''Aavi Kumar'' is a 2015

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horror comedy film directed by Kandeepan. The film stars

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and Kanika Tiwari in the lead roles while

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and Manobala among others form an ensemble cast. This movie is an unofficial remake of

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starrer Vismayathumbathu (2004). Music for the film was composed by

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and Srikanth Deva and the film opened to negative reviews in July 2015.

Cast

as Kumar *

Kanika Tiwari Kanika Tiwari (born 9 March 1996) is an Indian actress from Madhya Pradesh. She debuted into Bollywood with Agneepath (2012). She has acted as female lead in Telugu film '' Boy Meets Girl (2014)'', Kannada film ''Rangan Style (2014)'', and Tam ...

as Abhirami *

as Mahendran *

as Kumar's friend * Manobala as Doctor * M. S. Bhaskar as Kumar's uncle *

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as patient *

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as patient's wife * Shruti Reddy as Shruti * Bava Lakshmanan as broker * Vijayaganesh * Hafsal * Sharfuddin Shah * Punitha Shanmugam * Agnes Sounkar * Madhu Tiwari * 'Saivam' Vicky * Varusai Kubendran

Production

Choreographer

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recommended that the team sign on Kanika Tiwari for the lead role, after she had made her acting debut in the Hindi film, '' Agneepath'' (2012) as

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's sister.

was signed on as music composer, and suggested the title for the film. His busy schedules meant that Srikanth Deva was later brought in to finish the film's score and soundtrack. Shooting for the film began in Malaysia during December 2012, with a first loom poster released on the day. The film progressed throughout April 2013, with Udhaya balancing his shoot alongside his commitments as an actor in his brother's film, ''

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'' (2013). The team shot in Malaysia for 45 days, before returning to Chennai finish portions. The film struggled to find a distributor and initially, the makers considered giving the film to Cheran's newly launched C2H network to provide a straight-to-DVD release, but eventually opted against doing so.

Soundtrack

The music composed by

and Srikanth Deva.

Release

The film opened in July 2015 to mixed reviews from critics. A reviewer from the

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noted "the plot is new and interesting", while the "film had all the potential to turn out to be an engaging thriller, had the director infused some twists and turns instead of narrating it flat". Likewise, the critic from the

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noted "in the right hands, this could have been an engaging mystery that thrilled us with every revelation", but "what we get is a tonally deaf film which goes about narrating the plot points in a bland and clichéd fashion". A further reviewer from Nowrunning.com suggested that "Aavikumar is a wannabe horror comedy film which is neither frightening nor entertaining".

References

{{reflist 2015 films 2010s Tamil-language films 2015 comedy horror films Indian comedy horror films Films scored by Vijay Antony Films scored by Srikanth Deva Tamil remakes of Malayalam films