Kanchana 3

Kanchana 3
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Raghava Lawrence
Written by	Raghava Lawrence
Produced by	Kalanithi Maran Raghava Lawrence
Starring	Raghava Lawrence Oviya Vedhika Nikki Tamboli Ri Djavi Alexandra
Cinematography	Vetri Palanisamy Sarvesh Murari
Edited by	Ruben
Music by	Songs: DooPaaDoo Score: S. Thaman
Production companies	Sun Pictures Raghavendra Productions
Distributed by	Sun Pictures
Release date	19 April 2019 (2019-04-19)
Running time	174 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Box office	₹130 crore [1]

Kanchana 3 (marketed as Muni 4: Kanchana 3) is a 2019 Indian Tamil language action-comedy horror film ^[2] co-produced, written and directed by Raghava Lawrence. The film stars Raghava Lawrence in a dual role with Oviya, Vedhika, Nikki Tamboli and Ri Djavi Alexandra. While Kovai Sarala, Soori, Tarun Arora, and Kabir Duhan Singh play supporting roles. Produced by Sun Pictures, the fourth installment in the Muni (film series) , the film began production during October 2018 and released on 19 April 2019. Later, the film was dubbed in Hindi as K3: Kaali Ka Karishma. ^[3]

Plot

A businessman asks his friend to resolve his daughter's problem. His friend asks him to take him to the nearby Lord Narasimha Temple. So the businessman's family takes her to the nearby temple. She breaks the car and runs home. He becomes scared, and they call Russian exorcists to evict the spirit from their daughter. They successfully evict the violent spirit and hammered it into a tree with two metal nail crosses.

Raghava, a ghost-fearing man, lives with his happy family, consisting of his mother, brother, sister-in-law, and niece. They set out for Coimbatore for a family function to celebrate their grandparents' 60th anniversary. On the way to Coimbatore, they stop in a field to have a picnic. A sudden gust blows, and Raghava manages to pull the metal nail crosses. It twists out of the ground and stays in the picnic basket. During the function, the whole family, including Raghava's female cousins Priya, Kavya, and Divya, witnessed strange and scary incidents during the day and night at their grandparents' house. They visit a Muneeshwaran temple, and the aghori gives them a holy trishula to plant. That night, the spirit drags Priya out of the house, and the trishula lands in front of her. They visit the aghori, and he gives them three scary dolls to prove if there is a ghost, ghoul, or vengeful vampire. They send Raghava, his female cousins and his grandparents to hand out posters while they conduct the rituals.

While conducting the first ritual, a black horse smashes through the house and drags Raghava's brother. During the second ritual, a herd of bulls enters the house and scares Raghava's family. They nail and rip the doll's head off in the final ritual. Raghava’s family exits the house. The ghost eats the head and scares them. The aghori goes to their house and lies to them about having caught the spirit. Raghava, Priya, Kavya, and Divya return. One night, Priya kisses Raghava, and the ghost possesses him after he looks inside the picnic basket. The following night, the girls witness Raghava behaving effeminately, wearing heels, applying lipstick, and applying mascara to his eyelashes. That same night, the possessed Raghava brutally stabs Shankar’s assistant and slaps Raghava’s brother and sister-in-law.

The possessed Raghava reveals his violent spirit after his female cousins hug and flirt with him. He beats up Raghava’s cousins and family. Raghava’s grandparents return home, and Raghava’s mother tells him that Raghava is possessed by two spirits, a male and a female. Raghava’s grandfather calls the aghori. The aghori returns to their home and tells them that he lied for a good cause. He reveals Kaali’s flashback.

Past: Kaali is a social worker who followed in his late mother’s footsteps. He runs an ashram that gives shelter and food to the poor and has also contributed to the studies of aspiring youths. One day, a rowdy named Bhavani, the younger brother of a minister called Shankar, enters Kaali's ashram. He asks to keep a sum of black money worth ₹100 crores in his ashram. He tells him that he should return ₹80 crores and keep ₹20 crores as a source of funding for his ashram.

