Kolai (film)

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Kolai
Girishh G.
Production
companies
Infiniti Film Ventures
Lotus Pictures
Distributed bySakthi Film Factory
Release date
  • 21 July 2023 (2023-07-21)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kolai (transl. Murder) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language

box office bomb.[8]

Plot

A singer and model Leila was murdered in her own apartment.The rest is a classic whodunit with potential suspects the boyfriend Sathish, modelling friend Arjun, a bombay Marketing Agent Aditya Kaushik and a thief Babloo.

Cast

Production

Production for the film began in 2018 and entered post-production in October 2021.[9][10] The film is based on true incident of Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters that happened in New York in 1923 and according to the director is a palimpsest of the film Another Life (2001).[10]

Soundtrack

Kolai
Girishh G.
chronology
Super Senior Heroes
(2022) 		Kolai
(2023)
Official audio
Kolai – Full Jukebox on
YouTube

The music was composed by

Girishh G.[11] The song "Paartha Nyabagam Illayo" was remixed and included in the film.[12]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Neerkumizho"Karthik NethaSid Sriram4:19
2."Yaar Nee"Girishh G.Anjana Rajagopalan, M. S. Krsna4:06
3."Nesam Maruma"Mohan RajanAnjana Rajagopalan3:23
4."Kelvi Mattum Thangudhey"Kaber VasukiPradeep Kumar4:13
5."Paartha Nyabagam Illayo"KannadasanShreya Ghoshal5:05
Total length:21:06

Reception

Janani K of

Indian Express rated the film with 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Kolai ends up being a plastic film that is shallow and uninteresting."[14] A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Despite all the quirky cinematic techniques on show, Balaji Kumar’s film, starring Vijay Antony and Ritika Singh, only comes across as a staple whodunit with no attempt to subvert anything".[15] The Times of India rated the film 3/5 stars and stated as "An interesting yet slow-paced murder mystery thriller".[16]

References

  1. ^ "'Every Murder Has A Flaw', Says Vijay Antony In 'Kolai'". Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived
    from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Kolai Trailer: Vijay Antony, Ritika Singh starrer murder mystery looks interesting". www.moviecrow.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived
    from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  5. ^ Kollywood, Only (18 August 2022). "Kolai Trailer: Vijay Antony's next looks like a highly stylized investigative drama". Only Kollywood. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Kolai trailer: Vijay Antony nails the role of a smart detective in this imperfect murder mystery". OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Pa Ranjith shares intriguing trailer of Vijay Antony's Kolai. Watch video". India Today. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Vijay Antony scores biggest disaster in his career". TrackTollywood. 24 July 2023. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Prasanna, Andrea, and Madonna in Vidiyum Munn director's next?". The Times of India. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  10. ^ a b Chandar, Bhuvanesh (25 October 2021). "Director Balaji Kumar: Kolai is inspired by a real-life incident". Cinema Express. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Kolai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP by Girishh Gopalakrishnan, Karthik Netha & Mohan Rajan". 10 July 2023. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via music.apple.com.
  12. ^ "Kolai review: A plastic murder mystery". 21 July 2023. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Kolai Review: It's style over substance for Vijay Antony's murder mystery". India Today. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Kolai review: A plastic murder mystery". 21 July 2023. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  15. ^ "'Kolai' movie review: An unflattering murder-mystery that prioritises style over substance". The Hindu. 21 July 2023. Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023 – via www.thehindu.com.
  16. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived
    from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

External links
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