Kasada Tabara (transl. Slump) is a 2021 Tamil-language drama hyperlink film produced jointly by Venkat Prabhu's Black Ticket Company and R. Ravindran of Trident Arts, directed by Chimbu Deven with an ensemble cast and technicians. The film premiered on 27 August 2021 on SonyLIV. The name of the film has 6 letters just like the 6 anthologies that are part of this film. The film credits the editors and cinematographers as director of editing and director of photography respectively.
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| Directed by | Chimbu Deven |
| Written by | Chimbu Deven |
| Story by | Chimbu Deven |
| Produced by | Venkat Prabhu R. Ravindran |
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| Edited by | |
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Production companies | Black Ticket Company Trident Arts |
| Distributed by | SonyLIV |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Anthologies
edit| Title | Cinematographer | Music | Editor |
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| Kavasam | M. S. Prabhu | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Vivek Harshan |
| Sadhiyaadal | S. R. Kathir | Sean Roldan | Raja Mohammad |
| Thappattam | R. D. Rajasekhar | Sam C. S. | Ruben |
| Pandhayam | Sakthi Saravanan | Premji Amaran | Praveen K. L. |
| Arampatra | Balasubramaniam | Ghibran | Mu. Kasi Viswanathan |
| Akkarai | Vijay Milton | Santhosh Narayanan | Anthony |
Cast
edit| Kavasam | Sadhiyaadal | Thappattam |
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| Pandhayam | Arampatra | Akkarai |
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Production
editChimbu Deven's next venture was officially revealed by actor Suriya through the latter's official Twitter handle, which was titled as Kasada Thapara which also carries the film's tagline, Tales Of South Madras. The film will be produced jointly by Venkat Prabhu's Black Ticket Company and R.Ravindran of Trident Arts.[2] Chimbu said that movie is not an anthology, but instead it is a film with a single story encapsulating six portions with the technical team composed of six directors of photography, six editors and six music directors.[3][4][5][6]
Throughout the week after the film title was revealed, several film personalities revealed all the technical teams that will be working on the film through their Twitter handles. A. Sreekar Prasad who earlier works as film editor for Chimbu's Puli film, reveals the team of six editors that will be working on the film: Anthony, Praveen KL, Vivek Harshan, Mu Kasi Viswanathan, Raja Mohammed and Ruben. It was noted that Raja Mohammad earlier had collaborated in two of the director's earlier films before.[7] The next day after the team of film editors have been revealed, cinematographer P. C. Sreeram reveals the team of six cinematographers that will be working on the film: Vijay Milton, M. S. Prabhu, Balasubramaniem, S. R. Kathir, R. D. Rajasekhar, and Sakthi Saravanan. It was noted that S. R. Kathir earlier had collaborated as the cinematographer in director's Oru Kanniyum Moonu Kalavaanikalum film.[8] Later, music director Gangai Amaren reveals the six music directors that will be working on the film, all of them working with the director for the first time: Yuvan Shankar Raja, Santhosh Narayanan, Sam CS, Sean Roldan, Premgi, and Ghibran.[9]
A day after all the cinematographers, editors and music directors was announced, director A.R.Murugadoss had revealed the first look poster alongside the motion poster through his Twitter account.[10] The poster revealed Shantanu Bhagyaraj, Sundeep Kishan, Harish Kalyan, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Venkat Prabhu, Premgi Amaren, Vijayalakshmi and Regina Cassandra acting on the film.[4]
Music
editThe soundtrack album features six songs and a composer for each song.
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| Released | 2021 | |||
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| Length | 20:11 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Muzik 247 | |||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Nee Podhum Kanna" | Gangai Amaran | Sean Roldan | Sean Roldan | 4:01 |
| 2. | "Enakkenna Aachu" | Snehan | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Yuvan Shankar Raja | 3:39 |
| 3. | "Vaazhvomae" | Muthamil | Santhosh Narayanan | Santhosh Narayanan | 2:44 |
| 4. | "Vaa Un Neram Vandhadhae" | Gangai Amaran | Premgi Amaren | Premgi Amaren, Sakthi Amaran | 2:46 |
| 5. | "Irai Thandha" | Gangai Amaran | Ghibran | Deepthi Suresh | 3:22 |
| 6. | "Vidhi Ezhudhiya Paattu" | Gangai Amaran | Sam C. S. | Sivam | 3:39 |
| Total length: | 20:11 | ||||
Release and reception
editThis film was directly released on 27 August 2021, on Sony Liv.[11][12]
Times of India wrote "The tones of the individual stories don't always gel well, and this leads to uneven storytelling, unlike in a similarly structured hyperlink movie like Super Deluxe, in which every individual story gloriously came together in enthralling fashion. But to his credit, the director manages to make us care for a few of the characters that we stay invested in the proceedings even when they feel generic."[11] Firstpost wrote "Kasada Thabara works not because of its high-concept foundation but despite it. If you can mentally eliminate the commentary track, the film itself is quite enjoyable".[13]
References
edit- ^ "First look of Kasada Thapara, Venkat Prabhu's next production, directed by Chimbu Deven, is out". Cinema Express. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Tweet by Suriya about Kasada Thapara". Twitter. 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ B, Ezhilselvi (23 May 2019). "கசட தபற... வாரே வா...படத்துக்கு இப்படி எல்லாம் தலைப்பு வச்சா தமிழை அசைச்சுக்க முடியாது!". Tamil Filmibeat (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ a b "First look of Kasada Thapara, Venkat Prabhu's next production, directed by Chimbu Deven, is out". Cinema Express. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Suriya unveils the title of Chimbu Devan's next". The Indian Express. 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ Dinamalar (26 May 2019). "கசட தபற பர்ஸ்ட் லுக் வெளியானது | First look of Kasada Thapara is out". தினமலர் - சினிமா (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Tweet by Sreekar Prasad about Kasada Thapara". Twitter. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Tweet by P. C. Sreeram about Kasada Thapara". Twitter. 22 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Tweet by Gangai Amaren about Kasada Thapara". Twitter. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Tweet by A.R.Murugadoss about Kasada Thapara". Twitter. 25 May 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ a b Suganth, M (26 August 2021). "Kasada Thapara Review: Kasada Thapara engages despite the uneven storytelling". Times of India. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Kasada Thapara". GetIndiaNews. 26 August 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Kasada Tabara movie review: An enjoyable anthology with flawed, real characters". 28 August 2021. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.