''Sixer'' is a 2019 Indian

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written and directed by Chachi, marking his directorial debut. The film stars

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and

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, with

Sathish Sathish Muthukrishnan (born 23 May 1987) is an Indian actor and comedian working in the Tamil film industry. He made a breakthrough portraying a role alongside Sivakarthikeyan in '' Ethir Neechal'' (2013). He won Edison Award for Best Comedian ...

and

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playing the supportive roles.

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composed music for the film while cinematography was handled by P. G. Muthiah. The story of ''Sixer'' follows a person with night blindness, who faces difficulties in routine and love life because of his condition. The film was theatrically released on 30 August 2019. The film received positive reviews from critcs.

Plot

Aadhi (

) is a civil engineer who lives a happy life with his cute family, consisting of his parents (

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and Sriranjini). His biggest worry is his

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, as he cannot see anything after 6PM, so his marriage also becomes a big question mark. For his own safety, Aadhi makes sure to get back to home before 6PM, but that is not the case on that day as his bike causes trouble near the beach, so he asks his close friend (

) for help. In the meantime, the beach gets filled with protestors who revolt against a powerful politician and ex-goon ( R. N. R. Manohar). Unfortunately, the media, especially reporter Krithika (

) mistakes Aadhi as the leader of the group which earns the wrath of the politician. On the personal front, Krithika falls in love with Aadhi. The rest of the film is all about how Aadhi manages to hide his flaws and marry Krithika, while also taking care of the criminal-turned politician.

Cast

as Aadhi *

as Krithika *

as Sathish *

as Krithika's father * R. N. R. Manohar as KP *

as Aadhi's father * Sriranjini as Aadhi's mother * KPY Kuraishi as Venki, Aadhi's friend * KPY Ramar as Chetta * Trichy Saravanakumar as Aadhi's friend *

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* KPY Bala as Dokku * Pugazh as a psychiatrist * Geetha Narayanan as Krithika's mother * "Angadi Theru" Sindhu as Chetta's wife * Ashritha Sreedas

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film is composed by

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and lyrics are by GKB, Logan and Anu.

Production

The film titled ''Sixer'' would not be interrelated to the sport of

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but filmmakers revealed that the term "six" plays major part in narration of the script. The titular poster of the film was launched on 9 March 2019 by popular film director

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with the film wrapped up shooting during the same month.

Release

The film was theatrically released on 30 August 2019.

References

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