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Twenty:20
File:Twenty20poster.jpg
Official theatrical poster
Directed byJoshi
Written byUdayakrishna
Siby K. Thomas
Produced byDileep
Starring
Mohanlal
Mammooty
Suresh Gopi
Jayaram
Dileep
Bhavana
CinematographyP. Sukumar
Edited byRanjan Abraham
Music bySuresh Peters
Berny Ignatius
Production
companies
AmmA
Grand Productions
Distributed byManjunatha Release
Release date
5 November 2008
Running time
165 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film India
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹6 crore (US$700,000)
Box office₹32.36 crore (US$3.8 million)[1]

Twenty:20 is a 2008 Malayalam action thriller film directed by Joshi, written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, and produced by Dileep. The film features an ensemble cast; it was known for starring all the major actors in the Malayalam film industry, and was referred to mother of all multistarrers.[2][3][4] The actors worked without pay in order to raise funds for the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA).[5] The film's music is composed by Berny-Ignatius and Suresh Peters. The film broke several box office records during its release and went on to become the highest-grossing film of Malayalam Cinema.

Upon its release on 5 November 2008, the film was greeted with positive reviews from critics and record-breaking collections from the box office. The first two week distributors share of the film stood at Rs. 5.72 crore.[6] The film managed to secure third position (with 7 prints, 4 in Chennai) in Tamil Nadu's box office in its opening week, a rare feat for a Malayalam film.[7] The total number of opening prints releasing inside Kerala was 117; outside Kerala, approximately 25 prints were released on 21 November 2008, including 4 prints in the USA and 11 prints in the UAE.[6]

Plot

This movie's plot revolves around a rich businessman Devaraja Prathapa Varma (Mohanlal), a successful Advocate Ramesh Nambiar (Mammootty), and Antony Punnekkadan IPS (Suresh Gopi), a tough and suave police officer. When Arun Kumar (Indrajith Sukumaran) murders a girl at Bangalore Medical College, Ramesh's sister Aswathy Nambiar (Bhavana) witnesses the murder. Arun, along with his two relatives Mahindran and Ganeshan (Manoj K. Jayan and Shammi Thilakan, respectively), injects morphine in Ashwathy's body and Arun rapes her. Karthik (Dileep), Aswathy's lover and Devaraja's brother, attempts to save Ashwathy but he gets killed and she falls into a coma. Antony is in charge of the case and he arrests Arun. However, Arun is saved from the case by advocate Ramesh Nambiar, who is unaware that Arun is behind his sister's ill fate. This incident enrages Devaraja, and he himself seeks revenge on his brother's killers and kills Arun. But Antony witnesses this and arrests Devaraja. Devaraja and his assistants play a drama and trick Ramesh into believing that Devaraja is innocent. Ramesh, with his excellence in the court, saves Devaraja from the case. Afterward, Devaraja reveals to Ramesh that he is the real killer and that he had played a trick on Ramesh as vengeance for saving Arun. This triggers a feud between Devaraja and Ramesh. When Devaraja tries to kill the remaining two relatives who were involved in the crime, Ramesh traps him and he is eventually arrested by Antony. After that Ramesh comes to know about what really happened to his sister through Vinod Bhaskher (Jayaram), her teacher. Devaraja escapes from police custody and, in the climax, he kills Ganesh and joins with Ramesh to kill Mahindran. Finally, Arun's father Madhavan (Siddique) is killed by Antony.

