Address (film)

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Address
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Poster
Directed byRajamohan
Written byRajamohan
Produced byAjey Krishna
Starring
Cinematography
  • Krishnakumar Venkatasamy
  • Srinivas Dayanidhi
Edited byTamil Arasan
Music by Girishh Gopalakrishnan
Production
companies
  • Cocktail Cinemas
  • SS Media
Release date
  • 7 March 2025 (2025-03-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Address is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language film, written and directed by Rajamohan. The film features Esakki Barath in the lead role alongside Atharvaa in an extended cameo appearance. The film also features Pooja Jhaveri, Dhiya, Thambi Ramaiah, Devadarshini, A. Venkatesh, Poster Nandakumar, Nagendran, Goli Soda Muthu, and others in supporting roles.

Contents

Address is scheduled to release in theatres on 7 March 2025.

Premise

The film is based on real life incident in 1956 involving the struggles of a village on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border during the state reorganization. [1]

Cast

Production

Development

Began in August 2015, the project titled Rukkumani Vandi Varudhu directed by Rajamohan of Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum (2009) and Vanavarayan Vallavarayan (2014) fame starring Atharvaa and Pooja Jhaveri in the lead roles [2] and produced by Deepa Iyer got shelved in 2017 after completing 40% of the filming in Kodaikanal. [3] [4] In late June 2021, Rajamohan announced his collaboration with the same pair in his next project titled Address, with Goli Soda 2 (2018) fame Esakki Barath in the lead role with Atharvaa playing an extended cameo appearance as Kaali with Pooja Jahaveri as his female pair. [5] The film also features debutant Dhiya, Thambi Ramaiah, Devadarshini, A. Venkatesh, Poster Nandakumar, Nagendran, Goli Soda Muthu, and others in supporting roles. [6]

The technical team consists of music composer Girishh Gopalakrishnan, cinematographers Krishnakumar Venkatasamy and Srinivas Dayanidhi, and editor Tamil Arasan. [7] The film is produced by Ajey Krishna and co-produced by G Pradeep Kumar, M Absha Mydeen, K Arul Selvan, Venkatesh Venugopal, and A M Jayaram jointly under Cocktail Cinemas and SS Media. [8]

Filming

Principal photography primarily took place in Kodaikanal and in a neraby hamlet named Vellakavi [1] which got wrapped in mid-October 2021. [9]

Music

Address
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedApril 21, 2022 (2022-04-21)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length19:30
LanguageTamil
Label AandP Groups
Producer Girishh Gopalakrishnan
Girishh Gopalakrishnan chronology
Kolai
(2023)
Address
(2022)
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Address Juke Box on YouTube

The soundtrack and background score is composed by Girishh Gopalakrishnan. [7] The audio launch was conducted on 20 April 2022. [10]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."DSLR"Gana HariharanGana Hariharan 
2."Megam Moodi Kollum" Snehan Senthil Ganesh, Sinduri, Girishh Gopalakrishnan 
3."Sillati Silukku Meni" Mohan Rajan Anthony Daasan  
4."Kalavaadum Kanna"Snehan Pradeep Kumar, Padmalatha 
5."Sivane Sivane"SnehanMadhichiyam Bala 

Release

Address is scheduled to release in theatres on 7 March 2025. [11]

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