8 Thottakkal

8 Thottakkal (2017)

8 தோட்டாக்கள்

A cop’s pistol gets stolen and even as the search for it gets underway, it ends up in the hands of someone who uses it to rob a bank.

Date of release
2017-04-07
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (25)
Runtime
2h 25m
Genres
Thriller, Action, Crime
Director
Sri Ganesh

Casting

Interesting facts

8 Thottakkal is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Sri Ganesh in his directoral debut. Produced by Vellapandian, the film stars his son Vetri, alongside an ensemble cast including Aparna Balamurali, Nassar, M. S. Bhaskar and Meera Mithun. Principal photography commenced in August 2016 at Chennai and was completed in November 2016. The film released on 7 April 2017.

Production

After working under director Mysskin as an assistant director in Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum (2013), Sri Ganesh started working on his script, which he revealed to be a cop thriller. Talking about the film, Sri Ganesh said that since it is a film about criminals trying to take advantage of a specific situation, it allowed him to understand the mindset of police officers.

Newcomer Vetri was selected to play the lead role of a sub-inspector in the film, with his family producing the film. Actress Aparna Balamurali was signed on as the lead actress soon after the release of her debut Malayalam film Maheshinte Prathikaaram (2016), and revealed that she would play the character of a scribe. Actress Meera Mithun also worked on the film, which became the first film release.

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