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Jigarthanda is a film of genre Drama directed by Karthik Subbaraj with Siddharth

Jigarthanda (2014)

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Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Comedy,    Action,    Crime
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Jigarthanda (English: Cold Heart) is a 2014 Indian Tamil gangster film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj. Produced by Kathiresan's Group Company, it features Siddharth, Bobby Simha and Lakshmi Menon in the lead, while the supporting cast includes Nassar, Ambika, Karunakaran and Sangili Murugan. Gavemic U Ary was the film's cinematographer, making his debut in Tamil cinema, and Vivek Harshan was the film's editor. Santhosh Narayanan composed the songs and background score. The film was produced under Kathiresan's production banner, Group company.

The plot revolves around Karthik (Siddharth), an assistant director who is thrown out of a reality new filmmakers show, as his short film was disappointing. Heartbroken, Karthik has the support of one of the judges (Aadukalam Naren) who believes he has the stuff to be a great director and is willing to back him if he does a script on a real life gangster. Karthik travels to Madurai looking to make a film based on the life and times of the notorious gangster Assault Sethu (Bobby Simha). The rest of the plot deals with how Karthik makes his film with the help of his friend Oorani (Karunakaran).

The shoot of the film, entirely held in Madurai, started on June 12, 2013 and was completed after five months on November 21, 2013. Jigarthanda released on August 1, 2014 worldwide to critical acclaim from critics as well as audience who appreciated the film's script, performances, cinematography and music.The film was deemed as one the most technically brilliant films of kollywood The film was also dubbed into Telugu as Chikkadu Dorakadu, becoming Siddharth's first Telugu release in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh post their bifurcation. The film completed 50 days at the box office, and was declared a "Hit" after it grossed ₹350 million (US$5 3 million) against a budget of ₹100 million (US$1 5 million). It also won two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Simha) and Best Editing (Harshan).

Synopsis

Karthik (Siddharth) is a short-film maker and aspires to make a feature film. He participates in a talent search program (like Naalaya Iyakkunar) and is in the semi-final round. The show’s two judges include a highbrow film director (Nassar) who trashes Karthik’s attempt at film-making and a profit-oriented producer (Aadukalam Naren) who riles against the director, and declares that Karthik made the best film among the contestants. Though the director eliminates karthik from the contest,the producer offers to produce a film with Karthik as the director and both the judges storm out of the show. The next day, the producer is annoyed that Karthik took his words seriously and came to meet him. He is uninterested in the script that Karthik wants to film, and instead suggests that he wants to make a gangster film along the style of Nayagan, Thalapathi, The Godfather etc. Karthik takes this suggestion to heart and sets his mind on documenting the life of a gangster and making a film script out of it.

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