''Label'' is a 2023

Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka ** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...

-language television series directed by

Arunraja Kamaraj Arunraja Kamaraj is an Indian singer, lyricist, actor and director in Tamil-language films. He is known for his works as lyricist in films such as '' Jigarthanda'', '' Theri'', ''Pencil'' and '' Kabali''. He also debuted as an actor in '' Raja ...

who co-wrote the script with Jeyachandra Hashmi for

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. The film talks about Article 20 of the Indian Constitution. The principal cast of the series includes Jai,

Tanya Hope Tanya Hope is an Indian actress and model who acts in Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil films. Hope started modeling and became Miss India Kolkata 2015. She was a finalist of Femina Miss India 2015. She debuted in 2016 with the Telugu film '' Appatlo ...

, Mahendran and Harishankar Narayanan. The series premiered on 10 November 2023 and consists of ten episodes.

Synopsis

The story revolves around the protagonist ( Jai) struggle to reach his desired identity and overcoming the identity society has labelled him with.

Cast

Production

Development

The series is produced by AJ Prabhakaran under the Muthamizh Padaippagam with ARK Entertainment.

of ''

Nenjuku Needhi ''Nenjuku Needhi'' () is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language political drama film directed by Arunraja Kamaraj and produced by Boney Kapoor. A remake of the 2019 Hindi film '' Article 15'', it stars Udhayanidhi Stalin, Aari Arujunan, Tanya Ravichandr ...

'' (2022) fame, was roped in to direct the series which he co wrote with Jeyachandra Hashmi. The cinematography was handled by Dinesh Krishnan, editing by Raja Arumugam, Music by

Sam C. S. Sam C. S. is an Indian music composer, producer, lyricist and singer who predominantly works in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He debuted in Tamil with the horror film ''Orr Eravuu'' before working on the scientific thriller ''Ambuli''. His ...

Casting

Tamil actor Jai was cast main role. This is his second role in a limited series. Actress

plays the female lead alongside his. In end of March 2023, Actor Mahendran joined the cast. This is his debut role in a limited series.

Release

It was announced on Thursday 23 March 2023, that the series will be released in Tamil and dubbed in

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and

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

. The first poster was released on 23 March 2023, the poster features the words Label with the caption of a

Thirukural The ''Tirukkuṟaḷ'' (), or shortly the ''Kural'' (), is a classic Tamil language text on commoner's morality consisting of 1,330 short couplets, or kurals, of seven words each. The text is divided into three books with aphoristic teaching ...

in Tamil "தோன்றின் புகழோடு தோன்றும்" (Thondrin Pukalodu Thondrum) which translate to "if you appear in any crowd, ensure you have admirable qualities". The first teaser and motion poster was released on 10 October 2023, the teaser features a visibly a hint of the series being a legal drama.

References

External links

* {{Disney+ Hotstar Tamil original programming Tamil-language web series 2023 Tamil-language television series debuts Tamil-language Disney+ Hotstar original programming Tamil-language legal television series Tamil-language action television series Television shows set in Tamil Nadu