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| | name = D Company
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| | image = DCompany_Movie_Poster.jpg
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| | caption = Theatrical release poster
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| | director = [[M. Padmakumar]]<br>[[Diphan]]<br>[[Vinod Vijayan]]
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| | producer = K. Mohanan<br>Vinod Vijayan
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| | writer = G. S. Anil<br>Anoop Menon<br>Rajesh Ravi
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| | starring = [[Jayasurya]] Marudu<br>[[Fahadh Faasil]]<br>[[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]<br>[[Anoop Menon]]<br>[[Samuthirakani]] Pandiyan<br>[[Ananya (actress)|Ananya Nair]]<br>[[Bhama]] Kurup<br>[[Unni Mukundan]]<br>[[Parvatii Nair]]
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| | music = [[Rahul Raj]]<br>[[Gopi Sundar]]<br>[[Ratheesh Vegha]]<br>[[Ifthi]]<small> (Theme)</small>
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| | cinematography = Bharani K. Dharan<br>[[Vinod Illampally]]<br>Pappu
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| | editing = [[B. Ajithkumar]]<br>Samjith Muhammad<br>Arun | |
| | studio = [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Seven Arts International]]<br>D Cutz Film Company
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| | distributor = [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Seven Arts International Release]]
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| | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|09|14|[[India]]}}
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| | runtime = 122 minutes
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| | country = [[India]]
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| | language = [[Malayalam]]
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| '''''D Company''''' is a 2013 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] [[portmanteau film|portmanteau]] action-[[Thriller film|thriller]] [[Gangster film|gangster]] [[Drama film|drama]] film. It is an anthology of three independently shot [[action films]] directed by [[M. Padmakumar]], [[Diphan]], and [[Vinod Vijayan]]. Its cast includes [[Jayasurya]] Marudu, [[Anoop Menon]], [[Unni Mukundan]], [[Fahad Fazil]] and [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]. The film is produced by Vinod Vijayan, Seven Arts Mohan and Faisal Latheef under the [[banner]] of D Cutz Film Company and distributed by [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Seven Arts International]].
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| The film was earlier supposed to have five featurettes of directors Diphan, M Padmakumar, Vinod Vijayan, [[Shaji Kailas]] and [[Joshiy]] Vasu but was split into two films with the first part having the former three directors' ventures.<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-03/news-and-interviews/40350890_1_m-padmakumar-oru-bolivian-diary-diphan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709200750/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-03/news-and-interviews/40350890_1_m-padmakumar-oru-bolivian-diary-diphan|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2013|title=D Company to hit the screens sans superstars|accessdate=27 January 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=3 July 2013}}</ref> The second part however did not materialise. ''D Company'' released on the festival of [[Onam]] 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.movienoon.com/2013/04/d-company-malayalam-moviereviewrelease.html|title=Five Directors 4 Legends One movie Onam is Going Action|newspaper=Movienoon.com|date=12 September 2013|access-date=12 September 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130912122644/http://www.movienoon.com/2013/04/d-company-malayalam-moviereviewrelease.html|archive-date=12 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| ==Plots==
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| ===''Oru Bolivian Diary 1995''===
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| ''Oru Bolivian Diary 1995'', set in a tribal habitat deep down the jungle, is about a North Indian Maoist leader Chaukidar ([[Samuthirakani]]) who comes to [[Wayanad]] to spread his doctrines among the local tribes. They assassinate policemen, and a tribal youth Chinnan ([[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]]) tries to protect Chaukidar from police. Though Chinnan is apprehended, interrogated and eliminated, Chaukidar remains at bay, continuing to spread his influence. It is shown that Chaukidar is inspired by the book [[The Bolivian Diary of Ernesto Che Guevara]] written by [[Che Guevara]]. These events are narrated by police inspector Narain, to reporter Indumathi ([[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]]) 15 years after the incident. It is finally revealed that Indumathi is also a supporter of [[Maoism]], inspired by the same book which influenced Chaukidar.
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| ===''Gangs of Vadakkumnathan''===
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| ''Gangs of Vadakkumnathan'' is a [[gangster film]] tells about black money and gang wars of Thrissur town. A murder of a tycoon happens in Bangalore and 7.50 billion are lost, and Inspector Akbar ([[Anoop Menon]]) arrives at Thrissur, at the behest of the tycoon's son for investigating the murder case, with a promise of a share in the recovered money. Akbar's team suspect the deadly Gangs of Vadakkumnathan and a jeweller to be involved. Akbar finds the money and eliminates the gangs and the jeweller tactfully, and returns with only part of the money, the rest of which his team keeps. It is finally revealed that unbeknownst to anyone, Akbar was the one who murdered the tycoon and planned the entire setup.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3892784.ece|title=Shot Cuts: Man of the hour|first= Pradeep|last=K|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=13 September 2012|accessdate=23 September 2012|location=Chennai, India}}</ref>
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| ===''The Day of Judgement''===
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| ''The Day of Judgement'' is about the agony suffered by a doctor – Sunil Mathew ([[Fahadh Faasil]]) after his wife's death.
