Indrajith (2017 film)

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Indrajith
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byKalaprabhu
Written byKalaprabhu
Produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu
Starring Gautham Karthik
Ashrita Shetty
Sonarika Bhadoria
CinematographyRasamathi
Edited by V. T. Vijayan
S. R. Ganesh Babu
Music byKP
Production
company
Release date
  • 24 November 2017 (2017-11-24) [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Indrajith is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action adventure film directed by Kalaprabhu and produced by his father Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film features Gautham Karthik and Ashrita Shetty in the lead roles, while Sonarika Bhadoria, Sudhanshu Pandey, Sachin Khedekar, Nagendra Babu and M. S. Bhaskar play supporting roles. This film received majorly negative reviews. The film declared as flop at the box office.

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Plot

Mayilvaganam, a retired archeological professor, is in search of a mystical stone mentioned in the holy books, which has the ability to cure dreaded diseases like cancer. In his hunt for the stone, he forms a team of youngsters, which include Indrajith, a happy-go-lucky guy and adventure-junkie. Whilst the team has a well-laid out map, they are up against Kapil Sharma, the head of the Archaeological Survey of India and an old foe of Mayilvaganam. Later, when Indrajith gets the stone, he realizes that it is Mayilvaganam who is evil and not Sharma, so he gives the stone to Kapil. Mayilvaganam is jailed, and Sharma decides to share the stone with other countries as well to cure diseases on Indrajith's advice. Indrajith says," Let's share", and they all laugh. The story ends on this note.

Cast

Production

The collaboration between actor and director was first reported in October 2013, with Kalaprabhu revealing that his second venture after Sakkarakatti (2008), would be an action-adventure film produced by his father. Gautham Karthik was signed to play the title role, while actresses Ashrita Shetty and Sonarika Bhadoria were selected to play female leading roles. [2] Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy were initially announced as the film's music composers, but delays later meant that newcomer KP was selected to compose the film's soundtrack and score. [3] A first look poster for the film was revealed in January 2014, stating that production was in progress. The team announced that schedules were set to take place in Chennai, Arunachal Pradesh and then Goa, while also revealing that the title was a reference to the character Indrajith from the Indian epic Ramayana. It was later revealed that the film would be along the lines of the Indiana Jones films, with Gautham Karthik and Sonarika featuring in a group of fortune seekers, also including Sudanshu Pandey and theatre actor Amit. [4]

The team began filming in early 2014, with shoots conducted in Chennai and Pondicherry. A further twelve-day shoot schedule in Goa during July 2014, with Sachin Khedekar joining the cast to portray a professor. [5] [6] After a long schedule break, the team reconvened in April 2015 to complete the rest of the shoot. [7] Sports person turned actor Rajveer Singh is essaying the role of antagonist. [8]

The film's teaser trailer was released during April 2016 and was attached to screenings featuring Thanu's other production, Theri (2016). In an interview in May 2016, Gautham Karthik revealed that the film was completed and was awaiting a release date. [9] [10]

Soundtrack

Indrajith
Soundtrack album by
KP
Released2017
Recorded2016
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Think Music India
Producer KP
KP chronology
Indrajith
(2017)		 Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari
(2019)

The film's soundtrack was composed by K. P. [11] [12]

Reception

The Indian Express said, "Indrajith is an example of a lazily produced movie that doesn’t even try to keep the viewer engaged.". [13] Vishal Menon of The Hindu wrote that "The film is big on ambition and nothing else". [14] Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle stated that "The plot had all the potential of an engaging adventure thriller had Kala Prabhu given a thoughtful and believable screenplay" [15]

Sreedhar Pillai critic of Firstpost rated 2.5 out of 5 and stated that "The film has an interesting plot, but the writing is weak and there are far too many logical loopholes in the narrative". [16] Thinkal Menon of The Times of India gave 2 out of 5 rating and wrote that "The film has an ambitious plot, but is ruined with lackadaisical writing, poor CG and half-baked characters". [17]

The News Minute critic wrote that "The film also doesn’t do justice to the exotic locations it travels through.". [18]

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