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{{Short description|2014 Indian film by Balakrishnan K.}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Rummy
| image = Rummy Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Balakrishnan K.
| producer = K. Gurunathan<br>P. Ealappan<br>M. Dharmarajan<br>Balakrishnan K.
| writer = Mona Palanisamy<br />Balakrishnan K.
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Vijay Sethupathi]]
*[[Inigo Prabhakar]]
*[[Aishwarya Rajesh]]
*[[Gayathrie Shankar]]
}}
| music = [[D. Imman]]
| cinematography = [[C. Prem Kumar|Premkumar Chandran]]
| editing = [[Raja Mohammad]]
| studio = Sri Valli Studio<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 February 2013 |title=Rummy Tamil Movie Stills |url=http://moviegalleri.net/2013/02/rummy-tamil-movie-stills-vijay-sethupathi-aishwarya-gayathri.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205211519/http://moviegalleri.net/2013/02/rummy-tamil-movie-stills-vijay-sethupathi-aishwarya-gayathri.html |archive-date=5 February 2013 |access-date=3 February 2013 |website=moviegalleri.net}}</ref>
| distributor = [[JSK Film Corporation]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2014|01|31|India|ref1=<ref name="censored">{{Cite news |date=2013-12-14 |title=Vijay Sethupathi's 'Rummy' censored |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-14/news-interviews/45190054_1_rummy-soodhu-kavvum-film |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227152337/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-14/news-interviews/45190054_1_rummy-soodhu-kavvum-film |archive-date=2013-12-27 |access-date=2013-12-26 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Rummy''''' is a 2014 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic film|romantic]] [[action thriller]] film co-produced and directed by debutant Balakrishnan K. It features [[Vijay Sethupathi]], [[Inigo Prabhakar]], [[Aishwarya Rajesh]], and [[Gayathrie Shankar]], while [[Soori (actor)|Soori]] and [[Joe Malloori]] play supporting roles. The music was composed by [[D. Imman]] with editing by [[Raja Mohammad]] and cinematography by Premkumar Chandran. The story revolves around college students, Sakthi and Joseph, fall in love with girls of the same family. When the family learns about the love affairs, they are ready to go to any length to save their honour.

The film was shot around [[Pudukottai]], [[Karaikudi]] and [[Thanjavur]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Pizza, NKPK to Rummy! |url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/dec-12-02/pizza-naduvula-konjam-pakkatha-kaanom-13-12-12.html |access-date=13 December 2012 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref> ''Rummy'' released on 31 January 2014 to mixed reviews.

==Plot==
Sakthi attends college in Sivagangai, where he meets classmates Joseph and Meenakshi. Sakthi and Joseph are roommates and are very close. Meanwhile, Sakthi falls in love with Meenakshi, the daughter of Periyavar, the headman of a nearby village. Periyavar and his family are practitioners of casteism to the extent of killing anyone involved in an inter-caste marriage. Meenakshi fears her father would kill Sakthi if he found out about her relationship with him. Sakthi and Joseph are expelled from the college hostel after a fight with another classmate. They then go to Meenakshi’s place. Joseph meets Swarna in the village and develops a liking for her, which is reciprocated. It is revealed that Swarna is actually Meenakshi's elder sister.

Periyavar finds out about Swarna’s love affair and makes plans to kill Joseph. However, Joseph and Swarna elope from the village and get married with the help of Sakthi and Meenakshi. Periyavar’s henchmen track them down and beat up Joseph. In the process, Joseph is killed, and Swarna is taken back to her village and locked up in a room. In the meantime, Periyavar discovers Meenakshi's love affair and plans to kill Sakthi. An angered Swarna kills Periyavar before he can kill Sakthi, effectively ending Periyavar’s honor killing practice. Sakthi and Meenakshi are united at the end.

