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Echcharikkai — Idhu Manidhargal Nadamaadum Idam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sarjun KM
Written by Sarjun KM
Priyanka Ravindran
Produced by Sundar Annamalai
Starring Sathyaraj
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
Kishore
Vivek Rajgopal
Yogi Babu
Cinematography Sudarshan Srinivasan
Edited by Karthik Jogesh
Music by Sundaramurthy KS
Production
company
Timeline Cinemas
Release date
24 August 2018
Country India
Language Tamil
Echcharikkai – Idhu Manidhargal Nadamaadum Idam (transl. Warning — Humans
Territory) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed
by debutant director Sarjun KM. The film stars Sathyaraj, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar,
Kishore, Vivek Rajgopal and Yogi Babu. Principal photography of the film commenced
at Pondicherry in December 2016 and shooting wrapped up in April 2017. This story
is inspired by The Disappearance of Alice Creed. The film was released on 24 August
2018 on the eve of Varalakshmi Vratam and received poor reviews from the audience.
[1]
Plot
Echarikkai starts with the backstory of David (Kishore), a 19-year-old young man
and his 5-year-old nephew Thomas (Vivek Rajgopal). Thomas' father, who is also the
brother-in-law of David, is a man of domestic violence who often beats his wife.
One day, when Thomas' father asked for money from his mother, and she refused, his
father killed his mother, leaving David and Thomas completely shocked. Angry David
kills his brother-in-law at the scene, and asks Thomas to take the responsibility
for him. Thomas agrees, but later when the police arrive and slap Thomas, he
becomes scared and tells the police the truth. David is, therefore, arrested.
After 15 years of humiliation in prison, David is finally released. During the past
15 years, Thomas, who lost both his parents and uncle, was living an extremely poor
and indecent life. David reunites with Thomas, and does not hate Thomas for
testifying against him 15 years ago, as he understands Thomas was so young at that
time and could not stand fear or pressure. The two come up with a plan to kidnap a
rich people to demand ransom. They choose Swetha (Varalaxmi), the only daughter of
wealthy builder Perumal (Jayakumar).
They kidnap Swetha and keep her as hostage in a remote place, and inform her father
of the kidnapping. They also warn her father against involving police in the case,
or they will kill his daughter. Perumal is terrified and too scared to report the
case to police, instead, he seeks the help of retired police officer Nataraj
(Sathyaraj), who cannot come out of his house as he needs to take care of his
daughter Pia (L. Alice), who has a rare medical condition and requires constant
care.
In order not to be noticed by kidnappers, Nataraj decides to solve the case
unofficially and secretly. He calls his former colleagues to his houses, instead of
police station, to work on the case. Meanwhile, in Swetha's current place, while
David leaves the house to contact Perumal, Swetha manages to fight with Thomas and
takes his gun. Thomas removes his mask at the scene, revealing that not only the
two knew each other already, but are actually lovers. Swetha becomes angry at
Thomas for kidnapping her, while Thomas explains this is his plan to elope with
her, as her father would never agree their marriage. They also plan to take away
the ransom, without sharing it with David.
David demands Rs. 80 million from Perumal, in return of his daughter alive. Perumal
agrees but only tells Nataraj that the ransom is Rs. 10 million, as most of his
assets are illegal. Nataraj's men manage to find out identities of Thomas and
David. David and Thomas also learn that police are involved. They cut a pinch of
hair of Swetha, and send it to Perumal, threatening if police do not step out of
the case immediately, it will be Swetha's head the next time. Perumal therefore
requires Nataraj stop investigating; Nataraj agrees.
David designates a place to Perumal to put the money, while later Thomas contacts
Perumal again, without David's knowledge, and tells him to put money in another
place. David also manages to learn that Thomas and Swetha are lovers and planning
something behind him. David talks to Swetha privately, successfully discrediting
Thomas. Nataraj's doctor tells him that Pia can be cured in Singapore, but the
operation would cost him Rs. 10 million. As Nataraj already knew Perumal is lying
to him about the ransom amount and the place he is going to put the money, he comes
up with the plan to steal the ransom money to save his daughter.
Perumal puts money at the Thomas designated place; David unknowingly releases
unconscious Swetha, assuming Perumal has put money as he instructed. Thomas takes
all the Rs. 80 million and escapes, but is stopped by Nataraj. Nataraj takes down
Thomas, and takes around half of the ransom money from him and leaves. David
arrives at the scene, and fights with Thomas. But they later reunite again after
Thomas realizes that David kept supporting him even in jail. Swetha arrives at the
scene and assumes being cheated by Thomas, shoots and kills him.
Nataraj is on the way to airport to take his daughter to Singapore for treatment,
when his daughter experiences shivers and Nataraj burns the money to create fire
and save his daughter.
Cast
Sathyaraj as Nataraj IPS
Varalaxmi as Swetha
Kishore as David
Vivek Rajgopal as Thomas
Yogi Babu as Frank De Souza
Kausalya as Jaanu
Vinodhini Vaidyanathan as Doctor
Jayakumar as Perumal, Swetha's father
L. Alice as Pia Nataraj
Soundar as Ravi
Suseenthiran G. as Young David
Spyder Sanjay as Young Thomas
Development
After completing his short film Lakshmi, director Sarjun KM approached Producer
Sundar Annamalai of Timeline Cinemas with his feature film script. The film fell in
place quickly as Varalaxmi and Kishore were frozen for major roles. After a series
of auditions, debutant Vivek Rajagopal was selected as the male lead. Prakash Raj
was initially supposed to essay the role of Nataraj IPS, but later, the role went
to Sathyaraj due to dates issues. Music director K. S. Sundaramurthy, who had done
Graghanam and 8 Thottakkal, was signed as the composer for the film. Debut
cinematographer Sudarshan Srinivasan and Malayalam editor Karthik Jogesh were
signed up for Cinematography and Editing respectively.[2]
Production
The first schedule of filming happened in Sudeshi Mill, Pondicherry in December
2016 where portions involving the lead casts Varalaxmi, Kishore and Vivek were shot
for over ten days. The second schedule of the film with Sathyaraj started rolling
in March 2017. Following this, portions involving Kishore, Vivek, and Yogi Babu
were shot in North Madras. Filming wrapped up by April 2017.[3]
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Sundaramurthy KS.
Echcharikkai
Soundtrack album by Sundaramurthy KS
Released 2018
Genre Film soundtrack
Length 14:14
Language Tamil
Producer Sundaramurthy KS
Sundaramurthy KS chronology
8 Thottakkal
(2017) Echcharikkai
(2018) Kalavu
(2019)
Tracklist
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Karma Is A Bitch" Shivam, Udhay Kannan 3:13
2. "Odura Nari" Sri Radha Bharath, Vijaynarain 3:10
3. "Kanne Kanmaniye" Anand Aravindakshan 3:57
4. "Yaarum Ellai" Sathya Prakash, Jananie S. V. 3:54
Total length: 14:14
References
"Echcharikkai movie review: A kidnapping tale that fails to scratch beyond the
surface". The Indian Express. 24 August 2018. Archived from the original on 24
August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
"An emotional drama involving a crime — Times of India". The Times of India.
Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
edkarthick. "Echcharikkai Movie Shooting Wrap Up Stills".
entertainment.chennaipatrika.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017.
Retrieved 1 October 2017.
External links
Echcharikkai at IMDb
Categories: 2018 filmsIndian crime thriller filmsFilms about kidnapping in
India2010s Tamil-language films2010s Indian filmsMedical-themed films2018 crime
thriller films2018 directorial debut films
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