Guardian (2024 film)

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Guardian
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byGuru Saravanan
Sabari
Written byGuru Saravanan
Produced by Vijay Chandar
Starring Hansika Motwani
Suresh Chandra Menon
Sriman
CinematographyK. A. Sakthivel
Edited byM. Thiyagarajan
Music by Sam C. S.
Production
company
Film Works
Distributed byBlockbuster Production
Release date
  • 8 March 2024 (2024-03-08)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Guardian is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language horror film directed by Sabari and Guru Saravanan, and starring Hansika Motwani, Suresh Chandra Menon and Sriman. [1] The film was released on 8 March 2024.

Contents

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Sam C. S. [3]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Mayakitta" Viveka, Sam CS, UmadeviSrinisha Jayaseelan, Sam CS3:34
2."Unlucky"  Anthony Daasan 3:11
3."Thiraikadal"  Saindhavi 4:10
4."Guardian - Theme Song"  K. S. Chithra 1:08
Total length:11:53

Reception

Cinema Express rated the film one star out of five and stated, "Like countless horror films, the ghost in Guardian too is gripped with revenge. Even with a familiar story, the makers could have still made an engaging film with focused storytelling or at least they could have leveraged the thrills of the genre. However, the jumpscares are as bland as the story." [4] The Times of India had a similar assessment, calling it "An insipid film with threadbare antagonists and unintentionally comical scares". [5] Manigandan KR of Times Now rated three out of five and wrote "In all, Guardian is a reasonably good horror thriller that is worth watching once." [6]

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