Dragon (upcoming film)

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Directed by Ashwath Marimuthu
Written byAshwath Marimuthu
Pradeep Ranganathan [1]
Story byAshwath Marimuthu
Pradeep Ranganathan
Produced byKalpathi S. Aghoram
Kalpathi S. Ganesh
Kalpathi S. Suresh
Starring
Cinematography Niketh Bommireddy
Edited by Pradeep E. Ragav
Music by Leon James
Production
company
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Dragon is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film [2] directed by Ashwath Marimuthu, who co-wrote the script with Pradeep Ranganathan, and produced by AGS Entertainment. The film stars Pradeep in the titular role, alongside Anupama Parameswaran, George Maryan, Indumathy Manikandan, K. S. Ravikumar, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Mysskin, VJ Siddhu, Harshath Khan and Kayadu Lohar.

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The film was officially announced in April 2024 under the tentative title #PradeepAshwathCombo, as it is the first collaboration of Pradeep with Ashwath, and the official title was announced a few days later. Principal photography commenced the following month. The film has music composed by Leon James, cinematography handled by Niketh Bommi and editing by Pradeep E. Ragav.

Cast

Production

Development

After the success of Oh My Kadavule in 2020, Silambarasan congratulated director Ashwath Marimuthu for the film's success, leading speculations that they would collaborate for the director's next directorial venture. [3] Reports of a potential collaboration persisted through January 2022, [4] [5] with AGS Entertainment reported as the project's funder. [6] Touted to be a romantic comedy, production was reportedly set to begin later that year. [7] However, for unspecified reasons, the project was eventually shelved. [8] Silambarasan moved on to STR 48, directed by Desingh Periyasamy, while Ashwath took on the Telugu remake of Oh My Kadavule. [9]

In December 2023, Pradeep Ranganathan, a long-time friend of Ashwath Marimuthu, was reported to collaborate with him for Pradeep's third acting film after Love Today (2022) and Love Insurance Kompany . [10] AGS Entertainment was confirmed to be the project's funder, marking its second collaboration with Pradeep after Love Today.[ citation needed ] The company made a public announcement on 10 April 2024, confirming the project, tentatively titled #PradeepAshwathCombo and #AGS26. [11] The team retained collaborators from their previous films, including composer Leon James, editor Pradeep E. Ragav, and publicity designer Kabilan Chelliah; S. M. Venkat Manickam was appointed as the executive producer by the production house, while cinematographer Niketh Bommireddy was chosen to handle the cinematography. [12] Ashwath clarified the script he narrated to Silambarasan was not the same, after reports claimed it to be. [13] The film's official title, Dragon, was announced on 5 May. [14]

Casting

Pradeep would be playing a student as a main character for the first time. [15] [16] Anupama Parameswaran would be pairing opposite Pradeep, [17] in her fourth Tamil film after Kodi (2016), Thalli Pogathey (2021) and Siren (2024). [18] [19] K. S. Ravikumar, Gautham Vasudev Menon and Mysskin were confirmed to be playing important roles, in their first collaboration with Pradeep and Ashwath. [20] [21] YouTubers VJ Siddhu and Harshath Khan would make their film acting sophomore after Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja (2019), [22] whilst Kayadu Lohar would make her Tamil film debut with this film. [23] Shortly thereafter, George Maryan and Indumathy Manikandan were announced to play the title character's parents. [24]

Filming

Principal photography began with first schedule on 5 May 2024 with an inaugural puja at a film city in Chennai on the day before. [25] On 4 October, the director confirmed that the filming has entered into its last schedule. [26]

Music

The music and background score is composed by Leon James, in his first collaboration with Pradeep; and his third with Ashwath after Oh My Kadavulae and its Telugu remake Ori Devuda . [27]

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