I am extremely happy to write this review because I am proud of Malayalam’s great wealth of actors. And when I heard about this film 20 20, I was wondering how wonderful it would be to see all my favourites on one screen. The thing which attracted me the most is the motive behind making this film- it is for a noble cause. To provide financial support for the old workers in film industry, because most of them are suffering nowadays. Association of Malayalam Movie Actors have done a great thing to save the lives of these talented gems.
Actually, I was unable to watch the movies for the first three weeks, because it is impossible to go near the ticket counter! Upon its release on 5 November, 2008, the film was greeted with positive reviews from critics and outstanding box-office collections.The first week distributors share of the film stood at Rs. 5.72 crore and total gross collection in the first week being10 crores. Twenty:20 is also the Malayalam film with widest opening inside and outside Kerala.
20 20 is an action-drama film directed by Joshi, written by Uday Krishnan-Sibi K. Thomas, and produced by Dileep. The film is known for starring all the major actors in the Malayalam film industry. Twenty:20 is probably the only project in the history of modern cinema in which all major actors in a movie industry has taken part. The actors worked without pay inorder to raise funds The plot of the movie is intersting, still confusing.Ramesh Nambiar (Mammooty) is playing as a very successful lawyer, Mohanlal (Devaraja Prathapa Varma) a rich business man and Suresh Gopi (Antony Punnekkadan) a tough and suave police officer. Arun Kumar (Indrejith) murders a girl in Banglore Medical College. Ashwathy Nambiar (Bhavana), sister of Mammooty is the witness of the murder. Arun Kumar along with his two relatives injects morphin in Ashwathy’s body and Arun rapes her. Karthik (Dileep), lover of Ashwathy and brother of Mohanlal who came to save Ashwathy is killed.
ANTONY Ponnekkadan IPS (Suresh Gopi) is in charge of the case and he arrests Arun Kumar. But Arun Kumar is saved from case by advocate Ramesh Nambiar who is unaware that Arun is behind his sister’s ill fate. This incident enrages Devraja Pathapa Varma (Mohanlal) and he himself seeks revenge on his brother’s killers and kills Arun. But Antony Ponnekkadan IPS witnesses this and arrests Devraja. Devaraja and his assistants play a drama and tricks Ramesh Nambiar to believe that Devaraja is innocent. Ramesh with his excellence in the court saves Devaraja from the case.
But after that Devaraja reveals to Ramesh that he is the real killer and he played a trick on Ramesh as a vengeance for saving Arun. This triggers a feud between Devaraja Prathapa Varma and Ramesh Nambiar. When Devraja tries to kill the remaining two relatives who were involved in the crime, Ramesh traps him and he is eventually arrested by Antony Ponnekkadan. 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 joins with Ramesh Nambiar to kill the culprits with the help of Antony Ponnekkadan.
Controversies were following the fim since the time of shooting.Originally, the shooting of the film was planned to be completed in 1 schedule between 7 December 2007 to 27 January 2008.Reports surfaced in July 2008 which suggested that star egos are delaying the film and that AMMA may call a meeting to sort out the issues.The reliability of the reports not withstanding, the film was completed in 20 schedules.
Meera Jasmine who was slated to act in the film opposite Dileep backed off citing shortage of dates. There were reports that the AMMA is planning a ban on her regarding the issue. However no ban was pronounced.
After the release of theatrical posters there were reports that Mohanlal fans were unhappy about the positioning of the star in the main poster. The poster had Mammotty at the centre! There was also reports that Mohanlal fans were planning to boycott the film.However after the release of the film, which has equal importance to both the stars, reports of objections were hardly heard.
Well, the main attraction of the film is its Music. Suresh Peter and Berny- Ignatius composed the music. Beautiful locations and melody made the songs popular. The songs are absolutely rocking.
In whole it is a wonderful entertainer. But The story is not that realistic and the first half is more entertaining. The comedy issss OK. I should say the truth, it is a Superstar movie. Some actors like Thilakan were neglected.
I think the film would be dubbed in a few months. So I am almost happy. Please write revus after you watch the film. With good hopes.