Chennai City Gangsters

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Chennai City Gangsters
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byVikram Rajeshwar
Arun Keshav
Written byVikram Rajeshwar
Produced byBobby Balachandran
Starring
CinematographyTijo Tomy
Edited bySuresh A Prasad
Music by D. Imman
Production
company
BTG Universal
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Chennai City Gangsters is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language comedy heist film written by Vikram Rajeshwar and directed along with Arun Keshav and produced by Bobby Balachandran under his BTG Universal banner. [1] The film stars Vaibhav, Athulya Ravi and Manikandan Rajesh in the lead roles, alongside an ensemble cast including Anandaraj, Rajendran, John Vijay, Redin Kingsley, and Ilavarasu in supporting roles. [2] Its score was composed by D. Imman, the cinematography handled by Tijo Tomy, and editing by Suresh A Prasad. [3]

Contents

Cast

Production

Development

On 24 October 2023, actor Vaibhav who was then last seen in Buffoon (2022) announced his untitled project directed by the debutant duo brothers Vikram Rajeshwar and Arun Keshav and produced by Bobby Balachandran under BTG Universal headed by Dr. M. Manoj Beno. [2] The film marks the first time collaboration of the brothers Vaibhav and Sunil Reddy [6] sharing screenspace together and the film's director Vikram Rajeshwar who had earlier worked on advertisements was revealed to be the son of an acclaimed Tamil filmmaker and screenwriter K. Rajeshwar known for the classics Idhaya Thamarai (1990), Amaran (1992) and Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi (2003) as director and for Panneer Pushpangal (1981), Kadalora Kavithaigal (1986) and Seevalaperi Pandi (1994) as writer. [10]

Athulya Ravi [11] was announced to play the female lead along with an ensemble cast including Anandaraj [7] , Rajendran [8] , John Vijay [9] , Redin Kingsley and Ilavarasu in this romantic heist comedy film. [1] Music composer D. Imman, editor Suresh A Prasad and cinematographer Tijo Tomy were chosen for the technical crew. [3]

Filming

Principal photography began on 25 October 2023, and was planned in two schedules for 35 days and to wrap the filming by December with major portions being shot in places in and around Chennai. [3] On 13 April 2024, the makers announced that the entire filming had been wrapped up. [12]

Music

Chennai City Gangsters
Soundtrack album by
StudioD.Imman’s Sound Factory (Audio suite A and B), Chennai
Genre Feature film soundtrack
LanguageTamil
Producer D. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Petta Rap
(2024)
Chennai City Gangsters
(2024)
Valli Mayil
(TBA)
Singles from Chennai City Gangsters
  1. "Meyya Mummari"
    Released: 21 August 2024
  2. "My Maima (Promo Song)"
    Released: 21 September 2024

The music and background score is composed by D. Imman. The first single "Meyya Mummari" lyrical video was released on 21 August 2024 [13] and the video song was released on 29 August 2024. [14] The audio launch was held on 18 September 2024 in Chennai. [15] The promo song "My Maima" was released on 21 September 2024, and had lyrics written by Super Subu and Ofro, with Ofro also singing along with Gaana Guna and Gaana Dharani. [16]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Singer(s)Length
1."Meyya Mummari"Karthik Netha Karthik 3:35
2."My Maima (Promo Song)"Super Subu, OfroGaana Guna, Gaana Dharani, Ofro3:36

Marketing

On 25 December 2023, the project's title Chennai City Gangsters [4] , a callback to the famous song of Anirudh Ravichander from the film Vanakkam Chennai (2013) was announced through a first-look poster. [17] [18] On 27 March 2024, a one-minute long motion poster showing a gang digging to loot a bank, and a wanted list poster following a chase scene was released along with the second-look poster. [19] [20] Following an audio launch, the teaser was released on 18 August 2024. [21] [22] The makers began releasing the character reveal posters from 3 September 2024. [4] [5]

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