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Bangalore Days
Film poster
Directed byAnjali Menon
Written byAnjali Menon
Produced byAnwar Rasheed
Sophia Paul
StarringDulquer Salmaan
Nivin Pauly
Nazriya Nazim
Fahadh Faasil
Isha Talwar
Parvathy
Nithya Menen
CinematographySameer Thahir
Edited byPraveen Prabhakar
Music byGopi Sunder
Production
companies
Anwar Rasheed Entertainment
Weekend Blockbusters
Distributed byA & A Release Through August Cinema India Pvt Ltd
Star Movie (US)
Tricolor Entertainment (Australia, NZ, Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan)
Indian Movies (UK)
MAS film and Entertainment ltd
Release date
  • May 30, 2014 (2014-05-30)
(Kerala)
Running time
172 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million)[1]

Bangalore Days is a 2014 Indian Malayalam romantic drama film written and directed by Anjali Menon, and produced by Anwar Rasheed and Sophia Paul under the banner Anwar Rasheed Entertainment and Weekend Blockbusters.[2] The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim, Fahadh Faasil, Isha Talwar, Parvathy and Nithya Menen.[2][3]

The story is about three cousins from Kerala who move to Bangalore,[4] continuing Menon's trend of filming movies about family relationships.[5] The film received positive reviews from critics[6][7] collecting ₹10 crore (US$1.2 million) in its first week.[8] Bangalore Days is the first Malayalam film to be released in more than 200 screens across India with English subtitles.[7][9] The remake rights of the film, for all Indian languages, was jointly acquired by Dil Raju and PVP Cinemas.[10][11]

Plot

The film's story revolves around three cousins Arjun (Dulquer), Krishnan.P.P, also known as Kuttan (Nivin Pauly) and Divya (Nazriya Nazim), who share a close bond since their childhood. Kuttan is a software engineer whose heart and soul is back home in his village, while Arjun is a bike mechanic whose parents are divorced and lives his life on his own terms. Divya had completed her graduation and aspired to do her MBA from IIM but is compelled to get married to workaholic corporate executive Das (Fahadh Faasil) because of her parents' astrologer's suggestions. Divya moves to Bangalore as her husband is settled there, Kuttan does the same for his job and Arjun joins a biker gang as a mechanic in the same city.

Divya feels emotionally alone as her husband Das continues to ignore her. Her only solace is the time she gets to spend with her cousins Aju and Kuttan.

Naive Kuttan, who wanted a traditional, modest, saree-clad girl for a wife,falls in love with an air hostess called Meenakshi (Isha Talwar) on the Bangalore to Kochi flight. They date and Kuttan changes from a reserved and shy person to a trendy youth to impress her. But his dreams are shattered when her ex-boyfriend arrives at her flat and he realizes that she was only trying to get back to him. He breaks off his relationship with her.

Arjun was a rookie racer but due to a foul incident, he is forced to serve a one year ban from racing. He falls for a radio jockey named Sarah but when he finally meets her in person, he finds that she is a paraplegic. He starts to have feelings for her but is saddened when he learns that Sarah is to leave for Australia on a University scholarship.

Arjun learns that Das was an ex bike racer named Shiva and the leader of his biker gang a few years ago. Shiva had given up on racing after he was involved in an accident that killed his love Natasha. Divya decides to return to Bangalore when she hears about Das' past, and takes up her MBA. She gradually wins Das over and arranges for him to meet Natasha's parents. After the meeting, Das is able to let go off his past. He starts to display affection for Divya and they get their marital life on track.

Arjun gets a chance to race on the same day that Sarah has to leave for Australia. Divya, Das and Kuttan cheer for him and he wins the race. After the race, Arjun realizes that Sarah is the most important part of his life and asks her not to go. Sarah forgoes her Australia scholarship to stay with him in Bangalore.

In the epilogue, Kuttan gets married to a foreigner named Michelle who has embraced the culture of Kerala. The film ends with Arjun, Sarah, Divya and Das breaking into their room and all of them posing for a photo.

