Jigarthanda

Synopsis: When Karthik is given a task by his producer to come up with a gripping gangster flick infested with heavy dosage of violence, he focuses on Sethu, a ruthless gangster surrounded by quirky yet scary henchmen. Karthik discreetly tries his best to find out about Sethu to develop a film script, but fails miserably in all his attempts. However when he finally gets the chance to gain an insight into Sethu's life, disaster strikes as he gets caught in the mêlée following the discovery of a mole within Sethu's gang.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Karthik Subbaraj
Production: Five Star Films
  4 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.4
NOT RATED
Year:
2014
171 min
3,349 Views


Welcome sir

Come, we were just waiting for you

Karthik has sent you a gift

It's over, he's dead

'A few months before...'

Hello, I'm out...

I'm coming in

Hi viewers, welcome back to

'Start Camera, Action'

Now we are in the semi-final round,

and things have gotten tougher

because every contestant

have created...

...an unique short film of its kind

on a specific genre

Just before the Ad-break

We all enjoyed watching the short film

directed by our contestant Karthik

Hey, where the hell you've been?

Quick, walk fast

Don't stop, keep walking

Keep moving man!

Before the Ad-break we

watched your short film

We have got 4 contestants in

this exciting semifinals

And only three of them

can reach the finals

One of the contestants

has to be eliminated

So Karthik, how are you

feeling at this moment?

Alright! I believe you are bit tensed

Let's listen to the comments about

your film from our 2 esteemed judges

National award winning director

- Mr Mukhil

Blueberry Productions producer

- Mr Sundar

Mukhil sir, your comments

on Karthik's film

Rubbish movie

'Cold Heart'

Sundar sir, your comments please

Out of all the films I watched here,

This is the best!

It may look rubbish for

the experienced director,

But for my eyes it looks great

This film is the best

Because of producers like you,

Our cinema industry is on it's downfall

Because of directors like you...

commenting every movie as rubbish

is the reason for it's downfall

But I'm not a fool like you

I'm a fool to produce your movie

Didn't you beg me

to make a movie?

You keep quiet

- Did I knock at your door for a chance?

- If talks anymore, you'll get my swears

Sir, please let's talk and sort it out

Sir, I didn't mean that way

Wait for a while, sir

He's getting sacred of me

How dare him call me a fool

Why the hell did you invite me?

- Sir...

- Shut up

Shut the camera!

Sir, let's adjust and finish it off

This argument is more than enough for

them to show case for 10 episodes

Why should I do this?

You know very well

that he is an idiot

Then why did you invite such an idiot?

That lunatic is calling me a fool...

You know very well

that he is an idiot

Then why did you invite such an idiot?

If you can give your judgment,

we can wrap up the show

Don't irritate me

I came here because your boss invited me

But you insulted very well

Ask him to tell the judgment

If you can give your judgment,

we can wrap up the show

I'll give my judgment, but make sure you

don't telecast the argument we had earlier

No sir! We won't

Please come in

I wont speak one more word

Sir, just come on to the stage,

we'll take care of the rest

Let's finish it off and leave

We have reached the end

of this semi-final round...

...3 of the contestants here

would move on to the finals

And the winner would be given a

chance to direct a feature film

Our judges will now announce the results

Let him announce

Mukhil sir, who is gonna

be eliminated today?

Given an option I would

eliminate all 4 of them

But as the situation demands

just one elimination...

...Karthik

...I reject you

Winning is just not about being

acclaimed by critic or reaching the finals

It's about making a profit

That is why we, producers, only can

determine the winning formula

I am telling right away,

I am gonna produce his film

Karthik, come by my office

tomorrow and collect your advance

I will produce your film

Idiotic semi-finals

Nonsense judgement

From today you are

a feature film director

It has been a big day

Today on our stage we got

a producer for Karthik's debut film

They've killed somebody

Look, what an atrocity!

No one came to help

even in middle of the day

I'm already very tensed

Just keep quiet

Yesterday I just uttered a few

words out of frustration

Believing that he has come

all the way to office

There has been reports of your act

in almost all newspapers

The boy's uncle is a reporter,

hence there is a half page coverage

What to do then?

Karthik?

Sir is calling you

Be confident and narrate your story

All the best

A train traveling at high speed

Let's have shots cut

at every station track

Then we 'll super impose

the title melody sound track here

Train sound...

Now he gets down

at the main train station

Goes straight to her

house but its locked

He breaks in with full force-

He finds her hanging to death, Right?

- Yes, sir

- I know

Finally it boils down to

killing the Actor to bag an award

Sir, it's not such an ordinary script

I have a strong message

in this movie that reflects...

...and questions the societal

problems of the world

After that, who will run

behind the law suits?

Look, you have substance

I don't want to make movies

on Social revolutions

I want...uh...uh...

I want to make a Gangster movie

On hardcore violence and bloodshed

A movie like Godfather, Scarface

and the likes

See like this movies

A similar script! Am even okay

if you rip off from these scripts

Come up with a good Gangster script

I'll produce your movie

I Guarantee

Correct...no more excuses!

I've decided to make

a Gangster movie

- Superb pal...

- But not an imaginary story

I am going to meet them...understand them

And then make a soulful story

A Realistic movie

Based on a True story!

Welding Kumar who got

life sentence got murdered

Did you find anything?

These are all that I could find

These are the same old stories

Already made in to movies

And they are all dead

I want to know about

a gangster who is in on the rise...

...need to meet him, personally,

watch him closely, and then write a script

You expect them to write an autobiography

and place it in the library

Why are you wasting my time?

You are an experienced reporter

You should be knowing someone

I just cover politics and Lankan issue

Both are one and the same

During your days...

...the 'Cat eyed Actress'

was Madhuri, right?

All the gangsters life

has the same template

They will kill someone and take his place

In turn someone else

will kill him and takes his

How long are you gonna

make the same sort of movies?

There is a guy, like

never seen in any movie

- An outlaw in Madurai

- Rowdy in Madurai?

Great! Who is that?

His name is...

3 years ago, 4 murders were happen

in the fruit market at Madurai

- I heard of him, sir!

- He is the first accused in that

young, should be in his late thirties

Unable to retrieve his name

Don't worry

I will get you the case file

Don't ever use his name

He will find and kill you

He is a psychopath

His name is Sethu

'Assault' Sethu

What's your name?

'Hidden Tiger'

Hey, there is an article about him

Shocking revelation!

That was written by uncle's friend

Right! He is writing it in his

pen name as 'Hidden Tiger'

Even he writes it spying on him

I can get you his contact details,

but you gotta be careful

You are the one, right?

You could have published

my photo, right?

Instead you drew a cartoon

How many of them

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Karthik Subbaraj

Karthik Subbaraj is an Indian film director, writer and producer. He made the short film "Kaatchipizhai" in Madurai, which was selected for Nalaya Iyakunar (a TV competition for short films). He then went on to make other films and released the 2012 low-budget thriller Pizza which was a commercial success. He won the Best Debutante Director in 2013 at SIMA awards His film Jigarthanda, which deals with the Madurai underworld, was released in September 2014 and received critical acclaim..The film starred Siddharth, Lakshmi Menon, Bobby Simha and Karunakaran. more…

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