Bangalore Days

Bangalore Days
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnjali Menon
Written byAnjali Menon
Produced byAnwar Rasheed
Sophia Paul
Starring
Narrated byNivin Pauly
CinematographySameer Thahir
Edited byPraveen Prabhakar
Music byGopi Sunder
Production
companies
Distributed byA & A Release Through
August Cinema & Tricolor Entertainments
Release date
  • 30 May 2014 (2014-05-30) (India)
Running time
171 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹8 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹45 crore[3][2]

Bangalore Days is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Anjali Menon,[4] and produced by Anwar Rasheed and Sophia Paul under the banner Anwar Rasheed Entertainments and Weekend Blockbusters. The film features an ensemble cast of Dulquer Salmaan, Nivin Pauly, Fahadh Faasil, Nazriya Nazim, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Isha Talwar and Paris Laxmi, with Nithya Menen in a cameo appearance.[5][6]

Bangalore Days revolves around the life of three cousins from Kerala who move to Bangalore, continuing Anjali Menon's trend of films about family relationships.[7][8] The film released on 30 May 2014 in 205 theatres, making it one of the biggest release for a Malayalam film, simultaneously all over India. The film received positive reviews from the critics and audience, and with an estimated collection of ₹45 crore, became one of the highest grossing Malayalam films.[9][5]

The film received three Kerala State Film Awards: Best Actor (for Pauly), Best Actress (for Nazriya) and Best Screenplay (for Anjali Menon), and two Filmfare Awards South: Best Supporting Actress (for Parvathy) and Best Director (for Anjali Menon). The film was later remade in Tamil as Bangalore Naatkal (2016) and in Hindi as Yaariyan 2 (2023). Bangalore Days is considered as one of the best Malayalam films of the New-Gen cinema movement and has gained a cult status over the years.[10]

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  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference 2014BO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ "Funny, real, and surprising: Why 'Bangalore Days' is a rare urban entertainer". 4 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b Radhika C Pillai (24 January 2014). "Anjali Menon's movie is Bangalore days". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  6. ^ Prathibha Joy. "Anjali Menon's next based in Bangalore". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Bangalore Days trailer: Fun, young and intriguing". Sify. 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  8. ^ Thiruvananthapuram (29 May 2014). "Heart of the matter". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  9. ^ "Bangalore Days Strikes Gold At Box Office". OneIndia. 3 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  10. ^ "10 Malayalam films to watch before you die". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.