Kanithan

Kanithan
Poster
Directed by	T N Santhosh
Produced by	S Thanu
Written by	T N Santhosh
Starring	Atharvaa Catherine Tresa Tarun Arora K. Bhagyaraj
Music by	Sivamani (Songs) S. Chinna (Background Score)
Cinematography	Arvind Krishna
Edited by	Bhuvan Srinivasan
Production company	V Creations
Distributed by	V Creations
Release dates	26 February 2016 (2016-02-26)
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kanithan (English: Mathematician) is a Tamil action thriller film written and directed by T N Santhosh and produced by S Thanu. The film features Atharvaa and Catherine Tresa in the lead roles, while Sivamani composes the film's music. Having begun production in 2013, the film was released in February 2016. This film received highly positive reviews from critics and became a blockbuster film at box office.

Cast

• Atharvaa as Gowtham Ramalingam
• Catherine Tresa as Anu
• Tarun Arora as Thura Sarkar
• K. Bhagyaraj
• Manobala as Madhan, Anu's father
• Aadukalam Naren as Ramalingam
• Y. G. Mahendra
• R. S. Shivaji
• Karunakaran as Balaji
• Sunder Ramu as Senthil
• Ashwin Raja as Thirupathi
• Aadhira
• Anil Murali as Inspector Jerald
• Boxer Dheena as Bhai
• Nanjil Vijayan as Salim

Production

The project materialised in October 2013, with producer S Thanu revealing that Atharvaa and Catherine Tresa were signed on by his production house to feature in a film directed by Santhosh, with music by Sivamani and camera work by Arvind Krishna. The shoot began progressing in December 2013, with a first look poster being revealed the following month. In April 2014, it was reported that Jackie Shroff plays the villain in the film, though he was later replaced by Tarun Arora.

Soundtrack

Kanithan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Drums Sivamani
Released	27 January 2016
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:11
Language	Tamil
Label	Think Music India
Producer	Drums Sivamani
Drums Sivamani chronology
Arima Nambi (2014)Arima Nambi2014 Kanithan (2016)

Music has been composed by Sivamani. And there are total five songs in this film.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Yappa Chappa"	Anirudh Ravichander, Kalpana Raghavendar
2.	"Maiyal Maiyal"	Haricharan, Shweta Mohan
3.	"I Viralgal"	MC AK, Adhrija, Ishan
4.	"Modern Ponnatha"	Karthik, Runa Sivamani, Blaaze
5.	"Che Guevara"	S P Balasubrahmanyam

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Jaya TV.

Reception

Behindwoods wrote "What could have been an intelligent crackerjack suspense entertainer ends up being a medially engaging product due to few lackluster moments and some sluggish screenplay in the second half. Despite its flaws, this savvy thriller is worth watching once mainly for some exhilarating action sequences, Atharvaa’s top class performance and a few adrenaline pumping moments." Hindustan Times wrote "Like so many Tamil films, Kanithan begins with a fantastic idea and story, but Santosh lets these spin out of control -- till the script sinks beyond salvation." Rediff wrote "Despite the compelling plot, Kanithan is an uninspired action thriller that has little to offer." Times of India wrote "Kanithan feels less than the sum of its parts. The chief reason is the scenes that act as a filler between the action, which are either banal or overlong or both. The film takes a while to get going and almost the first 30 minutes are wasted through cliched scenes in the name of setting up the hero's character and his romance." Sify wrote "Overall, Kanithan tries hard to satisfy multiple agendas that telling an interesting story becomes secondary to everything else". Silverscreen wrote "Kanithan is ambitious in scope, and inept in execution."

External links

• Kanithan at IMDb