24 (2016 film)

24

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Vikram Kumar
Produced by Suriya
Written by Vikram Kumar
Starring Suriya
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Nithya Menen
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography Tirru
Edited by Prawin Pudi
Production
company
Distributed by Eros International[1]
Studio Green
Release dates
  • 6 May 2016 (2016-05-06)
Running time
 164 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget ₹75 crore (US$11 million)[2]

24 is an Indian Tamil-language science fiction thriller[3] film, written and directed by Vikram Kumar. The film stars Suriya, Samantha and Nithya Menen.

The development dates back to 2009, where the film was to feature actors Vikram and Ileana D'Cruz in lead roles. However, in February 2010, the project was dropped due to difference in opinions between director, producer and actor, facing rejection of the refined script. In August 2014, Suriya agreed to produce and act in the film, with principal photography commencing in Mumbai in April 2015, continuing in Nasik, Goregaon and Pune. The second phase of filming was done in Poland by end-September 2015. Filming was completed in Chennai by November 2015.

Produced by 2D Entertainment, the film has cinematography by S. Tirru. The soundtrack and film score are composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Vairamuthu and Madhan Karky. The film was released on 6 May 2016.[4]

Cast

Production

Development

"Many writers and directors have attempted a movie dealing with time travel. But this movie is about my perspective of this genre, and unlike what usually happens in such movies, I have kept the narrative very simple, so that anyone from the ages of six, right upto sixty can enjoy the movie, in which, a gadget actually plays an important role."

 —Vikram on his film, in an interview with The Times of India.[10]

In August 2009, director Vikram Kumar announced that he was set to direct a film titled 24. The film was backed by producer Mohan Natarajan, which would feature actor Vikram in a lead role. Harris Jayaraj was confirmed to score the music and P. C. Sreeram to handle the film cinematography.[11] By late 2009, the filming commenced at AVM Studios, Chennai.[12] Sets that resembled dense forests and caves were replicated.[12] In an interview with The Times of India in Chennai, director Vikram stated: "We have signed Ileana D'Cruz to do 24. It will be her re-launch in Tamil cinema. She has given us bulk dates from February 2010 for the second schedule of the film."[13][14] In February 2010, Vikram Kumar officially announced that he had dropped the film. Vikram clarified that he fine-tuned the film script but it was rejected by actor Vikram and the film producer.[15] Further, the other reason cited was that the director had failed to provide the complete script even while production expenses were increasing.[16] Due to difference of opinions, the director voluntarily walked out and stated that he had been making changes in the script and will approach a leading actor in future.[15] Vikram Kumar later approached Mahesh Babu with the script, who was disinterested with the offer.[17]

In August 2014, Suriya's production company 2D Entertainment announced the project through their official Twitter handle. In October 2014, A. R. Rahman was announced as the film soundtrack and score composer. Actor Suriya was confirmed as the male lead.[18] The main plot of the revived project was the same as the one narrated to actor Vikram but over the years, Vikram Kumar changed the screenplay with new dimensions in narration.[19]In an interview Suriya pointed the core of the plot stating: "The one thing that humans cannot control is "time" but what if one has the power to do so. This is the core theme of the film 24."[20]

Characters

Actor Suriya has played triple[16] roles in the film, with five appearances.[21] One of the roles being that of an antagonist, five to six looks were designed for him.[22]The antagonist character "Athreya" is a wicked, yet smart guy who goes to any extent to fulfill his desires.[21] The producers had potential discussions with Catherine Tresa[23] for the lead female role before Samantha was finalised in February 2015.[24] In July 2015, Nithya Menen was roped to play the other leading character.[25] Characters played by Samantha and Nithya in the film are of contrasting nature though both play love interest opposite Suriya.[21] Saranya Ponvannan plays the role of a mother to one of the characters of Suriya in the film.[26]

Filming

Principal photography commenced in Mumbai on 8 April 2015.[27] A romantic song was filmed in Nashik by early-June 2015.[28] Certain scenes were filmed at Filmistaan studios in Goregaon.[16] VFX works were also carried out in the same studio by September 2015.[16] Nithya Menen began filming her portions in the city from 1 August 2015.[29] The first schedule was completed by early September 2015.[30] By mid of the same month, a twenty-day schedule began in Poland.[30] The crew filmed action scenes and songs at Krakow, the Zborow Mountain, Zakopane, Leba, Lewin Klodzki, Jedlina Zdroj, Walbrzych, Bulowice and Nowe Brzesko–all in Poland.[31] The lights were provided by Krakow Company Cinelight. The Krakow Film Commission and Krakow Film Cluster supported the project in Poland.[31] This second schedule of filming was wrapped up on 30 September 2015.[32] On 26 October 2015, the team shot an important sequences in Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune. The shoot was completed in a single day.[33] By the end of the same month, the last schedule of filming was done at Adithyaram Studios in Chennai.[34] On 2 November 2015, the filming was completed.[34]

In all, the film was shot for over 100 days, out of which 30 days of work was done abroad.[21] More than 60 percent of the film involves VFX.[21]

Music

Main article: 24 (soundtrack)

The film score and soundtrack album are composed by A. R. Rahman. The lyrics to the songs are written by Vairamuthu and Madhan Karky. The soundtrack album was released by Eros Music on 11 April 2016. [35]

Marketing

A game titled "24 AthreyaRun" which was created by Creative Monkey Games is set to release through application distribution platforms–iStore and Playstore on 1 May 2016.[36] An additional trailer of the film has also been released on May, 05, 2016.

Release

The film is set to release on estimate 2,150 screens worldwide.[37] The screen count in United States is 267, with special premieres on 5 May 2016.[38]States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have screen count 400.[39]

Critical reception

Times of India gave it a 4 out of 5. Sify praised the film and stated "Straight off the bat Vikram Kumar’s Suriya sci-fi film 24 is a well executed thinking movie within the commercial format. Science fiction offers Vikram huge scope to think out-of-the-box concepts and his ingenious screenplay, makes it an enjoyable trip."[40] Behindwoods stated, "Suriya’s 24 is a brilliant film made by Vikram K Kumar! Perfectly crafted sci-fi entertainer" and went on to rate the film 3.25 out of 5.[41]

Legal issues

A controversy broke out pertaining to the title 24. Actor Anil Kapoor did not appreciate this move of the production house as the official look and logo of the film title seemed similar to the American TV series 24, for which Kapoor had bought the remake rights for from 20th Century Fox International TV.[42] Kapoor held the rights of the 192 episodes for a period of four years extendable to another ten years. His lawyers defended the case, stating that Kapoor holds one of the highest licensee deals for a fiction format.[42] A legal action was planned against Suriya and his production house 2D Entertainment but was settled in April 2015.[43]

References

  1. ↑ "Theri to clash with 24 on Tamil New Year?". The Times of India. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Suriya: What I’m doing is simple". The Hindu. 30 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Suriya to do a triple role in 24?". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Suriya’s 24 to release on May 6". The Indian Express. 16 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Athreya Run: Suriya to release Android game based on his sci-fi film 24". indiatoday.intoday.in. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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  16. 1 2 3 4 "A peek behind the scenes". The Hindu. 10 September 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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  21. 1 2 3 4 5 "'24' will test the intelligence of audience: Vikram Kumar". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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  25. ↑ Janani Karthik. "Nithya Menen joins Samantha in Suriya’s 24". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
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  34. 1 2 "Suriya’s next is close to his heart". Deccan Chronicle. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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