Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha (2024)

Interesting facts

Joshua: Imai Pol Kaakha is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by Ishari K. Ganesh. The film, the first instalment in a planned shared universe, stars Varun in the titular role, alongside Raahei, Dhivyadharshini, Mansoor Ali Khan and Krishna. It revolves around an assassin-turned bodyguard seeking to protect his ex-girlfriend from a Mexican drug cartel.

Production

In July 2019, Gautham Vasudev Menon was reported to have agreed to direct a film produced by Ishari K. Ganesh of Vels Film International, following the producer's sudden intervention to relieve Menon from financial constraints that he faced during the making of Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019), with the film starring Ganesh's nephew Varun.

To prepare for his role, Varun trained with Yannick Ben, a renowned Hollywood stunt director, in Paris for a month. Debutant actress Raahei was cast as the lead actress. Darbuka Siva was initially announced as the music composer in November 2019 after working with Menon in Enai Noki Paayum Thota, but was later replaced by playback singer Karthik in February 2020.

Principal photography began in October 2019. By November 2019, 50% of the film was completed in a single stretch through a schedule in Chennai. The makers shot seven action sequences during January 2020, which include car fights and chasing sequences and later prepared to shoot scenes in the United Kingdom and United States. As of June 2020, filming was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By March 2021, filming was complete.

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