Netrikann

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Netrikann
Netrikann poster.jpg
Official release poster
Directed byMilind Rau
Written byMilind Rau
Navin Sundaramurthy
Based onA South Korean 2011 film Blind
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyR. D. Rajasekhar
Music byGirishh Gopalakrishnan
Production
companies
Distributed byDisney+ Hotstar
Release date
  • 13 August 2021 (2021-08-13)[1]
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Netrikann (transl. The Third Eye) is an 2021 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film, a remake of the 2011 South Korean film Blind. It centres around a blind police officer in search of a serial killer[2] The film is directed by Milind Rau and produced by Vignesh Shivan under the banner of Rowdy Pictures.[3] Kross Pictures, a multinational film and television production company and K.S. Mayilvaganan are co-producers.[4] The digital premiere rights for the film were bought by Disney+ Hotstar.[5] The film stars Nayanthara in the lead role with Ajmal Ameer playing an antagonist role. Whilst, K. Manikandan and Saran Shakthi in supporting roles.[6]

Plot[]

A missing person case involving a female university student and the victim in a hit and run case appears to be related. Detectives look for a witness.

Durga (Nayanthara) used to be a promising cadet at the police academy but after a horrific car accident which killed her surrogate brother Adithya and caused her to lose her eyesight, her police career ended. Durga reveals to SI Manikandan at the police station that on the night of the hit and run case she was picked up by a taxi cab driver. Durga believes the taxi driver may be the perpetrator of the crimes. Initially, SI Manikandan doesn't take Durga's claims seriously because she is blind, but when Durga displays her acute senses, the detective starts to believe her.

SI Manikandan and Durga then work together to find the taxi cab driver, but all their leads turn up empty. Then another witness comes forward, Gowtham. Gowtham is a motorcycle delivery boy who claims to have also witnessed the hit and run incident. Gowtham emphatically states that the car in question was not a taxi cab, but rather an imported sedan.

Same night when Gowtham is walking home alone, he is followed by Dinah. Gowtham at first runs away, but is snuck up on and hit by a brick. An ambulance comes and SI Manikandan and Durga drive to the scene. Gowtham gets annoyed by Durga's constant nagging, and on the day of his release, storms out in anger. When he reaches the nearly-empty subway station, he sees Durga on the other side and then sees her ride the subway followed by the killer. He calls her on her phone and tells her urgently that the killer is in front of her. As he runs to catch up with her, she goes on FaceTime and shows him her location and surroundings. He guides her out of the subway and to safety, as well as her seeing eye dog, Kanna. She reaches into her handbag and sprays the killer's eyes with her pepper spray and runs off with Kanna. When she reaches the elevator, she thought that she'd be safe, but the killer quickly gets in, he also injects her with propofol, and kills Kanna.

When Durga wakes up, she asks for her seeing dog, but Gowtham hands her the blood-stained leash. At home she gets a call from an unknown number. The caller warns her away from the case. "You can't see me, but I'm watching you." A few days later, SI Manikandan and Durga visit Renuka, friend of Sofia, Dinah's victim, who reveals that Sofia was pregnant and had decided to get an abortion. They were able to contact Dinah through an agent. To find the killer, Durga plays the part of a pregnant women who wants to get an abortion. She reaches Dinah's secret clinic and after a few turn of events, Dinah ends up in the station and confesses with truth serum that he has a condition and also says that his wife Nancy resembled Durga,who was killed in an argument by Dinah

They get into a violent fight, in which the detective dies and the killer drives off. Meanwhile, Gowtham and Durga visit the orphanage again when they're asked to watch over it while the school director takes the children out. The killer enters the living room and lights a cigarette and listens to some music. Durga, annoyed by the music, goes downstairs to turn it off. She reprimands Gowtham for playing it, but smells the cigarette smoke. Gowtham goes upstairs and fights the killer while Durga runs away, reaching the car and breaking its windows with the motion sensor. The killer attacks her but she hits him on the head, continues to hit him eventually killing him. The police find SI Manikandan's body and other evidence implicating Dinah as the killer. The police also rescue the girls from James Dinah's home. Final credit shows Durga out of the eye surgery and able to see again. The final scene shows the appreciation ceremony for Manikandan who not only sacrificed his life but also donated his eyes to Durga. Durga is re-admitted to the police academy and the girls whose life she saved thank her.

