Kalavu (2019 film)

Kalavu
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Directed by	Murali Karthick
Produced by	Diliban M. Sengottian I. B. Karthikeyan
Written by	Murali Karthick
Story by	Murali Karthick
Starring	Kalaiyarasan Karunakaran Venkat Prabhu Vatsan Chakravarthy Abhirami Iyer
Music by	K. S. Sundaramurthy
Cinematography	Vignesh Rajagopalan
Edited by	Kiripakaran Purushothaman
Production company	Spicy Cool Impressions Big Print Pictures
Release date	9 February 2019 (2019-02-09)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kalavu (transl. Theft) is a 2019 Indian Tamil thriller film written and directed by Murali Karthick. The film stars Kalaiyarasan and Karunakaran in the leading roles, with Vatsan Chakravarthy and Abhirami Iyer in a supporting roles. The film features music composed by Sundaramurthy. The film was released on ZEE5 on 9 February 2019.

Cast

• Kalaiyarasan as Sujeeth
• Karunakaran as Gautham
• Venkat Prabhu as Inspector
• Vatsan Chakravarthy as Stephen
• Abhirami Iyer as Shruthi
• Chinni Jayanth as watchman
• Chetan as Sujeeth's father
• Geevee as Ashok
• Gautham Harikrishnan
• Aravind Murali as Maari

Production

Debutant director Murali Karthick created a 37-minute pilot film to show producers before getting an opportunity to make the film. Kalaiyarasan, Karunakaran and Venkat Prabhu were selected to play the lead roles, while model Abhirami Iyer was signed to play a lead actress.

Reception

The film was released as a ZEE5 original on 9 February 2019. The Indian Express wrote "The writing is intelligent and so is the screenplay. With the scenes and its match cuts, director Murali Karthick firmly positions himself as an unreliable narrator, keeping you hooked".