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| Dr.Sunil's mentally unstable wife Jeena ([[Bhama]]) has fallen from the balcony to her death. Police suspect Sunil, but they inform him that "another" dead body has been found from his villa, and they bring him in early morning for questioning about that "dead body". But no questioning happens all day at the station, and instead police keep telling him that the body was that of one of his nurses, Maya, and all evidence of the murder points to him, including his friend Vishnu's testimony. Sunil escapes from the police station and decides to confront Vishnu to prove his innocence. On the way, he realizes that no murder really occurred; police have laid a trap for him along with Vishnu to make him confess to Jeena's murder
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| (which Sunil has in fact committed by actually pushing her down from the balcony as he could not tolerate her mental illness), and they are probably waiting for him at Vishnu's house to try to record him admitting his guilt as evidence and trap him. Sunil instead goes to the bus stand and escapes.
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| ==Cast==
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| * [[Asif Ali (actor)|Asif Ali]] as Chinnan
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| * [[Samuthirakani]] as Chaukidaar
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| * [[Ananya (actress)|Ananya]] as Indumathi
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| * [[Aadukalam Naren]] as Nripan Chakraborthy
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| * [[Jayasurya]] as Varaal Jaison
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| * [[Anoop Menon]] as Akbar
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| * [[Unni Mukundan]] as Sharath
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| * [[Rajeev Pillai]] as Sudheer Mallya
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| * [[Irshad (actor)|Irshad]] as Narendran
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| * [[Parvathy Nair|Parvathy]] as Lora
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| * [[Deepak Parambol]] as Kuppi Simon
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| * Arun as Media Person
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| * [[Joju George]]
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| * [[Fahadh Faasil]] as Dr. Sunil Mathew
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| * [[Bhama]] as Jeena
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| * [[Tanu Roy|Tanushree Ghosh]] as Sarena Mohammed
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| * [[Jinu Joseph]] as Vishnu
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| * [[Pooja Ramachandran|Pooja]] as Teena
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| ==Production==
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| ===Pre-production===
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| ''D Company'' is touted as Indian cinema's first action anthology.<ref name=TNIE>{{cite news|url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/article547949.ece|title=Mollywood ready for action anthology|first=Navamy|last=Sudhish|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=26 June 2012|accessdate=29 June 2012}}</ref> Scenarists [[Ranjith (director)|Ranjith]] and [[A. K. Sajan]] were also approached for writing two of the films but they rejected.<ref name="D Company in Mollywood"/> Anoop Menon, who scripted ''Gangs of Vadakkumnathan'', was also initially reluctant to do the project. In an interview, he said, "I have been approached to write a part of ''D Company''. But, right now, my hands are full and I haven't got time to sit and think about it."<ref name="D Company in Mollywood">{{cite news|title=D Company in Mollywood|first=Ammu|last=Zachariah|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Parvathy Nair was chosen to play the wife of the character played by Jayasurya. She had earlier been in news for rejecting an important role in the Jayasurya-starrer film ''[[Beautiful (2011 film)|Beautiful]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-14/news-and-interviews/33818627_1_parvathy-nair-anoop-jayasurya-anoop-menon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113033819/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-14/news-and-interviews/33818627_1_parvathy-nair-anoop-jayasurya-anoop-menon|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2013|title=Parvathy makes up for earlier loss|first=Parvathy S|last=Nair|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 September 2012|accessdate=23 September 2012}}</ref>
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| [[Shaji Kailas]]'s featurette ''Godse'' is based on the assassination of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. The director says, "The movie is about the conflict of emotions and explores the turmoil that Godse goes through the night before he kills Mahatma Gandhi. It's basically the fight between the good and the evil. There is an intense struggle that Godse goes through before committing the crime. Finally, he does it, justifying it as God's wish." The film has only a few characters and will be made as a soliloquy of [[Nathuram Godse]], as he weighs the pros and cons of his deed. The film is inspired by the controversial book ''[[Freedom at Midnight]]'' by [[Larry Collins (writer)|Larry Collins]] and [[Dominique Lapierre]]. According to the director, the film evolved from the final pages of the book, which describes what Godse went through before assassinating Gandhi. ''Godse'' will start filming as soon as Kailas finishes his project ''Madirasi''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-22/news-and-interviews/32777376_1_shaji-kailas-prithviraj-action-anthology|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602072758/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-22/news-and-interviews/32777376_1_shaji-kailas-prithviraj-action-anthology|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 June 2013|title=Prithviraj to play Godse|first=Ammu|last=Zachariah|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=22 July 2012|accessdate=4 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-15/news-and-interviews/32684680_1_flick-ratheesh-vega-fahadh-faasil|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114012053/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-15/news-and-interviews/32684680_1_flick-ratheesh-vega-fahadh-faasil|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 November 2013|title=Prithviraj in Shaji Kailas' 'Godse'|first=Sanjith|last=Sidhardhan|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 July 2012|accessdate=4 August 2012}}</ref>
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| Veteran director [[Joshiy]], who directed the film starring [[Mohanlal]], first approached Kerala-borne [[Tamil language|Tamil]] actress [[Trisha Krishnan|Trisha]] to play the female lead. However, she opted out citing her busy schedules. However, some reports say that she demanded {{INR}} 40 lakhs, a large sum for a Malayalam film, and the director himself replaced her.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-10/news-and-interviews/32141454_1_trisha-mollywood-malayalam-film-industry|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103105235/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-10/news-and-interviews/32141454_1_trisha-mollywood-malayalam-film-industry|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=D Company garners attention for its huge starcast|first=Ammu|last=Zachariah|date=9 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=29 June 2012}}</ref>
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| Initially, each segments were planned to be named after colours such as Red, Blue, Green etc. but however this idea was later dropped.<ref name="D Company in Mollywood"/>
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| The stunt sequences are done by Mafia Sasi, [[Thyagarajan]], Anal Arash and Kanal Kannan.
