Directed by | Karthik Subbaraj |
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Produced by | Kathiresan |
Written by | Karthik Subbaraj |
Starring | Siddharth Bobby Simha Lakshmi Menon Karunakaran Guru Somasundaram Soundararaja Aadukalam Naren Vinodhini Vaidyanathan |
Music by | Santhosh Narayanan |
Cinematography | Gavemic U Ary |
Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
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Distributed by | SMS Pictures |
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Running time
| 171 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Cast
- Siddharth as Karthik Subramani
- Bobby Simha as "Assault" Sethu
- Lakshmi Menon as Kayalvizhi
- Karunakaran as Oorani
- Guru Somasundaram as Muthu (The Acting Teacher)
- Aadukalam Naren as Sundar
- Soundararaja as Ponram
- Ramachandran Durairaj as Rasu
- Senthil Kumaran as Sounder
- Sangili Murugan as 'Petti Kadai' Pazhani
- Bala Singh as Sandhanam
- Thennavan as Sekhar
- Delhi Ganesh as Subramani, Karthik's father
- Sudha as Karthik's mother
- Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Ganga
- Ambika as Kayalvizhi's mother
- Ajay Rathnam as Police officer
- Rajkumar as Karthik's friend
- Bagavathi Perumal as film cinematographer
- Kaalaiyan as Senthil
- Bombay Gnanam as Karthik's grandmother
- Vijay Sethupathi in a guest appearance as himself, an actor for the role of Sethu
- Nassar in a guest appearance as Mukil
- Anthony Daasan as a henchman of Assault Sethu
- Vetrimaaran in a guest appearance as himself
- Aadukalam Murugadoss in a guest appearance as himself
- Nalan Kumarasamy in a guest appearance as aspiring director
- Baba Bhaskar (special appearance in the song "Baby")[13]
Production
Development
In mid April 2013, it was reported that Siddharth would be working in a Tamil film to be directed by Karthik Subbaraj, known for his debut film Pizza, which would be produced by Kathiresan under his banner Five Star Films, who was busy then in producing Dhanush starrer Naiyaandi.[14] Karthik Subbaraj declared the same later and added that the film would be a bilingual project.[15] The film was eventually filmed in Tamil only and was later dubbed into Telugu. The Telugu version was titled Chikkadu Dorakadu which was the title of N. T. Rama Rao's 1967 release and Rajendra Prasad's 1988 release.[16][17]The Telugu version's dialogues were written by lyricist Vennelakanti and the backdrop was altered to Kurnool instead of Madurai.[18]
In an interview to The Hindu, Karthik said that Jigarthanda was supposed to be his directorial debut and that he incorporated some of his experiences in the film during his life at Madurai.[19]
Casting
In the end of May 2013, Lakshmi Menon revealed that she was a part of the film's cast and was paired with Siddharth.[20]Lakshmi Menon's role was later reported to be that of an Idli seller, with the actress stating, "I have put in a lot of effort for my role as an idli seller in the film. I visited a few idli shops in Madurai before the shoot and geared up for my character. It's interesting to play such realistic characters".[21] It was rumored in mid July 2013 that Vijay Sethupathi would play the role of the antagonist,[22] but Vijay dismissed the reports and clarified that he would do a cameo only if Karthik obliges as he had no dates.[23] Siddharth was reported to be playing an aspiring film maker who was reported to direct Vijay Sethupathi in the film Pannaiyarum Padminiyum. It was also reported that for this purpose, Vijay Sethupathi acted in the film in an extended cameo appearance.[24] The antagonist role went to Bobby Simha, known for his performances in the films Soodhu Kavvum and Neram, with Subbaraj stating, "I decided not to cast anyone who we thought was an obvious choice for the role, including Vijay Sethupathi. After seeing his performance in Neram, in which Bobby played a gangster, we thought that if we do a complete makeover, he could crack it".[19] After the audio launch, Bobby Simha said in an interaction to the media that he interacted with real gangsters as a part of his preparation for the role.[25] In an interaction to IANS in early March 2014, Siddharth expressed his feelings regarding the role he played, stating, "I'm known for my boy-next-door kind of roles through most of my films. This film has given me the opportunity to get rid of that tag. Post Jigarthanda, audiences won't call me a chocolate boy anymore. This role has allowed me to showcase my versatility".[26]
Filming
The filming started on 12 June 2013 at Madurai.[1] In the end of July 2013, it was reported that the entire filming came to an end with reference to Siddharth's tweet.[27] But Karthik intervened and informed to the press that only 75% of the film's shoot has been wrapped up and Siddharth completed his part and may join during the patch work left.[28] While Siddharth was participating in the shoot of Vasanthabalan's period drama Kaaviya Thalaivan, the shoot continued and in mid-November 2013, Karthik during a press meet about the commencement of Pizza 2: The Villa, the sequel of his debut film which was directed by Deepan Chakravarthy, informed that the film was nearing completion.[29] During that time, the film was in its last schedule of shoot at Chennai.[30] The filming finally came to an end on 21 November 2013.[6][31]
Post-production
In an interview to Baradwaj Rangan, Karthik Subbaraj confirmed that the film would feature Dolby Atmos sound system for realistic effect in sounds when Baradwaj met Karthik along with sound designers Vishnu Govind and Sreesankar, sound mixer Rajakrishnan, and Dolby consultant Dwarak Warrier. S. Venkatraghavan, Cinema Sales Manager — South at Dolby Laboratories. About the usage of Dolby Atmos for a small film which is also a rom-com, Karthik said "Initially, I thought Jigarthanda would not involve as much work as Pizza. But slowly I found that there was much more work to be done here; there were many live locations and we even shot candid in some places. We needed to recreate all that ambience". Rajakrishnan added that it took a month for the sound mixing process.[32]
Music
Santhosh Narayanan who worked with Karthik Subbaraj in the latter's debut film, Pizza, was selected to compose the songs and the film score of Jigarthanda.[33] The soundtrack album features 9 tracks, all of them being shorter than four minutes and 27 background scores. The soundtrack album was launched at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai on 3 March 2014 along with the theatrical trailer of the film
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