Cast

Actor Role Actor Role
Mohanlal Deva Raja Pratapa Varma Mammootty Advocate Ramesh Nampiar
Suresh Gopi Antony Punnekkadan I.P.S Jayaram Dr.Vinod Bhaskar
Dileep Karthik Varma Indrajith Arun Kumar
Manikkuttan Arun's Friend Sreenivasan Constable Kunjappan
Madhu Rtd Justice Vishwanatha Menon Mukesh CI Jayachandran
Manoj K. Jayan Mahindran Kalabhavan Mani Pappachan
Vijayakumar Lawyer Suraj Venjaramood Gumasthan Ramu
Babu Antony Vikram Bhai Jagathy Sreekumar Sankarettan
Anil Murali assistant of Devaraja Madhu Warrier Assistant of Devaraja
Edavela Babu Josuttan Baiju Assistant of Devaraja
Lal Adv.Radhakrishnan Janardanan Ramakrishnapilla
Innocent Kuttikrishnan Lalu Alex D I G Krishnadas
Biju Kuttan Ottu Murali Harisree Ashokan Poottu Varkey
Salim Kumar SP Indhuchoodan Cochin Haneefa Peruchazhi Vasu
Maniyanpilla Raju SI Gopi Indrans Govindan
Jagadish Police Constable Nakulan Siddique Madhavan
Saikumar Minister Mathai T.P. Madhavan Francis
Biju Menon ASP Jacob Eerali Mamukkoya Khadar
Baburaj Stephen Shammi Thilakan Ganesh
Vijayaraghavan Balan Madhupal Shekharankutty
Mala Aravindan Kurup Ajay Kumar A worker in the tea shop
Babu Namboothiri Justice Kaimal Kavya Madhavan Ancy
Bhavana Ashwathy Gopika Devi
Sindhu Menon Padmini Karthika Alice
Radhika Radhika Jyothirmayi Jyothi
Kalpana Para Mary Usha Latha
Kaviyoor Ponnamma Bharathi Amma Sukumari Leelamma
Prithviraj Special appearance in a song Jayasurya Special appearance in a song
Kunchacko Boban Special appearance in a song Nayantara Special appearance in a song

Production

Twenty:20 was made as a fundraiser for the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA). The script was written by Uday Krishna and Sibi K Thomas. As a producer, Dileep was the main investor in the project and he bought the rights of the film for 4 crore. He officially handed over the money to AMMA a year before. The film shooting officially started at a ceremony held in Hotel White Fort, Kochi, with Dileep handing over the advance to Joshi.[8] The filming was primarily held in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. A song sequence in the film was shot in Mauritius.[9] The shooting of the film started on 7 December 2007 and finished in October 2008.

Controversies

Since the announcement of the film, there were several controversies surrounding Twenty 20:

Twenty 20 was the biggest production Malayalam film industry has ever seen in terms of size of cast and number of schedules. Originally, the shooting of the film was planned to be completed in one schedule between 7 December 2007 to 27 January 2008.[10] Reports surfaced in July 2008 which suggested that star egos were delaying production of the film and that the AMMA might have to call a meeting to sort out the issues.[11] The reliability of the reports notwithstanding, the film was completed in 20 schedules.

Meera Jasmine, who was slated to act in the film opposite Dileep, dropped out citing shortage of dates. There were reports that the AMMA was planning a ban on her regarding the issue.[12] However, no ban was pronounced and Meera Jasmine was replaced with Bhavana. This made Meera Jasmine a major artist in the industry without a role in the film.

The film was initially supposed to be released in 70 A-Class centres across Kerala. The owners of B and C Class theatres demanded the film be released in their theatres also. Finally it was decided to release the film in 117 centres including selected B and C Class theatres.

The film was shown with 50% hiked ticket prices on the opening day, and the distributors were planning to continue with the hiked rate for two more days. The producers also managed to get a government order sanctioning this. However, the plan had to be scrapped after a stay by the High Court of Kerala in response to a case filed on the matter.[13]

Music

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Music release

The audio launch of the film was held in a function at Hotel Travancore Court, Eranakulam.[14] AMMA president and actor Innocent released the audio CD by handing it over to actress Manju Warrier, who is the wife of actor Dileep, the producer of the film. The music rights of the film were reportedly purchased for a record price by Manorama music. The music CD pack carries a bonus VCD of the video film The Making of Twenty:20. There are three songs in the album,[15] one by composer Berny-Ignatius ("Sa re ga ma pa") and others by Suresh Peters.

