''Goko Mako'' is a 2019 Tamil language romantic comedy independent film directed by Arunkanth. The film stars Ramkumar, Danusha, Chaams & Kalangal Dinesh in the lead roles with Sara George, Vinod Varma, YG Mahendra and Santhana Bharathi in supporting roles. This is the first Tamil theatrical feature film to be completely shot on a

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Cast

*Ramkumar as Puyal *Danusha as Nila *Sara George *

Chaams Chaams (born as Swaminathan: 30 November 1972) is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has predominantly appeared in supporting roles, notably in Crazy Mohan dramas and playing one of the several leads in ' ...

as Pluto *Kalangal Dinesh *

Y. G. Mahendra Yecha Gunja Mahendran (born 9 January 1950), also known as Y. G. Mahendran or Y. G. Mahendra, is an Indian actor, dramatist, singer, playwright and comedian from the state of Tamil Nadu. He has acted in a number of plays and films. He is the s ...

as Natchatrian *

Delhi Ganesh Ganesan Mahadevan (1 August 1944 – 9 November 2024), known by his stage name Delhi Ganesh, was an Indian actor who mostly acted in supporting roles in Tamil cinema and serials. He was well known for the versatility of roles he played during h ...

as Delhi Ganesh *

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), ...

as Yamagundan *

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as Ajay Rathnam *Vinod Varma as Vinod Varma

Production

The film was shot in 12 days under a low budget and completely shot on a

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. The title of the film is based on Coimbatore colloquial language. Arunkanth V in addition to being the director, was also the producer and music composer. Debutant Ramkumar, nephew of actor

Sarathkumar Ramanathan Sarathkumar (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, politician and former bodybuilder who works predominantly in Tamil cinema in addition to Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, Kannada cinema, Kannada and Hindi cinema ...

., plays the male lead while Dhanusha plays the female lead. Sara George, who starred in ''

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'' and

were signed on to play pivotal roles. During the making of the film, the dialogues were not practiced, but were improvised upon filming.

Release

A website was created for pre-release sales to enable the film to run at a low price in multiple multiplexes. The film released on 14 February 2019. A reviewer from

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gave the film a mixed review, while film portal ChennaiVision stated the film "gives us a feeling of watching a funny collage of YouTube and TikTok videos."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 9894418 2019 films 2019 romantic comedy-drama films Indian romantic comedy-drama films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films