Capmaari
Capmaari (transl. Fraud) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. The film stars Jai, Athulya Ravi, and Vaibhavi Shandilya in lead roles.[1] The music is composed by Siddharth Vipin with cinematography by M. Jeevan and editing by Prasanna GK. The film released on 13 December 2019.[2]
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Directed by | S. A. Chandrasekhar |
Written by | S. A. Chandrasekhar |
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Music by | Siddharth Vipin |
Cinematography | M. Jeevan |
Edited by | Prasanna GK |
Production company | Green Signal |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Plot
Jai (Jai) an IT professional, happens to share a coach with Jeni (Vaibhavi Shandilya) during a train journey. The duo strikes a conversation and soon sharing beers and the bed too. After two years, they meet accidentally in Chennai and recognize each other, and for some inexplicable reason, decide to get married. Meanwhile, Jai's colleague Varsha (Athulya Ravi) has a liking towards him, however, she never explicitly says it out to him, although she shows it in every possible way.
One day, Jai drops Varsha at her home after work. At her home, both of them drink beer, get boozed and enter into physical relationship. Jai returns to his home at midnight which makes Jeni furious. Jeni doubts Jai about having an affair with Varsha. Surprisingly, Jeni secures a job in Jai's office. Trouble erupts between Jeni and Varsha following which Varsha challenges that she would take Jai with her soon.
Varsha enters Jai's house claiming that she is pregnant which shocks everyone. Jeni decides to divorce Jai, however her love for Jai does not make to take this decision and she keeps forgiving him. Varsha says that Jai should be shared between her and Jeni. Finally, Jai gets furious and sends Varsha out from his house saying that he loves only Jeni. Jeni patches up with Jai believing he has ditched Varsha.
A few years later, it is shown that Jai maintains relationship with both the women along with their kids - but hiding this truth from Jeni. Jeni comes to know of this and the movie ends on the funny note that she beats up Jai.
Cast
- Jai as Jai Vel / Albert Jai
- Athulya Ravi as Varsha
- Vaibhavi Shandilya as Jeniliya
- Livingston as Jai's father
- Rindhu Ravi as Jai's mother
- Sathyan as J. D.
- Srinivasan as Power Pandy Durai
- Devadarshini as Priya
- Siddharth Vipin as Venky
- Crane Manohar as Census Officer
- Thadi Balaji as Car Salesman
- Sharmila Thapa as Sangi
- Rahul Thatha as Man in the bar
- Vetrivelan as David
- S. A. Chandrasekhar as Police Inspector
Production
The film began production as Love Matter. However, the name of the film was later revealed to be Capmaari.[3] It is also known by the initialism CM.[1]
Soundtrack
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Recorded | 2019 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Label | Lahari Music T-Series | |||
Producer | Siddharth Vipin | |||
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The soundtrack of the film is composed by Siddharth Vipin.[4] The song "En Kadhal Rani Enna Thooki Veesitta" was filmed at MGR Film City with 50 dancers from Mumbai.[5]
- "Ummunu Irukkanum" – Anirudh Ravichander
- "Capmaari Anthem" – MC Vicky, Syed Abu
- "Naan Oruthikitta" – Haricharan
- "Ippadi Or Inbam" – Neha Nair
- "Ethir Paarkala" – Sanjith Hegde
Release and reception
The trailer was released in November.[6] The film was scheduled to release on 6 December, but was later postponed to 13 December.[7][1]
The Indian Express wrote "The director's lack of understanding of modern romance and his problematic perspectives are not the only problems with Capmaari. The pressing issue here is the misreading of the genre of adult comedy". It gave the film the worst possible rating of 0.5 out of 5, stating the movie a big "disaster" in the review.[8] The Times of India wrote "The first few minutes of a film usually tell you what to expect, and Capmaari reveals what it has in store in its opening scene – titillation in the guise of a romcom about modern-day youngsters".[9]
References
- "Jai's 'Capmaari' release gets postponed!". The Times of India.
- "S.A Chandrasekhar about Jai's acting in Capmaari". Behindwoods. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- "Jaí's next film helmed by S. A. Chandrasekaran renamed as 'Capmari'". The Times of India.
- "Capmaari songs". Gaana.
- "Jai dances with 50 dancers for Capmaari". The Times of India.
- "Jai's 'Capmaari' trailer". The Times of India.
- "Capmaari to hit the screens on December 6". The Times of India.
- "'Capmaari' review: A has-been director's desperation to be relevant". Indian Express.
- "Capmaari Movie Review : Titillation in the guise of a romcom". Times of India.