Revolver Rita

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Revolver Rita
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byJK. Chandru
Written byJK. Chandru
Produced bySudhan Sundaram
Jagadish Palanisamy
Starring Keerthy Suresh
CinematographyDinesh B. Krishnan
Edited by Praveen K. L.
Music by Sean Roldan
Production
companies
Passion Studios
The Route
Release date
  • 28 November 2025 (2025-11-28)
Running time
140 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Revolver Rita is a 2025 Tamil-language crime comedy film written and directed by JK. Chandru. It is produced by Sudhan Sundaram and Jagadish Palanisamy under Passion Studios and The Route. The film stars Keerthy Suresh in the lead role alongside Radhika Sarathkumar, Sunil, Redin Kingsley, Mime Gopi, Sendrayan, Super Subbarayan and others in supporting roles. [2] The film has music composed by Sean Roldan, editing handled by Praveen K. L. and cinematography handled by Dinesh B. Krishnan. [3]

Contents

Revolver Rita was released in theatres on 28 November 2025.

Cast

Production

Development

On 14 January 2023, Samantha Ruth Prabhu [4] revealed the first look of the Keerthy Suresh starrer film titled Revolver Rita [5] named after the 1970 Tamil film by the same name starring Vijaya Lalitha and Jothilakshmi in the lead roles. [6] The first-look poster featuring Keerthy in a vintage look was released having directed by JK. Chandru of Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham (2013) fame, in his comeback project as a director. [7] The film is produced by Sudhan Sundaram under Passion Studios and Jagdish Palanisamy under The Route banners respectively. [8] The film also stars Radhika Sarathkumar, [9] Redin Kingsley, [10] Mime Gopi, Sendrayan,Super Subbarayan and others in supporting roles. [2]

The film has music composed by Sean Roldan. [11] The technical crew consists of Dinesh Krishnan B as the cinematographer, Praveen K. L. as the editor, Dhilip Subbarayan as its stunt choerographer and Vinoth Rajkumar as the art director, [12] while Aishwarya Suresh serves as the creative producer. [13] On 17 October 2023, on the occasion of Keerthy's birthday, the makers released a title-teaser [11] cum glimpse video featuring the lead actor to portray a middle-class girl with an unknown dark side. [14]

Filming

Principal photography was planned to commence by early March–April 2023. [15] The filming got wrapped on 1 May 2024. [16]

Music

Revolver Rita
Soundtrack album by
Genre Feature film soundtrack
LanguageTamil
Label Think Music
Producer Sean Roldan
Sean Roldan chronology
Love Marriage
(2025)
Revolver Rita
(2025)
Singles from Revolver Rita
  1. "Happy Birthday"
    Released: 17 October 2025
  2. "Danger Mamae"
    Released: 24 November 2025

The soundtrack and background is composed by Sean Roldan in his second collaboration with Keerthy after Raghu Thatha (2024). [11] The first single titled "Happy Birthday" was released on 17 October 2025, coinciding Keerthy's birthday. [17] The second single titled "Danger Mamae" was released on 24 November 2025. [18] The promo song titled "Masalamma" was released on 26 November 2025. [19]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Happy Birthday" Mohan Rajan Arivu, Sean Roldan  
2."Danger Mamae"DacaltyDacalty 
3."Masalamma"Mohan RajanSean Roldan 

Release

Theatrical

Revolver Rita was released in theatres on 28 November 2025. [20] [21] Earlier it was reported to have a theatrical release in 2024 [4] and then was scheduled for 27 August 2025, but was postponed. [22]

Home media

On 16 January 2023, Netflix announced that they have acquired the digital streaming rights of Revolver Rita along with a list of 14 other films. [23] [24]

Reception

Avinash Ramachandran of Cinema Express gave 2/5 stars and wrote "With competent artillery and just enough ammunition, Revolver Rita definitely fires on all cylinders, but only a handful come even close to the target, and one just wishes that the weapon was held with a firmer grip simply because it ends up as a chaotic misfire." [25] The Times of India gave 2/5 stars and wrote "The blackness of the premise never fully loads, the comedy struggles to find its rhythm, the plotting feels predictable, and the cast can’t muster enough spark to set off anything memorable." [26] Latha Srinivasan of NDTV gave 2/5 stars and wrote "Revolver Rita was a good shot for director JK Chandru to showcase his talent but the movie's uneven screenplay backfires for him unfortunately." [27]

Janani K of India Today gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Revolver Rita stands out as a missed opportunity from director JK Chandru. The primary criticisms are its thin plot, unoriginal narrative choices, and reliance on outdated storytelling ideas, which prevent the film from being enjoyable or memorable." [28] Anusha Sundar of OTT Play gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Revolver Rita is faltered attempt at making a crime comedy film, for neither of the elements are fully utilised in the writing. The comedy is exaggerated by questionable, the characters lack any impressionable interest, and with forgettable, template story, Revolver Rita misfires big time." [29] Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu wrote "Keerthy Suresh’s dreary dark comedy disguises a predictable story as clever writing, and ends up as soulless as the corpse it hauls around." [30]

References

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