Sigai

Sigai (2019)

சிகை

A pimp must investigate the sudden disappearance of his network’s most demanded prostitute.

Date of release
2019-01-09
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
Jagadeesan Subu

Casting

Interesting facts

Sigai (transl. Hair) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by Jagadeesan Subu in his debut. The film stars Kathir in the lead role while Meera Nair, Raj Bharath, Riythvika, and Mayilsamy are in supporting roles. It follows a transgender man whose possessiveness and close association with his friend are the causes of a major accident that kills two innocent people. The man feels highly dejected when his friend looks for companionship with other women, ignoring his emotions. The film, shot between 2015 and 2016, premiered at the 2017 All Lights India International Film Festival and was released on ZEE5 on 9 January 2019.

Production

The film began production in 2015, and wrapped in late 2016, with filming taking place mostly in Chennai. It is the directorial debut of Jagadeesan Subu. Kathir signed the film even before his breakthrough Pariyerum Perumal (2018), and Jagadeesan revealed that they were actually supposed to collaborate on a different script but changed course after Jagadeesan told Kathir about this alternate script.

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