Kalavu (2019 film)

Kalavu
Kalavu
	Poster
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
Release date	9 February 2019;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kalavu (transl. Theft) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Murali Karthick. The film stars Kalaiyarasan and Karunakaran in the leading roles, with Vatsan Chakravarthy and Abhirami Iyer in a supporting roles. The film features music composed by Sundaramurthy.^[1] The film was released on ZEE5 on 9 February 2019.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Kalaiyarasan
Karunakaran as Gautham
Venkat Prabhu as Inspector
Vatsan Chakravarthy as Stephen
Abhirami Iyer as Shruthi
Chinni Jayanth as watchman
Chetan as Sujeeth's father
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". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.

External links[]

Kalavu at IMDb

[1] "Kalaiarasan's next 'Kalavu' is a crime thriller". StudioFlicks.com. 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. 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". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.

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