However, Kaali refuses, which angers Bhavani. He leads his associates to kill one of Kaali's handicapped innocents. Enraged, Kaali kills Dheena, the man who murdered the handicapped boy. Then he murders 'Royapuram' Murthy, Bhavani’s right-hand man, and finally Bhavani. He gains the support of his people after Bhavani’s murder. After learning this, Shankar and his assistant devise a plan to kill Kaali. When Rosie and Kaali take a romantic ride on a bike, Shankar appoints two lorries and crushes them both. Rosie dies on the spot, and Kaali dies after watching the video of his ashram, the Radhaamma ashram, and his innocent supporters getting destroyed in a fire accident orchestrated by Shankar.

Present: The possessed Raghava sets out to kill Shankar. However, Shankar has already arranged for Russian exorcists to crush Kaali. After Goddess Kali enters Kaali, Kaali surpasses the exorcists and kills Shankar, thus avenging his and Rosie's deaths. Kaali and Rosie safely return Raghava to his family and leave.

Cast

• Raghava Lawrence in a dual role as
  • Raghava
  • Kaali
• Oviya as Kavya, Raghava's cousin
• Vedhika as Priya, Raghava's cousin
• Nikki Tamboli as Divya, Raghava's cousin
• Ri Djavi Alexandra as Rosie, Kaali's love interest (girlfriend)
• Kovai Sarala as Raghava's mother
• Devadarshini as Kamakshi, Raghava's sister-in-law
• Soori as Govindan, Kaali's friend
• Sriman as Raghava's brother
• Delhi Ganesh as Raghava's grandfather
• Tarun Arora as Minister Shankar
• Kabir Duhan Singh as Bhavani, Shankar's younger brother
• Anupama Kumar as Radha, Kaali's mother
• Yuvasri Lakshmi as Pappa, Raghava's niece
• Bhanu Balasubramaniam as Raghava's grandmother
• Aathma Patrick as 'Royapuram' Murthy
• Sai Dheena as Dheena
• Myna Nandhini as Durga
• Sunita Gogoi as Dhivya
• Priyanka Nalkari as Moshika, Dhivya's sister
• Ashok Pandian as Dhivya and Moshika's father
• Meerabi as Dhivya and Moshika's mother
• R. N. R. Manohar as Shankar's assistant
• Sampath Ram as Aghori
• Ajay Ghosh as a corrupt cop, A. Natarajan
• Gabrella Sellus as a slum resident

Production

Following the success of Kanchana 2 (2015), Raghava Lawrence confirmed that more films in the horror comedy series would continue to be made. In August 2015, he announced a film titled Naaga, which he would direct himself, and the film was widely reported to be the fourth film in the Muni series. ^[4] He subsequently moved on to work on two other films, Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017) and Shivalinga (2017). ^{[5] [6]}

Lawrence revived the project in August 2017 and revealed that he was finishing the script. The regular supporting cast of Kovai Sarala, Manobala, Sriman and Devadarshini were retained. ^{[7] [8]} Sun Pictures, who had recently produced who had previously produced Enthiran (2010), agreed to produce their film, marking their second production. ^[9] In late September, the following actresses were added to the project: Oviya, following her popularity on the Tamil reality show Bigg Boss , Vedhika from the first film, and newcomer Nikki Tamboli. ^[10]

The shoot of the film began in Chennai during the first week of October 2017. Nivetha Joseph was the costume designer for this film. ^[11] The movie was released on Good Friday in 2019. ^[12]

Music

Raghava Lawrence selected Anirudh Ravichander to compose the music to this film. When he was unable to compose the music for this film, Lawrence signed a deal with DooPaaDoo.com which is owned by lyricist Madhan Karky. It was revealed that the film will have songs from six independent music directors throughout the DooPaaDoo.com platform, but later Raghava Lawrence unilaterally changed his stance to engage Saravedi Saran with 2 of the film's songs, while other songs will be composed by Sekar Sai Bharath, Jessie Samuel (who earlier sung one of the songs in the film Jarugandi ), Bharath Madhusuthanan and the Sri Lankan duo of Raj Thillaiyampalam-Kapilan Kugavel. ^[13] The background music was composed by Thaman, who earlier composed for director's previous Kanchana and Kanchana 2 film.

