Cinderella (2021 Indian film)

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Cinderella
Cinderella 2021 Indian poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVinoo Venketesh
Written byVinoo Venketesh
Produced byS. Subbiah
Starring Raai Laxmi
Abhinaya
Sakshi Agarwal
CinematographyRammy
Edited byLawrence Kishore
Music byAshwamithra
Production
company
SSi Productions
Release date
  • 24 September 2021 (2021-09-24)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cinderella is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language horror film written and directed by Vinoo Venketesh in directorial debut under the banner SSi Productions. [1] The film stars Raai Laxmi in the title role [2] and Sakshi Agarwal. The music was composed by Aswamithra. [3] with cinematography by Rammy and editing by Lawrence Kishore. Principal photography of the film commenced in October 2018. The film was released on 24 September 2021. [4]

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Plot

Akira (Raai Laxmi), a sound designer, is arrested as a suspect, but she claims she is innocent. She has come to a hill station to record the sounds of a few rare birds for a Hollywood project. She finds a Cinderella costume in an antique shop and brings it home and has paranormal experiences. Meanwhile, Ramya (Sakshi Agarwal), a rich girl, is killed and her mother becomes the next target of a ghost. At the police station, a man is arrested for assaulting Ramya's mother Sandra. When leaving the station, Akira bumps into Sandra, who is shocked to see her. She contacts her manager, requesting for an appointment with Saint Gonzalves. The movie then jumps to a flashback.

Thulasi, a lookalike of Akira, works as a maid for Sandra and Ramya, who berates her. She once sees a Cinderella costume and saves money to buy it. Meanwhile, Ramya falls in love with her dance choreographer Robin. Robin on a visit to Ramya's House, sees Thulasi dancing and admires her. Later during Ramya's birthday party, Thulasi wears the Cinderella costume, and Robin falls for her. He later proposes to her, angering Ramya. Later that day, Ramya and Sandra kill Thulasi. Thulasi's spirit goes into the gown, and a possessed Akira kills Ramya. Sandra, with the help of the Saint, tries to ward off the ghost. Thulasi pairs up with another woman's ghost (a lady killed by her husband and Sandra) and kills Sandra.

Cast

Production

The project was announced by debutant Vinoo Venketesh who previously worked as an associate director of S. J. Surya. The filming progressed from October 2018 according to notable sources. [5] After narrating the script to Nayanthara, Trisha, Amy Jackson, Hansika Motwani, Aishwarya Rajesh, Manisha Yadav, Anjali, and Regina Cassandra, Raai Laxmi, who was part of horror films like Aranmanai and Kanchana , was cast in the female lead. [6] [7] As per Raai, she has three different characterisations in the film. [8] [3] Sakshi Agarwal was announced as a second female lead.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Aswamithra. All lyrics written by Kabilan Vairamuthu.

Cinderella
Soundtrack album by
Aswamithra
Released2021
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length14:28
Label Junglee Music
Producer Aswamithra
Aswamithra chronology
Kanchana 2
(2015)		Cinderella
(2021)
Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Aalavanjiye (Female Vocals)"Aishwarya Ravichandran, Balaji Sri4:28
2."Aalavanjiye (Male Vocals)" G. V. Prakash Kumar, Balaji Sri4:29
3."Boogie Woogie"Kiran Shravan, Vinoo Venkatesh3:45
4."Cinderella Theme" 1:46

Release

The film was released on 24 September 2021.

Critical reception

Cinderella received mixed reviews, with praise for the editing, jump scares, and screenplay but critism for the plot. In his largely negative review for Critic Rants, Gordon McIntyre wrote that he loved the movie for its stereotypical treatment but hated it for the same reasons. [9] The Times of India gave it a mixed review. [10]

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