Kaithi (2019 film)

Kaithi (transl. Prisoner) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action

Kaithi
thriller film written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj.[2] The film
stars Karthi in the main lead role with Narain and Dheena in pivotal
roles. It is produced by S. R. Prakashbabu and S. R. Prabhu under
the banner Dream Warrior Pictures and co-produced by Tiruppur
Vivek under the banner Vivekananda Pictures.[3][4] The film score
and soundtrack was composed by Sam C. S. The cinematography
was handled by Sathyan Sooryan, and edited by Philomin Raj.

The film follows Dilli, a recently freed prisoner who is arrested due
to suspicion while en route to meet his daughter for the first time in
life. When a number of police officers are poisoned at a party
following a drug bust, Inspector Bejoy enlists Dilli's help to drive
the officers to hospital in a lorry, in exchange for seeing his
daughter. Dilli, Bejoy and the lorry's owner find themselves in a
chase with the criminals and must race against time to reach hospital
and also save a police station about to come under siege.

Kaithi was released on 25 October 2019, coinciding with Diwali. It Theatrical release poster
opened to generally favorable reviews praising the action sequences,
Directed by Lokesh
performances, writing and exclusion of songs.[5][6] Following the
positive reception, the film became a commercial success and went Kanagaraj
on to win a number of accolades.[7][8] A Hindi-language remake Produced by S. R.
starring Ajay Devgn has been officially announced.[9] Prakashbabu
S. R. Prabhu
Thiruppur Vivek
Contents Written by Lokesh
Kanagaraj
Plot
Pon Parthiban
Cast
Starring Karthi
Production Narain
Soundtrack Dheena
Marketing and release Music by Sam C. S.
Home media Cinematography Sathyan
Reception Sooryan
Remake Edited by Philomin Raj
Awards and nominations Production Dream Warrior
company Pictures
References
Vivekananda
External links
Pictures
Release date 25 October 2019
Plot Running time 144 minutes
At a children's hostel for orphaned girls, a 10 year old girl named Country India
Amudha is told by the carers that someone important is going to Language Tamil
meet her at 10:00 AM, the next morning. She waits, wondering who
it may be. Box office ₹105 crore[1]

A smuggling van carrying a ton of drugs and a group of smugglers are captured by Inspector Bejoy and his
team. The drugs belong to Adaikalam, who none of the police officers have seen nor know how he looks.
Adaikalam's brother Anbu plans to capture the five police officials, kill them, and take their drugs back from
them. He announces a group of henchmen to kill the five police men and assured lifetime settlement for
them. According to Anbu's plan, all of the police officials in the city get high and unconscious after
consuming poisoned drinks at a higher official's retirement party. Bejoy, who avoided the drinks as he was
under medication, escapes from the plan and tries to save the lives of all the unconscious officials without
letting the media or anyone else from the outside finding out. He convinces Dilli, an ex-prisoner who
happened to be there with him as he was detained for looking suspicious (and being the only one who can
drive the lorry) to help him save the officers' lives by promising him that he will help him meet his daughter
Amudha for the first time the next morning with the help of a lorry borrowed from Kamatchi, a caterer at the
Inspector General of Police's mansion. As Kamatchi has good knowledge of routes and roads, Dilli tells him
to come with them as well. Dilli, Bejoy, and Kamatchi together load the unconscious bodies of the officials
onto the lorry and get them to the hospital as soon as possible without letting the gangsters get their bodies.

As Anbu enlists money as the reward for catching the policemen, gangsters from Anbu's gangs try to hunt
down where the policemen and Bejoy are. They are guided by Paalpandi, a corrupt cop (recruited by
Stephen Raj, Zonal Head of Narcotics Division working for Anbu) who is acting unconscious while giving
information about the location of the lorry to the gangs.

Meanwhile, at commissioner's office, the drugs are hidden along with Adaikalam's men who are under
custody. As Anbu and his gang would take the drugs and free Adaikalam's men, Bejoy orders constable
Napoleon and a group of college students detained due to drunken driving, to close all the possible exits and
to try and keep the gangsters outside the commisoner's office at the cost of their own lives while they wait
for higher officials.

