Kee (film)

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Kee
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Directed byKalees
Written byKalees
Produced by S. Michael Rayappan
Starring Jiiva
Govind Padmasoorya
Nikki Galrani
Anaika Soti
Cinematography Abinandhan Ramanujam
Edited by Nagooran Ramachandran
Music by Vishal Chandrasekhar
Production
company
Release date
10 May 2019
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kee is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language techno-thriller film written and directed by Kalees and produced by Michael Rayappan. The film stars Jiiva, Govind Padmasoorya, Nikki Galrani and Anaika Soti with RJ Balaji, Rajendra Prasad, and Suhasini in supporting roles. Featuring music composed by Vishal Chandrasekhar, the film began production during August 2016. Upon release, the film was met with negative responses from critics. [1]

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Plot

Siddharth (Jiiva) is a hacker who is blessed with a happy family life, which includes his father Ganeshwara Rao (Rajendra Prasad) and mother Valli (Suhasini). One day when he goes to college; he meets with a girl named Diya (Nikki Galrani). However, an unexpected incident happens in leading him to another hacker named Shivam (Govind Padmasoorya), who knows that Siddharth is the only one who can hack their illegal hacking system. Enraged with this knowledge, Shivam sends men to kill Siddharth, who is saved by his father, who gets caught in the crossfire. Eventually, Siddharth finds the culprit behind the attack on his father whilst also learning the reason for his friend's suicide. As Siddharth looks for Shivam, he gets a statement that his girlfriend has been kidnapped. Eventually, through some clues, Siddharth finds the kidnapper and saves his girlfriend. Shivam is then killed by dry ice bombs. In the end credits scene in New York, a masked person hacks Siddharth's phone and calls him, claiming that Shivam will not die as he is immortal.

Cast

Production

The film was announced by the producers, Global Infotainment, during late June 2018, where it was reported that debutant Kalees, an associate of director Selvaraghavan, would work on a romantic script revolving around a geek. Jiiva and Nikki Galrani were revealed to be portraying leading roles, while veteran Telugu actor Rajendra Prasad was selected to play Jiiva's father. [2] [3] The film entered production during mid-August 2018, with Anaika Soti also joining the cast. [4] In early October Malayalam TV host and actor Govind Padmasoorya signed into play the anti hero which marks his debut in Tamil cinema. [5]

Soundtrack

The Kee soundtrack comprises 5 songs composed by Vishal Chandrasekhar:

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References

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