By Two Love Explained

By Two Love
Director:Hari Santhosh
Producer:Nisha Venkat Konanki
Cinematography:Mahen Simha
Editing:K. M. Prakash
Music:B. Ajaneesh Loknath
Studio:KVN Productions
Runtime:141 minutes
Country:India
Language:Kannada

By Two Love is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Hari Santhosh. Produced by KVN Productions, it stars Dhanveerah and Sree Leela. The film tells the story of two youngsters in Bangalore, Balu and Leela, who lead an independent life and don't resonate with the traditional idea of marriage and children. The film has score and soundtrack composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath.

The film was released theatrically on 18 February 2022.

Plot

Bytwo Love revolves around Balakrishna aka Balu and Leela aka Leelu. Balu is a Die-Hard Sachin Tendulkar fan, who has a problem with his family since his father has married for the second time. Leelu, who is unhappy with her younger brother's conduct in life. Yet, their mother keeps taking the side of her younger brother.

Balu and Leela, hailing from different towns, decide to leave their respective homes and land up in the cosmopolitan city of Bangalore, looking for jobs. They accidentally meet in a cab and get into a fight. Unfortunately, the two land jobs at the same office, a professional matrimonial company Mr & Mrs Matrimony. Time passes by, Balu and Leelu become good friends, and eventually, fall in love with each other. Balu and Leelu decide to take their life to the next stage and test themselves and find whether they are fit enough to start a family. Their quest lead them to adopt a infant child and start a live-in relationship and names the child as Puppy.

Initially, life is rosy, but it doesn't stay that way. In the end, they realize that running a family isn't easy and part ways, leaving Puppy to its fate. When they reach their hometowns. Balu finds that he misunderstood his father where he reconciles with him and Balu reveals about Leelu and Puppy to his father and Leelu also tells the same to her mother. The parents advice them to reconcile with each other. Balu and Leelu meet and apologize to each other and search for Puppy, but to no avail. An auto driver, who gave Puppy to Balu and Leelu finds Puppy and brings him to Balu and Leelu, thus reconciling with each other.

In the mid-credits scene, Balu and Leelu get married in presence of their parents, friends and Puppy.

Cast

Production

The film was announced in December 2020 with Dhaveerrah and Sree Leela paired opposite each other.[1] Santosh stated that he wrote By Two Love from his own experiences about the idea of marriage.[2] Filming was completed in April 2021, and Santosh confirmed that he had begun pre-production work of By Two Love's Telugu remake under the production of Sai Korrapati's Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram.[3]

Release

By Two Love was released theatrically on 18 February 2022.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album has four singles composed by B. Ajaneesh Loknath, and released on Anand Audio.[4]

Reception

Reviewing the film for The Times of India, Sunayana Suresh wrote: "The film has some interesting nuances of the frailties and complexities of the current generation, who prefer being detached and baggage free."[5] The New Indian Express critic A. Sharadhaa called it a "roller coaster ride" which " shouldered on the two young actors." She stated that the film was an urban tale that ran on familiar territory.[6] On technical aspects, Vijaya Karnataka reviewer Avinash G. Ram wrote: ""[7]

Jagadish Anagdi of Deccan Herald termed it an "epic misfire." "The first half thoroughly tests our patience with too many unrelated scenes. It starts with an action sequence which, in no way, is linked to the plot. Double entendres are embarrassing.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 19 December 2020. Dhanveerrah and Sreeleela to star in 'By2Love'. The New Indian Express.
  2. Web site: 2022-02-17. ByTwo Love was born out of Hari Santhosh's dilemma over marriage. The Times of India. en.
  3. Web site: 2021-04-21. Hari Santhosh plans to remake 'By Two Love' in Telugu. The New Indian Express.
  4. Web site: Bytwo Love B Ajaneesh Loknath. 2022-02-18. Gaana.com.
  5. Web site: Suresh. Sunayana. 2022-02-18. ByTwo Love Movie Review : An attempt to understand modern love. The Times of India.
  6. Web site: By Two Love is all about relationship management. 2022-02-21. The New Indian Express. 19 February 2022 .
  7. Web site: 2022-02-18. By Two Love Review: ಇದು ಈ ಕಾಲದ ಪರಯೋಗಾತಮಕ ಲವ ಸಟೋರ!. Vijaya Karnataka. kn.
  8. Web site: 2022-02-18. 'Bye Two Love' review: An epic misfire. Deccan Herald.