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Directed by | Sathish Krishnan |
Written by | Sathish Krishnan |
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Produced by | Raahul |
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Cinematography | Harish Kannan |
Edited by | RC Pranav |
Music by | Jen Martin |
Production company | Romeo Pictures |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Kiss is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Sathish Krishnan in his directorial debut and produced by Romeo Pictures. The film stars Kavin and Preethi Asrani in the lead roles.
The film was officially announced in May 2023 under the tentative title Kavin 6, as it is the actor's sixth film as a leading actor. Principal photography commenced the same month. It was shot for the most part in Chennai and wrapped by late January 2025. The official title was announced the following month. The film has music composed by Jen Martin, cinematography handled by Harish Kannan and editing by RC Pranav.
Kiss is scheduled to release in theatres on 19 September 2025.
In late March 2023, it was reported that Kavin would join hands with choreographer Sathish Krishnan for the latter's directorial debut. [1] Preethi Asrani, who acted previously in Ayothi (2023), was reportedly cast as the female lead. [2] Raahul's Romeo Pictures would fund the project. [3] [4] The company made a public announcement on 26 May 2023, confirming the project, tentatively titled Kavin 6 and #RomeoPictures4. [5] By the end of the following December, the project, a romantic comedy film, was reported to be titled Kiss. [6] The reports were confirmed on 10 February 2025 through a first-look poster. [7] Sathish thanked Mysskin by inviting him to the inaugural puja that was held in May 2023 for granting him permission to use the title Kiss for which Mysskin had been holding the rights for many years. [8]
Along with Sathish, the dialogues of the film were written by Mugil and R Savari Muthu. [9] Initially, Anirudh Ravichander was announced as the music composer. However, the makers confirmed on 10 February 2025 that he was replaced with Jen Martin due to undisclosed reasons. [10] [11] Alongside Jen Martin, the technical crew includes Harish Kannan as the cinematographer, RC Pranav as the editor, [12] Peter Hein as the stunt choreographer and Mohana Mahendiran as the art director. [13]
Principal photography commenced with an inaugural puja ceremony held on 26 May 2023 at a film city with the presence of the film's cast and crew. [10] Kavin shot for the film simultaneously with Star (2024). In April 2024, the makers stated that shooting neared completion. A song sequence was shot the same time, with the presence of Kavin and Prabhu, confirming the latter's inclusion in the film. [14] Filming wrapped on 22 January 2025. [15]
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Soundtrack album by Jen Martin | ||||
Released | 2025 | |||
Recorded | 2023–2025 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Language | Tamil | |||
Label | Sony Music | |||
Producer | Jen Music | |||
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Singles from Kiss | ||||
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The soundtrack was initially announced to be composed by Anirudh Ravichander, in what would have been his first collaboration with Sathish and Kavin. However, due to unknown reasons, he was replaced with Jen Martin. [16] The latter would make his third collaboration with Kavin after Dada (2023) and Bloody Beggar (2024) and first with Sathish. [17]
The first single "Thirudi" released on 30 April 2025. [18] The second single "Jillelama" released on 10 June 2025. [19]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Thirudi" | Ashique AR | Anirudh Ravichander | 3:40 |
2. | "Jillelama" | Vishnu Edavan | Adithya RK, Priya Mali |
Kiss is scheduled to release in theatres on 19 September 2025. [20] Earlier it was initially scheduled to be released on 28 March 2025, but was postponed to avoid a box-office clash with Veera Dheera Sooran. [21] [22] It was then scheduled for July 2025 but was postponed again to undisclosed reasons. [23] Apart from the original Tamil language, it is also scheduled to be released with dubbed versions in the Telugu and Hindi languages. [24] [25]