''Kalathil Santhippom'' () is a 2021 Indian

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written and directed by N. Rajasekar with dialogues penned by R. Ashok. The film stars

Jiiva Amar Choudary (born 4 January 1984), known professionally as Jiiva, is an Indian actor and film producer who works mainly in Tamil cinema and a few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. He is the youngest son of film producer R. B. Choudary. ...

Arulnithi Arulnithi Tamilarasu (born 21 July 1987) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil language, Tamil films. Personal life Arulnithi's grandfather is M. Karunanidhi, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. His father is M. K. Tamilarasu, b ...

, Manjima Mohan and

Priya Bhavani Shankar Sathyapriya Bhavani Shankar (born 31 December 1989) is an Indian actress, and a former television-presenter who primarily works in Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut with commercially successful Tamil film '' Meyaadha Maan'' ( ...

. The film is based on the sport of

kabaddi Kabaddi (, ) is a contact team sport played between two teams of seven players. It is one of the traditional games of South Asia. In this game, a raider enters the opposing half of the court to touch defenders and attempt to return within 30 ...

and the friendship between two men Ashok and Anand who were initially regarded as rivals. The film also marked the posthumous release of actor

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who died on 5 March 2020 prior to the film release. It had its theatrical release on 5 February 2021 and opened to positive reviews from critics and became an average hit at the box office.

Plot

Ashok (

) and Anand (

) are rivals on the Kabaddi court but are the thickest of friends outside it. The film essentially is a drama that explores the hurdles they face together with regards to their families and personal romantic relationships, and how they overcome all that.

Cast

Production

Actor Jiiva's father and veteran film producer R. B. Choudary announced that he would produce the film helmed by filmmaker N. Rajasekar. It marked 90th film project for R. B. Choudary under his production banner

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and

were roped into play as the main male lead actors in the film and it also marked the first collaboration between them. Manjima Mohan and Priya Bhavani Shankar were roped into play the female leads in the film starring as love interests opposite to Jiiva and Arulnithi respectively. Jiiva] and Arulnithi both were taught the basic skills of the sport of kabaddi from few professional kabaddi players based from

Karaikudi Karaikudi is the largest city of Sivaganga district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the centre of the Karaikudi Metropolitan Area, the 21st largest urban Agglomeration of Tamil Nadu based on 2011 census data. It is part of the area ...

. The film director revealed that the kabaddi related sequences were shot on a set for about seven days which also featured real professional kabaddi players.

Raju Sundaram Basuva Raju Sundaram (born 6 September 1968) is an Indian dance choreographer, actor and film director, who works primarily in Tamil, Telugu films also appeared in Kannada and Malayalam films. He appeared as an actor in films like ''Jeans'' (19 ...

served as the choreographer in the film. The portions of the film were predominantly shot in

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, Karaikudi and

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. The title of the film and the first look poster of the film were unveiled by actor

Dhanush Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, lyricist and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. Having starred in Dhanush filmography, 50 films over his car ...

via his

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account on 4 August 2019 indicating that the film was in post-production stage.

Soundtrack

The music and background music of the film were scored by

Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979), is an Indian composer and playback singer. He mainly scores music for Tamil films along with few Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use o ...

and lyrics for the songs were penned by Pa. Vijay and

Viveka ''Viveka'' () is a Sanskrit and Pali term translated into English as discernment or discrimination. In the Vedanta, ''viveka'' is considered to be the first requirement of the spiritual journey, the next being ''vairagya'' (detachment), as a nat ...

. The first single of the film ''Yaar Antha Oviyaththai'' was released on 26 October 2020 and opened to positive reviews from audience.

Release

The shooting of the film was wrapped up in February 2020 but the theatrical release of the film was postponed on multiple occasions due to the

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. The film was initially supposed to hit the screens on 26 October 2020 but it was postponed due to the uncertainties caused by the impact of the COVID-19. The film release was later pushed back to 28 January 2021 after filmmakers regained hopes of releasing the film in theatres following the release of ''Master''. However, the theatrical release of the film was rescheduled again for the third time on 5 February 2021.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt8144782 2021 films 2020s Tamil-language films 2020s masala films 2020s sports drama films Indian sports drama films Indian action drama films 2021 action drama films Films shot in Chennai Films shot in Karaikudi Sports action films Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja Super Good Films films