''Kalavu'' () is a 2019 Indian

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crime thriller film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but al ...

written and directed by Murali Karthick. The film stars

Kalaiyarasan Kalaiyarasan Harikrishnan (born 20 February 1986) is an Indian actor, who works in the Tamil film industry along with few Malayalam films. He has collaborated with directors Mysskin and Pa. Ranjith, with whom he worked in ''Madras'' (2014) for ...

and Karunakaran, with

Vatsan Chakravarthy Vatsan Chakravarthy is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. He has appeared in films including ''Engaeyum Eppothum'' (2011) and ''Tharkappu'' (2016). Career Vatsan debuted as an actor with ''Aridhu Aridhu'' (2010), before ...

and Abhirami Iyer in a supporting roles. The film has music composed by Sundaramurthy. The film was released on

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on 9 February 2019.

Plot

The plot of Kalavu, is held together by an incident of theft. Hence, the title. But there’s also another thread that connects the main characters of Kalavu together: lies. It isn’t a coincidence that Kalavu opens with a couplet structured like a Thirukkural. The Thirukkural, in one of its verses, says that even a lie will be placed on par with the truth if it gives unblemished returns. The film begins with white lies: A son lies to his parents about drinking; a man lies to his friends to make them meet him. But as the plot unfolds, the lies grow darker, and so does the intent. Kalavu acts as more of a reminder of our clandestine selves.

Cast

as Sujeeth * Karunakaran as Gautham *

Venkat Prabhu Venkat Kumar Gangai Amaren (born 7 November 1975), better known by his stage name Venkat Prabhu, is an Indian film director, actor and playback singer in Tamil cinema. In addition, he also worked in Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. After completing ...

as Inspector *

as Stephen *

Abhirami Venkatachalam Abhirami Venkatachalam () is an Indian actress who works prominently in Tamil film industry. She appeared in the first season of the spin-off version of '' Bigg Boss Tamil'' called '' Bigg Boss Ultimate (season 1)'' and emerged as the 5th runner ...

as Shruthi *

Chinni Jayanth Chinni Jayanth is an Indian film director, producer, comedian, actor and mimicry artist who has appeared in many main, character and supporting roles in Tamil films. He is also a popular television personality having hosted hit shows like ''S ...

as watchman * Chetan as Sujeeth's father * Geevee as Ashok *Gautham Harikrishnan *Aravind Murali as Maari

Production

Debutant director Murali Karthick created a 37-minute pilot film to show producers before getting an opportunity to make the film.

, Karunakaran and

were selected to play the lead roles, while model Abhirami Iyer was signed to play a lead actress.

Reception

The film was released as a

original on 9 February 2019. ''The Indian Express'' wrote "The writing is intelligent and so is the screenplay. With the scenes and its match cuts, director Murali Karthick firmly positions himself as an unreliable narrator, keeping you hooked".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=7257718 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films 2019 crime thriller films 2019 direct-to-video films 2019 directorial debut films 2019 films Hyperlink films Indian crime thriller films ZEE5 original films