Rathnam

Rathnam (2024)

ரத்னம்

Rathnam, a henchmen working for MLA Panneer Selvam in Vellore, protects Malliga, a medical student who bears a resemblance to Rathnam's late mother, from the relentless pursuit of land grabbers Rayudu brothers and becomes her guardian angel.

Date of release
2024-04-26
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (12)
Runtime
2h 39m
Genres
Action, Romance
Director
Hari

Casting

Interesting facts

Rathnam (transl. Gem) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Hari and jointly produced by Stone Bench Films, Zee Studios and Invenio Origin. The film stars Vishal in the titular role, alongside Priya Bhavani Shankar in a dual role as the female lead and the hero's mother in a cameo, Samuthirakani, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Yogi Babu, Murali Sharma, Hareesh Peradi and Vijayakumar. It marks the third collaboration of Vishal and Hari after Thaamirabharani and Poojai.

Production

On 23 April 2023, Vishal Film Factory announced that its founder, Vishal, was to join hands with director Hari for an upcoming project, tentatively titled Vishal 34. The project marks Vishal's third film with Hari after Thaamirabharani (2007) and Poojai (2014). The shooting was reported to commence after Vishal finishes his commitments to Mark Antony (2023). A muhurat puja was held on 23 April.

Principal photography commenced on 16 July 2023, with the first schedule in Chennai. In August, the location was changed to Thoothukudi. The schedule reportedly featured an action sequence. On 29 August, Vishal, via X (formerly Twitter), revealed that the schedule had concluded. The second schedule commenced in early October in a village in Tuticorin called Kimarasakkanapuram.

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