Pistha (2022 film)

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Pistha
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Promotional poster
Directed byM. Ramesh Baarathi
Produced bySambasivam
Starring
Music by Dharan Kumar
Production
company
One Man Productions
Release date
  • 7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Pistha is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by M. Ramesh Baarathi and starring Metro Shirish and Mrudula Murali. It was released on 7 October 2022.

Contents

Cast

Music

Production

Ramesh Bharathi, the editor of Metro (2016), announced that he would work with actor Shirish on a comedy entertainer titled Pistha in July 2017. [1] The shoot began during August 2017, with a number of notable supporting actors including Sathish, Yogi Babu and Senthil joining the cast. [2] [3] [4] Production progressed slowly, with a five-year delay between the film's start and release. [5]

Prior to the film's release, it was marketed as the 25th film of music composer Dharan Kumar. [6] [7]

Reception

The film was released on 7 October 2022 across Tamil Nadu. A critic from Maalai Malar gave the film a mixed review, noting that "the effort should have been better". [8] A reviewer from Times of India gave the film a negative review, writing it was "a below average mindless rural entertainer". [9] The film also received mixed reviews from critics at The Hindu , Dinamalar and Dina Thanthi . [10] [11] [12]

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