Soodhu Kavvum

Soodhu Kavvum (2013)

சூது கவ்வும்

Rules Can't Be Broken

Dass specialises in small time kidnapping and has his own set of rules. The primary and most important among them is not to get involved with influential people. Three jobless youngsters meet Dass and the four take up an assignment for a hefty sum that throws away this primary rule and end up being chased by a dreaded policeman.

Date of release
2013-05-01
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (70)
Runtime
2h 18m
Genres
Comedy, Thriller, Crime
Director
Nalan Kumarasamy
Collection
Soodhu Kavvum Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Soodhu Kavvum is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language black comedy crime film directed by Nalan Kumarasamy, who co-wrote the story with Shrinivas Kaviinayam. Produced by C. V. Kumar's Thirukumaran Entertainment, the film stars Vijay Sethupathi, Sanchita Shetty, Karunakaran, Bobby Simha, Ramesh Thilak and Ashok Selvan. Yog Japee, Aruldoss, M. S. Bhaskar and Radha Ravi play supporting roles. It revolves around a gang who kidnap a politician's son, and the troubles that ensue thereafter.

Production

Soodhu Kavvum is the directorial debut of Nalan Kumarasamy, a short-film director who won the title of Naalaya Iyakunar in the first season. The title is derived from an ancient Tamil maxim. Nalan said the film originated when one of his friends saw his short film named Enna Nadanthathu Na (transl. What happened is...), and asked Nalan what would happen if its "wickedest character" became a minister.

Nalan stated that he did not want a stereotypical kidnapper or villain to kidnap the minister's son, resulting in him developing the character of Das, an incompetent kidnapper. He initially envisioned Vadivelu in the role, but Vijay Sethupathi was cast instead. Because Sethupathi was not as old as the 40-plus character, he put on weight and made his hair look grey, as Nalan did not want him to look like an ideal Tamil film hero.

Nalan initially offered Bobby Simha to play the Inspector Bramma, but Simha declined as he did not want to be typecast in antagonistic roles, having already portrayed one in Neram (2013); the role went to Yog Japee. Simha sought to instead portray the character Pagalavan, and although Nalan was unconvinced, agreed after Karthik Subbaraj persuaded him. Karunakaran, who was cast in the role of Arumai Pragasam, stated that C. V.

Soodhu Kavvum began filming on 12 December 2012. Karunakaran sustained a knee injury after a stunt sequence, so the "Kaasu Panam" song sequence was shot with him mostly seated, and minimal dancing. The whole film was complete by April 2013.

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