''By Two Love'' is a 2022 Indian

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

-language

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film written and directed by

Hari Santhosh Hari Santhosh is an Indian film lyricist and director who predominantly works in the Kannada Film Industry. He is best known for 2012 film Alemari. Early life Hari Santhosh was born to Harish and Prema in Koppa, Sringeri and was Brought up ...

. Produced by KVN Productions, it stars Dhanveerah and

Sree Leela Sreeleela (alternatively spelt as Sree Leela; born June 14, 2001) is an American actress of Indian origin who predominantly appears in Kannada and Telugu films. She debuted in 2019 with ''Kiss'', winning Best Female Debut – Kannada at the SII ...

. The film tells the story of two youngsters in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

, Balu and Leela, who lead an independent life and don't resonate with the traditional idea of marriage and children. The film has score and soundtrack composed by

B. Ajaneesh Loknath B. Ajaneesh Loknath (born 20 November 1985) is an Indian composer who works predominantly for Kannada cinema. He received the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Music Director for his work in the film Ulidavaru Kandanthe in 2015. He is known f ...

. The film was released theatrically on 18 February 2022.

Plot

''Bytwo Love'' revolves around Balakrishna aka Balu and Leela aka Leelu. Balu is a Die-Hard

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fan, who has a problem with his family since his father has married for the second time. Leelu, who is unhappy with her younger brother's conduct in life. Yet, their mother keeps taking the side of her younger brother. Balu and Leela, hailing from different towns, decide to leave their respective homes and land up in the cosmopolitan city of

, looking for jobs. They accidentally meet in a cab and get into a fight. Unfortunately, the two land jobs at the same office, a professional matrimonial company ''Mr & Mrs Matrimony''. Time passes by, Balu and Leelu become good friends, and eventually, fall in love with each other. Balu and Leelu decide to take their life to the next stage and test themselves and find whether they are fit enough to start a family. Their quest lead them to adopt a infant child and start a

live-in relationship Cohabitation is an arrangement where people who are not married, usually couples, live together. They are often involved in a romantic or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis. Such arrangements have become increas ...

and names the child as Puppy. Initially, life is rosy, but it doesn't stay that way. In the end, they realize that running a family isn't easy and part ways, leaving Puppy to its fate. When they reach their hometowns. Balu finds that he misunderstood his father where he reconciles with him and Balu reveals about Leelu and Puppy to his father and Leelu also tells the same to her mother. The parents advice them to reconcile with each other. Balu and Leelu meet and apologize to each other and search for Puppy, but to no avail. An auto driver, who gave Puppy to Balu and Leelu finds Puppy and brings him to Balu and Leelu, thus reconciling with each other. In the

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, Balu and Leelu get married in presence of their parents, friends and Puppy.

Cast

* Dhanveerah as Balakrishna aka Balu *

as Leela aka Leelu *

Pavitra Lokesh Pavitra Lokesh is an Indian film and television actress. She appears primarily in Kannada and Telugu films playing supporting roles. The daughter of stage and film actor Mysore Lokesh, she made her film debut at the age of 16 and has since ap ...

as Leela's mother *

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. Born in the town of Belur, in the district of Hassan and brought up in Tiptur. He graduated in bachelor of commerce from the Kalpatharu First Grade College, which was t ...

as Balu's father *

Rangayana Raghu Kotturu Chikkarangappa Raghunath (born 17 April 1965), known by his screen name Rangayana Raghu, is an Indian film and stage actor, known for his work in Kannada cinema. Portraying mostly comic and negative-shaded characters, he has appeared ...

as Auto driver * Shivaraj K R Pete as Shiva, Balu's friend * Nakul Sharma as Siddhu, Leela's younger brother *

Tabla Nani Tabla Nani is an Indian theatre and film actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema. He began his career as a supporting actor in the 2006 Kannada film '' Mata''. His role in the 2009 film ''Eddelu Manjunatha'' won him critical praise. Career ...

as House owner *

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his care ...

as Kalyan Kumar, Managing director of Mr & Mrs Matrimony

Production

The film was announced in December 2020 with Dhaveerrah and

paired opposite each other. Santosh stated that he wrote ''By Two Love'' from his own experiences about the idea of marriage. Filming was completed in April 2021, and Santosh confirmed that he had begun pre-production work of ''By Two Love'''s

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remake under the production of

Sai Korrapati Korrapati Ranganatha Sai, better known as Sai Korrapati, is an Indian film producer and distributor who works predominantly in Telugu cinema . Early life and career He is born in Guntur. He ventured into Telugu film distribution in 1999 with S ...

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Release

''By Two Love'' was released theatrically on 18 February 2022.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album has four singles composed by

, and released on

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Reception

Reviewing the film for ''

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'', Sunayana Suresh wrote: "The film has some interesting nuances of the frailties and complexities of the current generation, who prefer being detached and baggage free." ''

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'' critic A. Sharadhaa called it a "roller coaster ride" which " shouldered on the two young actors." She stated that the film was an urban tale that ran on familiar territory. On technical aspects, ''

Vijaya Karnataka ''Vijaya Karnataka'' is a Kannada newspaper published from a number of cities in Karnataka. The newspaper is published from Bengaluru, Hubballi, Mangaluru, Shivamogga, Kalaburagi, Gangavathi, Belagavi, Davanagere, Hassan, Chitradurga. It wa ...

'' reviewer Avinash G. Ram wrote: "" Jagadish Anagdi of ''

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'' termed it an "epic misfire." "The first half thoroughly tests our patience with too many unrelated scenes. It starts with an action sequence which, in no way, is linked to the plot. Double entendres are embarrassing.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 15386856 2022 romantic comedy films 2022 films Indian romantic comedy films 2020s Kannada-language films 2020s Indian films Films shot in Bangalore Films set in Bangalore Films about marriage Films directed by Hari Santhosh