''Sketch'' is a 2018 Indian
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
-language
action film written and directed by
Vijay Chandar
Vijay Chandar is an Indian film director who is known for directing the Tamil-language film ''Vaalu'' (2015).
Career
Vijay Chandar made his directorial debut with ''Vaalu'' (2015). The film began production in 2012 and released in 2015 after ...
and produced by Moving Frame. The film features
Vikram and
Tamannaah
Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fi ...
in the leading roles for the first time, with
Soori Soori is a common South Indian name that may refer to :
Films
* ''Soori'' (2001 film), an Indian Telugu film starring J. D. Chakravarthy and Priyanka Upendra
* ''Soori'' (2003 film), an Indian Tamil film starring Vignesh and Parthiban
People
* P ...
,
Jangiri Madhumitha
Madhumitha is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil language films and reality show in vijay TV. She often portrays comedy roles and made her film debut through Rajesh's ''Oru Kal Oru Kannadi'' (2012). She also participated in TV shows like Lol ...
,
Baburaj
Mohammad Sabir Baburaj was an Indian music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs.
Early years
Baburaj was born on 9 March 1929 in Kozhikod ...
and
R. K. Suresh
R. K. Suresh is an Indian Tamil film producer and actor who heads the production company, Studio 9. In 2015, Suresh debuted as an actor, working in Bala's ''Tharai Thappattai'' and M. Muthaiah's ''Marudhu''. He is currently the vice president ...
among others portraying supporting roles. The film was released on 12 January 2018 to positive reviews and was a commercial success.
Plot
Jeeva aka ''Sketch'' lives with his uncle Dorai, who used to tow and bring back vehicles for which the monthly
EMI had not been paid. However, during a fight, he loses his hand, and Sketch is provided with the job, who does his day-to-day job perfectly. Dorai's right-hand Ravi wanted to take over the business. However, Bhaskar "Boss" Settu agrees with Sketch coming up to the position.
At a college, Sketch tows a scooter that belonged to Manju, Ammu's friend. The next day, he happens to meet her on a bus. When some other guy tries to harass her, Sketch bats away his hand, where the bus stops quickly, causing Sketch to bump into Ammu. She mistakes this as him trying to make advances on her and yells at him, only later does she realise that he was trying to protect her, and she falls for him.
One day, Sketch loses a bike while bringing it back to the garage. The owner gets enraged and demands from Settu. Sketch realises that this was a plot by Ravi to embarrass him, where he faces them to retrieve the money and the stolen bike, which earns back Settu's trust, and they celebrate. Settu reveals that his father was insulted by a local goon named ''
Royapuram
Royapuram is a locality in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for its beach, and for Royapuram Railway Station. The station is the first railway station of south India, opening in 1856, and is today ...
'' Kumar, where he asks Sketch to sketch a plan to steal Kumar's car.
Sketch steals Kumar's car and ends up in a
goose chase with police that ends with Sketch creating a rivalry with Kumar. Kumar brings a gang from another state to finish off Sketch and his team, where after one by one, Sketch's friends are killed, and Sketch is confused about who the killer is.
Later, Sketch is confronted by the boys, who were working along with Sketch in Settu's garage. The boys reveal that they planned and killed Sketch's friends out of jealousy to take Sketch's position. Sketch forgives them and protects the boys from police by helping them escape, where the film ends with a moral: ''avoid child labour''.
Cast
*
Vikram as Jeeva (Sketch)
*
Tamannaah
Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fi ...
as Amuthavalli
*
Soori Soori is a common South Indian name that may refer to :
Films
* ''Soori'' (2001 film), an Indian Telugu film starring J. D. Chakravarthy and Priyanka Upendra
* ''Soori'' (2003 film), an Indian Tamil film starring Vignesh and Parthiban
People
* P ...
as Maari
*
Baburaj
Mohammad Sabir Baburaj was an Indian music composer. He is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. Baburaj has rendered music to many evergreen Malayalam film songs.
Early years
Baburaj was born on 9 March 1929 in Kozhikod ...
as "Royapuram" Kumar
*
R. K. Suresh
R. K. Suresh is an Indian Tamil film producer and actor who heads the production company, Studio 9. In 2015, Suresh debuted as an actor, working in Bala's ''Tharai Thappattai'' and M. Muthaiah's ''Marudhu''. He is currently the vice president ...
as Ravi
*
Sriman
Sriman () is an epithet of the Hindu deity Vishnu. It refers to the deity being the possessor of Sri, both referring to his consort Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, as well as the material and non material aspects of fortune.