Dilli, Bejoy and Kamatchi come across the various gangs, who are fighting for who will capture the five
policemen, only to be killed by Dilli. Back at the building Napoleon is told by Bejoy to negotiate a deal with
the captured men of Adaikalam to call Anbu, and inform him that Napoleon will release the men in return
they go away and leave him and the students unharmed. But it is then revealed that Adaikalam is among
those who are captured, so they don't release them. Adaikalam tries to guide Anbu into the commissioner's
office, but one of the students purposely blasts loud music to keep him from hearing Adaikalam. Anbu
manages to climb up to the roof and break into the building, but he is subdued by the students and tied up.

Dilli and Kamatchi manage to transfer the unconscious officers to a school bus from the hospital, so that
they can continue to the commissoner's office. Paalpandi then convinces them that he is alright, so they take
him with them. However, they come across another gang who beats up Bejoy and Paalpandi stabs Dilli
twice in the back. Dilli still manages to kill Paalpandi and the gangsters, while rescuing Bejoy and
proceeding to the building. Anbu's gang outside the building manage to catch a student, and under the order
of Anbu, they kill him. Napoleon bludgeons and kills Anbu with a fire extinguisher, to which Adaikalam
swears he will kill all of them and their families. Dilli, Bejoy and Kamatchi make it to the building. Dilli
alone enters the building through a secret underground passage and sends the students out through the secret
passage, while he and Napoleon go to burn up all the drugs.The Duo reach the drug stored room, but to their
surprise they also find a confiscated high power Gatling gun. Instead of just burning the drugs, Napolean
decide to eliminate all the drug dealing rowdies. They reach the ground floor as the goons break in. Dilli
uses the gun to kill nearly all of Anbu's gang outside the building. All the police are resuscitated and Bejoy
finds the moles in his department. Stephen raj is incriminated and all injured are moved to the Government
Hospital overnight. Bejoy thanks Dilli, and promises him that he will soon arrange a good life for him and
his daughter. The Doctor from Dilli‘s prison brings Dilli’s daughter Amudha to the spot, and they meet with
tears of joy. Dilli, Amudha and Kamatchi leave for Dilli’s village.

One of the captured men tells Adaikalam that Dilli, who had no connection with the gangs, was the prime
reason for all of their losses, to which Adaikalam responds by saying that he does, leaving open the
possibility for a sequel.

Cast
Karthi as Dilli
Narain as Inspector Bejoy
Dheena as Kamatchi
George Maryan as Constable Napoleon
Arjun Das as Anbu
Ramana as Tips (member of Anbu's gang)
Harish Uthaman as Adaikalam
Hareesh Peradi as Stephen Raj
Malavika Avinash as Nalini, Probation officer at Puzhal Jail
"Black Sheep" Deepthi as Thamizh
Baby Monica as Amudha, Dilli's daughter
Kanna Ravi as Ajhas Ahmed
Amzath Khan as Ram
Krishnamoorthy as Muthu
Chetan as Dr. Amudhan
Arun Alexander as Paalpandi
Vatsan Chakravarthy as a college student
Lallu as a college student
Udayaraj as a college student
Kishore Rajkumar as a college student

Production
Lokesh Kanagaraj, initially chose Mansoor Ali Khan to play the lead role. But as the process of writing went
forth the story demanded Karthi, to play the lead role and the scale of the film also increased.[10] Karthi
suggested Pon Parthiban as an additional screenplay writer as Karthi appreciated the latter's work in Kaatrin
Mozhi (2018).[11][12] The film was announced on 12 December 2018, and the principal photography of the
film commenced around late December 2018.[13][14] The film marks the second film for director Lokesh
after Maanagaram in 2017.[2] The filmmakers revealed that the film does not have any songs nor a female
lead with Karthi who had signed in to play the role of a prisoner which the title of the film itself reveals.[15]
The portions of the film were shot around Chennai and in Tirunelveli, and no day sequences took place for
this film.[16][17] Action choreography is done by the duo Anbariv.

Soundtrack
Kaithi
Soundtrack album by Sam C. S.
Sam C. S. composed the film's score. Initially, it was reported that Released 22 November 2019
the film does not feature any songs. However, a song titled "Neel Recorded 2019
Iravil" sung by Sam, was featured in the film's teaser. The original
soundtrack which features 17 tracks in the album, with four songs Genre Feature film soundtrack
and rest of them were themes was released on 22 November 2019, a Length 28:18
month after the film's release. The vocals for the songs were written
Label Divo
and performed by Sam and Sharanya Gopinath, with the latter
rapping a few versions in English.[18] Producer Sam C. S.
Sam C. S. chronology
Track Listing
No. Title Length Gorilla Kaithi Rocketry:
1. "Kill and Destroy" (Lyrics and English rap 3:19 (2019) (2019) The Nambi
versions performed by Sharanya Gopinath) Effect
2. "Dilli's Swag" 0:50 (2020)
3. "Grief of Dilli" 3:44
4. "Rise of Dilli" 1:19
5. "Nepolean Theme" 2:25
6. "Nee Eppo Varuva Appa" 1:14
7. "The Hot Biriyani" (Vocals performed by Sam 1:50
C. S.)
8. "The Battle of Cop and Killer" 1:30
9. "Kaithi Main Theme" 0:28
10. "Beginning of the War" 2:11
11. "The Phase of Deathcall" 0:34
12. "Eternal Love of Father" (Vocals performed by 3:14
Sam C. S.)
13. "Arrival of the Ruffian" 0:48
14. "Neel Iravil" (Vocals and lyrics performed by 1:21
Sam C. S.)
15. "The Emotion Hustler" 0:42
16. "The Maze" 0:58
17. "Night is Dark" (Vocals performed by Sam C. 1:53
S, with English rap versions done by
Sharanya Gopinath)
Total length: 28:18

Marketing and release

The first look was released on 8 March 2019.[19][20] The teaser of the film released on 30 May 2019, with
Karthi playing the role of a prisoner in this film.[15] The official trailer was unveiled on 7 October 2019. A
huge prison like set was built in Forum Vijaya Mall, Chennai for the promotion of this film.

The film was initially slated to release on 27 September 2019, but the release was pushed to October, and
the makers announced that the film will be released on 25 October 2019, coinciding with Diwali.[21][22]

Home media

The Tamil version of the film was made available to stream on OTT platform Hotstar on 25 November
2019.[23] The Telugu version of the film was made available to stream on OTT platform Ahavideo IN.
Reception
Kaithi received highly positive reviews from critics who praised Karthi’s performance, Lokesh’s direction
and the screenplay. India Today gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "Kaithi is a film that showcases filmmaking at
its best, and Karthi is terrific and so natural that you could literally picture a prisoner going through a tough
time."[24] The Times of India gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "Kaithi is a tense, impressively shot action
thriller, a pure genre film."[25] News18 gave 3 out of 5 stars stating "Karthi's stunning performance makes it
an engaging watch, Kaithi plays at multiple levels."[26] Firstpost gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "Karthi is
terrific with his eyes, especially in a scene involving his daughter where he breaks down. It is a well made
film that takes the road less travelled and provides enough thrills."[27]

The Indian Express gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "The characters in this Karthi starrer are in a constant
fight-or-flight mode. Lokesh forces them to choose between pain and pride. Surrender or resist."[28] Sify
gave 3.5 out of 5 stars stating "Kaithi is a solid action thriller and it will be a feast for action lovers. The film
also has a lovely underlying father-daughter sentiment which works well in the climax! Prepare to be
thrilled."[29] Great Andhra gave 3 out of 5 stars stating " ‘Khaidi’ (Telugu title) is a unique action drama that
should be appreciated. It will appeal to serious movie lovers."[30] The News Minute gave 4 out of 5 stars
stating "A gripping tale of men imprisoned by their circumstances, There is no star in 'Kaithi'. Director
Lokesh shows that a hero is anyone who goes beyond thinking about just himself."[31] Baradwaj Rangan of
Film Companion South wrote "But what I missed more is character building. Everyone stays the same from
start to end. This isn’t about twists and shock-reveals. This is just about transforming these one-note “types”
into flesh-and-blood people".[32]

Remake
Madhu Mantena along with Reliance Entertainment bought the rights for the Hindi remake of the film, and
Ajay Devgn is signed to play the lead role.[33]

Awards and nominations

Date of Recipient(s) and
Award Category Result Ref.
ceremony nominee(s)
Favourite Director Lokesh Kanagaraj Won
Best Stunt Director Anbariv Won
4 January [34][35]
Zee Cine Awards Tamil Best Villain Arjun Das Won
2020
Best Supporting Actor
Won
- Male
George Maryan
Best Supporting Actor
11 January Ananda Vikatan Cinema Won
- Male [36]
2020 Awards
Best Stunt Director Anbariv Won
Best Actor Karthi Won
15 January Norway Tamil Film Festival [37]
Best Villain Arjun Das Won
2020 Awards
Best Editor Philomin Raj Won
14 March Critics' Choice Film [38]
Best Actor – Male Karthi Pending
2020 Awards
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