Lock Up (2020 film)

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Poster
Directed bySG Charles
Produced by Nithin Sathya
Starring
Narrated by Gautham Vasudev Menon [1]
CinematographySanthanam Sekar
Edited byAnand Geraldin
Music by Arrol Corelli
Production
company
Shvedh Group
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 14 August 2020 (2020-08-14)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Lock Up is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language mystery thriller film written and directed by SG Charles in his directorial debut and produced by Nithin Sathya. The film stars Vaibhav, Venkat Prabhu, Vani Bhojan, and Poorna, while Easwari Rao and Mime Gopi play supporting roles. It was released on 14 August on ZEE5.

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Plot

Ilavarasi, a police inspector, sets out to investigate the murder of a fellow colleague. However, the evidence appears to be fabricated and suggests involvement of someone from her own department.

Cast

Production

The film production began in 2019 and was supposed to be the feature film debut of television actress Vani Bhojan; however, Meeku Maathrame Cheptha (2019) ended up releasing first. [10] [11] The film is produced by actor Nithin Sathya and is about two corrupt policemen played by Vaibhav and Venkat Prabhu. [12] [10] [13] Nithin Sathya had previously worked with Vaibhav and Venkat Prabhu in Chennai 600028 II . [14] The title Lock Up was chosen because the film is about a police lock-up and is based on several true incidents. [10] [13] This venture was promoted as the first film in which Vaibhav plays a police officer although he played a police officer in Taana (2020). [13] [15] [16] Venkat Prabhu portrays the antagonist for the first time in his career. [17] [18]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack consists of one song composed by Arrol Corelli.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Thulirum Thulirum"Soundara RajanArrol Corelli3:35
Total length:3:35

Release

Lock Up was released on 14 August 2020 on the streaming service ZEE5. [19] [20] [17] It was initially scheduled for a theatrical release in November 2019 after post-production work had been completed. [21] [22] However, the delay of the film and subsequent COVID-19 pandemic meant that the theatrical release was dropped in favour of a direct-to-streaming release. [23]

Reception

The Times of India gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and noted that "A positive factor is the lack of unnecessary deviation from the main plot and the way unsolved sub-plots are connected in the latter half". [24] Hindustan Times wrote that "Lock Up is a praiseworthy attempt in the investigative thriller space. It’s also one of the better Tamil films among the recent direct OTT releases. Even though the writing is amateurish at places, you don’t nitpick because the film never gets outright boring and manages to keep us engaged". [25]

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  2. ↑ @ZEE5Tamil (4 August 2020). "Donning the role of a police constable Vasanth,@actor_vaibhav is coming to enthrall you in #Lockup from 14th Aug! #SuspenseAtEveryTurn" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ @ZEE5Tamil (3 August 2020). "Playing a terrific cop Moorthy in #Lockup,@vp_offl is all set to rock the screens from 14th Aug!#SuspenseAtEveryTurn" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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