Adhibar

Adhibar
Directed by	Surya Prakash
Story by	T Sivakumar
Produced by	PB Saravanan, T Sivakumar
Starring	Jeevan Vidya Pradeep Nandha Samuthirakani Richard
Cinematography	Philip Vijayakumar
Edited by	Zashi Qmer
Production company	Benn Consortium
Release date	28 August 2015 (2015-08-28)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	15 crores
Box office	6 crores

Adhibar (English: Proprietor) is a 2015 Tamil action film directed by Surya Prakash. The film stars Jeevan and Vidya Pradeep in the leading roles with Nandha, Ranjith and Samuthirakani playing supporting roles. The film was produced by T. Sivakumar who also written the story for the film. The soundtrack was composed by newcomer Vikram Selva. The film was released on 28 August 2015 to extremely negative reviews.

Cast

• Jeevan as Siva
• Vidya Pradeep as Suganthi
• Nandha as David
• Samuthirakani as Raja
• Richard as Karna
• Ranjith as Easwaran
• Thambi Ramaiah as Siva's uncle
• Kovai Sarala as Kumari
• Singamuthu as Suganthi's father
• Sangili Murugan as Parthasarathy
• Raj Kapoor as Ramachandran
• Saravana Subbiah as Balakrishnan
• Bharathi Kannan as Parameswaran
• Mohan Raman as Swaminathan
• Madhan Bob as Pankaj Lal Settu
• Vaiyapuri as Bobby
• Renuka as Siva's mother
• Sivasankar as Tiger Kothandaraman
• Poorni as Advocate Selvanayagi
• Rajendran
• T. Sivakumar as CBI officer Raj
• Kathaka Thirumavalavan as Neelamegam
• Kavitha Pujari as Radha
• Sampath Ram as Rajesh
• Chithra
• Ashmitha
• Bava Lakshmanan as Panditji
• Maayi Sundar as Govind
• Suruli as Suruli
• Scissor Manohar
• Azhagu
• Kovai Babu
• Kovai Senthil as broker
• Amirtha Lingam
• Kovai Senthil as broker

Production

Adhibar began production in early 2015 and was revealed to be an action comedy film directed by Surya Prakash, who had been an active director in the early 2000s having directed films like Maayi (2000) and Diwan (2003). The shoot was held across Chennai, Bangkok and Malaysia.

Soundtrack

• Avala - Vikramselva
• En Kadhal- Vikramselva
• Poi - Gaana Bala
• Athibar Theme music

Critical reception

Sudhir Srinivasan of The Hindu criticized the film stating "It is perhaps the most bizarre film I’ve seen in a long time". Now Running rated the film 3 out of 5 and wrote "Athibar is an excellent written film and an awesomely narrated drama. It has few moments here and there." The Times of India rated 3.5 out of 5 and wrote "Adhibar is an exercise in mediocrity [..] We are told that the story is based on a real-life incident that happened in Sri Lanka, but there is so much randomness in the movie that we start wondering if real life can be this random. Characters behave in the most implausible manner and take instant decisions that no sane person in real life might take". Silverscreen stated "Adhibar tests your patience right from the beginning". The New Indian Express wrote, "Neither exciting nor refreshing, Adhibar is a dreary, mediocre fare".

External links

• Adhibar at IMDb