Nethraa
Poster
Directed byA. Venkatesh
Written byA. Venkatesh,
Ajayan Bala (dialogues)
Produced byS. Pararajasingam,
A. Venkatesh
StarringVinay
Thaman Kumar
Subiksha
CinematographyA. Jeyaprakash
Edited byN. Vinaj
Music bySrikanth Deva
Production
companies
Swetha Cine Arts,
Vengatesh Pictures
Release date
  • 9 February 2019 (2019-02-09)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Nethraa is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language drama thriller film co-produced and directed by A. Venkatesh. The film features a cast including Vinay, Thaman Kumar and Subiksha in the lead roles and Cinematography is by A. Jeyaprakash. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva, with editing by N. Vinaj. The film, predominantly shot in Canada, began production during August 2016, was released on 9 February 2019. The film received highly negative reviews.[1]

Cast

Production

The film materialised during August 2016, with Vinay announcing that he would work with on a film with A. Venkatesh and subsequently the shoot began during August 2016.[2] Venkatesh then selected Subiksha to play the leading female role, that of the titular character who travels from Karaikudi to Canada. Venkatesh picked the actress after being impressed with her performance in Vijay Milton's Kadugu (2016), which the pair worked on. Thaman Kumar was also selected to portray a role in the film, while a comedy track with Rajendran and Robo Shankar was filmed during September 2016.[3][4] Further portions of the film were shot in Karaikudi and in Germany.[5] Many critical and mind blowing visuals of the film was done by cinematographer A. Jeyaprakash. Shoot was completed by early 2017.[6]

Soundtrack

The Soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva.[7]

  • "Kaikorkarva" - Namitha Babu - Tamil Sree
  • "Sollamale" - Namitha Babu, Srikanth Deva - Tamil Sree
  • "Asku Busku" - Deva, Lakshmi - Sathuperi Sumathi
  • "Annachi" - Guru Ayyadurai, Raja, Jayashri - Kalaikumar

Reception

Cinema Express wrote "Witnessing A Venkatesh, a filmmaker who has been in the industry for three decades, make such a film is, to put it lightly, disheartening".[8] Times of India wrote "the film-making lets you down, with crude staging, amateurish performances, haphazard editing and over loud score".[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Venkatesh tries his hands on a thriller". 8 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Vinay's next with Venkatesh — Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Venkatesh's next is a heroine-centric film — Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Etcetera". The Hindu. 10 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Working with two veterans was a memorable experience: Subiksha". The Times of India.
  6. ↑ "Vinay Rai Interview: 'I Had to Wait 11 Years to Shed My Chocolate Boy Image'". 22 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Nethraa. gaana.com
  8. ↑ "Nethraa Review: An awful suspense drama that leaves you cringing". Cinema Express.
  9. ↑ "Nethraa Movie Review {2.0/5}: Critic Review of Nethraa by Times of India". The Times of India.


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