Vithaikkaaran
2024 Indian film
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Vithaikkaaran (transl. Magician) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by Venki and starring Sathish.[1] The film was released on 23 February 2024 and opened to mixed reviews.[2]
| Vithaikkaaran | |
|---|---|
Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Venki |
| Written by | Venki |
| Screenplay by | Venki |
| Story by | Venki |
| Produced by | K. Vijay Pandi |
| Starring | Sathish |
| Cinematography | Yuva Karthick |
| Edited by | Arul Elango Siddharth |
| Music by | VBR |
Production company | White Carpet Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | 1.5 Crores |
| Box office | 6 Crores |
Plot
The story revolves around a sharp-witted man called Vetri, who believes that cheating is not wrong but what is actually wrong is getting cheated. Vetri has a twin brother Shakthi who has the exact opposite view.
Cast
- Sathish as Vetri & Shakthi (dual role)
- Simran Gupta as Sithara
- Anandaraj as Dollar Azhagu
- Madhusudhan Rao as Kalkandu Ravi
- Subramaniam Siva as Mari Gold
- G. Marimuthu as Marimuthu
- John Vijay as Inspector Dharmaraj
- MD Asif as Ranjeeth Singh
- Chaams as Marthandam
- Swaminathan as Dr. Paul Walker
- Pavel Navageethan as Tyson
- Japan Kumar as Lee
- Vikram as Arun
- Dharani as Janani
- Ragu Aditya as Tom Mathew
- Hema as Sithara's friend
- Amar Chappa as Lalchand
- Ashok Pandian as Doctor
- Abilash as junior Anand raj
Production
Soundtrack
| Vithaikkaaran | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by VBR | |||||
| Released | 2024 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 12:56 | ||||
| Language | Tamil | ||||
| Label | Think Music | ||||
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The film has music composed by VBR.[6]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Life Is Magic" | Vairamuthu | Naresh Iyer | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Sunamika" | Vairamuthu | Hariharan | 4:05 |
| 3. | "Sunamika (Sad Version)" | Vairamuthu | Nikhil Prabha | 2:26 |
| 4. | "Who Am I" | Blaaze | Blaaze | 3:13 |
| Total length: | 12:56 | |||
Reception
A critic from The Times of India rated the film 2+1⁄2 out of 5 and wrote that "Vithaikkaaran is a film that works best when the comedy and drama elements are intertwined. The film does have a few serious elements which are really entertaining , but still , these portions don't work as well as its dark comedy moments and meta-jokes".[7] A critic from Cinema Express rated the film two out of five stars and wrote that "Sathish’s restrained performance as Vetri isn’t enough to save this act that is bland and lacks a punch to hold its audience’s attention span. I often found myself drifting away with the convoluted screenplay in the second half that tries to add humour, wittiness and action in scenes that are already all over the place".[8]
Home media
In March 2024, the film was made available to watch on Simply South and Amazon Prime Video.[9]
