Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017)

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Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva is 2017 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Sai Ramani. The film stars Raghava Lawrence and Nikki Galrani, while Sathyaraj and Ashutosh Rana play supporting roles. It is a remake of the 2015 Telugu film Pataas with Ashutosh Rana reprising his role from the original. The music was composed by Amresh Ganesh with editing done by Praveen K. L. and cinematography by Sarvesh Murari. The film was released on 9 March 2017 and received mixed reviews.

Production

In April 2015, it was confirmed that producer R. B. Choudary had bought the Tamil remake rights of the Telugu film Pataas (2015). A month later, Raghava Lawrence confirmed himself as the lead actor. However, Lawrence stopped pre-production on the venture, and instead announced two new films as a director in August 2015.

In November 2015, it was revealed that Lawrence would postpone his other films and begin work on the remake of Pataas with director Sai Ramani, who had earlier directed Singam Puli (2011). The remake later adopted the title Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva, after Vendhar Movies readily agreed to give the title away. Galrani was announced as the lead actress. Production began on 18 November.

In March 2016, producer Madhan of Vendhar Movies disappeared after writing a suicide note. Madhan and Vendhar Movies' involvement in the project as a distributor meant that legal issues put the release of the film on hold, as police investigated Madhan's disappearance. Meanwhile, production continued and was completed with a song sequence shot in Malaysia in July 2016.

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