Retro

Retro (2025)

ரெட்ரோ

Love. Laughter. War.

A man with a violent past seeks a fresh start, but the life he left behind resurfaces, forcing him to face old conflicts and redefine his future.

Date of release
2025-04-30
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (55)
Runtime
2h 42m
Genres
Romance, Action, Drama
Director
Karthik Subbaraj

Casting

Interesting facts

Retro is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language romantic gangster drama film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj. Produced by Stone Bench Creations and 2D Entertainment, the film stars Suriya and Pooja Hegde in the lead roles. In the film, Paarivel Kannan, an orphan raised by a gangster, faces betrayal and a violent cult as he searches for his true origins, fulfils a prophecy, and tries to reunite with his lost love, Rukmini.

Production

While working on Mahaan in mid 2021, director Karthik Subbaraj had narrated a script to Suriya which impressed the actor. However, since the script required extensive pre-production and filming time, they decided to proceed with another script that also impressed him. Although they had finalised to collaborate back then, both of their respective prior commitments delayed the collaboration.

Two-and-a-half years later, on 28 March 2024, Subbaraj announced through his social media accounts that he would join hands with Suriya for his next directorial venture after Jigarthanda DoubleX (2023). The project would be jointly funded by Subbaraj's Stone Bench Creations and Suriya's 2D Entertainment banner.

The project was kept confidential by the makers until its announcement. The film was made on a budget of ₹60–65 crore. Tentatively titled Suriya 44 with the tagline Love, Laughter and War, production was set to begin after the actor completed his film with Sudha Kongara which was then known as Suriya 43.

Subbaraj had met Suriya prior to the shooting of Jigarthanda DoubleX and narrated a one-liner, which the latter requested to develop. It took him several months for the writing and pre-production. Charukesh Sekar and Sritharan Someetharan collaborated with Subbaraj on the script discussion. After the release of Jigarthanda DoubleX, Subbaraj narrated the entire script to the actor.

On the occasion of his birthday (15 May), Santhosh Narayanan was announced as the film's composer by the production house, in his eighth collaboration with the director. Two weeks later, the team announced that Shreyaas Krishna would handle the cinematography, in his third collaboration with Subbaraj after Jagame Thandhiram (2021) and Mahaan (2022).

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