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''Driver Jamuna'' is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by P. Kinslin and starring
Aishwarya Rajesh Aishwarya Rajesh (born 10 January 1990) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. Aishwarya is a recipient of several awards including two Filmfare Award South, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and fo ...
in the eponymous role, with
Aadukalam Naren Aadukalam Naren (born Narayanan) is an Indian actor who has appears in Tamil and Telugu films, mainly playing supporting and antagonistic roles. He made his debut with the 1997 film '' Raman Abdullah'' but got noticed for his role in the 2011 ...
and Kavitha Bharathi in the lead roles. It was released on 30 December 2022. The film started streaming on aha from 20 January 2023.


Plot

Jamuna (Aishwarya Rajesh) is a cab driver, who happens to take a shared ride with a musician (Abishek Kumar) and three other men travelling to a wedding. But as it turns out, the three passengers are contract killers en route to take down an ex-MLA. Caught between the goons and police, Jamuna tries to survive and also save the killers' target. Social media star and comedian Abhishek Kumar plays the ambitious musician.


Cast

*
Aishwarya Rajesh Aishwarya Rajesh (born 10 January 1990) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. Aishwarya is a recipient of several awards including two Filmfare Award South, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and fo ...
as Jamuna *
Aadukalam Naren Aadukalam Naren (born Narayanan) is an Indian actor who has appears in Tamil and Telugu films, mainly playing supporting and antagonistic roles. He made his debut with the 1997 film '' Raman Abdullah'' but got noticed for his role in the 2011 ...
as Maragathavel *Kavitha Bharathi *Abhishek Kumar *Ilaya Pandi *Manikandan Rajesh *
Sriranjani Sriranjani is a ragam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is a hexatonic scale (''shadava'' rāgam, which means "of six"). It is a derived scale (''janya'' rāgam), as it does not have all the seven ''swaras' ...
as Jamuna's mother *Pandian as Jamuna's father


Production

The film was officially announced in January 2021, coinciding with
Aishwarya Rajesh Aishwarya Rajesh (born 10 January 1990) is an Indian actress who works predominantly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. Aishwarya is a recipient of several awards including two Filmfare Award South, one Tamil Nadu State Film Award and fo ...
's birthday. Touted to be a "crime thriller", production began by March 2021 with Kinslin of ''
Vathikuchi ''Vathikuchi'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by newcomer P. Kinslin and produced by AR Murugadoss in association with Fox Star Studios. The film stars Dileepan, the younger brother of Murugadoss, in ...
'' (2013) fame, making his return as director. To incorporate their body language into her character, Aishwarya Rajesh met many taxi drivers during her research for the film.


Release

The film was theatrically released on 30 December 2022 across Tamil Nadu, alongside a
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dubbed version. The film started streaming on aha from 20 January 2023 while the film's satellite rights were brought by
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.


Reception

The film opened to mixed reviews; while Aishwarya Rajesh's performance received positive reviews, the film received criticism for its writing. A reviewer from ''
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'' noted "Aishwarya Rajesh tries her best to save this hastily written road thriller" adding that "''Driver Jamuna'' has engaging moments, but it's definitely not the road movie one would willingly opt for". A reviewer from ''
The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu ...
'' noted "the Aishwarya Rajesh-starrer is all over the place all at once" adding that "the earnestness of the filmmaker's vision probably withered away due to a lack of focused writing and prosaic filmmaking techniques". The ''
Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media Limited, an entity controlled by the Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia, the daughter o ...
'' wrote "for a thriller, it reserves most of its thrills for the last 10 minutes, and that’s a move that may not appeal to everybody", while ''
India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media, Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' laun ...
'' noted the "lacklustre film that suffers from logical loopholes".


References


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* 2022 films 2020s Tamil-language films 2020s Indian films {{2020s-Tamil-film-stub