''RK Nagar'' is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language

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film written and directed by Saravana Rajan. The film stars Vaibhav,

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, and

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, while

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and

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play supporting roles. The film's music is composed by

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with cinematography by S. Venkatesh and editing by Praveen K. L.. the film released on 17 December 2019 on

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even though it aimed to have a theatrical release. Director Saravana Rajan has clarified that the film is not political, but according to the release of the film's teaser, it shows multitudes of political scenarios which took place in Tamil Nadu during the period of 2015–2017.

Plot

Shankar ( Vaibhav) is introduced in a dream song sequence, where he dreams of living a luxurious life with two wives at his service. When he wakes up, however, his ambition is entirely different: he claims that he has no interest in making wealth and no respect for people of fortune. Ranjini (

) comes from a rich background and is the daughter of Chairman Sundaramoorthy (

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). She despises rowdy men, but when she sees Shankar chasing two goons with a machete in his hand, she falls for him. Meanwhile, there is a conflict between two rivals, Vishwanathan aka Lottai (

) and Manoj aka Mannu (

), Sundaramoorthy's nephew. However, Lottai is killed by Mannu, and Sundaramoorthy's son too is killed in Shankar's new tailor shop, causing him to get framed for murder. How Shankar use his ways to prove himself that he is not involved in the murder forms the rest of the story. It is revealed the schoolboys are the main culprits of sexual assaults on women, which caused them to committed suicide, including their teacher. They abducted Sundaramoorthy's son, but during the altercation between them, they killed him.

Cast

* Vaibhav as Shankar *

as Ranjini *

as Kamatchi * Ambuli Gokulnath as Kanagavel aka Manga Madayan *

as Vishwanathan aka Lottai *

as Manoj aka Mannu *

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as Inspector Nagendran *

as Chairman Sundaramoorthy * T. Siva as Chairman Damodaran *

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as Pitchumani *

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as Bharani * Kutty Gopi as Shankar's friend * Vichu as Manager Velu * Sandhana Lakshmi as Sivagami, Shankar's mother * Srilatha as Ranjini's mother * Sree as Akash * Akash Nath as Santhanu * Uriyadi Chandru as Govindaraj * Karthik Nagarajan as Thandalkar * Naveen as Senthil, tailor shop boy * Stills Pandiyan as Politician * Winner Ramachandran as Police Commissioner * Amirthalingam as Head Constable * Kumara Vadivel as School Principal * Vicky as Export Company Dealer * Pradeep R. Vijayan as Negative * Karthik as Moneylender * Akash Premkumar * Karunakaran in a guest appearance *

in a guest appearance

Production

In early May 2017,

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announced that he would be producing a film titled ''RK Nagar'', which would be directed by Saravana Rajan, who had previously made ''

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'' (2014). Vaibhav was cast in the lead role, with

signed to portray the lead actress and

chosen to portray the antagonist.

, Praveen K. L.,

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, and S. Venkatesh were announced to be a part of the film's crew. Denying reports that the film was based on a political story, Saravana Rajan revealed the film would feature four narratives and compared the script to '' Maanagaram'' (2017). The film began production in June 2017 and was shot across Chennai and Pondicherry. Filming wrapped that December.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, and the audio rights were acquired by

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. Lyrics for the songs are written by Gangai Amaren, Kanchana Logan, Karpaga Rajan, and Parthi Bhaskar.

Release

After being delayed for over a year, the film was supposed to have its theatrical release in April 2019 but released directly on Netflix on 17 December 2019 before being taken down. The film got re-released on Netflix on 29 April 2020.

Reception

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 7748196 2010s Tamil-language films 2019 films Films set in Chennai Films shot in Chennai Indian comedy films Indian direct-to-video films Films scored by Premgi Amaren Indian political satire films Netflix original films 2010s Indian films 2019 direct-to-video films 2019 comedy films