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co-produced and directed by A. Venkatesh. The film features Vinay, Thaman Kumar, Subiksha and Riythvika in the lead roles. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva with cinematography by A. Jeyaprakash and editing by N. Vinaj. The film, predominantly shot in Canada, began production in August 2016 and was released on 9 February 2019. The film received highly negative reviews.

Cast

* Vinay Rai as Vikram * Thaman Kumar as Velu * Subiksha as Nethraa * Riythvika as Jessie *

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as Nethraa's uncle * Motta Rajendran as Rajendran *

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as Kasi *

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as Ravi * A. Venkatesh as Officer *G. K. Reddy as Nethraa's godfather *

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* Citizen Mani *A. Jeyaprakash *Vijay Ganesh

Production

The film materialised during August 2016, with Vinay announcing that he would work with on a film with A. Venkatesh and subsequently the shoot began during August 2016. Venkatesh then selected Subiksha to play the leading female role, that of the titular character who travels from

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. Venkatesh picked the actress after being impressed with her performance in

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's '' Kadugu'' (2016), which the pair worked on. Thaman Kumar was also selected to portray a role in the film, while a comedy track with

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was filmed during September 2016. Further portions of the film were shot in Karaikudi and in Germany. Many critical and mind blowing visuals of the film was done by cinematographer A. Jeyaprakash. Shoot was completed by early 2017.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva in his fifth collaboration with Venkatesh. *"Kaikorkarva" - Namitha Babu - Tamil Sree *"Sollamale" - Namitha Babu, Srikanth Deva - Tamil Sree *"Asku Busku" - Deva, Lakshmi - Sathuperi Sumathi *"Annachi" - Guru Ayyadurai, Raja, Jayashri - Kalaikumar

Reception

Cinema Express ''Cinema Express'' was an Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language entertainment fortnightly magazine published from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was a part of The New Indian Express, The New Indian Express Group, which also publishes ''Samakalika Mal ...

'' wrote "Witnessing A Venkatesh, a filmmaker who has been in the industry for three decades, make such a film is, to put it lightly, disheartening". ''

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'' wrote "the film-making lets you down, with crude staging, amateurish performances, haphazard editing and over loud score".

References

External links

* {{A. Venkatesh (director) 2010s Indian films 2010s Tamil-language films 2019 films 2019 thriller films Films directed by A. Venkatesh (director) Films shot in Canada Indian thriller films