Double Barrel is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language parody gangster film written, directed, and co-produced by Lijo Jose Pellissery. It was jointly produced by August Cinema and Amen Movie Monastery. The film stars an ensemble cast, including Prithviraj 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, and Pearle Maaney. Prashant Pillai composed the music, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Abinandhan Ramanujam and Manoj-Sathyaraj Natarajan.
Double Barrel was released on 28 August 2015. It mostly received mixed to negative reviews from critics and disappointed at the box office.
Plot 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" in Goa, 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 them the stones for 10 crore, and the duo agrees and asks for a week's time to arrange the money. Gabbar's underboss, Billy, learns about this and offers Pancho and Vinci 100 crores to buy the stones. Pancho and Vinci get 5 crore from Blacky, which actually belongs to the Tarkovs, a Russian mob in Goa. For the remaining 5 crore, they plan to rob the black money of Podiyadis, a local hawala gang in Kerala. While the deal happens, things get mixed up, which leads to a big gang war between all the groups. However, Pancho and Vinchi escape from the gang war with the money and join Laila and Majnu.
Cast
Prithviraj Sukumaran as Pancho Indrajith Sukumaran as Vinci Arya as Majnu Sunny Wayne as Silent Chemban Vinod Jose as Diesel Master Varghese as Kid Isha Sharvani as Shaolin Sweety Swathi Reddy as Laila Pearle Maaney as She (young couple wife) Vijay Babu as Billy Steev Thekkanath as Gabbar, Don's son Asif Ali as He (young couple husband) Thomas Berly as Don Sherrin Varghese as Tarkov Parvathi Menon as Lady Tarkov Poornima Indrajith as Smitha Anil Radhakrishnan Menon as Mario Benzo/Boss Bineesh Kodiyeri as Vincent Sajid Yahiya as Chaplie Anil Murali as Podiyadi Soman Sabumon Abdusamad as Podiyadi Martin Rachana Narayanankutty as Kochumary Manesh Kumar as Ummer John as Blacky Shaji Nadesan as Unnibaby Sujith Vasudev as Husband at hotel, Kid's father Muthumani as Wife at Hotel, Kid's mother Baiju Thekkekara as Jesus Sunny as Uncle Django
Production Double Barrel was announced on 2014 as a gangster comedy movie in the backdrop of Goa, starring brothers Prithviraj and Indrajith Sukumaran. The climax was shot using four Red Dragon 6K cameras. Double Barrel was made at an estimated cost of .
Release Double Barrel was released in theatres on 28 August 2015. Surya TV and Sun NXT bought the satellite and digital rights.
Critical reception Asha Prakash of The 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". Veeyen of Nowrunning.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".
Moviebuzz of Sify 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". 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.
Soundtrack
Prashant Pillai, who had composed for all of Lijo Jose Pelliserry's earlier films, composed the songs and background score of the film.
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