Vizhithiru () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Meera Kathiravan, who debuted with Aval Peyar Thamizharasi. The film which began production in 2012 after numerous delays released in 2017. The film stars Krishna, Vidharth, Dhansika, and Venkat Prabhu.
Cast
Kreshna as Muthukumar
Vidharth as Chandra Babu
Sai Dhanshika as Saroja Devi
Venkat Prabhu as Dhileepan
Rahul Bhaskaran as Vikram Viswanath
S. P. B. Charan as Saravanan, news reporter
Thambi Ramaiah as Karnan Sethupathi
Erica Fernandes as Krishteena
Sara Arjun as Charu
Nagendra Babu as Nagendra Babu, Police Commissioner
Abhinaya as Abhinaya, Radio City RJ
Sudha Chandran as Vijayalakshmi
R. N. R. Manohar as Ramamoorthy
Ramachandran Durairaj
V. I. S. Jayapalan
Theepetti Ganesan
Veera Santhanam
Arun Mozhi Manikkam in a guest appearance
T. Rajendar in a special appearance
Sudhar in an uncredited role
Production
The film has Krishna playing the lead, with Venkat Prabhu, Dhansika, Vidharth, Abhinaya, Deiva Thirumagal Sara Arjun, Thambi Ramaiah, Nagendra Babu (brother of Chiranjeevi) and new faces Rahul Bhaskaran and Erica Fernandes in important roles. Playback singer Sathyan Mahalingam made his debut as a music composer, and Vijay Milton will handle the cinematography, Praveen K. L. and N. B. Srikanth have been hired as editors. The film's first look photo shoot took place recently. Set in Chennai, the film happens within 12 hours. It was shot completely around Ritchie Street, Mount Road and Vepery.
Soundtrack
It was first reported that talks were on with Yuvan Shankar Raja to compose music, but singer Sathyan Mahalingam was finalized as the composer. Papparappa - T. Rajender, Priyadarshini Aazhi Alai (female) - Vaikom Vijayalakshmi Aazhi Alai (male) - Alphons Joseph Kolai Vaal - Vijay, Sricharan Vellai Irave - G. V. Prakash, Ramya NSK Pon Vidhi - Santhosh Narayanan
Critical reception
Behindwoods wrote "Vizhithiru has a decent script, but lacked execution". Times of India wrote "A not-so-bad message towards the end and the writing in some sequences make the film a tolerable watch". Sify wrote "Vizhithiru's core story has the potential of a classic thriller, the characters too are interestingly written but what works against the movie is the flat execution".