Super Senior Heroes

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Super Senior Heroes
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Poster
Written by Karthik Kumar
Vinodhini Vaidyanathan
Directed byKarthik Kumar
Starring
Music by Girishh G.
Country of originIndia
Original languageTamil
Production
ProducersSiddharth Anand Kumar
Vikram Mehra
CinematographySiddharth Ramaswamy
EditorsAnurodh Gusain
Kishan Chezhian
Running time122 minutes
Production company Yoodlee Films
Original release
Network Sun TV
Release6 October 2022 (2022-10-06)

Super Senior Heroes is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language superhero comedy drama film directed by Karthik Kumar and starring K. Bhagyaraj, Ambika, Pandiarajan, Manobala and Chinni Jayanth in the titular roles. The film had a direct release on Sun TV on 16 October 2022. The film released on Netflix on 21 October 2022. Bhagyaraj and Ambika had previously co-starred in Andha 7 Naatkal (1981). [1]

Contents

The film "hints at redefining superhero genre" by casting older actors in the roles of superheroes, which are usually portrayed by youngsters. [2] According to the director, "There’ll be parallel tracks of comedy which don’t ever entwine with the spine of the film. It’s like an item song—the comedy is an extra thing. You don’t need to understand the story or the film to understand the comedy. This isn’t the case with Super Senior Heroes." [3]

Plot

Ganeshan's wife dies and his grandson Aadith, who loves superheroes, finds it hard to connect with his grandfather, so Ganeshan and his friends act as superheroes. [4]

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Girishh G.

Super Senior Heroes
Soundtrack album by
Released2022 (2022)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length12:53
LanguageTamil
Label Saregama
Girishh G. chronology
Veetla Vishesham
(2022)
Super Senior Heroes
(2022)
Kolai
(2023)
Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Vaa Namakkena" Snehan Ananthu 3:25
2."Shloka Rap" Mohan Rajan Manikka Vinayagam 3:38
3."Imma Super Hero"Syan Saheer Uthara Unnikrishnan, Adithya Balajee, Pranav R2:56
4."Sambhavi Yuge Yuge"  Sooraj Santhosh 2:38
Total length:12:53

Reception

A critic from Thanthi TV felt that the film's comedy worked well but the film lagged due to its wafer-thin, predictable storyline. [5]

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