| Comrade in America | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Amal Neerad |
| Written by | Shibin Francis |
| Produced by | Amal Neerad[1] |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Renadive |
| Edited by | Praveen Prabhakar |
| Music by | Gopi Sunder |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | A - Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Box office | ₹22 crore |
Comrade in America (abbreviated as CIA) is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language adventure film directed by Amal Neerad, starring Dulquer Salmaan and Karthika Muralidharan in the lead roles.[2] The music is composed by Gopi Sundar, and Renadive handles the cinematography.[3] The film released on 5 May 2017, also the birth date of Karl Marx.[4][5] It received mixed to positive reviews from critics and became a box office success. The film revolves around the travel of Aji (Dulquer Salmaan), a communist from Kerala who travels to the United States illegally (a "donkey flight") via Latin America and the Mexican border to get to his girlfriend Sarah (Karthika Muralidharan) in time before she is forced to marry another person.[6]
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- ^ "Dulquer Salmaan's next titled 'CIA: Comrade In America'". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ Srivatsan (7 May 2017). "Comrade in America movie review: Dulquer Salmaan's film is let down by a convoluted plot". India Today. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.