Cinema Veeran

{{Short description|2017 documentary film}}

{{use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Cinema Veeran

| image = Cinema Veeran.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Aishwarya Rajinikanth

| screenplay = Aishwarya Rajinikanth

| story = Aishwarya Rajinikanth

| based_on =

| producer = Dhanush

| starring =

| narrator = Rajinikanth

| cinematography = G. K. Vishnu

| editing = Ruben

| music = Score:
A. R. Rahman
Qutub-E-Kripa

| studio = Wunderbar Films

| distributor = Hotstar

| released = {{Film date|2017|06|21|df=yes}}

| runtime = 51 minutes

| country = India

| language = Tamil

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Cinema Veeran ({{translation|Cinema's braveheart}}) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language documentary film written and directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth on her documentary film debut.{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/cinema-veeran-rajnikanth-aishwarya-dhanush-and-ar-rahman-join-hands-for-a-documentary-310589-2016-02-25 |title=Cinema Veeran: Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Dhanush and AR Rahman join hands for a documentary |date=February 25, 2016 |website=India Today |access-date=12 December 2019}}

Production

The plot of the film was inspired and based on the lives of untold stories of stunt choreographers of Tamil cinema.{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/cinema-veeran-aishwarya-dhanush-pays-a-glorious-tribute-to-the-stuntmen-of-tamil-cinema-3743325.html |title=Cinema Veeran : Aishwarya Dhanush pays a glorious tribute to the stuntmen Of Tamil cinema |date=2017-06-25 |website=Firstpost |access-date=12 December 2019}} The film also features a voice-over provided by Rajinikanth and it is produced by Dhanush under the production banner Wunderbar Films.{{Cite web|date=2016-02-26|title=‘Cinema Veeran’ is Aishwarya Dhanush’s next big family project|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cinema-veeran-aishwarya-dhanush-s-next-big-family-project-39448|access-date=2021-07-18|website=The News Minute}} The principal photography began in late December 2015 and the first look poster was unveiled in February 2016.

Release

It was released OTT, through Hotstar on 21 June 2017.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hotstar.com/in/movies/cinema-veeran/1000171902 |title=Cinema Veeran |website=Hotstar |access-date=12 December 2019}}

Reception

The film opened to mixed reviews from critics. Hemanth Kumar of Firstpost wrote "Cinema Veeran leaves you choked with emotion and it also makes a strong case for providing better facilities to stuntmen, who fiddle with danger on a daily basis". Behindwoods wrote "The documentary will definitely leave you with a significant impact. It might even make you feel guilty of not recognizing their effort, even for a second. Probably the industry and the society might look at them differently one day and give them the credit and reward they truly deserve."{{Cite web|date=2017-06-22|title=Aishwarya R Dhanush's Cinema Veeran documentary review|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/aishwarya-r-dhanushs-cinema-veeran-documentary-review.html|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Behindwoods}}

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