''Lock Up'' is a 2020 Indian

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written and directed by SG Charles in his directorial debut and produced by

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. The film stars Vaibhav,

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, and Poorna, while

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and Mime Gopi play supporting roles. It was released on 14 August on

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Plot

Ilavarasi, a police inspector, sets out to investigate the murder of a colleague. However, the evidence appears to be fabricated and suggests involvement of someone from her own department.

Cast

Production

The film production began in 2019 and was supposed to be the feature film debut of television actress

; however, '' Meeku Maathrame Cheptha'' (2019) ended up releasing first. The film is produced by actor

and is about two corrupt policemen played by Vaibhav and

. Nithin Sathya had previously worked with Vaibhav and Venkat Prabhu in '' Chennai 600028 II''. The title ''Lock Up'' was chosen because the film is about a police lock-up and is based on several true incidents. This venture was promoted as the first film in which Vaibhav plays a police officer although he played a police officer in '' Taana'' (2020). Venkat Prabhu portrays the antagonist for the first time in his career.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack consists of one song composed by

Arrol Corelli Arrol Corelli is an Indian music composer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his scores in the films ''Pisaasu'' (2014) and '' Pasanga 2'' (2015). Early life Arrol Corelli was born and brought up in Maraimalainagar near Ch ...

Release

''Lock Up'' was released on 14 August 2020 on the streaming service

. It was initially scheduled for a theatrical release in November 2019 after post-production work had been completed. However, the delay of the film and subsequent

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meant that the theatrical release was dropped in favour of a direct-to-streaming release.

Reception

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'' gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and noted that "A positive factor is the lack of unnecessary deviation from the main plot and the way unsolved sub-plots are connected in the latter half". ''

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'' wrote that "''Lock Up'' is a praiseworthy attempt in the investigative thriller space. It’s also one of the better Tamil films among the recent direct OTT releases. Even though the writing is amateurish at places, you don’t nitpick because the film never gets outright boring and manages to keep us engaged".

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*{{IMDb title 2020 direct-to-video films 2020 directorial debut films 2020 films 2020s Indian films 2020s mystery thriller films 2020s Tamil-language films Films not released in theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic Indian mystery thriller films Tamil-language Indian films ZEE5 original films