''Kollaikaran'' () is a 2012 Tamil-language film directed by Tamil Selvan. The film stars

Vidharth Vidharth (born Venkatasubramanian) is an Indian actor appearing in Tamil films. He started his career in 2001 doing uncredited roles. His first major role was in '' Mynaa'' (2010), which became a huge success. He has also done a film for AVM Pr ...

, Sanchita Shetty, and P. Ravi Shankar. The music was composed by Johan Shevanesh with editing by LVK Doss. The film was released on 13 January 2012. It is a remake of Malayalam film '' Meesa Madhavan''.

Plot

Kuruvi (

) is a man who commits small crimes. He falls in love with a girl named Krishnaveni ( Sanchita Shetty) who, on finding him to be a criminal, rejects his proposal. Kuruvi's elder sister marries Krishnaveni's relative, and they become close again. Kuruvi is falsely accused of stealing the temple's jewels. He eventually kills the jewel thief and goes to jail. The movie ends with Kuruvi back in the same temple and Krishnaveni asking him to come home.

Cast

Critical response

Rohit Ramachandran of ''Now Running'' rated ''Kollaikaran'' 1.5/5 calling it "a staple product from hack-haven Kollywood". ''Sify'' wrote "The story may be old fashioned and remind you of 70-80?s film, but the way it has been packaged with its unexpected twists and turns is what makes it tick". ''Behindwoods'' wrote "Kollaikaran manages to make a decent mark mainly because of the screenplay by director Thamizh Selvan which gets its characterisation right."

Soundtrack

The film score and soundtrack were composed by Johan Shevanesh. All the songs were written by

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* 2012 films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films Indian action comedy films 2012 directorial debut films 2012 action comedy films Tamil remakes of Malayalam films Tamil-language Indian films {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub