''Yutha Satham'' () is a 2022 Indian

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-language

action thriller film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by

Ezhil Ezhilmaaran known as Ezhil is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. He has won 2 Tamil Nadu state awards. He made his directorial debut with the 1999 romantic film ''Thulladha Manamum Thullum'' starring Vijay and Si ...

and produced by Kallal Global Entertainment. The film stars

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Gautham Karthik Gautham Karthik (born 12 September 1989) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language films. He made his acting debut in Mani Ratnam's '' Kadal'' (2013). Early life and background Gautham Karthik was born to actor Karthik and his first wife ...

and

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, with a supporting cast including

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and

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. It is based on the novel of the same name by Rajesh Kumar. The film's music and score is composed by

D. Imman Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran (born 24 January 1983), better known as D. Imman, is an Indian film composer and singer, predominantly working in Tamil cinema. Also worked in Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, and Hindi film industry. His first film as mu ...

, with cinematography handled by

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and editing done by Gopi Krishna. The film was released on 18 March 2022 to negative reviews.

Plot

Kathirvelan (

) plays a cop, who has returned to the force after a break following a personal tragedy. Kathirvelan gets a sensational case, literally right on his station's doorstep. After all, the victim, Raghavi (

), has been stabbed multiple times by unidentified men. Kathirvelan, for some reason, decides to go after Nagulan (

), Raghavi's boyfriend and a private detective. But Nakulan claims innocence and swears to find the killer himself.

Cast

as Kathirvelan, Inspector of police *

as Nagulan, MSE Psychologist and Shadow Squad

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, Raghavi's love interest *

as Raghavi, Nagulan's love interest *

as Police Constable Selvam *

as Nagulan's boss *

as Ambi *

as Jack *

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as Ashvin * Moorthy * Mithun Maheshwaran * Muthaiah Kannadasan * Kamaraj * Madhu Sree as Vedhika * Mathew Varghese as Police Commissioner Muthukrishnan *

Uday Mahesh Udhayabhanu Maheswaran (born February 21 st 1970) is an Indian actor and director. He directed two Tamil Tamil films: ''Naalai'' (2006) and '' Chakkara Viyugam'' (2008). As an actor, he is best known for his portrayal of Vishwanathan in the STAR ...

as rival company chairman

Production

In November 2020,

and

were cast to play the lead roles in the film directed by

. The film is adapted from the

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of the same name written by Rajesh Kumar.

Music

composed the soundtrack and background score of the film while collaborating with Gautham Karthik for the second time after ''

Yennamo Yedho ''Yennamo Yedho'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language romantic comedy film directed by Ravi Thyagarajan starring Gautham Karthik, Rakul Preet Singh, and Nikesha Patel. A remake of the Telugu film ''Ala Modalaindi'', the film was produced by Ravi ...

'' and Ezhil for the fifth time after ''

Manam Kothi Paravai ''Manam Kothi Paravai'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Ezhil, starring Sivakarthikeyan and Athmiya Rajan. D. Imman has scored the music. The film opened to moderate reviews from critics, but it was ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Vellaikaara Durai ''Vellakkaara Durai'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Ezhil. The film stars Vikram Prabhu, Sri Divya, Soori, and John Vijay. The film commenced shoot from May 2014. The film opened to mostly mixed-to-negative ...

'' and ''

Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen ''Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language supernatural comedy film written and directed by Ezhil, starring Udhayanidhi Stalin, Regina Cassandra and Srushti Dange. The film began production in July 2016 and was released ...

''.The audio rights were sold to

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.The first single track "Thailaanguyil" was released on 11 March 2022.Another single track "Rock N Roll Rasaathi" was sung by

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and Joewin Shamalina and released on 16 March 2022.The full album jukebox was released on 19 March 2022 after the film's release.The original soundtrack score was released on 8 April 2022.

Background Score

Release

The film was scheduled to be released in theatres on 26 January 2022, but got postponed to 18 March 2022.

Reception

M. Suganth of ''

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'' who gave 1.5 out of 5 stars after reviewing the film stated that "By the time we get to the final revelation on the identity of the killer, we hardly care." Avinash Ramachandran of Cinema Express gave 1.5 out of 5 stars stating that But the biggest mystery is how a film like this lacking in entertainment was made by Ezhil. It makes one ask... Whodunit, actually!."

References

External links

* {{Ezhil Films based on Indian novels Films scored by D. Imman Indian action thriller films 2022 action thriller films