Bench Talkies

Bench Talkies
Directed by	Karthik Subbaraj Anil Krishnan Gopakumar Charukesh Sekar Monesh Rathna Kumar
Produced by	Kaarthekeyen Santhanam Kalyan Subramanian
Starring	Vijay Sethupathi Rishinanth Rajendran Guru Somasundaram Sananth Reddy Vijaymuthu Aravinnd Singh Harish Sharathkumar
Distributed by	Stone Bench Creations
Release date	6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Bench Talkies is a 2015 Indian Tamil language independent anthology film written and directed by six directors—Karthik Subbaraj, Anil Krishnan, Gopakumar, Charukesh Sekar, Monesh lucky and Rathna Kumar. The film features an ensemble cast including Vijay Sethupathi, Guru Somasundaram, Sananth Reddy, and Rishikanth.

Plot

Bench Talkies is a collection of six short films directed by six different directors, which will make you travel through different genres, emotions and experiences.

• Agavizhi by Gopakumar
• Madhu by Rathna Kumar
• Nallathor Veenai by Monesh
• Neer by Karthik Subbaraj
• Puzhu by Charukesh Sekar
• The Lost Paradise by Anil Krishnan

Cast

The Lost Paradise	Agavizhi	Puzhu
Guru Somasundaram as David	Aravinnd Singh as Anjan Nisha Krishnan as Zara Anukush Agarwal as Siddharth Sandeep Menon as Boss	Sarath Kumar Rishikanth Rajendran
Nalladhor Veenai	Madhu	Neer
Harish as Karthi Prince Ranson Jonase as Tuition Teacher Saran Raghavan as Raghavan	Sananth as Kumar Vivek Prasanna as Vinodh Roshini Abraham as Madhumitha Vignesh as Kishore Deepak Paramesh as Amit Krishnan	Vijay Sethupathi as Mahesh Vijayamuthu as Selva Ravishankar as Siluvai

Release

The film was released in Satyam and PVR theatres in Coimbatore, Chennai and Bangalore on 6 March 2015.

Critical reception

Bench Talkies opened to positive reviews from the critics. M. Suganth from Times of India gave it 3 out of 5. Baradwaj Rangan of the Hindu wrote "An okayish showcase for amateur talent"

External links

• Bench Talkies at IMDb