2015 Film Double Barrel

It was jointly produced by August Cinema and Amen Movie Monastery. The film stars an ensemble cast including Prithviraj Sukumaran, Indrajith Sukumaran, Arya, Chemban Vinod Jose, Sunny Wayne, Swathi Reddy, Isha Sharvani, Vijay Babu, Poornima Indrajith, Anil Radhakrishnan Menon, Thomas Berly, Sherrin Varghese, Parvathi Menon, Sabumon Abdusamad, Rachana Narayanankutty, Anil Murali, Asif Ali and Pearle Maaney. Prashant Pillai composed the music, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Abinandhan Ramanujam and Manoj-Sathyaraj Natarajan.

Double Barrel
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lijo Jose Pellissery
Written by	Lijo Jose Pellissery
Produced by	Prithviraj Sukumaran Santhosh Sivan Arya Shaji Nadesan Lijo Jose Pellissery
Starring	Prithviraj Sukumaran Indrajith Sukumaran Arya Chemban Vinod Jose Sunny Wayne Swathi Reddy Isha Sharvani Parvathi Menon
Cinematography	Abinandhan Ramanujam
Edited by	Manoj Sathyaraj Natarajan
Music by	Prashant Pillai
Production companies	August Cinema Amen Movie Monastery
Release date	28 August 2015 (2015-08-28)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹16 crore (US$2.0 million)

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 cult following.

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 Goa, 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 black money 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.

Double Barrel was announced on 2014, as a gangster comedy movie in the backdrop of Goa, 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 ₹16 crore (US$2.0 million).

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 The Times of India 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 Sify 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.

Prashant Pillai, who had composed for all of Lijo Jose Pelliserry's earlier films, composed the songs and background score of the film.