Yuddha Kaandam
Directed byAnantharajan
Written byBose Venkat (dialogues only)
Produced byPadmavathi
Aishwarya
Jayasree
Starring
CinematographyIniyan J. Harris
Music byHari Sai
Release date
December 2022
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Yuddha Kaandam (transl. Shadow of the night) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film directed by Anantharajan on his directorial debut.[1] The film stars Sriram Karthik and Krisha Kurup in the main lead roles.[2] It was shot and set as a one-shot film.[3] The film revolves around incidents unfolding in a police station at night. The film had its theatrical release and opened to mostly negative reviews from critics owing to criticism related to poor writing and screenplay.[4] In December 2022, the film was officially selected as one of the 12 Tamil films in the competition category at the 20th Chennai International Film Festival.[5][6]

Synopsis

Ramalingam (Sriram Karthick) reaches the Valmiki Nagar police station with the intention of filing a complaint over the disappearance of his girlfriend Mithila (Krisha Kurup). Ramalingam's decision to register the police complaint at Valmiki Nagar police station seems to have backfired, as the police officer at the station is later known to be the chief mastermind in several harassment reports targeting women.[4]

Cast

  • Sriram Karthik as Ramalingam
  • Krisha Kurup as Mithila
  • Bose Venkat
  • Suresh Menon

Production

Principal photography commenced in 2020 amid the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The filmmakers decided to shoot the entire film in a single take and the shooting was proceeded during the COVID-19 lockdown in India.[2] The filmmakers promoted the film as the "first proper commercial single-shot film of India".[4][7] The filmmakers roped in around 25 actors and 100 technicians for the shooting of the film.[4] As per the reports, most of the crew members were relatively new to the film industry, and the film was wrapped up after conducting 50 rehearsals with the crew members.[4] The title for the film Yuddha Kaandam was inspired by the chapter Yuddha Kaanda in the popular Hindu Sanskrit epic Ramayana.[4] The shooting was predominantly held in Chennai.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Yuddha Kaandam - Official Teaser". The Times of India. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sriram and Krisha's next is a thriller made in a single shot". The Times of India. 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  3. ↑ "Yuddha Kaandam, a Tamil film filmed in a single take". DT Next. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 U, Saradha (2022-12-27). "Yuddha Kaandam review: The single-shot, cop drama is a letdown". The News Minute. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  5. ↑ "These 12 Tamil Films To Compete At Chennai International Film Festival 2022". News18. 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  6. ↑ "Iravin Nizhal and Kadaisi Vivasayi part of 100 films that will be screened at the Chennai International Film Festival". The Times of India. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  7. ↑ "யுத்த காண்டம்: பிராப்பர் சிங்கிள் ஷாட் மூவி என அறிவித்தது ஏன்? - விளக்கும் படக்குழு". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). 2022-08-05. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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