''Yutha Satham'' () is a 2022 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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and produced by Kallal Global Entertainment. The film stars R. Parthiban,

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and

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, with a supporting cast including

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and

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. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rajesh Kumar. The film's music and score is composed by

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, with cinematography handled by R. B. Gurudev and editing done by Gopi Krishna. The film was released on 18 March 2022 to negative reviews.

Plot

Kathirvelan ( R. Parthiban) plays a cop, who has returned to the force after a break following a personal tragedy. Kathirvelan gets a sensational case, literally right on his station's doorstep. After all, the victim, Raghavi (

), has been stabbed multiple times by unidentified men. Kathirvelan, for some reason, decides to go after Nagulan (

), Raghavi's boyfriend and a private detective. But Nakulan claims innocence and swears to find the killer himself.

Cast

Production

In November 2020, R. Parthiban and

were cast to play the lead roles in the film directed by

Ezhil Ezhilmaaran S. is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. He made his directorial debut with the 1999 romance film ''Thullatha Manamum Thullum''. His success streak continued with '' Pennin Manathai Thottu'' (2000), '' P ...

. The film is adapted from the

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of the same name written by Rajesh Kumar.

Music

composed the soundtrack and background score of the film while collaborating with Gautham Karthik for the second time after ''

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'' and Ezhil for the fifth time after ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.The audio rights were sold to

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.The first single track "Thailaanguyil" was released on 11 March 2022.Another single track "Rock N Roll Rasaathi" was sung by

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and Joewin Shamalina and released on 16 March 2022.The full album jukebox was released on 19 March 2022 after the film's release.The original soundtrack score was released on 8 April 2022.

Release

The film was scheduled to be released in theatres on 26 January 2022, but got postponed to 18 March 2022.

Reception

M. Suganth of ''

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'' who gave 1.5 out of 5 stars after reviewing the film stated that "By the time we get to the final revelation on the identity of the killer, we hardly care." Avinash Ramachandran of

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gave 1.5 out of 5 stars stating that But the biggest mystery is how a film like this lacking in entertainment was made by Ezhil. It makes one ask... Whodunit, actually!."

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Critic noted that " Director Ezhil has made the film less interesting with a thriller storyline. Fans have been disappointed as he has directed this film away from his previous films. The film lacks the sizzle and dynamism that a thriller film should have."

References

External links

* * {{Ezhil 2020s Indian films 2020s Tamil-language films 2022 action thriller films 2022 films Films based on Tamil novels Films directed by S. Ezhil Films scored by D. Imman Indian action thriller films Tamil-language action thriller films Tamil-language Indian films