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CIA: Comrade in America

  • 2017
  • 2h 14m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
3.7K
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Siddique, John Vijay, Dileesh Pothan, Jinu Joseph, Dulquer Salmaan, Chandini Sreedharan, and Soubin Shahir in CIA: Comrade in America (2017)
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A young man in Kerala has two weeks to stop the woman he loves from a fixed marriage in the U.S., but he doesn't have the papers to get there.A young man in Kerala has two weeks to stop the woman he loves from a fixed marriage in the U.S., but he doesn't have the papers to get there.A young man in Kerala has two weeks to stop the woman he loves from a fixed marriage in the U.S., but he doesn't have the papers to get there.

  • Director
    • Amal Neerad
  • Writer
    • Shibin Francis
  • Stars
    • Dulquer Salmaan
    • Karthika Muraleedharan
    • Siddique
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    3.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Amal Neerad
    • Writer
      • Shibin Francis
    • Stars
      • Dulquer Salmaan
      • Karthika Muraleedharan
      • Siddique
    • 18User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Dulquer Salmaan
    Dulquer Salmaan
    • Aji Mathew
    Karthika Muraleedharan
    Karthika Muraleedharan
    • Sarah Mary Kurian
    Siddique
    Siddique
    • Mathew
    Chandini Sreedharan
    Chandini Sreedharan
    • Pallavi
    John Vijay
    John Vijay
    • Arul Jebbaraj Peter
    Dileesh Pothan
    Dileesh Pothan
    • Hari
    Soubin Shahir
    Soubin Shahir
    • Jomon
    Jinu Joseph
    Jinu Joseph
    • Cyril
    Maala Parvathi
    Maala Parvathi
    • Aji's Mother
    • (as Parvathi T.)
    Maniyanpilla Raju
    Maniyanpilla Raju
    • Baby
    Geo Abraham
    Geo Abraham
    • Wedding Guest
    Julio Antonio Alonzo
    • Julio
    Murillo Alves
    • Guide
    Sarath Chandran
    • Ragging student
    Surabhi Lakshmi
    Surabhi Lakshmi
    • Hari's Wife
    Alencier Ley Lopez
    Alencier Ley Lopez
    • Politician
    Sandeep Narayan
    • Police Constable
    Amir Natan
    Amir Natan
    • Imtiaz Ali Khan
    • (as Nathan Amir)
    • Director
      • Amal Neerad
    • Writer
      • Shibin Francis
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    6nallaiah

    Adventures filled ..travel for fun in America

    CIA- a travel for love and meaning of life U CAN WATCH UT FOR A EVENING SNACK TIME MOVIE..its best for it A must watch watch amal neerad film..there is not much of big story but the way the director had made us to feel in this movie makes us great.. Dont expect much in this movie..without expectation watch and get the most fun of it and sure i say climax gives us a worthy satisfaction.there goes the credit to director..and excellent screenplay and amazing DOP BY cameraman.gives us a pleasing throughout the entire movie.. Some drawbacks i feel was..if some story would have been that would been an excellent to dulquer as he can keep this in some good movies list yet its a good movie..it doesnt waste ur time..
    7liverenjith

    Concept wins the Mark

    The movie was a good one. I felt it like two parallel world's joined together to convince the audience. The movie could be shot as two different films.
    7shobanchittuprolu

    CIA is just a decent watch even though it has lot of potential in script.Watch it if you are Dulquer's fan.

    Comrade In America (2017): Lately, Malayalam films have been high on communism when the concept itself is dead, at least in India. Earlier this year, we had Oru Mexican Aparatha, which dealt with student politics. Last month, actor Nivin Pauly had Sakhavu, in which, the protagonist rediscovered his left-wing ideals. And now, Comrade in America, which just used communism for hero's backdrop and nothing much.It is mostly about hero's search for his lover Plot: Aji Matthews (Dulquer Salman), a follower of Communism, travels to USA illegally to stop the wedding of his girlfriend Sarah (Kathika Muralidharan). He along with other people gets caught by the American police while crossing the border.

