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{{short description|2020 Indian Tamil-language short film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon}}
{{EngvarB|date= May 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{infobox film
| name = Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn
| image =
| director = [[Gautham Menon|Gautham Vasudev Menon]]
| producer = [[Ishari K. Ganesh]]
| writer = Gautham Vasudev Menon
| starring = {{ubl|[[Silambarasan]]|[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]}}
| music = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cinematography = Gautham Vasudev Menon
| studio = Ondraga Entertainment
| released = {{film date|2020|5|7|df=yes|[[YouTube]]}}
| runtime = 12 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn''''' ({{trans|The number dialled by Karthik}}) is a 2020 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language short film written and directed by [[Gautham Menon|Gautham Vasudev Menon]]. A sequel to his ''[[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]]'' (2010), it stars [[Silambarasan]] and [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] reprising their roles from that film. The film was released on 7 May 2020 on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=K |first=Janani |date=8 May 2020 |title=Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn out: Trisha and Simbu bring back Vinnaithandi Varuvaya memories |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/karthik-dial-seytha-yenn-out-trisha-and-simbu-bring-back-vinnaithandi-varuvaya-memories-1680287-2020-05-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607125210/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/karthik-dial-seytha-yenn-out-trisha-and-simbu-bring-back-vinnaithandi-varuvaya-memories-1680287-2020-05-21 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |access-date=21 May 2020 |website=[[India Today]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=8 April 2020 |title=Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn: Trisha releases teaser of lockdown short film |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/karthik-dial-seytha-yenn-trisha-releases-teaser-of-lockdown-short-film-1676462-2020-05-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518225643/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/karthik-dial-seytha-yenn-trisha-releases-teaser-of-lockdown-short-film-1676462-2020-05-10 |archive-date=18 May 2020 |access-date=21 May 2020 |website=[[India Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=9 April 2020 |title=Trisha stars in Gautham Menon's short film, 'Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn' |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/trisha-stars-in-gautham-menons-short-film-karthik-dial-seytha-yenn/article31555659.ece |url-status=live |access-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520092947/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/trisha-stars-in-gautham-menons-short-film-karthik-dial-seytha-yenn/article31555659.ece |archive-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Filmmaker Karthik is at home during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Tamil Nadu]] without work as [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema|theatres are shut down]], affecting his career as a screenwriter. While experiencing [[writer's block]], he hesitantly calls his ex-girlfriend Jessie, who fled the effects of [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City|the pandemic in New York City]] and is under [[COVID-19 lockdown in India|lockdown]] in Kerala. After the phone call, Karthik resumes his writing and composes ''Kamal & Kadambari: A Love Story''.<ref name="unrequited">{{Cite news |date=8 May 2020 |title='Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn': A letter to unrequited love, and then some |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/karthik-dial-seytha-yenn-a-letter-to-unrequited-love-and-then-some/article31636643.ece |url-status=live |access-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200521051003/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/karthik-dial-seytha-yenn-a-letter-to-unrequited-love-and-then-some/article31636643.ece |archive-date=21 May 2020}}</ref>

== Cast ==
*[[Silambarasan]] as Karthik Sivakumar
*[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] as Jessie Thekekuttu

== Production ==
Gautham Menon was working on the sequel of ''[[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]]'' which was titled ''Ondraga'', a [[road movie]] which would focus on Karthik and his best friends from college travelling to the [[United States]] to attend a wedding ten years after the events of the first film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 February 2018 |title=Gautham Menon and R Madhavan team up for 'Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa' sequel |url=https://scroll.in/reel/869484/gautham-menon-and-r-madhavan-team-up-for-vinnaithaandi-varuvaayaa-sequel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427210536/https://scroll.in/reel/869484/gautham-menon-and-r-madhavan-team-up-for-vinnaithaandi-varuvaayaa-sequel |archive-date=27 April 2021 |access-date=19 May 2021 |website=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref> With Silambarasan reprising his role from the predecessor, and pulling out prominent names from [[Cinema of South India|South Indian film fraternity]], the film entered production in February 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pattikonda |first=Gautham |date=3 November 2017 |title=Gautham Menon's multi-lingual film to feature Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah and Puneeth Rajkumar |url=https://regional.pinkvilla.com/tamil/news/gautham-menons-multi-lingual-film-feature-anushka-shetty-tamannah-puneeth-rajkumar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923155217/https://regional.pinkvilla.com/tamil/news/gautham-menons-multi-lingual-film-feature-anushka-shetty-tamannah-puneeth-rajkumar/ |archive-date=23 September 2020 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=[[Pinkvilla]]}}</ref> However, the project did not materialise due to various reasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hooli |first=Shekhar H. |date=21 February 2018 |title=Madhavan replaces Simbu in Gautham Menon's Ondraga |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/madhavan-replaces-simbu-gautham-menons-ondraga-761404 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518165525/https://www.ibtimes.co.in/madhavan-replaces-simbu-gautham-menons-ondraga-761404 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref>

