Indrajith (2017 film)

Indrajith is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action adventure film directed by Kalaprabhu and produced by his father Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film features Gautham Karthik and Ashrita Shetty in the lead roles, while Sonarika Bhadoria, Sudhanshu Pandey, Sachin Khedekar, Nagendra Babu and M. S. Bhaskar play supporting roles. This film received majorly negative reviews. The film declared as box office bomb and this film became second biggest flop movie in Gautham Karthik's 2017 movie releases after Muthuramalingam.

Indrajith
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKalaprabhu
Produced byKalaipuli S. Thanu
Written byKalaprabhu
StarringGautham Karthik
Ashrita Shetty
Sonarika Bhadoria
Music byKP
CinematographyRasamathi
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
S. R. Ganesh Babu
Production
company
Release date
  • 24 November 2017 (2017-11-24)[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Mayilvaganam, a retired archeological professor. is in search of a mystical stone mentioned in the holy books, which has the ability to cure dreaded diseases like cancer. In his hunt for the stone, he forms a team of youngsters, which include Indrajith, a happy-go-lucky guy and adventure junkie. Whilst the team has a well-laid out map, they are up against Kapil Sharma, the head of the Archaeological Survey of India and an old foe of Mayilvaganam. Later, when Indrajith gets the stone, he realizes that it is Mayilvaganam who is evil and not Sharma, so he gives the stone to Kapil. Mayilvaganam is jailed, and Sharma decides to share the stone with other countries as well to cure diseases on Indrajith's advice. Indrajith says," Let's share", and they all laugh. The story ends on this note.

Cast

Production

The collaboration between actor and director was first reported in October 2013, with Kalaprabhu revealing that his second venture after Sakkarakatti (2008), would be an action adventure film produced by his father. Gautham Karthik was signed to play the title role, while actresses Ashrita Shetty and Sonarika Bhadoria were selected to play female leading roles.[2] Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy were initially announced as the film's music composers, but delays later meant that newcomer KP was selected to compose the film's soundtrack and score.[3] A first look poster for the film was revealed in January 2014, stating that production was in progress. The team announced that schedules were set to take place in Chennai, Arunachal Pradesh and then Goa, while also revealing that the title was reference to the character Indrajith from the Indian epic Ramayana. It was later revealed that the film would be along the lines of the Indiana Jones films, with Gautham Karthik and Sonarika featuring in a group of fortune seekers, also including Sudanshu Pandey and theatre actor Amit.[4]

The team began filming in early 2014, with shoots conducted in Chennai and Pondicherry. A further twelve day shoot schedule in Goa during July 2014, with Sachin Khedekar joining the cast to portray a professor.[5][6] After a long schedule break, the team reconvened in April 2015 to complete the rest of the shoot.[7] Sports person turned actor Rajveer Singh is essaying the role of antagonist.[8]

The film's teaser trailer was released during April 2016 and was attached to screenings featuring Thanu's other production, Theri (2016). In an interview in May 2016, Gautham Karthik revealed that the film was completed and was awaiting a release date.[9][10]

Soundtrack
Indrajith
Soundtrack album by
KP
Released2017
Recorded2016
GenreFeature film soundtrack
ProducerKP
KP chronology
Indrajith
(2017)		 'Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari'
(2019)

The film's soundtrack was composed by K. P.[11][12]

Release and reception

The Indian Express said, "Indrajith is an example of a lazily produced movie that doesn’t even try to keep the viewer engaged."[13]

References
  1. "Indrajith (2017) | Indrajith (Indrajith 2017) Tamil Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos". FilmiBeat.
  2. "Gautham Karthik to team up with Kala Prabhu ". The Times of India. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  3. "Shankar, Ehsaan, Loy score for Indrajith - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "Etcetera: Roles of substance". The Hindu. 12 April 2014.
  5. "Sachin Khedekar in Gautham Karthik's 'Indrajith' - Times of India". The Times of India.
  6. "What's the link between Billa 2 villain and Gautham Karthik ?". behindwoods.com.
  8. "A new baddie to look out for". Deccan Chronicle. 15 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  9. "I'm single and totally available: Gautham Karthik - Times of India". The Times of India.
  10. "Gautham Karthick rides along with Illayathalapathy Vijay - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 10 April 2016.
  11. "Indrajith Songs: Indrajith MP3 Tamil Songs by KP Online Free on Gaana.com" – via gaana.com.
  12. "Indrajith - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn" – via jiosaavn.com.
  13. "Indrajith movie review: This Gautham Karthik film doesn't even try to keep the viewer engaged". The Indian Express. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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