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| ===Filming===
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| ''Oru Bolivian Diary 1995'', the first short in the series, started its filming in May 2012 in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=അഞ്ച് ആക്ഷൻ സംവിധായകർ ഒറ്റച്ചിത്രത്തിൽ|language=ml|journal=[[Vellinakshatram (magazine)|Vellinakshatram]]}}</ref> Its second schedule of filming started on 7 June and the film was shot extensively in [[Muthanga]] near [[Sultan Battery]].<ref name="D Company in Mollywood"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/d-company’s-second-segment-878 |title=D Company's second segment |first=Priya |last=Sreekumar |newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |location=[[Kochi]] |date=22 June 2012 |accessdate=29 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622175606/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/d-company%E2%80%99s-second-segment-878 |archive-date=22 June 2012}}</ref> Major parts were shot in about 10 days.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/actor-mohan-lal-to-act-in-d-company/264618-71-210.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610055013/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/actor-mohan-lal-to-act-in-d-company/264618-71-210.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 June 2012|title=Actor Mohan Lal to act in 'D Company' |publisher=[[IBN Live]]|date=6 June 2012|accessdate=29 June 2012}}</ref><ref name=MB>{{cite news|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/malayalam/282968/ |title=വരുന്നൂ, ഡി കമ്പനി |first=P. S. |last=Rakesh |newspaper=[[Mathrubhumi]] |language=ml |date=29 June 2012 |accessdate=29 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628210324/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/malayalam/282968/ |archive-date=28 June 2012}}</ref> Several locals from [[Wayanad district]] and about 20 police officers from the [[Kerala Police|state police force]] were also part of the film.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=11861455&programId=1073752207&BV_ID=@@@&channelId=-1073750705&tabId=3|title=ബൊളീവിയൻ ഡയറി|language=ml|first=Madhu|last=Natesh|newspaper=[[Malayala Manorama]]|date=25 June 2012|accessdate=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629061019/http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/malayalamContentView.do?contentId=11861455&programId=1073752207&BV_ID=@@@&channelId=-1073750705&tabId=3|archive-date=29 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> About the film, [[M. Padmakumar]] says, "It's an action film in the sense that an element of suspense is retained throughout and the film is essentially a thriller. It doesn't mean that the film is full of firearm fights and stunt sequences."<ref name=TNIE/>
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| ''Gangs of Vadakkumnathan'' is the second film in the series. The segment began filming on 20 August 2012 and was shot from [[Thrissur]], [[Bangalore]] and [[Mangalore]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/d-company-anathology-five-action-flicks-407 |title=D Company, an anthology of five action flicks |first=Priya |last=Sreekumar |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |location=[[Kochi]] |date=13 June 2012 |accessdate=29 June 2012 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| The third segment was titled ''Diya''. Fahadh Faasil plays a doctor in the film. The shoot for ''Diya'' will start on 20 May.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Fahadh-to-play-an-action-hero/articleshow/20043883.cms |title=Fahadh to play an action hero |work=The Times of India|date=13 May 2013 |accessdate=22 May 2013}}</ref> In June 2013, [[Bhama]] stated that she starred in the segment directed by Vinod Vijayan, where she is paired with Fahadh Faasil.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-19/news-and-interviews/40068988_1_fahadh-faasil-actress-bhamaa-rakesh-gopan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930054456/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-19/news-and-interviews/40068988_1_fahadh-faasil-actress-bhamaa-rakesh-gopan |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2013 |title=Bhamaa, Fahadh team up |date=19 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=19 June 2013}}</ref> [[Tanushree Ghosh]] said that she will portray the role of a trainee [[Assistant Commissioner of Police]] in Vinod Vijayan's featurette.<ref name="indiatimes2">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Tanusree-to-play-a-cop-in-D-Company/articleshow/21621642.cms|title=Tanusree to play a cop in D Company|work=The Times of India|accessdate=27 January 2014}}</ref> [[Praveen B Menon]] was the production controller of this film.
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