Sketch (2018)

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Sketch is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Vijay Chandar. The film features Vikram and Tamannaah Bhatia in the leading roles for the first time, with Soori, Baburaj and R. K. Suresh among others portraying supporting roles. The film was released on 12 January 2018.

Production

In November 2016, director Vijay Chandar, who had previously made Vaalu (2015), revealed that his next project would feature Vikram in the lead role. Produced by Silverline Film Factory, who had worked on an incomplete fantasy film titled Karikalan with Vikram during 2010, the film was widely reported to be a remake of the American film, Don't Breathe (2016).

Sai Pallavi was signed to play the lead actress in the project, marking her first leading role in Tamil films. She later opted out of the film and returned her advance in late February 2017, citing scheduling issues with her work on the Tamil language remake of the Malayalam film Charlie (2015) directed by A. L. Vijay. She was later replaced by Tamannaah Bhatia, who stated it was "liberating to see a strong storyline in a commercial pot-boiler".

Following a period of delay, the film began its shoot at Binny Mills in Chennai during early February 2017, with Vikram choosing to simultaneously work on the project alongside his commitments for Gautham Vasudev Menon's spy thriller Dhruva Natchathiram. The film's title, Sketch, was revealed to the media in April 2017. The shoot of the film was completed in August 2017, after which the makers began the promotional campaign.

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