Muni 4: Kanchana 3
Soundtrack album by Saravedi Saran, Sekar Sai Bharath, Raj Thillaiyampalam, Kapilan Kugavel, Jessie Samuel and Bharath Madhusuthanan
Released	2019
Recorded	2019
Language	Tamil
Label	DooPaaDoo.com Divo

Tracklist

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Nanbanukku Kovila kattu"	Madhan Karky	Saravedi Saran	Saravedi Saran	4:40
2.	"Kadhal-Oru-Vizhiyil"	Madhan Karky	Raj Thillaiyampalam, Kapilan Kugavel	Neha Venugopal	4:07
3.	"Ketta payan sir Kaali"	Madhan Karky	Sekar Sai Bharath	Dhivagaran Santhosh	4:03
4.	"Oru Sattai Oru Balpam"	Saravedi Saran	Saravedi Saran	Saravedi Saran, Srinidhi Sriprakash	3:28
5.	"Shake Your Body"	Jesse Samuel	Jesse Samuel	Jesse Samuel	3:46
6.	"Rudhra Kaali"		Bharath Madhusuthanan	Deepak, Renjith Unni, Pavan, Velu	4:06
Total length:					24:10

Reception

Despite mixed to positive reviews, Kanchana 3 performed well at the box office. ^[14] The film received mixed reviews from audiences, with comparisons made between Kanchana & Kanchana 2 . ^[15] The dubbed Kannada version titled with the same name, and was panned by critics.

Film Companion South wrote, "In theory, I am a fan of mixing humor and horror. I just wish they worked more on the writing. I can live with the non-existent craft in these films, but is it too much to ask a horror-comedy to have some quality horror and some quality comedy?" ^[16]

Release

The movie was released on 19 April 2019. ^[12]

References

1. "Bigil, Petta, Viswasam, Kanchana 3, Nerkonda Paarvai, Kaithi power Kollywood's theatrical takings in 2019 to Rs 1000 cr". Firstpost. 4 December 2019.
2. "KANCHANA 3". British Board of Film Classification.
3. "Kaali Ka Karishma". Zee5. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
4. "Kanchana 3 is currently titled as Naagaa". 3 August 2015.
5. "Jyothika the next 'Kanchana'? - Tamil Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com". 5 August 2015.
6. "Lawrence meets Jyothika, narrates script". 6 August 2015.
7. "Raghava Lawrence To Revive Muni Franchise, Confirms Fourth Film". 24 August 2017.
8. "Raghava Lawrence starrer Kanchana 3 to kick off next month".
9. "Sun Pictures officially confirms Kanchana-3". Sify . Archived from the original on 12 September 2017.
10. "Oviya vedhika: Oviya, Vedhika team up with Lawrencce in 'Kanchana 3'". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
11. "Kanchana-3 shoot started in Chennai". Sify . Archived from the original on 10 October 2017.
12. "Raghava Lawrence's Kanchana 3 aka Muni 4 to release on April 19". Behindwoods. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
13. Kanchana 3, Gaana , retrieved 25 July 2020
14. V, NARAYANAN (January 2020). "For Tamil film industry, 2019 was a mixed bag; Star power and content were key draws". @businessline. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
15. Wetalkiess (18 April 2019), Kanchana 3 Movie Review | Raghava Lawerence | Oviya | Wetalkiess , retrieved 29 April 2019
16. "Kanchana 3 Movie Review: Raghava Lawrence Busts Our Eardrums In The Most Tiresome Entry In The 'Kanchana' Franchise". Film Companion South. 19 April 2019.

External links

• Kanchana 3 at IMDb
• Kanchana 3 on Sun Pictures