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• Baseado em: Charlie

Maara (transl. Death) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language adventure romantic drama film directed by Dhilip Kumar in his directorial debut, and produced by Prateek Chakravorty and Shruti Nallappa of Pramod Films. A remake of the 2015 Malayalam film Charlie by Martin Prakkat, it stars R. Madhavan, Shraddha Srinath, Abhirami, and Sshivada.

Production

Producers Prateek Chakravorty and Shruti Nallappa of Pramod Films acquired the Tamil remake rights of the Malayalam film Charlie (2015) by Martin Prakkat, in February 2016. The producers were initially keen to retain Parvathy Thiruvothu from the original version, and considered either Vijay Sethupathi, Sivakarthikeyan or Siddharth to play the titular role. In April 2016, R.

In January 2017, Sai Pallavi signed on to play the leading female role, with the makers announcing that production would soon begin in Ooty and Pondicherry. Following several months of inactivity, Vijay confirmed in June 2017 that he would be prioritising other projects and the adaptation of the film was indefinitely postponed.

In June 2018, Pramod Films announced that they would make the film under the title of Maara with director Dhilip Kumar (of Kalki fame) signed on to replace Vijay. Dhilip confirmed that the makers were keen to retain Madhavan for the film despite the change of crew, believing that only the actor had the "innate charm" meant for the character of the lead protagonist.

The actors completed a week-long rehearsal before the start of the shoot, with production beginning in Pondicherry on 18 June 2018. The film was subsequently put on hold and Madhavan later became busy with the production of his directorial debut, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2020), meaning that there was a schedule break of over a year.

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