Rail (2024 film)

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Rail
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byBhaskar Sakthi
Written byBhaskar Sakthi
Produced byM. Vediyappan
Starring
  • Kungumaraj Muthusamy
  • Parvaiz Mahroo
  • Vairamala
Cinematography Theni Eswar
Edited by Nagooran Ramachandran
Music byS. J. Jananiy
Production
company
Discovery Cinemas
Distributed by Thirrupathi Brothers
Cinema Palace Private Limited
Release date
  • 21 June 2024 (2024-06-21)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Rail is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Bhaskar Sakthi. The film stars Kungumaraj Muthusamy, Parvaiz Mahroo, Vairamala and Ramesh Vaidya. [1] The film was produced by M. Vediyappan under the banner of Discovery Cinemas, and had a theatrical release on 21 June 2024. [2] [3]

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Cast

Production

The film was produced by M. Vediyappan .The cinematography of the film was by Theni Eswar, and the editing was handled by Nagooran Ramachandran. Earlier, film was titled as "Vadakkan" [4] and later Central Board of Film Certification requested to change title and renamed as "Rail" [5] [6] [7]

Reception

Manigandan KR of Times Now rated three out of five and noted that "Rail might not be your conventional commercial entertainer but it certainly is a neat, convincing, meaningful film that has a point to make." [8]

Abhinav Subramanian of Times of india stated that "Kungumaraj and Vairamala did what the script asked, and they’re solid. Ramesh Vaidya’s screenscape is decent and some of his comedy lands." [9]

Akshay Kumar of Cinema Express rated three out of five star [10] Minnambalam also reviewed the film. [11]

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