D Company (2013 film)
D Company | |
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Ratheesh Vegha | |
Production companies | Seven Arts International D Cutz Film Company |
Distributed by | Seven Arts International Release |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
D Company is a 2013 Indian
The film was earlier supposed to have five featurettes of directors Diphan, M Padmakumar, Vinod Vijayan, Shaji Kailas and Joshiy but was split into two films with the first part having the former three directors' ventures.[1] The second part however did not materialise. D Company released on the festival of Onam 2013. The anthology mainly received positive reviews, but unfortunately, it was a box office flop.[2]
Plots
Oru Bolivian Diary 1995
Oru Bolivian Diary 1995, set in a tribal habitat deep down the jungle, is about a North Indian Maoist leader Chaukidar (
Gangs of Vadakkumnathan
Gangs of Vadakkumnathan is a gangster film tells about black money and gang wars of Thrissur town. A murder of an industrilalist named Ajay Mallya (character based on Vijay Mallya) happens in Bangalore and 7.50 billion are lost. Corrupted police officer Akbar (Anoop Menon) arrives at Thrissur, at the behest of the Mallya's son Sudheer Mallya (character based on Siddharth Mallya) for investigating the murder case, with a promise of a share in the recovered money. Akbar's team suspect the deadly Gangs of Vadakkumnathan and a jeweller to be involved. Akbar finds the money and eliminates the gangs and the jeweller tactfully, and returns with only part of the money, the rest of which his team keeps. Finally, it is secretly revealed that Akbar was the one who murdered Mallya and planned the entire setup, which is only now known by Akbar and his one accomplice.[3]
The Day of Judgement
The Day of Judgement is about the agony suffered by a doctor – Sunil Mathew (Fahadh Faasil) after his wife's death.
Dr.Sunil's mentally unstable wife Jeena (
Cast
- Oru Bolivian Diary 1995
- Asif Ali as Chinnan
- Samuthirakani as Chaukidaar
- Ananya as Indumathi
- Aadukalam Naren as Nripan Chakraborthy
- Gayathri as Indumathi's mother
- Gangs of Vadakkumnathan
- Jayasurya as Varaal Jaison
- Anoop Menon as Akbar
- Unni Mukundan as Sharath
- Joju George as Abhilash Pillai
- Rajeev Pillai as Sudheer Mallya (character based on Siddharth Mallya)
- Irshadas Narendran
- Parvathyas Lora
- Deepak Parambol as Kuppi Simon
- Arun as Media Person
- The Day of Judgement
- Fahadh Faasil as Dr. Sunil Mathew
- Bhamaas Jeena
- Tanushree Ghosh as Sarena Mohammed
- Jinu Joseph as Vishnu
- Pooja as Teena
Special appearances
- Donal Bisht as herself
- Shanvi Srivastava as herself
Production
Pre-production
D Company is touted as Indian cinema's first action anthology.[4] Scenarists Ranjith and A. K. Sajan were also approached for writing two of the films but they rejected.[5] Anoop Menon, who scripted Gangs of Vadakkumnathan, was also initially reluctant to do the project. In an interview, he said, "I have been approached to write a part of D Company. But, right now, my hands are full and I haven't got time to sit and think about it."[5] Parvathy Nair was chosen to play the wife of the character played by Jayasurya. She had earlier been in news for rejecting an important role in the Jayasurya-starrer film Beautiful.[6]
Shaji Kailas's featurette Godse is based on the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The director says, "The movie is about the conflict of emotions and explores the turmoil that Godse goes through the night before he kills Mahatma Gandhi. It's basically the fight between the good and the evil. There is an intense struggle that Godse goes through before committing the crime. Finally, he does it, justifying it as God's wish." The film has only a few characters and will be made as a soliloquy of Nathuram Godse, as he weighs the pros and cons of his deed. The film is inspired by the controversial book Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. According to the director, the film evolved from the final pages of the book, which describes what Godse went through before assassinating Gandhi. Godse will start filming as soon as Kailas finishes his project Madirasi.[7][8]
Veteran director
Initially, each segments were planned to be named after colours such as Red, Blue, Green etc. but however this idea was later dropped.[5]
The stunt sequences are done by Mafia Sasi,
Filming
Oru Bolivian Diary 1995, the first short in the series, started its filming in May 2012 in
Gangs of Vadakkumnathan is the second film in the series. The segment began filming on 20 August 2012 and was shot from Thrissur, Bangalore and Mangalore.[15]
The third segment was titled Diya. Fahadh Faasil plays a doctor in the film. The shoot for Diya will start on 20 May.
References
- ^ "D Company to hit the screens sans superstars". The Times of India. 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ "Five Directors 4 Legends One movie Onam is Going Action". Movienoon.com. 12 September 2013. Archived from the original on 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ^ K, Pradeep (13 September 2012). "Shot Cuts: Man of the hour". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ a b Sudhish, Navamy (26 June 2012). "Mollywood ready for action anthology". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ a b c d Zachariah, Ammu. "D Company in Mollywood". The Times of India.
- ^ Nair, Parvathy S (14 September 2012). "Parvathy makes up for earlier loss". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ Zachariah, Ammu (22 July 2012). "Prithviraj to play Godse". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ Sidhardhan, Sanjith (15 July 2012). "Prithviraj in Shaji Kailas' 'Godse'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 November 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ Zachariah, Ammu (9 June 2012). "D Company garners attention for its huge starcast". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ "അഞ്ച് ആക്ഷൻ സംവിധായകർ ഒറ്റച്ചിത്രത്തിൽ". Vellinakshatram (in Malayalam).
- ^ Sreekumar, Priya (22 June 2012). "D Company's second segment". Deccan Chronicle. Kochi. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- IBN Live. 6 June 2012. Archived from the originalon 10 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ Rakesh, P. S. (29 June 2012). "വരുന്നൂ, ഡി കമ്പനി". Mathrubhumi (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 28 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ Natesh, Madhu (25 June 2012). "ബൊളീവിയൻ ഡയറി". Malayala Manorama (in Malayalam). Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ Sreekumar, Priya (13 June 2012). "D Company, an anthology of five action flicks". Deccan Chronicle. Kochi. Retrieved 29 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Fahadh to play an action hero". The Times of India. 13 May 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
- ^ "Bhamaa, Fahadh team up". The Times of India. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 30 September 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Tanusree to play a cop in D Company". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
External links
- D Company at IMDb