Racer is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film written and directed by Satz Rex and starring Akil Santhosh, Lavanya Anbazhagan, Aaru Bala, and Subramanian Mathavan in the lead roles.
The film was produced by Kartik Jayas and Santhosh Krishnamurthy under the banner of Hustlers Entertainment and REDAL MediaWorks. It was released on 7 April 2023. [1]
The film was announced on 23 March 2023. [2] The film was shot in Puducherry and Chennai. [3] The film is noted as the debut film for director Satz Rex. During filming, the team used Ajith Kumar's BMW bike. [4] The trailer of the film was released on 29 March 2023. [5]
The film was released on 7 April 2023 in Tamil Nadu. A critic from Dina Thanthi wrote that "The presence of real bike race players adds strength to the story." [6] Jayabhuvaneshwari B, a critic of Cinema Express stated that "Another plus point of the film is that it does not promote illegal street racing in any way." and gave 2.5 stars out of 5. [7] Logesh Balachandran, a critic from The Times of India gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and noted that "The technical aspects complement the story well, delivering a neat film. Racer does manage to finish decently, but isn't powerful enough to leave a lasting impact on the audience." [8] A Maalai Malar critic gave it a 3 out of 5 star rating. [9]
Paramasivan is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by P. Vasu and produced by S. Ramesh Babu. Ajith Kumar, Laila, Jayaram, Vivek, Prakash Raj playing lead character roles. It was released on 14 January 2006 to widespread mixed reviews and had an above average run at the box-office. The film was a remake of the Hindi-language film Kartoos (1999) starring Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff and Manisha Koirala.
Naan Kadavul is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Bala and produced by K. S. Sreenivasan. The film is based on the Tamil novel Yezhaam Ulagam by Jeyamohan, who also penned the dialogues for the film. The film stars Arya, Pooja Umashankar and Rajendran in the lead roles. The background score and soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
Villain is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language heist action comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar in dual lead roles as identical twins alongside Meena and Kiran Rathod. Vidyasagar composed the score and soundtrack for the film.
Poovellam Un Vaasam is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Ezhil and produced by V. Ravichandran. It stars Ajith Kumar and Jyothika as childhood friends, alongside an ensemble supporting cast of Nagesh, Sivakumar, Sayaji Shinde, Vivek, Yugendran, and Kovai Sarala.
Ennai Thalatta Varuvala is 2003 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by K. S. Ravindran and produced by P. M. Vedimuthu, who also wrote the story. The film stars Ajith in a cameo appearance, Vignesh and Reshma. Production began in the mid-1990s, but the film released only on 21 March 2003.
Billa is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan. It is a remake of the 1980 film of the same name starring Rajnikanth, which itself is a remake of 1978 Hindi film Don, starring Amithabh Bachchan. The film stars Ajith Kumar who plays a double role as an underworld don and his friendly look-alike alongside Nayanthara and Namitha, while Prabhu, Rahman, Adithya Menon, and Santhanam playing supporting roles. It is produced by L. Suresh and Abdurrahman M while featuring a score and soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Nirav Shah and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.
Kamarasu is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by P. C. Anbazhagan. It starred Murali, Laila, Vadivelu, Vennira Aadai Nirmala and Srividya. The film was produced by P.S.K. Karunakaran and distributed by R. B. Choudary in the banner of Super Good Films. The music composed by S. A. Rajkumar were a success, however the film was released to negative reviews.
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