Kattappava Kanom

Kattappava Kanom

Poster
Directed by Mani Seiyon
Produced by WindChimes Media Entertainments
Written by Mani Seiyon
Starring Sibi Sathyaraj
Aishwarya Rajesh
Livingston
Kaali Venkat
Mime Gopi
Yogi Babu
Chandini Tamilarasan
Music by Santhosh Dhayanidhi
Cinematography Anand Jeeva
Edited by Sathish Suriya
Production
company
WindChimes Media Entertainments
Release date
 17 March 2017
Running time
 125 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Kattappava Kanom (Kattappa is Missing) is a 2017 Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Mani Seiyon, starring Sibi Sathyaraj and Aishwarya Rajesh in the leading roles. Featuring an ensemble cast of supporting actors including Kaali Venkat, Mime Gopi, Livingston, Chandini Tamilarasan and Yogi Babu, the film was released on 17 March 2017.[1]

Cast

Production

In early 2016, R. Manikandan announced that he would make a film revolving around a lucky fish starring Sibi Sathyaraj in the lead role and that Aishwarya Rajesh and Chandini Tamilarasan would portray the leading female roles.[2] The project developed under the title Thanni Raja, with Kaali Venkat, Mime Gopi and Livingston announced as cast members in March 2016.[3] Film director Nalan Kumarasamy also later joined the cast to portray a veterinary doctor, who attends to a fish.[4] The film was re-titled as Kattappava Kanom during June 2016, making reference to the popular character of Kattappa from Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) portrayed by Sibiraj's father, Sathyaraj.[5] Vijay Sethupathi agreed to work as a narrator in the film, and dubbed for his portions in late 2016.[6]

Release

The film was released on 17 March 2017, alongside four other Tamil films. The Hindustan Times gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and said "nevertheless, with an interesting premise about the lives of a few characters that revolve around a Feng Sui fish-and not a heroine for a change—it's an amusing diversion from the regular Tamil cinema, and that's a change that deserves to be welcomed even if it's not worth celebrating".[7] A critic from the Times of India wrote, "considering the theme and its potential, the movie could have been a lot whackier. However, the movie is still an engaging diversion. But the movie never gets past its jokes. While there’s no scarcity of it, the jokes could have been funnier and the pace, a bit more swift". In contrast, Sify.com's reviewers noted "Kattapava Kanom is fantasy-dark humor movie and if you’re not into this particular genre, chances are, you’re not going to like the ‘juvenile humor’ much either" and "the movie’s biggest turn-off is the dead-slow pace of narration, not to mention that there isn’t anything remotely logical in the movie".[8][9] The Hindu's review concluded that it was a "wacky subject ruined by aimless filmmaking".[10]

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