Literature
S ...
as Baskar
*
Kalloori Vinoth
Kalloori Vinoth is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films.
Career
After appearing in small supporting roles and making his debut in '' Kalloori'' (2007), he made his breakthrough as an actor with a supporting role in Balaji ...
as Chitti
*
Kabali Vishwanth as Guna
*
Hareesh Peradi
Hareesh Peradi is an Indian actor who predominantly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films.
Career
He is also a well-known theatre artist in Kerala, having made a mark in stage and also in TV and cinema. Even though he has acted in 36 films so fa ...
as Settu Bhaskar
*
Jangiri Madhumitha
Madhumitha is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil language films and reality show in vijay TV. She often portrays comedy roles and made her film debut through Rajesh's ''Oru Kal Oru Kannadi'' (2012). She also participated in TV shows like Lol ...
as Manju
*
Sri Priyanka as Priya
*
Vela Ramamoorthy
Vela Ramamoorthy is a Tamil writer and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films.
Career
Ramamoorthy is a PUC Graduate. He joined the Indian Army and served for five years before being posted in Post office. Since he is a writer, many pe ...
as Sketch's father
*
Aruldoss
Aruldoss is an Indian actor who has appeared in supporting roles in predominantly Tamil language films. Prior to focusing on an acting career, he worked as a cinematographer for several films.
Career
After completing school, Aruldoss worked a ...
as Dorai, Sketch's uncle
*
Abhishek Vinod as Shakthivel
*
Meghali as Gayathri
*
Cheenu Mohan
Cheenu Mohan (17 May 1956 – 27 December 2018) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language films. He acted in films including ''Thalapathi'' (1991) and '' Iraivi'' (2016).
Career
Mohan began his career as a stage actor in the late 1970 ...
as Gayathri's father
*
Jeeva Ravi
Jeeva Ravi is an Indian actor, casting director and television actor who has worked in Tamil-language films and television. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in '' 3'' (2012) and '' Jeeva'' (2014), with the latter film bei ...
as Police Officer
*
Ravi Kishan
Ravi Kishan Shukla (; born 17 July 1969), popularly known as Ravi Kishan, is an Indian actor, politician, film producer and television personality. He currently serves as Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur. His film works are pre ...
*
P. L. Thenappan
*
Poster Nandakumar
*
Krishnamoorthy
*
K. S. G. Venkatesh
*Ankit as "Archi"
*
Vijay Chandar
Vijay Chandar is an Indian film director who is known for directing the Tamil-language film ''Vaalu'' (2015).
Career
Vijay Chandar made his directorial debut with ''Vaalu'' (2015). The film began production in 2012 and released in 2015 after ...
(special appearance in the song "Atchi Putchi")
*Dastha (special appearance in the song "Atchi Putchi")
*Vijay Senathipathi (special appearance in the wedding groom)
Production
In November 2016, director
Vijay Chandar
Vijay Chandar is an Indian film director who is known for directing the Tamil-language film ''Vaalu'' (2015).
Career
Vijay Chandar made his directorial debut with ''Vaalu'' (2015). The film began production in 2012 and released in 2015 after ...
, who had previously made ''
Vaalu
''Vaalu'' () is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic action comedy film written and directed by debutante Vijay Chandar. The film stars Silambarasan and Hansika Motwani, with Santhanam, VTV Ganesh and Brahmanandam portraying supporting ...
'' (2015), revealed that his next project would feature
Vikram in the lead role. Produced by Silverline Film Factory, who had worked on an incomplete fantasy film titled ''Karikalan'' with Vikram during 2010, the film was widely reported to be a remake of the American film, ''
Don't Breathe'' (2016). Denying the reports, Vijay Chandar later clarified that it was an original script and the film would be set in North Chennai.
M. Sukumar
M. Sukumar is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam language films.
Career
Sukumar began his career in 1995 by assisting his brother M. Jeevan, who had then, broken into the Tamil film industry a ...
was selected as cinematographer, while
S. Thaman
Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Thaman (born 16 November 1983), known professionally as Thaman S, earlier as S S Thaman, is an Indian music composer, professional drummer, and playback singer who predominantly works in Telugu films and Tamil films. T ...
collaborated with Vijay Chander again despite reports that
Anirudh Ravichander
Anirudh Ravichander (born 16 October 1990), also known mononymously as Anirudh, is an Indian film scorer music composer music producer singer and instrumentalist who primarily works in Tamil films. He is the son of actor Ravi Raghavendra. ...
was set to be signed.
