Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018)
September 27, 2018Release Date
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (2018)
September 27, 2018Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Arvind Swamy
Varadharajan 'Varadhan' Senapathi
Arun Vijay
Thyagarajan aka Thyagu
Silambarasan
Ethirajan 'Ethi' Senapathi
Vijay Sethupathi
Inspector Rasool Ibrahim
Jyothika
Chitra Varadarajan
Aishwarya Rajesh
Renu Thyagarajan
Mani Ratnam
Director
Aditi Rao Hydari
Parvathi
Dayana Erappa
Chaaya Ethiraj
A.R. Rahman
Composer
Prakash Raj
Senapathi aka Sena
Thyagarajan
Chinnappadasan aka Chinnappa
Santosh Sivan
Cinematographer
Jayasudha
Lakshmi
Sreekar Prasad
Editor
Mansoor Ali Khan
Ethiraj's Henchman
Sarath Kumar
Chinnappadasan's Son-in-Law
Gowtham Sundararajan
Assistant Commissioner
Sivakumar Ananth
Chezhiyan / Screenplay / Executive Producer
T.M. Karthik
Ranjith
Sugunthan
Veluthambi
Kumar Natarajan
Chinnappa and Senapathi's lawyer
Sharmishta Roy
Production Design
Ken Metzker
Colorist
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 27, 2018
Original Nameசெக்கச்சிவந்த வானம்
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 23m
Genres
Wiki.
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam (transl. Crimson Red Sky) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film directed by Mani Ratnam, co-written with Siva Ananth. Produced by Mani Ratnam under the banner Madras Talkies, along with Lyca Productions, the film features an ensemble cast including Arvind Swami, Silambarasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Arun Vijay, Jyothika, Thiagarajan, Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Aditi Rao Hydari, Aishwarya Rajesh, Dayana Erappa, and Mansoor Ali Khan.
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam tells the story of three brothers who engage in a power struggle for control over their deceased father's criminal empire. The project was kick-started with A. R. Rahman and Santhosh Sivan as the music composer and the cinematographer, respectively. The team spent nearly six months for choosing the cast and crew, respectively, with subsequent changes. Principal photography of the film commenced in February 2018 and filming continuously took place on Chennai, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Serbia until that June. The soundtrack and background score was composed by A. R. Rahman, while Santosh Sivan handled the cinematography and Sreekar Prasad edited the film.
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam was released on 27 September 2018 to positive reception from critics and audiences, praising the direction and performances of the cast, but criticising it for lacking strong women characters. Chekka Chivantha Vaanam won two awards at the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, and one award each at the Behindwoods Gold Medal Film Festival, and Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards, while it was nominated for the 8th South Indian International Movie Awards.