''7 Naatkal'' ( 7 days) is a 2017
Tamil language
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mystery
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thriller film
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directed by Gautham VR and written by P. Vimal Kumar. The film stars
Shakthi
In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a theological tradition of Hinduism), Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. "Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability") is the primordial cosmic energy, female in aspect, and re ...
and
Nikesha Patel
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Nikesha Patel was born to a Gujarati f ...
alongside an ensemble cast of
Prabhu
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,
Ganesh Venkatraman
Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. He had acted in Radha Mohan's '' Abhiyum Naanum'' (2008), before working in '' Unnaipol Oruvan'' (2009) and ''Kandahar'' (2010).
Career
Ganesh began his a ...
,
Nassar
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,
Angana Roy
Angana Roy is an Indian actress, who has appeared majorly in South Indian Films and also Debuted in Hindi recently, her upcoming film '' Dahini '' is slotted to release in '' Cannes Film Festival ''. She was seen in '' Srimanthudu'' with '' ...
,
Rajeev Govinda Pillai, and
M. S. Bhaskar, among others, playing supporting roles. The music was composed by
Vishal Chandrasekhar
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Career
Vishal started playing the keyboard aged six and began to give solo shows by the time he was ten years ...
with cinematography done by
M. S. Prabhu and editing by M. Jesvin Prabu. The film was released on 2 June 2017 to moderate success.
Plot
The plot starts off with the murder of Jennifer (
Angana Roy
Angana Roy is an Indian actress, who has appeared majorly in South Indian Films and also Debuted in Hindi recently, her upcoming film '' Dahini '' is slotted to release in '' Cannes Film Festival ''. She was seen in '' Srimanthudu'' with '' ...
), a
ballet
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dancer. Owing to evidence and assumptions, all fingers point to Siddharth (
Rajeev Govinda Pillai), the son of Vijay Raghunath (
Prabhu
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), a
business tycoon
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. Vijay is worried over his son's future as the latter's engagement has been fixed. He seeks the help of his adopted son, Sai Prasad (
Ganesh Venkatraman
Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. He had acted in Radha Mohan's '' Abhiyum Naanum'' (2008), before working in '' Unnaipol Oruvan'' (2009) and ''Kandahar'' (2010).
Career
Ganesh began his a ...
), a crime branch officer. Prasad starts investigating the issue with the help of his assistant, Bhaskar (
M. S. Bhaskar).
The investigation takes them to Gautham Krishna (
Shakthi Vasudevan
Shakthi Vasudevan (born as Prashanth Vasudevan) is an Indian actor who has predominantly worked on Tamil-language films. The son of director P. Vasu, Shakthi began his career as a child artist in his father's films before making his comeback ...
), an
RJ in a private
FM station, and his neighbour Pooja (
Nikesha Patel
Nikesha Patel is a British-Indian actress. She debuted in the 2010 Telugu film '' Puli'' and later went on to work in more than 30 films in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam cinema as a lead.
Early life
Nikesha Patel was born to a Gujarati f ...
). Prasad is after a confidential
DVD
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which was once possessed by Gautham's friend, who is no more. Knowing that the DVD is with Pooja, the henchmen set by Prasad kidnap her and start following Gautham's movements. Gautham, who gets a lead about Pooja from his pet
Siberian Husky, Blackie, rescues her, and the two set out to solve the mystery of the case, with the help of Peter S. Kumar (
Nassar
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), a former police officer.
Cast
*
Shakthi Vasudevan
Shakthi Vasudevan (born as Prashanth Vasudevan) is an Indian actor who has predominantly worked on Tamil-language films. The son of director P. Vasu, Shakthi began his career as a child artist in his father's films before making his comeback ...
as Gautham Krishna
*
Nikesha Patel
Nikesha Patel is a British-Indian actress. She debuted in the 2010 Telugu film '' Puli'' and later went on to work in more than 30 films in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam cinema as a lead.
Early life
Nikesha Patel was born to a Gujarati f ...
as Pooja
*
Prabhu
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as Vijay Raghunath
*
Ganesh Venkatraman
Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. He had acted in Radha Mohan's '' Abhiyum Naanum'' (2008), before working in '' Unnaipol Oruvan'' (2009) and ''Kandahar'' (2010).
Career
Ganesh began his a ...
as Sai Prasad
*
Nassar
Nassar ( ar, نصار, lit=helper, protector, supporter, victory-maker), is a given name and surname, commonly found in the Arabic language. Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration include Naser, Nasser, Nasir, Naseer ...
as Peter S. Kumar
*
Angana Roy
Angana Roy is an Indian actress, who has appeared majorly in South Indian Films and also Debuted in Hindi recently, her upcoming film '' Dahini '' is slotted to release in '' Cannes Film Festival ''. She was seen in '' Srimanthudu'' with '' ...
as Jennifer
*
Rajeev Govinda Pillai as Siddharth Raghunath
*
M. S. Bhaskar as Bhaskar
*
Devadarshini
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as Gautham's sister
*
Santhana Bharathi as Chief Minister
*
Chinni Jayanth
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as P. K. Naidu
* Vishnu Balasubramanian
*
Master Raghavan as Anush
* Baby Visishta Reddy as Srinidhi
Production
In April 2016, it was announced that
Shakthi
In Hinduism, especially Shaktism (a theological tradition of Hinduism), Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. "Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability") is the primordial cosmic energy, female in aspect, and re ...
would feature in a new film titled ''7 Naatkal'' directed by his cousin Gautham and written by his uncle, Vimal peethambaram. The film production started on 21 April 2016, with
Nikesha Patel
Nikesha Patel is a British-Indian actress. She debuted in the 2010 Telugu film '' Puli'' and later went on to work in more than 30 films in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil and Malayalam cinema as a lead.
Early life
Nikesha Patel was born to a Gujarati f ...
,
Ganesh Venkatraman
Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. He had acted in Radha Mohan's '' Abhiyum Naanum'' (2008), before working in '' Unnaipol Oruvan'' (2009) and ''Kandahar'' (2010).
Career
Ganesh began his a ...
and
Angana Roy
Angana Roy is an Indian actress, who has appeared majorly in South Indian Films and also Debuted in Hindi recently, her upcoming film '' Dahini '' is slotted to release in '' Cannes Film Festival ''. She was seen in '' Srimanthudu'' with '' ...
revealed to have joined the cast.
M. S. Prabhu joined the team as a cinematographer, while
Vishal Chandrasekhar
Vishal Chandrasekhar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, who has predominantly scored music for Tamil and Telugu films.
Career
Vishal started playing the keyboard aged six and began to give solo shows by the time he was ten years ...
was signed on as the project's music composer. Contrary to reports, Ganesh revealed that he portrayed an Antagonist role and stated that the film would be a "racy thriller" which takes place over seven days as per the title. The first schedule was shot across Chennai, while the team also nurtured plans to shoot songs abroad.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Vishal Chandrasekhar, and lyrics written by
Madhan Karky. ''Behindwoods'' rated the soundtrack 2 out of 5.
Critical reception
''Times of India'' wrote "7 Naatkal has its moments, especially in the first half, with a few light-hearted scenes which gradually build up to an engaging suspense drama." ''News Minute'' wrote "The film struggles to entertain with flat comedy, badly constructed song sequences, and attempts to score on the emotional quotient with some blah sentimental scenes as well."
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=6998562
2017 films
2010s Tamil-language films
2010s mystery thriller films
Indian mystery thriller films
Films shot in Chennai
Films scored by Vishal Chandrasekhar
2017 directorial debut films