Sowkarpettai

Sowkarpettai
File:Sowkarpettai.jpg
Directed by	V. C. Vadivudaiyan
Produced by	John Max Jones
Written by	V, C. Vadivudaiyan, Durai P. G. (dialogues)
Starring	Srikanth Raai Laxmi
Music by	John Peter
Cinematography	S. Sreenivasa Reddy
Edited by	Elisa
Production company	Shalom Studios
Distributed by	Sri Thenandal Films
Release dates	March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Sowkarpettai is a Tamil horror comedy film directed by Vadivudaiyan, starring Srikanth and Lakshmi Rai in the leading roles. The film was released worldwide on 4 March 2016. It's received mostly negative reviews from critics and audience.

Cast

• Srikanth as Shakthi / Vetri
• Raai Laxmi as Maya
• Suman as Gothra
• Saravanan as Senior
• Powerstar Srinivasan as Junior
• Singampuli as Puli
• Ganja Karuppu
• Manobala
• Vadivukkarasi
• Meenakshi as Sanya
• Thalaivasal Vijay as Shakthi's / Vetri's father
• Rekha as Shakthi's / Vetri's mother
• Aarthi
• T. P. Gajendran
• Subbaraj
• Vengal Rao
• Madhan
• Hresh
• Lingesh
• Rahul
• Priyanka

Production

The film was first reported in March 2015, when Vadivudaiyaan announced that he would make a film starring Srikanth and Lakshmi Rai, set in the backdrop of Sowcarpet. The film began production in March 2015, with the team suggesting that it would be a "horror comedy". This film is being made in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages. The film has been titled as ‘Siva Ganga’ in Telugu and ‘Tantra Shakthi’ in Hindi

Music

Soundtrack was composed by John Peter and lyrics written by Viveka, Na. Muthukumar and Sorkho.

• Indha Nodi — Ranjith, Ranina Reddy
• Bhayam — Marana Gana Viji
• Ayyo Vallikudhe — Haricharan
• Modhi Parpene — Ram, Saritha Ram

Reception

Vishal Menon of The Hindu called it "yet another horror-sleaze-comedy, Kollywood’s latest fad, following the Aranmanai series" and also stated "it’s the kind of film where even ghosts (Raai Laxmi mostly) aren’t spared from being objectified". M. Suganth of Times of India gave it a 1.5/5 and wrote "For a horror film, Sowcarpettai is hardly scary. It is one of those cheaply produced, paint-by-numbers horror films that hopes to cash in on a trend, relying on tacky visual effects, an overloud score, and costumes and makeup that make the characters seem like poorly dressed guests at a Halloween party."

External links

• Sowkarpettai at IMDb