    My Review: There's an interesting portion in the film where a drunk Aji imagines himself having a conversation with Karl Marx, Lenin and Che Guevara, who persuade him to find his love, Sarah. Were you under the impression that communism was at the core of this film? You were wrong. Even though the setup where hero narrates his flashback to history legends,his love story is so clichéd.Actors performances and Gopi Sundar's music helped the movie.

    It is surprising to see that our Comrade doesn't even reach America by the last 10 minutes of the movie.First half is entirely in Kerala and second half mostly consists of his struggle to reach the border.

    Amal Neerad has great potential in the script but he could have made it lot better but he stuck to the simple way.We can clearly see the clear wastage of huge script.

    Dulquer is as usual with his charm and terrific performance.He is perfect as Aji and he even became a singer for this film and he is amazing in his debut as singer too.Actresses are also good looking and gave decent performances.

    So,CIA is just a decent watch even though it has lot of potential in script.Watch it if you are Dulquer's fan.

    My rating 6.5/10
    4blifaawards

    NOT UPTO THE EXPECTATION

    FILM LACKS A GOOD SCREENPLAY. THE PROTAGONIST PLAYED BY DULQUER SALMAN IS A COMRADE WHO IS FALL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL. BUT SHE LEFT AJI MATHEW ( DULQUER ) BECAUSE HE DID NOT LIKE TO LIVE IN USA WITH HER. SARAH ( THE GIRLFRIEND ) IS AN USA NATIVE WHICH PLAYED BY KARTHIKA MURALIDHARAN.

    IT IS JUST AMAZED THAT THE FILM IS DIRECTED BY THE AMAL NEERAD WHO DELIVERED THE POWERFUL MOVIE LIKE IYYOBINTE PUSTHAKAM .THIS FILM COMPLETELY HIGHLIGHTING ONLY THE STAR VALUE AND STYLISH APPEARANCES OF YOUNG SUPERSTAR DULQUER.

    FILM DID NOT CONVEY A GREAT STORY LINE RATHER IT PRODUCED THE SITUATIONS OF ILLEGAL EMIRATES IN USA. AFTER FINISH WATCHING THIS MOVIE ESPECIALLY THE CLIMAX AS A VIEWER IT DISAPPOINTED EVERY REGARD.
    4vjnambu

    Comrade in disastrous second half

    CIA is 2017s 3rd left branded malayalam film after oru mexican aparatha and sakhavu. But, it has nothing to do with communism or politics, its just another love story. Plus points of CIA are the first half which is very neat with all commercial elements blended well-humor, romance and action. Amal neerad's making is stylish as usual backed by renadive's dop and the locations were good. But the whole problem starts with the varanam aayiram meets maryan meets cast away second half where it becomes a survival thriller in which our hero is illegally crossing the Mexican border to reach America. Lack of tension element is clearly evident in this phase where instead of sitting at the edge of your seat one becomes restless in their seat waiting for it to end. Its so boring. And after hero reaches America, his purpose goes vain making us cheated. The love story also is not developed well. On the whole, CIA is another misfire from amal neerad.

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    • Goofs
      In the movie Aji Mathew heads to Nicaragua saying that they have "Visa on arrival" for Indian citizens. But in reality for Indian passports holders to enter Nicaragua "Visa is required".
    • Connections
      Referenced in Bobby (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Kannil Kannil
      Written by Rafeeq Ahammed

      Produced by Gopi Sundar

      Performed by Haricharan and Sayonara Philip

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    • Release date
      • May 19, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • India
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    • Languages
      • Malayalam
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    • Also known as
      • ЦРУ: Товарищ в Америке
    • Production company
      • Amal Neerad Productions
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      • $308,850
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      2 hours 14 minutes
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