Seema Raja

Seema Raja
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ponram
Produced by	R. D. Raja
Written by	Ponram
Starring	Sivakarthikeyan Samantha Akkineni Soori
Music by	D. Imman
Cinematography	Balasubramaniem
Edited by	Vivek Harshan
Production company	24AM Studios
Distributed by	24AM Studios
Release date	13 September 2018 (2018-09-13)
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹40 crore
Box office	₹47 crore (7 days collection)

Seema Raja (English: Intertown King) is an Indian 2018 Tamil action comedy drama film written and directed by Ponram and produced by R. D. Raja. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan, Samantha Akkineni and Soori in the lead roles, with a supporting cast including Napoleon, Lal and Simran. The film features music composed by D. Imman and cinematography by Balasubramaniem. Producer R. D. Raja and director Ponram are collaborating with Sivakarthikeyan for the third time, after Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013) and Rajini Murugan (2016). The movie was released on 13 September 2018, coinciding with the festival of Vinayagar Chathurthi. The film received mixed reviews and performed averagely at the box office.

Cast

Production

On 17 August 2016, R. D. Raja announced that he would produce a film directed by Ponram starring Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role, with the film marking the third collaboration of the pair after the successful ventures of Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam (2013) and Rajini Murugan (2016).^[1][2] Hot release updates from Sivakarthikeyan's 'Seema Raja'! D Imman has composed the music score for the film which is being bankrolled by 24 AM Studios and slated to hit the screens on Vinayakar Chathurthi.^[3] Raja announced that the film would begin in early 2017 and be released for the Diwali season of 2017. Samantha was signed on to star in the film as the lead actress and Soori was also confirmed to be a part of the cast during mid-August 2016.^[4] Music composer D. Imman, cinematographer Balasubramaniem and editor Vivek Harshan were also retained to be a part of the project from the director's previous films.^[5][6] Meanwhile, T. Muthuraj was signed as an art director for this film, replacing G. Durairaj who earlier works for Ponram's earlier films. For her role in the film, Samantha began learning the art of silambam in late 2016.^[7] However, production on the film was postponed to allow Sivakarthikeyan to finish his commitments for Raja's two other ongoing ventures, Remo (2016) and Velaikkaran (2017).^[8] During the delay, Ponram also denied reports of it being a period film and revealed it would along the lines of his previous ventures.^[9]

The film commenced with a launch event held on 16 June 2017, with Simran, Napoleon and Lal joining the cast.^[10][11] Simran was revealed to play a sister character with small negative shades along with Lal, while Napoleon was signed to portray the father of Sivakarthikeyan.^[12] The first schedule started in Thenkasi on the following day, with scenes involving the lead cast shot.^[13] By late November 2017, the team revealed that "fifty five percent" of the film's shoot was over, before starting the third schedule of the shoot.^[14] The film progressed untitled until February 2018 when the title of Seema Raja was announced to the public through a first look poster. In this film, actress Keerthy Suresh got third chance to act with Sivakarthikeyan in a cameo role. This film shooting wrapped up on 19 June 2018. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV. The audio launch was held on 3 August 2018 at Madurai. The film has some historical portion in which Sivakarthikeyan appears as a King and Keerthy Suresh puts in a special appearance.^[15]

Release

D Imman has composed the music score for the film which is being bankrolled by 24 AM Studios and slated to hit the screens on Vinayakar Chathurthi.NK Krishan was to be played the lead role earlier in the movie alongside with Samantha.^[16] The distribution rights for Seema Raja in Poland were acquired by 7th Sense Cinematics.^[17] The film is scheduled to be released on 13 September 2018.^[18] The film receives mixed reviews but made an average hit at box office .

Soundtrack

All of the film's songs were composed by D. Imman, who previously composed for Ponram's previous ventures Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam and Rajini Murugan. The lyrics were written by Yugabharathi.

References

External links

• Seema Raja on IMDb