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Gethu

Gethu
Gethu 2016.jpg
Directed by Thirukumaran
Produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin
Written by Thirukumaran
Starring Udhayanidhi Stalin
Amy Jackson
Sathyaraj
Vikranth
Music by Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography Sukumar
Edited by Dinesh Ponraj
Production
company
Distributed by Red Giant Movies
Release date
  • 14 January 2016 (2016-01-14)
Running time
128 mins
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget 23 crores
Box office 18crores
Gethu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj
Released 25 December 2015
Recorded 2015
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 22:19
Language Tamil
Label Divo
Producer Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Nannbenda
(2015)
Gethu
(2016)
Iru Mugan
(2016)

Gethu (English: Flamboyant) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Thirukumaran. Produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin, the film features himself in the lead role along with Amy Jackson, Sathyaraj in a supporting role, and Vikranth as the main antagonist. Featuring music composed by Harris Jayaraj and cinematography by Sukumar, the film was released on 14 January 2016. It received mixed reviews. Critics praised the cinematography and music of the film but heavily criticized the screenplay of the film.

In July 2014, Udhayanidhi Stalin revealed that he would collaborate with director Thirukumaran of Maan Karate (2014) fame for his next production.Gethu was revealed to be the title in September 2014, with Harris Jayaraj and Sukumar signed on as music composer and cinematographer respectively. Actor Vikranth, previously only seen in leading roles, signed on to appear in the film as an antagonist.Sathyaraj was chosen to play the father of Udhayanidhi's character and was given top billing in the credits. The film was revealed to be half complete by April 2015, and a first look poster was released to the public. The team began a second schedule in Kodaikanal later that month.Gethu also marks the first major appearance of Udhayanidhi in a non-comedy film. He stated that he chose to work on the film due to having grown bored of working in comedy films, and his desire to "experiment, try something different".

The film was released on 14 January 2016, coinciding with Pongal, and received mixed critical response. M Suganth of The Times of India rated it 2.5 out of 5, commenting, "Thirukumaran has the essentials for a high-concept thriller — a determined hitman, an ordinary man who stumbles into a nefarious plot by accident, a sub-plot that provides some mystery, and a bit of family drama. It is in his execution that he falters. For a thriller clocking in at under two hours, Gethu moves at a pace that is as sleepy as the hill station where the action happens. The director's choice of slow motion shots as a device to make the action stylish and prolong the tension in the plot works against the film." Sudhir Srinivasan of The Hindu stated, "The whole movie bears the flavour of a short-story adaptation, and at a little over two hours, there isn’t too much duration in which to flood the story with masala elements and thoroughly destroy it, although, to its discredit, Gethu certainly does try." Theentertainment tax exemption request for the film was denied on the basis that the filmmakers misspelled the English title as "Gethu" instead of "Kethu", the latter being the correct transliteration of a Tamil word. Government officials argued that since films released using Tamil words are entitled to an entertainment tax, and that "Gethu" is not a Tamil word, the film would not be entitled to an exemption. The matter was heard by the Madras State Court, which ruled that the film was entitled to the entertainment tax exemption.


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