Kalavu (2019 film)

Kalavu
Poster
Directed byMurali Karthick
Written byMurali Karthick
Produced byDiliban M. Sengottian
I. B. Karthikeyan
StarringKalaiyarasan
Karunakaran
Venkat Prabhu
Vatsan Chakravarthy
Abhirami Iyer
CinematographyVignesh Rajagopalan
Edited byKiripakaran Purushothaman
Music byK. S. Sundaramurthy
Production
companies
Spicy Cool Impressions
Big Print Pictures
Distributed byZEE5
Release date
  • 9 February 2019 (2019-02-09)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

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.

Plot

The plot of Kalavu, is held together by an incident of theft. Hence, the title. But there’s also another thread that connects the main characters of Kalavu together: lies. It isn’t a coincidence that Kalavu opens with a couplet structured like a Thirukkural. The Thirukkural, in one of its verses, says that even a lie will be placed on par with the truth if it gives unblemished returns. The film begins with white lies: A son lies to his parents about drinking; a man lies to his friends to make them meet him. But as the plot unfolds, the lies grow darker, and so does the intent. Kalavu acts as more of a reminder of our clandestine selves.

Cast

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

  1. ^ "Kalaiarasan's next 'Kalavu' is a crime thriller". StudioFlicks.com. 26 February 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Kalai and Karunakaran team up for a thriller". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Kalaiyarasan Karunakaran Abhirami Iyer next new movie Kalavu". IndiaGlitz. 28 February 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Kalavu review: A neatly planned theft". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.