Cast[]

  • Nayanthara[5] as
    • Durga: A former CBI officer who was accidentally lost her eyesight
    • Nancy: a software engineer, Durga's look alike, James's wife who was killed by James
  • Ajmal Ameer as Dr. James Dinah,[7] a gynecologist who kidnapped some girls and abruptly raped and killed them.
  • K. Manikandan as SI Manikandan, a kind and innocent police officer who helped Durga in that case, who later killed by James
  • Saran Shakthi as Gautam[8] a delivery boy, who helped Durga in that case later she adopted him as her brother
  • Scooby as A Dog ("Kanna"), Durga's pet and later killed by James
  • Sacchin Nachiappan as Aditya, Durga's adopted brother in orphanage who accidentally died
  • Deepa Balu as Sofia, a girl who was kidnapped by James
  • Lizzie Antony as Sofia's mother
  • RJ Ananthi as Renuka, Sofia's friend
  • Redin Kingsley as Babu, James's agent
  • Pradeep K. Vijayan as Veterinarian
  • Supergood Subramani as a Police Officer
  • Yaanai Joke Kathir as Robber
  • Ravi Venkatraman

Production[]

The film was announced by Vignesh Shivan, the producer of the movie in his Twitter page in September 2019.[9] The principal photography and the shooting of the film was done in 2020. The team had completed almost eighty percentage of the shooting before lockdown announced by the government due to COVID-19 pandemic.[10] On March 14, 2020, the entire crew had celebrated the birthday of the director Milind Rau in the shooting set before the lockdown and the pictures of it went viral in social media.[11] The rest of the shooting was completed in the year 2020 after the lockdown.[citation needed]

Music[]

The music of the film is handled by Girishh Gopalakrishnan and Kartik Nehta is the lyricist of the songs. The song Ithuvum Kadanthu Pogum sung by Sid Sriram from this film was released in June, 2021 and a reprised version was sung by Bombay Jayashri .[12]

Release[]

The film was released in Disney+ Hotstar on August 13, 2021.[13]

Reception[]

The film received mixed responses. Janani K of India Today wrote, "Nayanthara's crime thriller is bland and illogical".[14]

Ancy K Sunny of The Week described the film as a "predictable thriller" and added that the film tried to convey a social message.[15]

However, popular film critic Nirmal Narayanan of the International Business Times praised the film and wrote, "Nayanthara's crime thriller is mind-blowing, but little lengthy. Nayanthara's solo performance is enough and more to watch this movie."[16]

References[]

  1. ^ Disney+HotstarVIP [@DisneyplusHSVIP] (29 July 2021). "இருக்கும் கண்கள் மூடினால், மூன்றாவது கண் திறக்கும்! இது நயன்தாராவின் சுட்டெரிக்கும் #Netrikann Streaming from August 13th in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. Watch it Now :- t.co/UmJjFQPyQQ #Netrikann #DisneyPlusHotStarMultiplex #Nayanthara @VigneshShivN" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Sekar, Raja (17 September 2019). "Nayanthara to play visually challenged character in Netrikann, remake of 2011 Korean movie Blind". Firstpost. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Vignesh Shivan on Nayanthara's Netrikann: Director Milind's script is an intriguing thriller". India Today. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Is Nayanthara's new film, Netrikann, a remake of a Korean film?". Cinema Express. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Nayanthara starrer 'Netrikann' to release on Disney+ Hotstar". India TV. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  6. ^ Sharma, Anurag (18 November 2020). "'Netrikann' Cast And Everything You Need To Know About It; Take A Look". Republic World. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. ^ "My character in Netrikann will keep the audience guessing: Ajmal Ameer". Times of India. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Actor Saran Shakthi as Goutham lands a crucial role in Nayanthara's Netrikann". Times of India. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Netrikann: Vignesh Shivan announces Nayanthara's next". India Today. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  10. ^ "This is the status of Nayanthara's Netrikann!". Times of India. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  11. ^ Johnson, David (18 March 2020). "Nayanthara shoots and celebrates her director's birthday despite Coronavirus scare". International Business Times. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Watch: First song from Nayanthara's upcoming 'Netrikann' is out". The News Minute. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  13. ^ "The trailer of the film Netrikann released two weeks prior to its release".
  14. ^ K, Janani (13 August 2021). "Netrikann Movie Review: Nayanthara's crime thriller is bland and illogical". India Today. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  15. ^ Sunny, Ancy K (13 August 2021). "'Netrikann' review: Nayanthara-starrer is a predictable thriller that tries to pass a social message". The Week. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  16. ^ Narayanan, Nirmal (13 August 2021). "Netrikann movie review: Nayanthara's crime thriller is mind-blowing, but little lengthy". International Business Times. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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