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For the form of Cricket, see Twenty20.

Twenty:20
File:Twenty20poster.jpg
Official theatrical poster
Directed byJoshi
Written byUdayakrishna
Siby K. Thomas
Produced byDileep
StarringMammootty
Mohanlal
Suresh Gopi
Jayaram
Dileep
CinematographyP. Sukumar
Edited byRanjan Abraham
Music bySuresh Peters
Berny Ignatius
Production
companies
Distributed byManjunatha Release
Release date
  • 5 November 2008 (2008-11-05)
Running time
165 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹7 crore (US$840,000)
Box office₹32.6 crore (US$3.9 million)[1][2]

Twenty:20 is a 2008 Malayalam action thriller film written by Udayakrishna and Siby K. Thomas, produced by Dileep, and directed by Joshi. The film features an ensemble cast; which Sify called the "mother of all multi-starrers".[3] The actors worked without pay in order to raise funds for the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) in order to financially help the struggling actors in the industry.[4] The film's music is composed by Berny-Ignatius and Suresh Peters.

The first two-week distributors share of the film stood at ₹5.72 crore (US$690,000).[5] The film managed to secure third position (with 7 prints, 4 in Chennai) in Tamil Nadu's box office in its opening week.[6] 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.[5] The film collected ₹32.6 crore (US$3.9 million) in its total run. It was the highest grossing film in the history Malayalam cinema for a period of five years until the movie Drishyam crossed the record set by Twenty:20 in 2014.[2]

Plot

Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Viswanathan Menon (Madhu) and his wife (Kaviyoor Ponnamma) comes home to celebrate Vishu with his children ( Siddique, Vijayaraghavan and Sindhu Menon) and grandchildren, and hoping to spend the remainder of his life in peace and tranquility. The big joint family is all set to celebrate the weekend, assembling from many places, but the family's weekend plans gets pale when Menon's grandson Arun Kumar (Indrajith Sukumaran), a med student in Bangalore is accused of murdering a fellow student. Meanwhile Superintendent of Police Antony Punnekkadan IPS (Suresh Gopi), who has his own axe to grind against Menon’s children, takes Arun into custody. Arun, has gone into hiding, but soon Antony sieze him from the hideout. The Menon family appoint ace criminal lawyer Ramesh Nambiar (Mammootty), who bails him out. A doctor and professor of Medicine Vinod Bhaskar (Jayaram) wanted to testify against Arun but is kidnapped by Karinkal Pappachan (Kalabhavan Mani) a thug hired by Menon's childred. Soon Arun is murdered and Punnekkadan arrests Devan (Mohanlal), a poor trader who happened to be there on the spot. Devan’s sister (Kavya Madhavan) and his mother (Sukumari) tells Ramesh that Devan is innocent and he is being framed up by Punnekkadan and he should take up the case. Ramesh proves Devan’s innocence in the court and he is left free. Minutes later, even before leaving the court premises, Ramesh comes face to face with a totally different Devan, who introduces himself as Devaraja Prathapa Varma. Devaraja and his assistants played a drama and tricked Ramesh into believing that Devaraja is innocent. 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, even he gives payment infront of Ramesh to the artists who played as his mother and sister. Ramesh comes to know that he was fooled and Devan was really Devaraja Prathapa Varma a don and a rich businessman who wants vigilante justice, so that he can avenge the brutal murderers of his brother Karthik Varma (Dileep) killed by Arun and his cousins Mahindran (Manoj K. Jayan) and Ganeshan (Shammi Thilakan). This triggers a feud between Devaraja and Ramesh. When Devaraja tries to kill the remaining two relatives who were involved in the crime, Ramesh makes a trap but Devaraja escapes but is eventually arrested by Antony. After that Ramesh comes to know about what really happened in the Bangalore Medical College through Vinod Bhaskher (Jayaram), his sister Aswathy Nambiar's (Bhavana) teacher and Karthik and Devaraja Prathapa Varma's friend. When Arun murders a girl at Bangalore Medical College, Aswathy witnessed the murder. Arun, along with his two relatives Mahindran and Ganeshan, injects Morphine in Ashwathy's body and Arun rapes her. Karthik Varma Aswathy's lover attempts to save her but he is killed and she falls into a coma. Ramesh regrets when he comes to know Devaraja was actually trying to kill the criminals who spoiled his sister. He remembers when Devaraja warned him that he will be regretted once when he know the truth knowing who Ramesh really is. Meanwhile, Devaraja escapes from police custody with the help of a police officer (Sreenivasan) and he kills Ganesh and Mahindran. Finally, Arun's father Madhavan (Siddique) is killed by Antony. The case was closed when Antony let them walk away free knowing they will escape from court even if he custody them.

