24 (2016)
Scientist turned Entrepreneur Dr. Sethuraman tries to safeguard his newly invented time travel device from falling into the hands of his Evil Twin Brother Aathreya.
- Date of release
- 2016-05-05
- TMDB
- 7.3 / 10 (149)
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Genres
- Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Director
- Vikram Kumar
Casting
- Suriya — Sethuraman, Athreya, Manikandan
- Samantha Ruth Prabhu — Sathyabama
- Nithya Menen — Priya
- Saranya Ponvannan — Sathyabama
- Ajay — Mithran
- Mohan Raman — Sathya's father
- Girish Karnad — Sathya's grandfather
- Sathyan — Saravanan
- Charle — Chettiyar
- Appukutty — Chettiyar's staff
- Harsha Vardhan — Kalai
- Mithu Chakrabarty — Arya's Wife
Interesting facts
24 is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language science fiction thriller film written and directed by Vikram Kumar. It is produced by Suriya under 2D Entertainment. The film stars Suriya in triple roles, alongside Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen. Saranya Ponvannan, Ajay, Girish Karnad, Mohan Raman, Sudha, Sathyan and Charle appear in the supporting roles. The film follows Sethuraman, a scientist, who invents a time travel watch but Athreya, his twin brother, does everything he can to get hands on that.
Production
In August 2009, director Vikram Kumar announced that he was set to direct a film titled 24 The film was backed by producer Mohan Natarajan, which would feature actor Vikram in a lead role. Harris Jayaraj was confirmed to score the music and P. C. Sreeram to handle the film cinematography. In a December 2009 interview with trade analyst Sreedhar Pillai, director Vikram stated: "We have signed Ileana D'Cruz to do 24.
In August 2014, Suriya's production company 2D Entertainment announced the project through their official Twitter handle. In October 2014, A. R. Rahman was announced as the film soundtrack and score composer. Actor Suriya was confirmed as the male lead. In an interview with IndiaGlitz, Suriya pointed the core of the plot stating: "The one thing that humans cannot control is "time" but what if one has the power to do so.
Actor Suriya played three distinct roles, one of them being the antagonist. Five to six looks were designed for him. The producers had potential discussions with Catherine Tresa for the lead female role before Samantha Ruth Prabhu was finalised in February 2015. In July 2015, Nithya Menen was roped in to play the other leading character.
Principal photography commenced in Mumbai on 8 April 2015. A romantic song was filmed in Nashik by early June 2015. Certain scenes were filmed at Filmistaan studios in Goregaon. VFX works were also carried out in the same studio by September 2015. Nithya Menen began filming her portions in the city from 1 August 2015. The first schedule was completed by early September 2015. By mid of the same month, a twenty-day schedule began in Poland.
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