''Dhanusu Raasi Neyargale'' () is a 2019

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-language

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film written and directed by Sanjay Bharathi and produced by Gokulam Gopalan. The film stars

Harish Kalyan Harish Kalyan (born 29 June 1990) is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films and also appeared in a few Telugu language films. He made his acting debut in ''Sindhu Samaveli'' (2010) opposite debutante Amala Paul, ...

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(in her Tamil debut), and

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in the lead roles. The music was composed by

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with cinematography by PK Varma and editing by Kubendran. The film released on 6 December 2019.

Plot

Arjun (

) is an ardent believer of

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that he steps out of his house at auspicious times, wears different-colored shirts suiting his star sign, and many such crazy things. His astrology guru Thirumandha (

Pandiarajan Pandiarajan is an Indian actor, director who has played leading roles in many humorous Tamil films and currently plays supporting and comedy roles. Personal life Pandiarajan was born to Sulochana in Saidapet, Chennai in a lower-middle-class f ...

) tells him that he should marry a Kanni Raasi (

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) girl who comes from another state so that his life will prosper. Despite the repeated matrimonial search, Arjun is unable to find his dream girl. Arjun meets K. R. Vijaya (

) in his ex-lover's wedding in Bangalore. They end up sleeping together. Anita (

) advises Arjun not to follow KRV as she is an independent aspiring

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who is going to

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on a one-way mission. Later, KRV comes to Chennai for a seminar and ends up staying with Arjun. They gradually fall in love. KRV breaks up with him because he is insistent on following astrology and she is insistent on following astronomy. An ensuing drama follows. Arjun realizes that believing astrology is not wrong, but believing only in astrology is a mistake. He ends up engaged to Bhargavi (

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), who is later shown to be an ardent believer in astrology.

Cast

as Arjun *

as K. R. Vijaya (KRV) *

as Anita *

Yogi Babu Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. A three time Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award winner, he performed in '' Aandavan Kattalai'' (2016), ''Kolamavu Kokila'' (2018) and ''Pariyerum Perumal'' (20 ...

as Himself *

as Astrologer Thirumanandha *

Ramdoss Ramdoss, better known as Munishkanth, is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil language films. He had notable roles in films, including ''Mundasupatti'' (2014), ''Maanagaram'' (2017), ''Maragadha Naanayam'' (2017) and ''Raatchasan'' (2018). Ca ...

as Karuppasamy *

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as Pandiamma, Arjun’s mother *

Charle Velmurugan Thangasamy Manohar (born 6 March 1960), professionally credited as Charle, is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He has acted in more than 800 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He was named after the English co ...

as Ramasamy *

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as Joseph *TSK as Vijay * Haritha as Haasini *

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as Phillips *Samyuktha Shanmuganathan as Arjun's Boss *Pradeep K. Vijayan as Madhavan Nair *Vijaya Patti as Pandiamma's aunt *

as Bhargavi (Baggy) (cameo appearance) *Masoom Shankar as Shwetha (cameo appearance) *

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as Arjun's grandfather (cameo appearance) *Abhishek Joseph George as Richard (cameo appearance) *Prithivee Rajesh as Arjun's date (cameo appearance) *

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as Chinnakaalai (cameo appearance) *Sanjay Bharathi in a guest appearance

Production

Sanjay Bharathi, son of director

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, made his directorial debut with this film. He had narrated the story to his friend

a few years ago and included him as part of the final cast.

Rhea Chakraborty Rhea Chakraborty (born 1 July 1992 is an Indian actress and VJ who primarily appears in Hindi films. She started her career as a VJ on MTV India. She made her acting debut with the 2012 Telugu film ''Tuneega Tuneega'' and later appeared in the ...

signed on to play the film's female lead role in April 2019, but later left the project citing schedule clashes. She was replaced by fellow Hindi film actress

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

. The first single, "I Want a Girl", was sung by

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and was released on 7 November 2019.

Release and reception

The film had its theatrical release on 6 December 2019 and opened to generally negative reviews.

References

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