D Company (film)

Oru Bolivian Diary 1995

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. And a tribal youth Chinnan(Asif Ali) tries to protect Chaukidar from police. The plot revolves around a hunt for him by a police inspector Narain, who narrates the story to a reporter (Ananya) 15 years after the incident.

Gangs of Vadakkumnathan

Gangs of Vadakkumnathan is a gangster film tells about black money and gang wars of Thrissur town. A murder happens in Bangalore and Inspector Akbar arrives at Thrissur, for investigating the murder case. But instead of investigation, Akbar sweeps the gangs of Thrissur and returns. As no details of murderer is found, Akbar tries to hide it.

The Day of Judgement

The Day of Judgement mainly narrates the mental pressure suffered by the lead character - Dr.Sunil Mathew(Fahadh Faasil). Dr.Sunil's wife (Bhama) has died. After two days police informs him that a dead body is found from his villa. Next day early morning, police brings him for questioning about the dead body found. But no questioning happens there, and police informs that the proofs are against him. As story moves the reality behind the dead body reveals.

Cast

Pre-production

D Company is touted as Indian cinema's first action anthology. Scenarists Ranjith and A. K. Sajan were also approached for writing two of the films but they rejected. 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." 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.

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 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.

Veteran director Joshiy, who directed the film starring Mohanlal, first approached Kerala-borne Tamil actress Trisha to play the female lead. However, she opted out citing her busy schedules. However, some reports say that she demanded ₹40 lakhs, a large sum for a Malayalam film, and the director himself replaced her.

Initially, each segments were planned to be named after colours such as Red, Blue, Green etc. but however this idea was later dropped.

The stunt sequences are done by Mafia Sasi, Thyagarajan, Anal Arash and Kanal Kannan.

Filming

Oru Bolivian Diary 1995, the first short in the series, started its filming in May 2012 in Hyderabad. Its second schedule of filming started on 7 June and the film was shot extensively in Muthanga near Sultan Battery. Major parts were shot in about 10 days. Several locals from Wayanad district and about 20 police officers from the state police force were also part of the film. 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."

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.

The third segment was titled Diya. Fahadh Faasil plays a doctor in the film. The shoot for Diya will start on 20 May. In June 2013, Bhama stated that she starred in the segment directed by Vinod Vijayan, where she is paired with Fahadh Faasil. Tanushree Ghosh said that she will portray the role of a trainee Assistant Commissioner of Police in Vinod Vijayan's featurette.