''Kodiveeran'' ( Flag Warrior) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language

action drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-gen ...

written and directed by

M. Muthaiah M. Muthaiya is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Tamil cinema. Career Muthaiya moved to Chennai from Srivilliputhur in Virudhunagar to make movies and debuted with the rural drama ''Kutti Puli'' (2013) starring Sasikum ...

. Sasikumar and Mahima Nambiar are playing as the lead pair in this movie alongside Vidharth, Pasupathy, Shamna Kasim, Sanusha, and Bala Saravanan in supporting roles. This is Sasikumar and Muthaiah's second collaboration after '' Kutti Puli''. ''Kodiveeran'' is produced by Sasikumar's Company Productions. The music was composed by

N. R. Raghunanthan N. R. Raghunanthan is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer. He has scored music for Tamil films. NR R debuted as a music director in 2010 with '' Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'' directed by Seenu Ramasamy which met with critical acclaim and we ...

, cinematography by

S. R. Kathir S. R. Kathir is an Indian cinematographer in the Tamil film industry. He is a member of ISC. He worked with directors including Gautham Vasudev Menon and Vignesh Shivan. He has worked with actors including Suriya, Vijay sethupathi, Samantha, P ...

, and editing by Venkat Raajen. The film released on 7 December 2017.

Plot

Kodiveeran (

M. Sasikumar Mahalingam Sasikumar (born 28 September 1974) is an Indian film director, actor, singer and producer. He worked as an assistant director for director Bala in '' Sethu'' (1999), also worked for director Ameer in his first two films ''Mounam Pe ...

), is a hindu priest who protects his sister from bad guys. In his village in the Dindigul district, corruption and injustice often happens mostly by Adhigaaram, a factory owner, whose men chase and kill anyone who protests against Adhigaaram. Kodiveeran knows of Adhigaaram's tricks and always beats up his goons if they cause any trouble to the village. In the present day, Villangam Vellaikkaran ( Pasupathy) is released from jail and comes to his village where his sister, Velu ( Shamna Kasim) is filled with joy to meet him. Kodiveeran and Villangam were enemies as Villangam is a big criminal who brutally kills anyone for money. He gets money from fellow politicians or factory owners who are very wealthy. Adhigaaram has also married Velu so that Villangam can help him with any problems. Kodiveeran hears about Villangam's release from jail and threatens him if he kills or hurts anyone, then he will die. The rest of the story deals with how Kodiveeran saves his family from Villangam and Adhigaaram's goons.

Cast

Production

This is the director M. Muthaiah's fourth film after Kutti Puli, Komban and

Marudhu ''Marudhu'' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by M. Muthaiah. It features Vishal in the lead role. Production began in November 2015. It was released worldwide on 20 May 2016 with mixed reviews but ended up ...

. This is also touted to be a village entertainer like his previous movies and this is based on brother-sister relationship. Sasikumar is the lead actor and producer of this movie. Poorna has also been signed to do an important role in this movie. Director wanted to sign Arjun for antagonist's role, but they decided to sign ''Madha Yaanai Koottam'' fame Vikram Sukumaran. Vidharth is signed in to play brother-in-law role of Sasikumar. The first schedule for filming has begun at Madurai from March 2017. Its reported that Poorna is doing negative role in this movie and for that she is going bald.

handling camera and

composing music and Venkat Raajen is editing for this film. The film's release date was 30 November 2017.

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to

Zee Tamil Zee Tamil is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The channel started broadcasting on 2008 and is available internationally. The channel broadcasts from Guindy, Chennai, T ...

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

. There are six tracks in the movie, which are as follows.

References

External links

* {{M. Muthaiah 2010s Tamil-language films 2017 films Indian action drama films 2017 action drama films Films shot in Madurai Films directed by M. Muthaiah