Two Countries

Two Countries

Theatrical poster
Directed by Shafi
Produced by Rajaputra Ranjith
Screenplay by Rafi
Starring Dileep
Mamta Mohandas
Isha Talwar
Music by Gopi Sunder
Production
company
Rejaputhra Visual Media
Release dates
  • 25 December 2015 (2015-12-25)[1]
Running time
 161 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam
Box office ₹50 Crore[2]

Two Countries is a 2015 Indian Malayalam comedy film written by Rafi and directed by Shafi. The film stars Dileep and Mamta Mohandas in the lead roles, with Mukesh, Aju Varghese, Suraj Venjarammoodu and Jagadish appearing in supporting roles.[3] The film was released on 25 December 2015 to generally positive response.[4] The film has reached ₹50 crore club which is very rare in the Mollywood. Mohanlal's Drishyam, Nivin Pauly's Premam, and Prithviraj's Ennu Ninte Moideen are the other films which managed to enter the 50 crore club.[2]


Plot

The plot of the film revolves around Ullas (Dileep) a carefree procrastinator, who makes a living by deceiving people of his hometown. He is desirous to migrate to a foreign country. He marries a Indo-Canadian Malayali girl Laya (Mamta Mohandas), for the sole purpose to immigrate to Canada. Later only Ullas knows Laya is an alcoholic. Natural beauty of Canada is embossed within each frames with light situational humors of a couple in rift and abroad. If My Boss (2012) used deportation as central element, Two Countries focuses on immigration. The incidents faced by Ullas and Laya forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Originally, the film was entitled Canadian Tharavu, but this was later changed to "Two Countries" in August 2015.[5] Principal photography started in July 2015 in Canada.,[6] The CanEast Films (Biju George, www.caneastfilms.com) managed the production in Canada. About 80 percent of the film was shot in Ottawa at locations like ByWard Market, Rideau Canal, Almonte, Manotick, Brockville and Niagara Falls. Filming in Canada was completed on August 6, 2015.[7] A large part of the film was shot in Ottawa, Montreal and a song sequence was filmed at Niagara Falls, becoming the second Malayalam film that shot Niagara, after I. V. Sasi directed Ezham Kadalinakkare in 1979. Filming took place over the course of a month. The second schedule for filming held in Kochi, Kerala.[8] The filming was finished in November 2015.[9]

Release and reception

The film was released on the Christmas Day holiday. Reviews mostly vote it as entertaining and as an extension of Dileep's previous crowd pulling roles both in comedy and character.[4] The Times of India rated 3.5 out of 5 stars and stated "Packaged with umpteen laugh-out-loud moments, Two Countries is definitely what one would expect from a Dileep movie. The screenplay by Rafi is clean, situational humour with clever quips and the actors hit the ball out of the park with their comic timing".[10]

Box office

The film received a good opening at the box office, grossing ₹10 crore (US$1.5 million) from theaters within five days.[11] It grossed ₹17.8 crore (US$2.6 million) in twenty days from the Kerala box office.[12] After 40 days, the film had collected more than ₹30 crore (US$4.4 million) from Kerala alone and the worldwide gross would come in much higher after adding the earnings from the rest of India and overseas markets. By this time, film already achieved the status of being one of the highest grossing film in Malayalam.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Two Countries (Two Countries Malayalam Movie). FilmiBeat (2015-12-25). Retrieved on 2016-01-01.
  2. 1 2 James, Anu (9 February 2016). "Worldwide box office collection: Dileep-Mamta Mohandas' Two countries enters Rs 50 crore club". International Business Times. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Two Countries (2015) (Malayalam)". Nowrunning.com.
  4. 1 2 Two Countries review roundup: Comedy entertainer for Dileep and Mamta Mohandas fans. Ibtimes.co.in (2015-12-28). Retrieved on 2016-01-01.
  5. ↑ "Dileep's Canadian Tharavu Retitled As Two Countries". Filmibeat. 6 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "'Two Countries' started rolling". nowrunning.com. 24 August 2015.
  7. ↑ Chris Lackner (24 July 2015). "Bollywood by the Rideau: Indian film gets an Ottawa treatment". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Sanjith Sidhardhan (12 September 2015). "How Dileep's team braved the Canadian summer". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "'Two Countries' shoot wrapped up". nowrunning.com. 19 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Sanjith Sidhardhan (28 December 2015). "Two Countries Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  11. ↑ അഞ്ചുദിവസം കൊണ്ട് 10 കോടി വാരി ടു കൺട്രീസ്. Manoramanews.com. Retrieved on 2016-01-01.
  12. ↑ Onmanaorama Staff (18 January 2016). "'Pavada' rules box office; 'Two Countries', 'Charlie' running successfully". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  13. ↑ Onmanorama Staff (2 February 2016). "Dileep's 'Two Countries' to enter Rs 50 crore club". Malayala Manorama. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

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