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{{short description|2014 film}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = God's Own Country
| image = God's Own Country 2014 poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Vasudevan Sanal
| producer = Haseeb Hanif<br />[[Anto Joseph]]
| writer = V. Praveen Kumar<br />Anish Francis<br />Arun Gopinath
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Fahadh Faasil]] | [[Isha Talwar]] | [[Sreenivasan]] | [[Lal (actor)|Lal]] }}
| music = [[Gopi Sundar]]
| cinematography = Arun James<br>[[Arvind Krishna (cinematographer)|Arvind Krishna]]
| editing = Ratheesh Raj
| released = {{Film date|2014|5|9|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
}}

'''''God's Own Country''''' is a 2014 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language film directed by Vasudevan Sanal.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/fahadh-was-very-patient-with-the-2-year-old-baby-vasudev-sanal/articleshow/35769986.cms | title=Fahadh was very patient with the 2 year old baby: Vasudev Sanal - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=30 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/gods-own-country-review-malayalam-pcmbqrbjigajc.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125114439/https://www.sify.com/movies/gods-own-country-review-malayalam-pcmbqrbjigajc.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2022|title = God?s Own Country|website=[[Sify]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/i-was-a-bit-worried-before-doing-the-action-scene-mythili/articleshow/35481897.cms | title=I was a bit worried before doing the action scene: Mythili - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=22 May 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/fahadh-to-play-a-dad-next/articleshow/28321155.cms | title=Fahadh to play a dad next! - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=3 January 2014 }}</ref> The film was initially titled ''RED'' (Rare Emotional Day).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/isha-talwar-to-romance-fahadh-faasil/articleshow/24739892.cms | title=Isha Talwar to romance Fahadh Faasil - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=26 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/fahadhs-movie-renamed-as-gods-own-country/articleshow/28006723.cms | title=Fahadh's movie renamed as God's Own Country - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=27 December 2013 }}</ref>

==Plot synopsis==
God's Own Country is a three interwoven story. A taxi driver (Lal) desperately seeking money for his daughter's operation, Manu Krishna (Fahadh Faasil) travelling to Kerala to earn bail money for his wife, Asha (Isha Talwar). And, a public prosecutor (Sreenivasan) striving to punish a rapist.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Fahadh Faasil]] as Manu Krishna
* [[Isha Talwar]] as Asha, Manu's wife
* [[Sreenivasan]] as Advocate Mathan Tharakan
* [[Lal (actor)|Lal]] as Muhammed
* [[Nandu (Malayalam actor)|Nandu]] as Vakkachan
* VK Sreeraman
* [[Vijayakumar (Malayalam actor)|Vijayakumar]] as CI
* [[Manikuttan]] as Sakkeer
* [[Mythili]] as Abhirami
* Baby Gadha as Manu's daughter
* [[Lena (actress)|Lena]] as Serena
* [[Vishnupriya (actress)|Vishnupriya]] as Lekha
* [[Usha (actress)|Usha]] as Muhammed's wife
* [[Anju Aravind]] as Mathan Tharakan's wife
* Lakshmipriya as Pushpa
* [[Santhakumari (Malayalam actress)|Santhakumari]] as Vakkachan's mother
* Molly Kanamaly (supporting role)
* [[Sudheer Karamana]] as Kunjikka
* Prashanth Alexander as Nandu
* Faisal Fareed as Sharjah Police Officer
* Daya Ashwathy as Reporter
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
[[Gopi Sundar]] composed the music. [[Jassie Gift]] sang the song "Chalanam".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/jassie-gift-sings-in-gods-own-country/articleshow/34582564.cms | title=Jassie Gift sings in God's Own Country - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Track name !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| " Mannil Pathiyum" || Vineeth Sreenivasan, Divya S Menon ||| Anu Elizabeth Jose
|-
| " Chalanam Chalanam" ||Jassie Gift ||| Arun Gopinath
|}

== Reception ==
''The Times of India'' gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "The movie, which has a few parallel narratives, has that deeply evocative humane quotient which makes each of its characters not just the leads, but also pure human beings".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movie-reviews/gods-own-country/movie-review/34965074.cms|title = God's Own Country Movie Review {3.5/5}: Critic Review of God's Own Country by Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref> ''Rediff'' gave the film two out of five stars and stated that "God's Own Country is over-written -- characters explain everything in words when a mere change of expression would do".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-gods-own-country-is-cliched-and-predictable-south/20140512.htm|title = Review: God's Own Country is cliched and predictable}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|3720636}}

[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:2014 Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Gopi Sundar]]

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