''Double Barrel'', also called ''Eratta Kuzhal'', is a 2015 Indian

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written and directed 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 ...

. The film stars

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 Indrajith Sukumaran (born 17 December 1978) is an Indian actor and singer. He predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Indrajith was born to the actors Sukumaran and Mallika Sukumaran and is the elder brother of Prithviraj Sukumaran. Indrajit ...

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, Parvathi Menon,

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and Asif Ali, and is jointly produced by Prithviraj,

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, Arya and Shaji Nadesan under

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, and Lijo Jose Pellissery under Amen Movie Monastery.

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composed the music while

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handled the cinematographer. ''Double Barrel'' was made at an estimated cost of .

Synopsis

Laila and Majnu ''Layla & Majnun'' ( ar, مجنون ليلى ; Layla's Mad Lover) is an old story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Bedouin poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his ladylove Layla bint Mahdi (later known as Layla al-Aamiriya). "The Layla ...

are two precious stones, which has value only if they are together. It is now possessed by an underworld don in

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, who tries to sell it, in order not to lose it to his son, Gabbar, whom he despises. Don approaches two lowly thugs, Pancho and Vinci and offers it for a price of ₹10 crores. They agree and ask for a week's time to arrange the money. Billy, who is Gabbar's man, learns of this and offers Pancho and Vinci ₹100 crores to buy it. Pancho and Vinci gets ₹5 crores from Blacky, which actually belongs to the Tarkovs (the Russian mob in Goa). For the remaining ₹5 crores, they plan to rob the black money of Podiyadis (a local

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gang in Kerala). While the deal happens, things get mixed up and lead to a big gang war between all the groups.

Cast

as Pancho *

as Vinci *

as Majnu *

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as Silent *

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as Shaolin Sweety *

as Laila * Asif Ali as He (Lover boy) *

Pearle Maaney Pearle Maaney ( /maːɳi/; born 28 May 1989) is an Indian actress, lyricist, YouTuber, and television presenter who works in Malayalam films. She is known for co-hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show ''D 4 Dance''. In 2018, ...

as She (Lover girl) *

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as Billy * Steev Thekkanath as Gabbar * Thomas Berly as Don *

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as Tarkov * Parvathi Menon as Lady Tarkov *

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as Smitha *

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as Mario Benzo/Boss * Bineesh Kodiyeri as Vincent *

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as Chaplie *

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as Podiyadi Soman *

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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

. The climax was shot using four Red Dragon 6K cameras.

Home media

Surya TV bought the satellite rights.

Reception

Box office

T It found at the last position among the five

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release films at the box office. The film grossed an amount of in 15 days of release against a budget of .

Critical response

Asha Prakash of ''

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'' rated 2.5/5 stars and said "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'' rated 1.5/5 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'' rated 1.5/5 stars stating that "'Double Barrel' not only is the content insane, so is the presentation", and said that the film fails to engage.

Soundtrack

, 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