Sai Pallavi
Sai Pallavi Senthamarai Kannan (born 9 May 1992), known by her stage name Sai Pallavi, is an Indian actress and dancer who works in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam cinema. She has won several awards including four Filmfare Awards South, and was fea ...
was signed to play the lead actress in the project, marking her first leading role in Tamil films. She later opted out of the film and returned her advance in late February 2017, citing scheduling issues with her work on the Tamil language remake of the Malayalam film ''
Charlie'' (2015) directed by
A. L. Vijay. She was later replaced by
Tamannaah
Tamanna Bhatia (born 21 December 1989), known professionally as Tamannaah, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Telugu and Tamil films, along with a few Hindi films. In 2005, she made her acting debut at the age of 15 in the Hindi fi ...
, who stated it was "liberating to see a strong storyline in a commercial pot-boiler". Actors
Ravi Kishan
Ravi Kishan Shukla (; born 17 July 1969), popularly known as Ravi Kishan, is an Indian actor, politician, film producer and television personality. He currently serves as Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur. His film works are pre ...
,
R. K. Suresh
R. K. Suresh is an Indian Tamil film producer and actor who heads the production company, Studio 9. In 2015, Suresh debuted as an actor, working in Bala's ''Tharai Thappattai'' and M. Muthaiah's ''Marudhu''. He is currently the vice president ...
and
Radharavi were selected to portray antagonists in the film. Actor
Vishwanath, who had a breakthrough role in
Pa. Ranjith's ''
Kabali
''Kabali'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film stars Rajinikanth in the titular role, with Radhika Apte, Sai Dhanshika, Winston Chao, Kishore, Din ...
'' (2016), was signed on to play a supporting role in the film, with Vijay Chander requesting the actor to take reference of
Kalaiyarasan
Kalaiyarasan Harikrishnan is an Indian actor, who works in the Tamil film industry. He has collaborated with directors Myshkin and Pa. Ranjith, with whom he worked in ''Madras'' (2014) for which he received acclaim for his performance.
Career ...
's role in ''
Madras
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Tamil Nadu, the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and territories of India, Indian state. The largest city ...
'' (2014) for his particular character. Actress
Sri Priyanka, previously seen as the lead actress in small budget films, was also selected to portray second lead actress in the film.
Following a period of delay, the film began its shoot at Binny Mills in Chennai during early February 2017, with Vikram choosing to simultaneously work on the project alongside his commitments for
Gautham Vasudev Menon
Gautham Vasudev Menon (born 25 February 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who predominantly works in Tamil film industry. He has also directed Telugu and Hindi films that either simultaneously shot with or rema ...
's spy thriller ''
Dhruva Natchathiram
''Dhruva Natchathiram'' () is an upcoming Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language spy thriller film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, which stars Vikram (actor), Vikram. The film features music composed by Harris Jayaraj, whereas cinematography ...
'' (2017). The film's title, ''Sketch'', was revealed to the media in April 2017. The shoot of the film was completed in August 2017, after which the makers began the promotional campaign.
Music
The soundtrack and background music of ''Sketch'' are scored by
S. Thaman
Ghantasala Sai Srinivas Thaman (born 16 November 1983), known professionally as Thaman S, earlier as S S Thaman, is an Indian music composer, professional drummer, and playback singer who predominantly works in Telugu films and Tamil films. T ...
. Five songs have been released from the film as singles, after being released by other composers.
Release
''Sketch'' was released on 12 January 2018 coinciding with the week of
Thai Pongal
Pongal (, ), also referred to as Tai Pongal (), is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka.[Thaanaa Serndha Koottam
''Thaanaa Serndha Koottam'' () is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language crime comedy film directed by Vignesh Shivan. The film stars Suriya, alongside Karthik, Ramya Krishnan, Keerthy Suresh, Nandha, Kalaiyarasan, RJ Balaji, and Suresh Chandra M ...](_blank)
'' and ''
Gulaebaghavali''.
The film was later dubbed and released in
Hindi
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and
Bengali
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*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the ...
. The Hindi dubbed version was released in theatres by Goldmines Telefilms on 3 August 2018 and the Bengali dubbed version was also released by Goldmines Telefilms in 2019.
References
External links
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* {{IMDb title, tt6872436
2018 action films
2010s Tamil-language films
Films scored by Thaman S
2018 films
Indian action films