ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi (2013 film)

ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi
Theatrical-release poster
Directed byMartin Prakkat
Screenplay by
Story bySooraj-Neeraj
Produced byShibu Thameens
Starring
CinematographyJomon T. John
Edited byDon Max
Music byGopi Sunder
Production
company
Distributed byThameens_films & Tricolor Entertainments
PJ Entertainments (Europe)
Release date
  • 14 June 2013 (2013-06-14)
Running time
167 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹4.5 crore[2]

ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy film directed by Martin Prakkat, produced by Shibu Thameens under the banner of Thameens Films.[3] It stars Dulquer Salmaan, Jacob Gregory, Tovino Thomas and Aparna Gopinath . The film features music composed by Gopi Sunder, cinematography is handled by Jomon T. John.[4] The film deals about the journey of two young American Malayalees to Kerala. The title is based on the term American-Born Confused Desi.[5] Released on 14 June 2013, the film received positive reviews and was commercially successful.[6] It marked the first collaboration between Dulquer Salmaan and Martin Prakkat.[3] The film was remade into Telugu in 2019 with the same name.[7]

  1. ^ "ABCD – AMERICAN BORN CONFUSED DESI (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Allu Sirish's 'ABCD' ready for summer release". The News Minute. 9 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Dulquar Salman Martin Prakkat Movie Titled ABCD | ABCD Dulquar Salman Movie – Online Movie And TV Reporter". Mallumoviereporter.com. 17 October 2012. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Dulquer Salmaan – Martin Prakkat movie titled as "ABCD"..? :News – Movie News, Film News, Cinema News – Malayalam Movie News". Metromatinee.com. 15 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  5. ^ Deepa Gauri (26 December 2013). "The best of Malayalam cinema in 2013". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "ABCD first look: Allu Sirish's film will release in February". 28 December 2018.