 2015. It mostly received mixed reviews from critics anddisappointed at the box office. However, the film has achieved acult following.
Laila and Majnu are two precious stones which have value only if they are together. The stones are now possessed by a crime boss called "Don" inGoa, who tries to sell them in order not to lose them to his son, Gabbar, whom he despises. Don approaches two experienced gangsters named Pancho and Vinci and offers it for a price of₹10 crore, and the duo agrees and asks for a week time to arrange the money. Gabbar'sunderboss, Billy, learns about this and offers Pancho and Vinci₹100 crores to buy it. Pancho and Vinci get₹5 crore from Blacky, which actually belongs to the Tarkovs, aRussian mob in Goa. For the remaining₹5 crore, they plan to rob theblack money of Podiyadis, a localhawala gang in Kerala. While the deal happens, things get mixed up, which leads to a biggang war between all the groups. However, Pancho and Vinchi escape from the gang war with the money and join Laila and Majnu.
Double Barrel was announced on 2014 as a gangster comedy movie in the backdrop ofGoa, starring brothersPrithviraj andIndrajith Sukumaran.[6] The climax was shot using four Red Dragon 6K cameras.[7]Double Barrel was made at an estimated cost of₹16 crore (US$1.9 million).[2]
Double Barrel was released in theatres on 28 August 2015.Surya TV andSun NXT bought the satellite and digital rights.[8]
Asha Prakash ofThe Times of India gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Other than the visual spectacle of seeing some major actors in the industry in their clownish avatars in the most impressive of settings, there is nothing much to engage the viewer. The shooting and killing seem never-ending and the jokes tedious".[9] Veeyen ofNowrunning.com gave 1.5 out of 5 stars and criticized the script, musical score, humour and direction, while concluding as "'Double Barrel' sends the spoof genre on a downward spiral with a relentlessly unexciting script. Real crazy indeed".[10]
Moviebuzz ofSify heavily criticized the film and described it as a "flawed experiment", adding that, "The script is messy and some of the characters are so badly written that they just come and go in between without any impact in the whole narrative. The overindulgence of the makers is evident, ignoring the hapless viewers in the process".[11]IndiaGlitz.com gave 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Double Barrel' not only is the content insane, so is the presentation", and said that the film fails to engage.[12]
| Double Barrel | ||||
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| Released | August 26, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 26:51 | |||
| Label | Orange Music | |||
| Producer | Prashant Pillai | |||
| Prashant Pillai chronology | ||||
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Prashant Pillai, who had composed for all of Lijo Jose Pelliserry's earlier films, composed the songs and background score of the film.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Athala Pithala" | Shabaraeesh Varma | Arun Kamath, Shabaraeesh Varma, Rahul R. Govinda, Gagan Baderiya | 03:19 |
| 2. | "Om Hare" | P. S. Rafeeque | Franco | 03:30 |
| 3. | "Amour Amour" | Gilles Denizot (French),Prashant Pillai (English) | Gilles Denizot | 04:57 |
| 4. | "Mohabbat" | P. S. Rafeeque | Shahabaz Aman, Preeti Pilai | 03:45 |
| 5. | "Selfie" | Shabaraeesh Varma | Shabaraeesh Varma, K. S. Krishnan,Prashant Pillai | 02:45 |
| 6. | "Kadala Varuthu" | Shabaraeesh Varma | Shabaraeesh Varma | 02:36 |
| 7. | "Bum Attam" | K. S. Krishnan | K. S. Krishnan | 02:51 |
| 8. | "Shakeela" | Prashant Pillai, Gagan Baderiya | 04:40 | |
| 9. | "Athala Pithala Reprise" | Shabaraeesh Varma | Arun Kamath, Shabareesh Varma | 01:58 |
| Total length: | 26:51 | |||