''Double Barrel'' is a 2015 Indian

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-language

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written, directed and co-produced by

Lijo Jose Pellissery Lijo Jose Pellissery (born 18 September 1978) is an Indian filmmaker and actor who works in Malayalam cinema. Known for his unconventional approach in directing, his films are characterized by nonlinear storylines and very long takes. His best ...

. It was jointly produced by August Cinema and Amen Movie Monastery. The film stars an

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including

Prithviraj Sukumaran Prithviraj Sukumaran (born 16 October 1982) is an Indian actor, director, producer and playback singer primarily working in Malayalam cinema. He has also done Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films. He acted in more than 100 films in a variety of rol ...

, Indrajith Sukumaran, Arya,

Chemban Vinod Jose Chemban Vinod Jose is an Indian actor, film producer, and screenwriter, who predominantly works in Malayalam films. He is a physiotherapist by profession.Sunny Wayne Sujith Unnikrishnan (born 19 August 1983), known by his stage name Sunny Wayne is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema Malayalam cinema is an Indian film industry of Malayalam-language motion pictures. It is based ...

, Swathi Reddy,

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Poornima Indrajith Poornima Indrajith ( née Poornima Mohan; born 13 December) is an Indian actress and television presenter who works in mainly in Malayalam cinema. Apart from that, she is a fashion designer. She is married to actor Indrajith Sukumaran. Early ...

Anil Radhakrishnan Menon Anil Radhakrishnan Menon is an Indian film director working in Malayalam film. Career Anil Radhakrishnan Menon directed television commercials before venturing into feature films. His first film North 24 Kaatham starring Fahadh Faasil and Ned ...

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, Sherrin Varghese, Parvathi Menon,

Sabumon Abdusamad Sabumon Abdusamad, also known mononymously as Sabu, is an Indian actor and television presenter who works in Malayalam cinema. He was the winner of the first season of ''Bigg Boss''. Personal life Sabu hails from Kayamkulam, Alappuzha. He hol ...

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, Anil Murali, Asif Ali and

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. Prashant Pillai composed the music, while the cinematography and editing were handled by

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and

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. ''Double Barrel'' was released on 28 August 2015 and mostly received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and disappointed at the box office, but the film has achieved a

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Plot

Laila and Majnu are two precious stones which has value only if they are together. The stones are now possessed by a crime boss called "Don" in

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, who tries to sell the stones in order not to lose it 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, where the duo agree and ask for a week time to arrange the money. Gabbar's man Billy learns about this and offers Pancho and Vinci 100 crore to buy it. 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

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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 escapes from the gang war with the money and joins Laila and Majnu.

Cast

as Pancho * Indrajith Sukumaran as Vinci * Arya as Majnu *

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as Silent *

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as Shaolin Sweety * Swathi Reddy as Laila * Asif Ali as He (Lover boy) *

as She (Lover girl) *

as Billy * Steev Thekkanath as Gabbar *

as Don * Sherrin Varghese as Tarkov * Parvathi Menon as Lady Tarkov *

as Smitha *

as Mario Benzo/Boss * Bineesh Kodiyeri as Vincent *

Sajid Yahiya Sajid Yahiya (born 20 December 1984) is an Indian film director, actor, producer and music composer who works in Malayalam cinema. His directorial debut was in 2016 with the film '' IDI - Inspector Dawood Ibrahim''. He is the founder of a film ...

as Chaplie * Anil Murali as Podiyadi Soman *

as Podiyadi Martin *

as Kochumary * Manu as Ummer * John as Blacky * Shaji Nadesan as Unnibaby * Sujith Vasudev as Husband at hotel * Muthumani as Wife at Hotel * Baiju Thekkekara as Jesus * Sunny as Uncle Django

Production

''Double Barrel'' was announced on 2014, as a gangster comedy movie in the backdrop of

, 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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' 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.

References

External links

* {{Lijo Jose Pellissery 2015 films 2010s Malayalam-language films 2010s crime comedy films Indian gangster films Indian crime comedy films Films shot in Goa Films directed by Lijo Jose Pellissery 2015 comedy films