Track list

There are three tracks in the album: three vocals and the karaoke versions of them. The lyrics of the songs were penned by Gireesh Puthenchery.

Song Singer(s) Composer Notes
"Oh Priya" Shankar Mahadevan, Jyotsna Suresh Peters Picturised on Dileep, Bhavana
"He Dil Deewana" George Peter, Suresh Peters, Sunitha Sarathy Suresh Peters Picturised on Nayantara, Jayasurya, Prithviraj, Kunchacko Boban and Indrajith.
"Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa" Dr. K. J. Yesudas, Madhu Balakrishnan, Afsal, Franco, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Jassie Gift, K. S. Chithra, Sujatha, Jyotsna, Rimi Tomy, Anitha Berny-Ignatius Title song[16]

Reception

Twenty:20 was released in 117 centres on 5 November 2008. The film was received with overwhelmingly positive reviews by critics and with record collections at the box office. It was graded as an 'All-Time Blockbuster', grossing $7 million at the box office.[17] Sify.com gave its verdict as "rocking" and called the film "stylish, racy and never a dull moment super entertainer."[18] The reviewer went on to write that the film "is a winner all the way" and that "it is a blockbuster in the making and is refreshingly fresh, innovative entertaining and highly recommended". Rediff.com rated the film 3/5.[19] The reviewer called film "surprisingly good" and gave credit to the director Joshi for "designing a miracle". However, the reviewer also complained that "it was disappointing to see that youngsters like Jayasurya and Prithviraj reduced to group dancers in Nayanthara's item number." The Malayalam Webdunia review called the film a "100% entertainer" and lauded director Joshi and screenwriters Sibi K. Thomas and Uday Krishnan for giving equal importance to superstars Mammootty and Mohanlal.[20] The Movieraga.com (Indulekha.com subsidiary) review was also generally favourable. The reviewer called the film "an entertainer", and was happy that "there is a story". He also praised the makers for maintaining the balance among the major cast. He found the character of S. P. Antony Punnakkadan, played by Suresh Gopi, to be the most developed and best acted one. In the negative side, he complained that the film was just an entertainer and nothing more. He was also of the opinion that though the comedy track was funny, most of them were mere rehashes of old ideas. He complained that logic was missing from the story, and was particularly displeased with the music and the lyrics of the songs.[21]

The film was well received at the box office.[22] The film broke the collection record for first day with a gross of Rs. 2.48 crores and grossed over 6.5 crores in its first week alone.[23] The film was shown with 50% hiked ticket prices on the releasing day, and was planning to continue the hiked rate for three days. The producers also managed to get a government order regarding this. However, the plan had to be scrapped after a stay by the High Court of Kerala.[13] + The film was well received at the box office.[24] The film broke the collection record for first day with a gross of Rs. 1.48 crores and grossed over 4.5 crores in its first week alone.[25] The film was shown with 50% hiked ticket prices on the releasing day, and was planning to continue the hiked rate for three days. The producers also managed to get a government order regarding this. However, the plan had to be scrapped after a stay by the High Court of Kerala.[13] − The first week distributors share of the film stood at Rs. 3.03 crores, making it the second highest grossing Malayalam film in the opening week.[6] Twenty:20 opened at the external market on 21 November 2008 with approximately 25 prints, including 4 prints in the USA, 11 prints in the UAE, and 7 prints in Tamil Nadu.[6]. The film at the end of its total theatrical run grossed ₹ 32.36 crores in total, thus becoming the highest grossing movie in the history of Malayalam Cinema.

Home video

Moser Baer home entertainment released the VCD, DVD and superDVD of the movie in India.[26]

Awards

Asianet Film Awards

Annual Malayalam movie awards (Dubai)

  • Best Film - Twenty:20
  • Best Actor - Mohanlal

Vanitha Film Awards

  • Best Film - Twenty:20
  • Best Actor - Mohanlal

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