Urumeen

Urumeen
Directed by	Sakthivel Perumalsamy
Written by	Sakthivel Perumalsamy
Produced by	G. Dillibabu
Starring	Bobby Simha Kalaiyarasan Reshmi Menon
Cinematography	Ravindranath Guru
Edited by	San Lokesh
Music by	Achu Rajamani
Production company	Axess Film Factory
Distributed by	Sri Thenandal Films
Release date	4 December 2015 (2015-12-04)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹60 million (US$720,000)

Urumeen is Tamil language fantasy mystery thriller film written and directed by newcomer Sakthivel Perumalsamy. It stars Bobby Simha, Kalaiyarasan and Reshmi Menon. Produced by Axess Film Factory, the film has cinematography by Ravindranath Guru and music composed by Achu Rajamani. The film was released on the 4th of December 2015.

Cast

• Bobby Simha as Selvaa(Present Character)-Chezhian(Freedom Fighter in British period)-Raja Simhan(historical fiction character and 3D model only)
• Kalaiyarasan as John Christopher
• Reshmi Menon as Umayaal
• Appukutty
• Kaali Venkath
• Karthik yogi

Production

After having worked as a non linear editor and assistant director in few films,Sakthivel Perumalsamy wanted to direct a feature film, based on a real-life incident that took place in 1700 to 2015. In 2014,he first approached and discussed the story with Bobby Simha, whose short films he had seen. They waited to find good producers for the project, which therefore did not commence until March 2014. Simha took up the lead role in the film, his first after a number of supporting roles. His character, Selva, was a middle-class man who comes to Chennai from a small town to search for a job but gets into a problem, and he said that his character "exhibits two behaviours". While Kalaiyarasan landed the role of the villain. Kalaiyarasan later revealed that the director had initially asked him to play the hero but that he could not agree as he had other films lined up, while he called his character, John Christopher, "[not] entirely evil".

Over the next months, the film saw several changes in its principal cast and crew. Initially reported to be produced by Dr. L. Sivabalan under his Zero Rules Entertainment banner, the project was later known to be funded by G. Dillibabu's Axess Film Factory.

The film was shot across several South Indian states in locations including Chennai, Thekkady, Idukki, Ernakulam, Puducherry,

Release

The film was released on 4th December 2015 despite heavy rain and floods in Chennai. The film was given a U/A certificate by the Indian Censor Board.

Controversy

According to the sources, the trailer of Urumeen was denied a certificate, because of the tagline "Revenge is always ultimate". Due to this, the makers took it to the revising committee, which cleared the trailer with a U/A certificate.

Reception

Urumeen opened to mixed responses from critics.

Behindwoods rated it 2.25/5, calling it "An interestingly convoluted tale woven with less engaging screenplay." The Times of India rated it 2.5/5. APHerald rated the film 1/5, calling it " a complex tale with a complex screenplay".

Box Office

According to the site Behindwoods, the film had an average business in first two weeks in Chennai alone and did a business of Rs.39,01,707. However, it was in the 3rd week, that the film's collections dropped drastically all over Tamil Nadu, and the total amount collected by the film at the Chennai Box Office was Rs.47,42,843. It settled for the Disappointment verdict.

External links

• Urumeen at IMDb