Kalavu (2019 film)
Kalavu (transl. Theft) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Murali Karthick. The film stars Kalaiyarasan and Karunakaran, with Vatsan Chakravarthy and Abhirami Iyer in a supporting roles. The film has music composed by Sundaramurthy.[1] The film was released on ZEE5 on 9 February 2019.
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Directed by | Murali Karthick |
Written by | Murali Karthick |
Produced by | Diliban M. Sengottian I. B. Karthikeyan |
Starring | Kalaiyarasan Karunakaran Venkat Prabhu Vatsan Chakravarthy Abhirami Iyer |
Cinematography | Vignesh Rajagopalan |
Edited by | Kiripakaran Purushothaman |
Music by | K. S. Sundaramurthy |
Production companies | Spicy Cool Impressions Big Print Pictures |
Distributed by | ZEE5 |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Plot
Cast
- Kalaiyarasan as Sujeeth
- Karunakaran as Gautham
- Venkat Prabhu as Inspector
- Vatsan Chakravarthy as Stephen
- Abhirami Iyer as Shruthi
- Chinni Jayanth as watchman
- Chetan as Sujeeth's father
- Geevee as Ashok
- Gautham Harikrishnan
- Aravind Murali as Maari
Production
Debutant director Murali Karthick created a 37-minute pilot film to show producers before getting an opportunity to make the film. Kalaiyarasan, Karunakaran and Venkat Prabhu were selected to play the lead roles, while model Abhirami Iyer was signed to play a lead actress.[2][3]
Reception
The film was released as a ZEE5 original on 9 February 2019.[4] The Indian Express wrote "The writing is intelligent and so is the screenplay. With the scenes and its match cuts, director Murali Karthick firmly positions himself as an unreliable narrator, keeping you hooked".[5]
References
- "Kalaiarasan's next 'Kalavu' is a crime thriller". StudioFlicks.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- "Kalai and Karunakaran team up for a thriller". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- "Kalaiyarasan Karunakaran Abhirami Iyer next new movie Kalavu". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- "Venkat Prabhu's Kalavu movie will release in Zee 5". Behindwoods. 5 February 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- "Kalavu review: A neatly planned theft". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.