Cast

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 40 million. 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.[7] The filming was primarily held in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram. A song sequence in the film was shot in Mauritius.[8] The shooting of the film started on 7 December 2007 and finished in October 2008.

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.[9] However, no ban was pronounced and Meera Jasmine was replaced with Bhavana.

The High Court of Kerala issued a stay preventing the government's planned action of allowing a 50% premium to be charged for tickets in a case where the plaintiff argued that the state only had the right to offer tax breaks on the making of films.[10]

Reception

Twenty:20 was released in 117 centres on 5 November 2008.

Sify.com gave its verdict as "rocking" and called the film "stylish, racy and never a dull moment super entertainer."[11] 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, calling it "surprisingly good" and gave credit to the director Joshi for "designing a miracle".[12]

The first week distributors share of the film stood at Rs. 30.3 million, making it the second highest grossing Malayalam film in the opening week.[5] 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.[5]

The film collected ₹32.6 crore (US$3.9 million) in its total run. It was the highest grossing film in the history Malayalam cinema for a period of five years until the movie Drishyam crossed the record set by Twenty:20 in 2014.[2]

Music

Untitled

Music release

The audio launch of the film was held in a function at Hotel Travancore Court, Eranakulam.[13] 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,[14] one by composer Berny-Ignatius ("Sa re ga ma pa") and others by Suresh Peters.

Track listing

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 Radhakrishnan Suresh Peters Picturised on Dileep, Bhavana
"He Dil Deewana" George Peter, Suresh Peters, Sunitha Sarathy Suresh Peters Picturised on Nayantara, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jayasurya, Kunchacko Boban, Manikkuttan and Indrajith Sukumaran.
"Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa" Dr. K. J. Yesudas, Madhu Balakrishnan, Afsal, Franco, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Jassie Gift, K. S. Chithra, Sujatha Mohan, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan, Rimi Tomy, Anitha Berny-Ignatius Title song.[15] (Tribute to yesteryear actors)

Home video

Moser Baer home entertainment released the VCD, DVD and SuperDVD of the movie in India.[16]

Broadcast Rights

Surya TV owns the broadcast rights for Twenty20.

Accolades

Asianet Film Awards

Anual malayalam movie awards (Dubai)

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

Vanitha Film Awards

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

References

  1. ^ "Non-linear narratives are making the box office ring louder". Economic Times. 21 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "കളക്ഷന്‍ റെക്കോഡില്‍ ചരിത്രം കുറിച്ച് ദൃശ്യം". Mathrubhumi. 19 January 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  3. ^ Sify Movies (3 December 2008), Mother of all multistarrers!, retrieved 25 December 2008
  4. ^ The Hindu (June 2006), AMMA office-bearers assume charge, Chennai, India, retrieved 25 December 2008{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ a b c d Sify Movies (21 November 2008), T:20 International opening, retrieved 25 December 2008
  6. ^ IndiaGlitz (9 December 2008), ‘Twenty: 20’ makes it to Top 5, retrieved 29 December 2008
  7. ^ AMMA (November 2007), First step taken for ‘AMMA’s Film, retrieved 25 December 2008
  8. ^ Sify Movies (September 2008), Dileep and Bhavana in Mauritius!, retrieved 25 December 2008
  9. ^ AOL India (8 May 2008), Meera Jasmine in Twenty:20?, retrieved 25 December 2008
  10. ^ "Court directive to government". The Hindu. 6 November 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  11. ^ Sify Movies, Twenty20 review, retrieved 25 December 2008
  12. ^ Rediff (November 2008), Twenty20 review, retrieved 25 December 2008
  13. ^ Hindu Cinema Portal (October 2008), Twenty20 to brighten this diwali, retrieved 25 December 2008
  14. ^ Sify Movie (21 October 2008), Twenty:20 audio launched, retrieved 25 December 2008
  15. ^ Manorama Online (October 2008), Twenty:20 Tracklist, retrieved 30 December 2008
  16. ^ "TWENTY TWENTY | Buy Hindi Movies Online | Buy Hindi Movies VCD, DVD Online | Online Store for Hindi Movies". Moserbaerhomevideo.com. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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