''12-12-1950'' is a 2017 Indian

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film written and directed by

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, who starred as the lead role in the film. The movie is a tribute to the film actor Rajinikanth, and the title of the film corresponds to his birthday (December 12, 1950). The cast, apart from starring Selva, includes

Ramesh Thilak Ramesh Thilak is an Indian radio jockey and actor who has appeared in Tamil films. He made his breakthrough with Nalan Kumarasamy's ''Soodhu Kavvum'' (2013) portraying a kidnapper, before playing a similar role of a thief in Alphonse Putharen's ...

, Adhavan, Ajai Prasad, Prashanth, Ashwini Chandrasekhar,

Thambi Ramaiah Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist. He directed three films, ''Manu Needhi'' (2000), '' Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan'' (2008) and '' Mani ...

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'' (2 ...

John Vijay John Vijay (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor who plays supporting roles in Tamil films. He has also worked in a few Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. Career John Vijay did his M.Sc. in Visual Communication from Loyola College ...

, and M. S. Bhaskar. Selva has rechristened himself as Kabali Selva. The title teaser of the movie was released on 8 July 2017, and the film released on 8 December 2017.

Plot

The film narrates the life of five fans of Rajinikanth.

Cast

as Kabali Selva *

as Muthu * Adhavan as

Ejamaan ''Yajaman'' () is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by R. V. Udayakumar. It stars Rajinikanth and Meena,. The film was produced by M. Saravanan, M. S. Guhan and M. Subrahmaniam of AVM Productions. It was released ...

*Ajai Prasad as

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*Prashanth Kirubakaran as Veera *Ashwini Chandrasekhar as Kumudhavalli, Selva's wife *

as Singam *

as Vanangamudi * M. S. Bhaskar as Kumudhavalli's father *

as John Vijay *

Elango Kumaravel Elango Kumaravel (born 27 August 1965) is an Indian theatre actor and writer. He is also a co-founder of the Chennai based theatre group "Magic Lantern". He is an alumnus of Pondicherry University's Sankaradas Swamigal School of Performing Art ...

as Jail Warden * Ponnambalam as Police Inspector * Swaminathan as Kunjithapatham *

Delhi Ganesh Delhi Ganesh is an Indian actor who mostly acts in supporting roles in Tamil cinema and serials. He has acted in more than 400 films from 1976 to present. Before films, he was a member of the Delhi-based theatre troupe, ''Dakshina Bharata Natak ...

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* E. Ramdoss *Risha as Sarasu *Nandha Saravanan *Cheran Raj

Production

Soundtrack

Music by Adithyha - Soorya. *"Thedi Pudicha" - Nincy Vincent *"Nadhi Therikuthe" - Pratap Prb *"Thooya Megam" - Nincy Vincent *

Release

The film's title ''12-12-1950'' meant that the film didn't have any problems with title changes during release. Other films that depicted Rajinikanth faced issues as those films explicitly stated Rajinikanth's name such as ''

Main Hoon Rajinikanth ''Main Hoon (Part-Time) Killer'' (), initially titled ''Main Hoon Rajinikanth'', is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language spoof film written and directed by Faisal Saif and produced by Mrs. Saroj under the banner of Varsha Production House. The film marks ...

'' and '' Perumaan The Rajinikanth''.

Reception

''Maalaimalar'' called the film "festive". Film portal ''nettv4u'' wrote that "12-12-1950 is not a bad film but doesn’t impress the viewers". ''Chennai Vision'' called the film's theme a positive and negative aspect.

References

External links

* 2010s Tamil-language films 2017 films Indian comedy films 2017 comedy films {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub