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Imaikkaa Nodigal
Theatrical release poster
Directed byR. Ajay Gnanamuthu
Written byPattukkottai Prabakar (Dialogues)
Screenplay byR. Ajay Gnanamuthu
Story byR. Ajay Gnanamuthu
Produced byC. J. Jayakumar
StarringNayanthara
Atharvaa
Raashi Khanna
Anurag Kashyap
CinematographyR. D. Rajasekhar
Edited byBhuvan Srinivasan
Music byHiphop Tamizha
Production
company
Cameo Films India
Release date
  • 30 August 2018 (2018-08-30)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Imaikkaa Nodigal (lit. 'Blinkless Seconds') is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film starring Nayanthara, Atharvaa, Raashi Khanna, and Anurag Kashyap in lead roles. The film is written and directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu with music composed by Hiphop Tamizha, cinematography done by R. D. Rajasekhar, edited by Bhuvan Srinivasan and produced by C. J. Jayakumar.[1] It is a situational story focalizing on how an unknown person named Rudra gets trapped by an intelligent CBI officer for the series of murders attempted by him. The film was released on 30 August 2018.

Plot

A serial killer (Anurag Kashyap) disrupts peace in Bangalore city by kidnapping, asking for ransom and killing despite receiving the ransom money.. He goes by the name of the highly notorious serial killer Rudra, who was announced dead 5 years ago. After another such case, in which the CBI are involved headed by Anjali (Nayanthara), he goes live and declares himself as the deceased Rudra. He insists that Rudra is still alive and announces he is now back in action. While the CBI refuses to believe his stories, he challenges them on air by announcing his next targets. Anjali, who dealt with the earlier case of Rudra, is appointed to deal with him.

In a parallel storyline, Arjun (Atharvaa), Anjali's brother, is facing a rough phase in his relationship. The film flashes back to his life with his girlfriend Krithika Rao (Raashi Khanna) and how they eventually break up. To make it up to her, he, along with his friend Vinoth (Ramesh Thilak) travels to Bangalore to meet her and enters the deadly scene between Rudra and Anjali. The cat-and-mouse game gets too intense when Rudra brings Arjun into the game by kidnapping Krithika and demanding ransom from her father. In an effort to save Krithika, Arjun follows the orders of Rudra and gets framed as "Rudra", making things much more complicated for Arjun. Anjali is suspended, and Officer Narayan (Devan) takes over the case.

Arjun gets furious seeing Krithika in a critical state and swears to bring down Rudra. After a series of clues, he deduces that ACP Martin Roy (who was working on the Rudra case before Anjali got involved) is the new Rudra and is trying to kill Krithika. He tries to protect her and fights with Martin, only to get beaten badly. At the end of the fight, Martin reveals he is not the actual Rudra and was very close to actually finding who Rudra was. That is when he got suspended and Anjali had taken over the case. Martin then reveals that Rudra was none other than Arjun's sister, Anjali. Feeling betrayed, Martin went rogue, murders his wife and stages 3 murders similar to the ones "Rudra" had done. When Arjun confronts Anjali about this, she reveals her motive and in the process, the real cause of the death of her husband Vikramadithyan (Vijay Sethupathi). He died in an accident caused by 4 drunk men while going to the airport. Though Anjali requests them for help, they kill Vikram and brutally beat her for their safety. To avenge her husband's death, Anjali creates a serial killer called Rudra and kills the 4 men responsible for Vikram's death under the name. When she kills the last one, she declares him as Rudra and closes the case. Together, Arjun and Anjali manipulate Martin using Narayan and, in a thrilling climax, Martin is killed, thus ending the reign of Rudra. The film closes with Arjun and Krithika reconciling and Anjali's daughter listening to a recording of her father's last words for her.

Cast

Production

Development

In May 2016, Ajay Gnanamuthu, who had previously made the successful horror film Demonte Colony agreed to work on a new film starring Atharvaa in the lead role. Initially reported to be a "romantic-thriller", it was revealed that the film was initially supposed to be made as the director's debut was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances.[2][3] Thereafter, Jayakumar of Cameo Films agreed to finance the venture and revealed that the shoot would begin during September 2016.[4][5] For the technical crew, R. D. Rajasekhar was selected as the cameraman, Selvakumar as the art director, Pattukottai Prabhakar as the dialogue writer and Poorthi Pravin as the costume designer. Only Bhuvan Srinivasan was retained as the film editor, continuing his association with the director. Meanwhile, Hiphop Tamizha was selected to be the music composer, while the film was titled as Imaikka Nodigal during September 2016.[6]

Casting

The team signed actress Nayanthara to play the lead role in the project, as Gnanamuthu was looking for a "strong female protagonist", and after hearing the script, the actress immediately agreed to be a part of the venture. She's playing as elder sister of Atharvaa.[7] For a further role, the team were on the lookout for a "pan-Indian actor" considering Prabhu Deva, Gautham Menon and Anurag Kashyap for the character and the latter was signed to do antagonist's role. The voice for Anurag was dubbed by director Magizh Thirumeni.[8] Raashi Khanna was also signed on to portray another character in the film, appearing as Atharvaa's love interest and it has been confirmed that Vijay Sethupathi will be seen playing 15-minute extended cameo role as Nayanthara's husband. Actor Kottachi's daughter, Manasvi, was casted as Nayanthara's daughter.

Filming

Filming took place in Bangalore. In December 2016, Imaikkaa Nodigal became the first film to be shot inside the underground tunnel stretch of the Namma Metro. Filming took place after metro services ceased at 10 PM. According to Jayakumar, "The script of the film demanded shooting in various places of Bengaluru.

The crew have been shooting in the city for the last 25 days. In the metro tunnel stretch, and shot scenes for two nights."[9] A cycle fight featuring Atharvaa. Lee Hon Yiu, a Cycle stunt specialist from Hong Kong, was brought down to work on this cycle stunt choreographed by 'Stun' Siva.[10][11]

Lee Honiyu is working along with the films stunt choreographer Stun Siva. This bicycle stunt was shot in five days at Bangalore.[12]

Filming ended on 17 December 2017.[13]

Music

Untitled

The musical score and songs featured in the film are composed by Hiphop Tamizha Adhi and the lyrics are by Kabilan Vairamuthu, Mohanrajan and Hiphop Tamizha himself. The album was released on 27 June 2018 alongside the film's trailer,[14] got much appreciated and was highly successful.

The first single from the film has been released 6 October 2017, titled as Kadhalikathey, sung by Hiphop Tamizha and Kaushik Krish. Another single Vilambara Idaivelai sung by Christopher Stanley, Sudharshan Ashok, Srinisha Jayaseelan, Hiphop Tamizha was released on 5 March 2018.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kadhalikathey"Hiphop TamizhaHiphop Tamizha and Kaushik Krish03:22
2."Vilambara Idaiveli"Kabilan VairamuthuChristopher Stanley, Sudarshan Ashok, Srinisha Jayaseelan and Hiphop Tamizha04:33
3."Neeyum Naanum Anbe"Kabilan VairamuthuRaghu Dixit, Sathyaprakash, Jithin Raj04:45
4."Kadhal Oru Aagayam"MohanrajanTeejay and Al-Rufian02:41
5."Lion vs Hyenas"R Ajay GnanamuthuMagizh Thirumeni02:58
6."Rudra’s Symphony" Hiphop Tamizha02:55
7."Imaikkaa Nodigal (Title Track)"Hiphop TamizaSanjith Hegde02:55
Total length:24:14

Release

Imaikkaa Nodigal was released on 30 August 2018.[15]

References

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  9. ^ "Shooting in the metro tunnel". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  10. ^ "A high-octane cycle stunt in Imaikaa..." www.deccanchronicle.com/. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ ""Cycle fight will be cherry pick of Imaikka Nodigal" - Ajay Gnanamuthu". Top 10 Cinema. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  12. ^ "Atharvaa shoots risky cycle stunt — Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
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  14. ^ https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/hiphop-tamizhas-next-album-imaikka-nodigal-audio-release-date.html
  15. ^ "'Imaikkaa Nodigal' censored, to release on August 30!". Sify. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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