Month: September 2020

Vellai Pookal (transl.?Dandelions) is a 2019 Indian Tamil language crime thriller film directed by newcomer Vivek Elangovan.^[1] The film stars Vivek, Charle, Dev, Pooja Devariya and Paige Henderson, and is produced by Indus Creations, an arts group based in Seattle.^[2][3] The film was released on 19 April 2019, a day after the start of the 2019 Indian general election.^[4]

Monster is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language comedy film, written and directed by Nelson Venkatesan and produced by Potential Studios. The film features S. J. Surya, Priya Bhavani Shankar, and Karunakaran in the lead roles.^[1] Featuring music composed by Justin Prabhakaran, the film finished production in September 2018. The film released on 17 May 2019 to positive reviews from critics, with critics praising the comedy and performance of S. J. Surya.^[2]

Hero is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language superhero film directed by P. S. Mithran, and produced by Kotapadi J. Rajesh under his production house KJR Studios. It stars Sivakarthikeyan, Arjun, Abhay Deol, Kalyani Priyadarshan and Ivana in prominent roles. This film marks the Tamil debuts of Deol and Kalyani Priyadarshan.^[1] The story was written by P. S. Mithran, Pon Parthiban, Savari Muthu and Antony Bhagyaraj. The music for the film is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with cinematography done by George C. Williams, and editing done by Ruben.

The film was released worldwide on 20 December 2019.^[2] A Telugu dubbed version titled Shakthi was released on 20 March 2020.^[3] Prior to its release, filmmaker Bosco Prabhu accused Mithran for plagiarizing his story. In April 2020, the Madras High Court issued an interim order banning the film from television and streaming platforms, due to which it was taken down from Prime Video.^[4][5] The ban was lifted in May 2020 once the issue was resolved.^[6]

Jiivi (transl.?Intelligent) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by V. J. Gopinath and written by Babu Tamizh. Jointly produced by M. Vellapandian, Sudalaikan Vellapandian and Subramanian Vellapandian. The film stars Vetri in the lead role, alongside an ensemble cast including Karunakaran, Monica Chinnakotla, Rohini, Ashwini Chandrashekar and Mime Gopi. The soundtrack album and background score was composed by K. S. Sundaramurthy, while art work, production controlling, executive production, line production were handled by Vairabalan, S. Nagarajan, Vivin S. R. and I. B. Karthikeyan, respectively.^[1] The film released on 28 June 2019 and was a successful venture.^[2][3]

Thimiru Pudichavan (transl.?Egoistic man) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Ganeshaa. The film features Vijay Antony, Nivetha Pethuraj and Sai Dheena in the main lead roles.^[1] The film is produced by Fatima Vijay Antony under the production banner Vijay Antony Film Corporation and it began production in between February and March 2018. The film earlier scheduled to have its theatrical release on 6 November 2018 coinciding Diwali while scheduled to have its theatrical release clashing alongside Sarkar but was postponed to 16 November.^[2][3][4] First look poster of the film was released on 1 February 2018.^[5] It received positive reviews; while Vijay’s performance, concept and cinematography was praised and became a super hit both the screenplay and sequences were criticised. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Roshagadu^[6], and dubbed and released in Malayalam as Ushiran.