Cast

Production

Filming of Bangalore Days started in December 2013.[12] The film was produced by Anwar Rasheed and Sophia Paul. Gopi Sunder composed (Copied) the music of the film, while cinematography was handled by Sameer Thahir.[13] The movie was shot in Kochi, Bangalore, Pondicherry, Chennai and Hyderabad, at a budget of ₹8.5 crore (US$1.0 million).[1] The first look trailer of the film was released online on 7 May 2014, followed by a subtitled version on 12 May.[4]

Release

The film was originally scheduled to release on May 9, 2014, but was rescheduled due to delays in production.[14] The film released on May 30, 2014 in 205 theaters, making it one of the biggest release for a Malayalam film, simultaneously all over India.[15] The film released in UAE on July 3, 2014.[6]

The film was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and VCD on August 29, 2014.

Reception

Critical reception

Bangalore Days received positive reviews from critics, with praise towards the direction, performances, music and cinematography.[6]

Veeyen of NowRunning stated that "Bangalore Days is a buoyant examination of love, the basest of all human emotions and the bonds and bondages that it leaves in its wake. Pungently played out in the metro city of Bangalore, it's a stunning reminder of a spectacular marvel that unravels before us every day - a marvel called life." [16] The reviewer of Sify gave the verdict as "Good" and said, "Bangalore Days is a young, vibrant film that is colourful and peppy."[17] Krishnanunni U. of Oneindia.in rated the film 4 in a scale of 5 and described it as a "perfect youth entertainer."[18] Aswin J Kumar of The Times of India wrote, "Bangalore Days might not be charming as a whole, still Anjali shows intent in knitting together family bonds in purely comic vein, throwing up characters like a wife and husband who just drift apart from each other out of love for independent life. This is a film that talks cheerfully about love and hope," and rated the film 3.5 in a scale of 5.[19] Paresh C Palicha of Rediff wrote, "The first feature film Anjali Menon directed was Manjadikuru where children get a perplexed view of the adult world. Bangalore Days can be seen as an extension of that, where those children are grown up but still want to hold on to their childhood." He gave the film 3 out of 5 stars.[20]

Music

The soundtrack features 5 songs composed by Gopi Sunder.

Track list

Untitled
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Maangalyam"Santhosh VarmaVijay Yesudas, Sachin Warrier, Divya S. Menon3:50
2."Nam Ooru Bengaluru"Santhosh VarmaGopi Sunder3:01
3."Ethu Kari Raavilum"Rafeeq AhammedHaricharan5:29
4."Thumbi Penne"Santhosh VarmaSiddharth Menon5:06
5."Ente Kannil Ninakkai"Gopi Sunder, Anna Katharina Valayil, Rafeeq Ahammed, Santhosh VarmaNazriya Nazim, Gopi Sunder5:19

References

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  2. ^ a b Radhika C Pillai (24 January 2014). "Anjali Menon's movie is Bangalore days". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  3. ^ Prathibha Joy. "Anjali Menon's next based in Bangalore". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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  5. ^ Thiruvananthapuram (May 29, 2014). "Heart of the matter". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b c "'Bangalore Days' Releasing in UAE on 3 July". International Business Times. June 26, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) Cite error: The named reference "Reviews" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b "Bangalore Days with English subtitles from Friday". The Times of India. 5 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "Bangalore Days, the highest grosser of the year; beats Drishyam". The Times of India. 9 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ "'Bangalore Days' Box Office: Will Anjali Menon Directorial Beat 'Drishyam' Collections?". International Business Times. June 10, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Bangalore Days to be remade in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi". The Times of India. June 30, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ "PVP, Dil Raju to Remake 'Bangalore Days' with Arya, Samantha and Bharath in Lead". International Business Times. July 2, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. ^ Deepa Soman. "Anjali Menon to direct next !". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  13. ^ Gayathry. "Fahad, Dulquar, Nivin, Nazriya, Isha's Movie Titled Bangalore Days". OneIndia. Retrieved 11 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "Release reshuffle in May!". Sify. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "Bangalore Days Strikes Gold At Box Office". OneIndia. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ Veeyen (30 May 2014). "Bangalore Days Review". Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  17. ^ "Bangalore Days review: A joyous trip you musn’t miss!". Sify. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  18. ^ Krishnanunni U (30 May 2014). "Bangalore Days - Movie Review". Oneindia.in. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  19. ^ Aswin J Kumar (1 June 2014). "Bangalore Days-Review". The Times of India.
  20. ^ "Review: Bangalore Days is a highly recommended watch". Rediff. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
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