''Kadamaiyai Sei'' () is a 2022 Indian
Tamil
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-language
psychological action
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* Action (narrative), a literary mode
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Film
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comedy drama film written and directed by Venkat Ragavan in his second directorial film after ''
Muthina Kathirika
''Muthina Kathirika'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language political satire film directed by Venkat and produced by Khushbu. A remake of the successful Malayalam film ''Vellimoonga'' (2014), the film stars Sundar C., Poonam Bajwa. Following the c ...
'' (2016). The film stars
S. J. Suryah
S. Justin Selvaraj, known by his stage name S. J. Suryah is an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, composer, producer and music director who has worked predominately in Tamil film industry. He sought to become an actor but started out d ...
and
Yashika Aannand
Yashika Aanand (born 4 August 1999) is an Indian actress, model and television personality, who works predominantly in Tamil films and television shows.
Early life
Yashika Aannand was born into a Punjabi Hindu family on 4 August 1999 in New D ...
, with
Charles Vinoth
Charles Vinoth is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films as a supporting actor.
Career
After completing his education, Vinoth briefly began a career in shipping before losing passion in the area. Vinoth has since been a regul ...
as the main antagonist, and other actors like
Rajendran and
Vincent Asokan
Vincent Asokan is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films.
Personal life
Vincent is the son of actor S. A. Ashokan. He is married and has two sons.
Career
Vincent Asokan made his debut in director A. Venkates ...
in pivotal roles. The film released theatrically on 12 August 2022.
Plot
Dharmaraja is a renowned builder and Raj is his brother. As both are not on good terms Raj plans to hinder Dharmaraja's works by doing some mess-ups in the construction and the building is in a state of danger. Meanwhile, Ashok Mauryan, who has studied engineering, works as a security guard in the same apartment. Ashok finds out about the issues and warns Dharmaraja but gets caught in an accident and goes into a coma. How things get resolved is the rest of the movie.
Cast
Production
On 9 September 2021, the first look poster of the film was released. The shooting of the film was wrapped on 21 July 2021.
Music
The music of the film is composed by Arun Raj.
Release
Theatrical
The film released theatrically on 12 August 2022 along with
Karthi
Karthik Sivakumar (born 25 May 1977), better known by his stage name Karthi, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He has won three Filmfare Awards South, an Edison Award, a SIIMA Award and a Tamil Nadu State Film Aw ...
's starrer ''
Viruman''. It was initially slated that the film would release on 13 May. But then there were some other reports suggesting that the film would release on 24 June. However the release date was postponed.
Marketing
On 13 May 2022, the trailer of the film was released and received positive responses.
Reception
Logesh Balachandran of ''
The Times of India
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'' gave the film's rating 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "The setup and playoffs are very poorly planned and doesn't rescue the film in anyway. We realise that the entire film is going to collapse just like the building with the only exception that we have no Ashok to save it." ''
Dinamalar'' rated the film 2 out of 5. Chandini R of ''
Cinema Express'' gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, stating that "If only, some better creative choices by the makers were in order, we would not just laud Kadamayai Sei but also enjoy it." ''
Zee News
Zee News is an Indian Hindi-language news channel owned by Subhash Chandra's Essel Group. It launched on 27 August 1999 and is the flagship channel of the Zee Media Corporation.
The channel has been involved in several controversies and ha ...
'' gave a mixed review.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, tt14371830
2020s Tamil-language films
2020s Indian films
Indian comedy films
2022 films