In April 2020, Silambarasan and Gautham Menon started shooting for the short film based on the characters from ''Vinnaithaandi Varuvayaa'', eventually titled as ''Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2020 |title=Simbu to join Gautham Menon for VTV 2? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/simbu-to-join-gautham-menon-for-vtv-2/articleshow/75773440.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518233750/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/simbu-to-join-gautham-menon-for-vtv-2/articleshow/75773440.cms |archive-date=18 May 2020 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film was primarily shot using an [[iPhone]] and filmed indoors due to the restrictions in order to curb [[COVID-19]].<ref name="unrequited" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gautham Menon posts a BTS video from Simbu-Trisha's short |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/gautham-menon-posts-a-bts-video-from-simbu-trishas-short/articleshow/75917395.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527060252/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/gautham-menon-posts-a-bts-video-from-simbu-trishas-short/articleshow/75917395.cms |archive-date=27 May 2020 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[A. R. Rahman]] composed background music for the short film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AR Rahman joins Gautham Menon for Karthi Dial Seytha Yenn |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/ar-rahman-joins-gautham-menon-for-karthi-dial-seytha-yenn/articleshow/75789693.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518170707/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/ar-rahman-joins-gautham-menon-for-karthi-dial-seytha-yenn/articleshow/75789693.cms |archive-date=18 May 2021 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Release ==
The teaser of the short was unveiled by actress [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] through social media handles on 8 April 2020.<ref name=":0" /> The short film was released through the [[YouTube]] channel of [[Gautham Menon|Ondraga Entertainment]] on 7 May 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2020 |title=Gautham Menon's Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn is out |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/karthik-dial-seytha-yenn-is-out/articleshow/75861361.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518170708/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/karthik-dial-seytha-yenn-is-out/articleshow/75861361.cms |archive-date=18 May 2021 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Kirubhakar Purushothaman of ''[[Cinema Express]]'' said, "The filmmaking is minimalistic with not-so-seamless cuts. Of course, one is expected to cut slack for the film given the immense constraints the team has made this under. But it's a paradox when you realise there would have been no ''Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn'' without the coronavirus or the constraints."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Purushothaman |first=Kirubhakar |date=8 May 2020 |title=Karthik Dial Seytha Yenn short film review: Gautam Menon's 96 in a phone call |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/tamil/2020/may/21/karthik-dial-seytha-yenn-short-film-review-gautam-menons-96-in-a-phone-call-18533.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200521182313/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/tamil/2020/may/21/karthik-dial-seytha-yenn-short-film-review-gautam-menons-96-in-a-phone-call-18533.html |archive-date=21 May 2020 |access-date=21 May 2020 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref> [[Baradwaj Rangan]] of ''[[Film Companion]]'' wrote "A reflection on the 12-odd minutes spent with the characters that continue to haunt us, even after 10 years. Many spoilers ahead, so make sure you see the film first."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=7 May 2020 |title=Karthik Dial Seydha Yenn: Gautham Vasudev Menon, STR And Trisha Give Us A Lovely Reunion, With A Pinch Of Pain |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/tamil-features/karthik-dial-seydha-yenn-gautham-vasudev-menon-str-and-trisha-give-us-a-lovely-reunion-with-a-pinch-of-pain/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504201454/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/tamil-features/karthik-dial-seydha-yenn-gautham-vasudev-menon-str-and-trisha-give-us-a-lovely-reunion-with-a-pinch-of-pain/ |archive-date=4 May 2021 |access-date=18 May 2021 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|12362712}}

{{Gautham Menon}}

[[Category:2020 films]]
[[Category:2020 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:2020 short films]]
[[Category:2020s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films about the COVID-19 pandemic]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gautham Menon]]
[[Category:Films scored by A. R. Rahman]]
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[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
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