Goko Mako

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Goko Mako
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Film poster
Directed byArunkanth V
Written byArunkanth V
Produced byArunkanth
StarringRamkumar
Dhanusha
Narrated by Chaams
CinematographySukumaran Sundar
Edited byVinoth Sridhar
Music byArunkanth
Production
company
Info Pluto Media Works
Distributed byInfo Pluto Media Works
Release date
  • 14 February 2019 (2019-02-14)
Running time
96 minutes [1]
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget25 lakhs [1]

Goko Mako is a 2019 Tamil language romantic comedy independent film directed by Arunkanth. The film stars Ramkumar, Danusha, Chaams & Kalangal Dinesh in the lead roles with Sara George, Vinod Varma, YG Mahendra and Santhana Bharathi in supporting roles. This is the first Tamil theatrical feature film to be completely shot on a Go Pro. [2] [3]

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Cast

Production

The film was shot in 12 days under a low budget and completely shot on a GoPro. The title of the film is based on Coimbatore colloquial language. Arunkanth V in addition to being the director, was also the producer and music composer. [1] Debutant Ramkumar, nephew of actor Sarathkumar., plays the male lead while Dhanusha plays the female lead. [4] [5] Sara George, who starred in Taramani and Chaams were signed on to play pivotal roles. [6] During the making of the film, the dialogues were not practiced, but were improvised upon filming. [1]

Release

A website was created for pre-release sales to enable the film to run at a low price in multiple multiplexes. [1] The film released on 14 February 2019. [7] A reviewer from Maalai Malar gave the film a mixed review, while film portal ChennaiVision stated the film "gives us a feeling of watching a funny collage of YouTube and TikTok videos." [8] [9]

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