Lara (2025 film)

Lara
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMani Moorthi
Written byMani Moorthi
Produced byM.karthikesan
Starring
  • Ashok Kumar Balakrishnan
  • M Karthikesan
  • Anusreya Rajan
CinematographyRj Raveen
Edited byValar Pandi
Music byRaghu Sravan Kumar
Production
company
Mk Film Media Works
Release date
  • 3 January 2025 (2025-01-03)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Lara is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language suspense thriller film written and directed by Mani Moorthi. The film stars Ashok Kumar Balakrishnan and M Karthikesan.[1] The film was produced by Karthikesan under the banner of Mk Film Media Works.[2]

Lara was released in theatres on 3 January 2025.

Cast

  • Ashok Kumar Balakrishnan as Maharoof
  • M Karthikesan as Inspector Karthikesan
  • Anusreya Rajan as Lara
  • Varshini Venkat
  • Venmathi
  • Mathew Varghese
  • Dhilipkumarreddy_ as sathya character
  • Pradeep
  • Bala as Lawrence
  • SK Babu

Production

The film was produced by M.karthikesan under the banner of Mk Film Media Works. The cinematography was done by Rj Raveen while editing was handled by Valar Pandi and music composed by Raghu Sravan Kumar.[3]

Reception

Abhinav Subramanian of Times of India rated two point five out of five and stated that "It’s a film that proves you can tick all the right boxes on the suspense checklist and still leave your audience feeling like they’ve read yesterday’s case files."[4]

RK Spark of Zee News wrote that "Although the story takes place only in certain places, the editing is done without showing any fatigue in the scenes. Fans who like crime thriller films will definitely like Lara."[5]

References

  1. ^ J.Durai. ""லாரா"படத்தின் டைட்டில் லுக் சத்யராஜ் வெளியிட்டு வாழ்த்தினார்!". tamil.webdunia.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  2. ^ "லாராவில் உண்மை சம்பவகதை". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 2024-06-17. Archived from the original on 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  3. ^ "நடிகர் அசோக் நடிக்கும் 'லாரா' படத்தில் இசை மற்றும் முன்னோட்டம் வெளியீடு". Virakesari.lk. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  4. ^ "Lara Movie Review : A coastal mystery, more murky than deep". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
  5. ^ "லாரா திரைப்படம் எப்படி உள்ளது? திரை விமர்சனம் இதோ!". Zee Hindustan Tamil (in Tamil). 2025-01-02. Retrieved 2025-01-03.