== Cast ==
{{Colbegin}}
* [[Vijay Sethupathi]] as Joseph
* [[Inigo Prabhakar]] as Sakthi
* [[Soori (actor)|Soori]] as Arunachalam
* [[Gayathrie Shankar]] as Meenakshi
* [[Aishwarya Rajesh]] as Swarna
* [[Joe Malloori]] as Periyavar, Swarna's father
* [[Sentrayan]] as Sakthi's uncle
* Pasanga Sivakumar as Meenakshi's father
* [[Sujatha Sivakumar]] as Sakthi's mother
* [[Saran Shakthi]] as Swarna's brother
* [[Thangadurai (actor)|Tiger Garden Thangadurai]] as College Student
* [[L. Raja]] as Sakthi's father
* [[Munnar Ramesh]] as Swarna's uncle
* Janaki Devi as Swarna's sister
{{colend}}

== Production ==
In December 2012, [[Vijay Sethupathi]] signed up a project for debutant K. Balakrishnan, former assistant of [[N. Linguswamy]] who impressed him with his script.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 December 2012 |title=Vijay Sethupathi signs up 'Rummy' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Vijay-Sethupathi-signs-up-Rummy/articleshow/17610001.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054646/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-14/news-interviews/35819061_1_rummy-nkpk-vijay-sethupathy |archive-date=21 September 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |agency=TNN}}</ref> The film is said to be set in the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moviebuzz |date=4 October 2013 |title=Vijay Sethupathy's 'Rummy' gets red hot |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vijay-sethupathys-rummy-gets-red-hot-news-tamil-nkemNShcgig.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007081154/http://www.sify.com/movies/vijay-sethupathys-rummy-gets-red-hot-news-tamil-nkemNShcgig.html |archive-date=7 October 2013 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> According to sources, ''Rummy'' is a dark romantic thriller. The first look was released on 4 October 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 October 2013 |title=Vijay Sethupathi's rusty look |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-04/news-interviews/42715902_1_vijay-sethupathi-aasaipattai-balakumara-naduvula-konjam-pakkatha-kaanom |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131024162300/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-04/news-interviews/42715902_1_vijay-sethupathi-aasaipattai-balakumara-naduvula-konjam-pakkatha-kaanom |archive-date=24 October 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |agency=TNN}}</ref> While it was reported that actress [[Remya Nambeesan]], a trained classical singer, would be making her Tamil singing debut with this film, the song apparently doesn't appear in the soundtrack.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 May 2013 |title=Remya Nambeesan sings for Vijay Sethupathi |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-18/news-interviews/39354069_1_vijay-sethupathi-carnatic-music-remya-nambeesan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618004410/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-18/news-interviews/39354069_1_vijay-sethupathi-carnatic-music-remya-nambeesan |archive-date=18 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |agency=TNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Remya to sing in Rummy |url=http://cinema.pluz.in/news/kollywood/69964/remya-to-sing-in-rummy.htm |access-date=18 May 2013 |website=Pluz Cinema}}</ref> Contrary to popular thought, [[Inigo Prabhakar]] plays the male lead role although the film was marketed as a Vijay Sethupathi film.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Supporting actors turn heroes in Tamil films |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Supporting-actors-turn-heroes-in-Tamil-films/articleshow/32303460.cms |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

== Music ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Rummy
| type = Soundtrack
| longtype = to Rummy
| artist = [[D. Imman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| caption = Cover art
| released = 25 October 2013<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 October 2013 |title=Rummy audio launch on October 25 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Rummy-audio-launch-on-October-25/articleshow/24477619.cms |work=The Times of India |agency=TNN}}</ref>
| recorded = 2013
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length =
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label = [[Sony Music India|Sony Music]]
| producer = [[D. Imman]]
| prev_title = [[Ninaivil Nindraval (2014 film)|Ninaivil Nindraval]]
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = [[Amara (film)|Amara]]
| next_year = 2014
}}

The soundtrack album was composed by [[D. Imman]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 September 2013 |title=Imman's next music release |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Immans-next-music-release/articleshow/22536297.cms |work=The Times of India |agency=TNN}}</ref> to the lyrics penned by [[Yugabharathi]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rummy movie songs lyrics |url=http://www.tamilsonglyrics.org/movies/p-t/rummy-tamil-movie-songs-lyrics/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610195144/http://www.tamilsonglyrics.org/movies/p-t/rummy-tamil-movie-songs-lyrics/ |archive-date=10 June 2015 |work=tamilsonglyrics}}</ref> The audio rights were bought by [[Sony Music]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moviebuzz |date=21 October 2013 |title=Vijay Sethupathy's Rummy audio on Oct 25 |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vijay-sethupathy-s-rummy-audio-on-oct-25-news-kollywood-nkvmImejgbj.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023185343/http://www.sify.com/movies/vijay-sethupathy-s-rummy-audio-on-oct-25-news-kollywood-nkvmImejgbj.html |archive-date=23 October 2013 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2013 |title=Rummy treats our ears on the 25th |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-13/the-audio-and-trailer-launch-of-rummy-to-happen-on-the-25th-of-october.html |website=Behindwoods}}</ref> The album was released by [[Kamal Haasan]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=S. R. Ashok Kumar |date=10 November 2013 |title=Audio Beat: Rummy - An edge-of-the-seat thriller |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/audio-beat-rummy-an-edgeoftheseat-thriller/article5333254.ece |work=The Hindu}}</ref>

