Don (upcoming film)

Don is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action-comedy film directed by Cibi Chakaravarthi, in his directorial debut and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran of Lyca Productions. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role who also co-produced the film under his Sivakarthikeyan Productions banner,^[1] and also co-stars S. J. Suryah, Priyanka Arul Mohan, Samuthirakani and Soori in other prominent roles. The film features music composed by Anirudh Ravichander, with K. M. Bhaskaran and Nagooran handled the cinematography and editing respectively.

Cast[]

• Sivakarthikeyan^[1]
• S. J. Suryah^[2]
• Priyanka Arul Mohan^[2]
• Samuthirakani^[2]
• Soori^[3]
• Munishkanth^[4]
• Bala Saravanan^[4]
• Kaali Venkat^[4]
• Sivaangi Krishnakumar^[5]
• RJ Vijay
• Shariq Hassan
• M. Kamaraj
• Ranjith Ayyasamy
• Wilfred Ryan^[6][7][8]

Production[]

Development[]

In August 2017, Sivakarthikeyan was reported to collaborate with his friend Vignesh Shivan, post Suriya's Thaanaa Serndha Koottam, with the films producer K. E. Gnanavel Raja of Studio Green also obtained its rights for the forthcoming project.^[9] However, the film failed to materialise and in March 2018,^[10] Sivakarthikeyan instead agreed to do another film for Raja, which became the M. Rajesh-directorial Mr. Local.^[11] In March 2019, Lyca Productions announced another project featuring Sivakarthikeyan and Vignesh Shivan with Anirudh Ravichander set to score music.^[12] Vignesh also finalised the script for the film on June 2019, as the project is scheduled to begin production from July 2019.^[13] In a turn of events, Lyca Productions backed out of producing the venture and Vignesh Shivan too prioritised to revive his shelved project Kaathu Vaakula Rendu Kaadhal which went on floors in late 2020.^[14]

In September 2020, Sivakarthikeyan announced another new project for Lyca Productions with a debutant director hired to helm the project.^[15] The project was officially announced on 27 January 2021,^[16] which was titled as Don and the actor himself co-produced the film under his Sivakarthikeyan Productions banner.^[17] It was directed by Cibi Chakaravarthi, an associate director of Atlee, with Anirudh Ravichander being the music composer.^[18] Sivakarthikeyan reported to appear in a thick beard role similar to Nivin Pauly's look in Premam (2015).^[19]

Casting[]

On 3 February 2021, the makers announced the principal cast of the film which included Priyanka Arul Mohan, S. J. Suryah, and Samuthirakani.^[2] Priyanka reunited with Sivakarthikeyan in the film, which marked their second collaboration after Doctor.^[20] Soori who also collaborated with the actor in several films, based on rural settings (Varuthapadaatha Vaalibar Sangam, Rajinimurugan, Seemaraja and Namma Veettu Pillai), joined for the first time in an urban-setting film.^[3] The next week, Munishkanth, Bala Saravanan, Kaali Venkat, RJ Vijay, and Cooku With Comali fame Sivaangi Krishnakumar, Ranjith Ayyasamy, Wilfred Ryan were also announced as part of the cast.^[4]

Filming[]

Principal photography began on 11 February 2021 at Coimbatore. A launch event for the film took place in Chennai followed by a traditional pooja ceremony,^[21] which saw the presence of the film's cast and crew in entirety.^[22] Major portions of the film is scheduled to take place at KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology in Coimbatore,^[23] with the film is scheduled to be wrapped in a single stretch of 40 days, with more than 20-25 days were alloted for two schedules each.^[24] This schedule started on 15 February and ended in 15 March, which was filmed within 28 days.^[25] The team then moved to Chennai, to begin the second filming schedule on 22 March which was completed within a span of 25 days.^[26] The team intended to start the next schedule of filming, but was halted on late-April 2021 due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu.^[27] The second schedule is expected to begin on 15 July 2021.^[28]

References[]

External links[]

• Don at IMDb