Doctor (2021)

Interesting facts

Doctor is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action black comedy film written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. It was produced by Sivakarthikeyan under his company Sivakarthikeyan Productions along with KJR Studios. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan, Vinay Rai and Priyanka Mohan, with Archana Chandhoke, Yogi Babu, Milind Soman, Redin Kingsley, Deepa Shankar, Sunil Reddy and Shiva Aravind in supporting roles. It follows a military doctor (Sivakarthikeyan), who seeks to rescue his ex-fiancée's niece from a child trafficker.

Production

In July 2019, Sivakarthikeyan contacted Nelson Dilipkumar about starring in the director's second film after Kolamaavu Kokila (2018) when he released a casting call. After a series of tweets, both agreed to finalise the dates soon. Though it was reported that the potential film would be produced by the Indian branch of Sony Pictures in their maiden production in Tamil, this proved untrue.

Priyanka Mohan plays the leading actress, marking her debut in Tamil cinema. Vinay Rai and Yogi Babu joined the cast in December, with Rai playing the antagonist. Archana Chandhoke's daughter Zaara Vineet made her feature film debut as the kidnapped girl. Bollywood actors and brothers Raghu Ram and Rajiv Lakshman were signed on for antagonistic roles, marking their Tamil debut.

Principal photography began in Chennai on 6 December 2019. On 6 January 2020, the makers completed the first schedule, and started the second schedule. As reports stated, the makers planned to shoot half of the film in Chennai, and the other half in Goa. In February 2020, Sivakarthikeyan and Nelson went to scout locations in Goa. Shooting in Goa was completed by the end of that month.

Filming resumed on 25 September, with minimal crew adhering to government rules and regulations. A special team was designated to observe that the film crew including the director and actors were abiding by the COVID-19 protocols. The final portions of the film, including one song were expected to be completed in November 2020. Principal photography wrapped on 3 January 2021.

The post-production process of the film officially began on 11 May 2020, after the government granted permission to resume post-production works of Tamil films. On 17 September, the makers started the dubbing with a traditional puja ceremony. Sivakarthikeyan completed his dubbing portions on 1 February 2021, completing the post-production work.

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