===Track list===
From ''Times of India''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 October 2013 |title=Rummy track list |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Rummy-track-list/articleshow/23344463.cms |work=The Times of India |agency=TNN}}</ref>
{{track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_lyrics = Yugabharathi
| total_length =

| title1 = Koodamela Koodavechi
| extra1 = V. V. Prasanna, [[Vandana Srinivasan]]
| length1 = 05:01

| title2 = Adiye Enna Raagam
| extra2 = [[Abhay Jodhpurkar]], Poornima Satish
| length2 = 04:42

| title3 = Oru Nodi
| extra3 = D. Imman, Divya Ramani
| length3 = 04:20

| title4 = Yedhukkaga Enna
| extra4 = Santhosh Hariharan, AV Pooja
| length4 = 04:06

| title5 = Yedhukkaga Enna
| note5 = instrumental
| extra5 = Karthick Iyer (violin)
| length5 = 04:06
}}

== Release ==
The satellite rights of the film were secured by [[Zee Tamil]]. The film was supposed to release on 31 December 2013, but due to the presence of many big films it was postponed and released on 31 January 2014.

==Reception==
The film received mixed reviews.<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/536831/20140201/rummy-movie-review-aishwarya-vijay-sethupathi-gayathrie.htm ‘Rummy’ Review Roundup: Gets Mixed Reaction - International Business Times]</ref>

[[Baradwaj Rangan]] from ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote, "We keep waiting for something to happen and throw these aimless scenes into sharp relief. We await a twist in the tale. But there’s nothing...It’s a testament to the power of melodrama that the story turns mildly interesting in its final section, but the ending isn’t earned. It appears tacked on simply so that we leave the theatre on an emotional high — and that’s the worst kind of cheating".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |date=1 February 2014 |title=Rummy: A bad hand |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/rummy-a-bad-hand/article5642771.ece |work=The Hindu |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "While it is, on the whole, a decent film, especially in the set-in-the-sickle-toting-south genre, ''Rummy'' is also wearisome, mainly because it is so predictable. There is a strong been-there-done-that whiff in the proceedings that you are hardly surprised and never really root for the characters".<ref>{{Cite news |title=Rummy Movie Review {2.5/5}: Critic Review of Rummy by Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/rummy/movie-review/29696675.cms |work=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Sify]] wrote, "K. Balakrishnan makes a decent debut with ''Rummy'', but it is predictable and at times the pace sags. As usual first half is decent, while the story loses its steam post-interval".<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 February 2014 |title=Movie Review : Rummy |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/rummy-review-tamil-15048273.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201223109/http://www.sify.com/movies/rummy-review-tamil-15048273.html |archive-date=1 February 2014 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

[[Rediff]] gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and called ''Rummy'' "an engaging film, let down by an average screenplay and the extremely slow pace".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: Rummy is engaging |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-rummy-is-engaging/20140131.htm |website=Rediff}}</ref> ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "''Rummy'' is often violent...There is more bloodshed and gore to come, more revenge and brutality -- sometimes treated with arrogant casualness. However, the high point of Balakrishnan's script is the shock it presents at the end".<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2014 |title=Movie review: Rummy makes for an engaging watch |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/movie-review-rummy-makes-for-an-engaging-watch/story-ioB0Je4KahJwNM2hK2JTqI.html |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> Behindwoods gave 2 stars out of 5 and called it "A familiar tale of oppositions to love which takes its own sweet time to move".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rummy (aka) Rummy review |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/rummy/rummy-review.html |website=www.behindwoods.com}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|2946508}}

[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:2014 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic thriller films]]
[[Category:Films scored by D. Imman]]
[[Category:Films set in 1980]]
[[Category:2014 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:2010s romantic thriller films]]

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