''Danny'' is a 2020 Indian

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written and directed by Santhanamoorthy on his directorial debut. The film casts

Varalaxmi Sarathkumar Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (born 5 March 1985) is an Indian actress who appears in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to Kannada and Malayalam films. She made her debut with the Tamil film ''Podaa Podi'' (2012). Early life and family Varalaxmi w ...

in the main lead as a cop along with a

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. Principal photography of the film began in January 2019. The film had an OTT release on

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Cast

as Inspector Kunthavai * Labrador Retriever as Danny *

Vela Ramamoorthy Vela Ramamoorthy is a Tamil writer and actor who has appeared in Tamil language films. Career Ramamoorthy is a PUC Graduate. He joined the Indian Army and served for five years before being posted in Post office. Since he is a writer, many pe ...

as Chidambaram * Anitha Sampath as Madhi * Kawin as Neelakandan * Durai Sudhakar as Selvam *

Vinoth Kishan Vinoth Kishan is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam language films. He made his debut as a child artiste in Bala's ''Nandha'' (2001), before playing villain in '' Naan Mahaan Alla'' and '' Vidiyum Munn''. Career ...

as Kavi * Aathreyaa as Saravanan * KPY Ramar as Scientist * Shanaaya Daphne as Dhanam *

Saravana Sakthi Saravana Sakthi is an Indian actor and director who works in Tamil-language films. He has acted in more than twenty-five films. Career Saravana Sakthi began his career as an assistant director under R.Aakash before working on the directorial ...

as Special appearance

Production

The film was announced by first-time director LC Santhanamoorthy and the filming commenced during early January 2019. The film genre was revealed to be made as woman oriented action film casting Varalaxmi Sarathkumar as a police cop and making it the second consecutive time for the actress to play such a role after ''

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''. The first look poster was unveiled by actor

Jayam Ravi Mohan Ravi (born 10 September 1980), better known by his stage name Jayam Ravi, is an Indian actor who works in the Tamil film industry. He has won a Filmfare Award and three SIIMA Awards. The son of veteran film editor A. Mohan, Ravi made his ...

on Varalaxmi's 34th birthday during 5 March 2019 and the filmmakers nicknamed the lead actress as Makkal Selvi on her birthday at the sets ''Danny''.

Soundtrack

Release

The film was released on

on August 1, 2020.

References

External links

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