It stars Mohanlal and Amala Paul alongside a supporting cast of Sathyaraj, Joy Mathew, Sreerag Nambiar, Rahul Dev and Kainaat Arora.
The film was released in theatres across India on 14 May 2015, and met with generally received negative reviews from critics.
Jai falls in love with Anjali Menon (Amala Paul) and marries her, for the reason he is constantly hazed by his chief.
One day, Anjali follows Jai on suspicion of having an affair and accidentally meet each other, which he is forced to reveal that he is an undercover agent who operates as a civilian.
Meanwhile, Victor Rana (Rahul Dev), a terrorist who was caught and locked after Interrogation, escapes by trick.
Jai, by arranging the evidence and facts, understands that the terrorist's plan is to destroy an airplane carrying the former US president and finds them through a commercial mini-drone and kills them.
The idea was developed by three NRIs based in the Middle East - Santhosh Kottayi, Bijou Antony, and Preeta Nair.
[12] The model ensures that the movie sails through the break-even point, its total budget realized, prior to its release.
Bijou Antony, one of the directors, said, "We have moulded the concept of crowd-equity funding in such a way that our friends and colleagues, who are interested in our movie project, could be part of the venture by investing in it.
Later in an interview, Amala confirmed that she would play the lead opposite Mohanlal, and the shoot of the film would begin in August 2014.
[22] During the final schedule, Junaid Sheikh joined the crew who acted in Salaam Kashmir (2014) with Joshiy playing a villain.
[29] On 30 October, Mohanlal announced that the second schedule of production was over in Bangalore and Kochi with 80 percent of filming being completed.
The production team planned to regroup after taking a break for filming the climax action sequences.
[31] The final schedule went off in February 2015 at Kochi, and the team went to Bangalore for shooting the remaining action sequences.
The trailer received a positive responses from the audience as well as from film personalities and was trending on social media sites.
It also marks the coming of age of Malayalam cinema, as it's a unique recipe with all the required ingredients needed for a success story at the box office".
[40][41] The film released on 14 May 2015 in 168 screens all over India, distributed by Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments in about 106 screens in Kerala alone and remaining in rest of India including Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Gujarat, Pune, Coimbatore, Punjab, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Hyderabad.
[5][46][47] Sify.coms reviewer said the concept, basic storyline, and presentation have been inspired from the loud commercial masala flicks of the 1980s or even before.
Sify also criticized Suresh Nair's script, saying the actors are wasted in the script and that the music did not meet expectations[48] Paresh C Palicha of Rediff.com rated 1.5 out of 5 stars and called it "A tacky film that wasted the resources at its disposal", stating "This film is stretched in many directions and everything is shabbily handled.
"[50] Veeyen of Nowrunning.com rated the film 2 out of 5 and said, "Lailaa O lalaa is a sparkless action caper that digs through implausibly convoluted cinematic cliches to narrate a tale that seems to scoff at us for being told.
Of the many bullets that are fired in the film, none remains engraved in our memory as much as the colossal style-over-substance misfire from scenarist Suresh Nair who has penned this massive fiasco that fittingly qualifies as a foggy snoozer.