Echcharikkai

Echcharikkai — Idhu Manidhargal Nadamaadum Idam
Directed by Sarjun KM
Produced by Sundar Annamalai
Written by Sarjun KM
Starring Sathyaraj
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Kishore
Vivek Rajgopal
Music by Sundaramurthy KS
Cinematography Sudarshan Srinivasan
Edited by Karthik Jogesh
Production
company
Timeline Cinemas
Release date
  • 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)
Country India
Language Tamil

Echcharikkai – Idhu Manidhargal Nadamaadum Idam (English: Warning — Humans Territory) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by debutant Director Sarjun KM. The film features Sathyaraj, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Kishore, Vivek and Yogi Babu. Principal photography of the film commenced at Pondicherry in December 2016 and shooting wrapped up by April 2017.This story is inspired by The Disappearance of Alice Creed movie. The film released on 24 August 2018 on the eve of Varalakshmi Vratam and received poor reviews from the audience.[1]

Cast

Development

After completing his short film LAKSHMI, which got international appreciation in various film festivals, director Sarjun KM approached Producer Sundar Annamalai of Timeline Cinemas with his feature film script. The film fell in place quickly as Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Kishore were frozen for major roles. After a series of auditions, debutant Vivek Rajagopal was selected as the male lead. Prakash Raaj was initially supposed to essay the role of Nataraj IPS, later the role went to Sathyaraj due to dates issues. Music Director Sundaramurthy, who had done Graghanam and 8 Thottakkal was signed as the composer for the film. Debut cinematographer Sudarshan Srinivasan and Malayalam editor Karthik Jogesh were signed up for Cinematography and Editing respectively.[2]

Production

The first schedule of filming happened in Sudeshi Mill, Pondicherry in December 2016 where portions involving the lead casts Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Kishore and Vivek were shot for over ten days. The second schedule of the film with Sathyaraj started rolling in March 2017. Following this, portions involving Kishore, Vivek and Yogi Babu were shot in North Madras. Filming wrapped up by April 2017.[3]

Promotion

The first looks of the film were launched by three ace directors of Tamil cinema – Director Maniratnam, Director A R Murugadoss and Director Bala on 20 April 2017.[4][5] The first look launch trended nationwide on Twitter garnering a lot of attention for the film. Following this, the trailer of the film was launched by Actors R.Madhavan and Vijay Sethupathi on 15 September 2017 receiving massive response including 2 million trailer views worldwide.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Echcharikkai movie review: A kidnapping tale that fails to scratch beyond the surface". The Indian Express. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
  2. ↑ "An emotional drama involving a crime — Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  3. ↑ edkarthick. "Echcharikkai Movie Shooting Wrap Up Stills". entertainment.chennaipatrika.com. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  4. ↑ http://www.onlykollywood.com/varalaxmi-sathyaraj-starrer-echcharikkai-has-grabbed-the-attention-of-moviegoers/
  5. ↑ admin. "Echcharikkai First Look Launch Stills | New Movie Posters". New Movie Posters. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  6. ↑ "Echcharikkai Movie Poster | StudioFlicks". StudioFlicks. 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
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