''Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale'' () is a 2019

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-language

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film written and directed by Sanjay Bharathi and produced by Gokulam Gopalan. The film stars

Harish Kalyan Harish Kalyan (born 29 June 1990) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Tamil cinema. He made his acting debut in 2010 with the film '' Sindhu Samaveli'' and gained recognition for his roles in '' Poriyaalan'' (2014), '' Vil Ambu'' (2016), ...

Digangana Suryavanshi Digangana Suryavanshi (born 15 October 1997) is an Indian actress, singer and author who is known for her appearances in Hindi and Telugu films. Suryavanshi debuted her career in Hindi television and went on to appear in films. Her breakthrough ...

(in her Tamil debut), and

Reba Monica John Reba Monica John (born 4 February 1994) is an Indian actress and model who works prominently in Tamil and Malayalam films in addition to few Telugu, Hindi, and Kannada films. Early and personal life Reba Monica John was born on 4 February 19 ...

in the lead roles. The music was composed by

Ghibran Ghibran Vaibodha (born 12 August 1980) formerly known as Mohammed Ghibran, is an Indian composer. He has composed music for Indian films, advertising films and television commercial jingles in different languages. Early life M. Ghibran was b ...

with cinematography by PK Varma and editing by Kubendran. The film released on 6 December 2019.

Plot

Arjun (

) is an ardent believer of

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that he steps out of his house at auspicious times, wears different-colored shirts suiting his star sign, and many such crazy things. His

guru Thirumandha (

Pandiarajan R. Pandiarajan is an Indian actor, director and comedian who has played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and plays supporting and comedy roles. Personal life Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower-middle- ...

) tells him that he should marry a Kanni Raasi (

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) girl who comes from another state so that his life will prosper. Despite the repeated matrimonial search, Arjun is unable to find his dream girl. Arjun meets K. R. Vijaya (

) in his ex-lover's wedding in Bangalore. They end up sleeping together. Anita (

) advises Arjun not to follow KRV as she is an independent aspiring

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who is going to

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on a one-way mission. Later, KRV comes to Chennai for a seminar and ends up staying with Arjun. They gradually fall in love. KRV breaks up with him because he is insistent on following astrology and she is insistent on following astronomy. An ensuing drama follows. Arjun realizes that believing astrology is not wrong, but believing only in astrology is a mistake. He ends up engaged to Bhargavi (

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), who is later shown to be an ardent believer in astrology.

Cast

as Arjun *

as K. R. Vijaya (KRV) *

as Anita *

Yogi Babu Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. He has won Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for '' Aandavan Kattalai'' (2016), '' Kolamavu Kokila'' (2018), '' Pariyerum Perumal'' (2018), '' Love Today'' ( ...

as himself *

as Astrologer Thirumanandha *

Ramdoss Ramdoss, better known as Munishkanth, is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Tamil language films. He had notable roles in films, including '' Mundasupatti'' (2014), '' Maanagaram'' (2017), '' Maragadha Naanayam'' (2017) and '' Raatchas ...

as Karuppasamy *

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as Pandiamma, Arjun’s mother *

Charle Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar (born 6 March 1960), professionally credited as Charle, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He has acted in more than 800 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was named after the English co ...

as Ramasamy *

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as Joseph *TSK as Vijay * Haritha as Haasini *

Daniel Annie Pope Daniel Annie Pope is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. After appearing in uncredited and minor roles, he made his breakthrough as an actor with his comic role in ''Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara'' (2013). Career Da ...

as Phillips *Samyuktha Shanmuganathan as Arjun's Boss *Pradeep K. Vijayan as Madhavan Nair *Vijaya Patti as Pandiamma's aunt *

Masoom Shankar Masoom Shankar (born 4 August 1991) is an Indian actress from Mumbai who works in Tamil cinema. She has done roles in '' 90 ML'', ''Payanigal Gavanikkavum'', and '' Nagesh Thiraiyarangam'' and ''DD Returns ''DD Returns'' (expanded as ''D ...

as Shwetha *

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as Arjun's grandfather *Abhishek Joseph George as Richard *Prithivee Rajesh as Arjun's date *

Mayilsamy Mayilsamy (2 October 1965 – 19 February 2023) was an Indian actor and comedian who primarily played supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, he was also a regular guest judge for ''Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV in Chennai. He was ...

as Chinnakaalai *

as Bhargavi (Baggy) (cameo appearance) *Sanjay Bharathi in a guest appearance

Production

Sanjay Bharathi, son of director

Santhana Bharathi Santhana Bharathi is an Indian film director and actor who has primarily worked in Tamil cinema. He directed '' Gunaa'' (1991), which won third prize for the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film. He also directed '' Mahanadhi'' (1994), ...

, made his directorial debut with this film. He had narrated the story to his friend

a few years ago and included him as part of the final cast.

Rhea Chakraborty Rhea Chakraborty is an Indian former actress and VJ who primarily appears in Hindi films. She started her career as a VJ on MTV India. She made her acting debut with the 2012 Telugu film ''Tuneega Tuneega'' and later appeared in the Hindi film ...

signed on to play the film's female lead role in April 2019, but later left the project citing schedule clashes. She was replaced by fellow Hindi film actress

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

. The first single, "I Want a Girl", was sung by

Anirudh Ravichander Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also credited mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian composer and playback singer who works primarily in Tamil cinema, in addition to Telugu and Hindi films. He has won two Filmfare Awards South, ten ...

and was released on 7 November 2019.

Release and reception

The film had its theatrical release on 6 December 2019 and opened to generally negative reviews.

References

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