Jil Jung Juk | |
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Directed by | Deeraj Vaidy |
Produced by | Siddharth |
Written by | Deeraj Vaidy Mohan Ramakrishnan |
Starring |
Siddharth Sananth Reddy Avinash Raghudevan Radha Ravi R. Amarendran |
Narrated by | Siddharth |
Music by | Vishal Chandrashekhar |
Cinematography | Shreyaas Krishna |
Edited by | Kurtz Schneider |
Production
company |
Etaki Entertainment
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Release date
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12 February 2016 |
Running time
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136 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Jil Jung Juk | |
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Soundtrack album to Jil Jung Juk by Vishal Chandrashekhar | |
Released | 10 November 2015 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Language | Tamil |
Label | Think Music India |
Jil Jung Juk (English: The Good, The Average, The Unworthy) is a 2016 Indian neo-noir post-apocalyptic black comedy film co-written and directed by Deeraj Vaidy, starring Siddharth, Avinash Raghudevan and Sananth Reddy in the lead roles. The film, which had cinematography by Shreyaas Krishna and music by Vishal Chandrashekhar, was produced by Siddharth and had a theatrical release on 12 February 2016. Despite receiving positive reviews, the film bombed at the box office.
Siddharth took a brief hiatus from acting after finishing Enakkul Oruvan (2015), before choosing to produce and appear in his next film. He chose to collaborate with newcomer Deeraj Vaidy on a comedy film titled Jil Jung Juk and the film was reported to be in production during May 2015. The film's title was taken from a dialogue spoken by Vadivelu from Kaadhalan (1994) and refers to three different types of people. The film's first look was released by director Karthik Subbaraj in late October 2015. A single called "Shoot the Kuruvi" was released and won critical acclaim, helping promote the film prior to release.
The film opened on 12 February 2016. Sify.com stated, "The film is occasionally ‘Jil’ mostly ‘Jung’ and largely ‘Juk’", while in contrast, Indiaglitz.com rated the film 3.8/5 and wrote "a wickedly entertaining dark comedy".The Hindu's Baradwaj Rangan noted that the film was "quirky but little else" stating "it’s all rather queer, but does oddity necessarily equate to enjoyability?".