Game (2002 film)

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Game
Directed byJohn Amritraj
Produced byS. Soundara Pandi
Starring Karthik
Vinod Kumar Alva
Manoj K. Jayan
Radha
CinematographyT. Damodaran
Edited byKrishna
Music by S. P. Venkatesh
Production
company
Srimasani Amman Pictures
Release date
  • 4 November 2002 (2002-11-04)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Game is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by John Amritraj. The film stars Karthik and Vinod Kumar Alva. The film, produced by Srimasani Amman Pictures, had a musical scores by S. P. Venkatesh and was released after several delays on 4 November 2002 to negative reviews.

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Cast

Production

John Amritraj had originally planned the film with Karthik in the late 1990s as Koottali which also had Divya Dutta in the cast, though delays meant that the film's budget and cast were subsequently affected. [1] [2] For the film, Karthik participated in a song sequence shot with 100 car lights, sung by Anuradha Sreeram and performed by Rani. The film went through production slowly and changed its name to Game, having a delayed release in 2002. [3]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. P. Venkatesh. [4]

Release

The film was released on 4 November 2002 on Diwali day. [5]

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