Nethraa

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• Vinay Rai as Vikram
• Thaman Kumar as Velu
• Subiksha as Nethraa
• Riythvika as Jessie
• Robo Shankar as Nethraa's uncle
• Motta Rajendran as Rajendran
• Imman Annachi as Kasi
• Vincent Asokan as Ravi
• A. Venkatesh as Officer
• G. K. Reddy as Nethraa's godfather
• Scissor Manohar
• Ambani Shankar
• Citizen Mani
• A. Jeyaprakash
• Vijay Ganesh

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The film materialised during August 2016, with Vinay announcing that he would work with on a film with A. Venkatesh and subsequently the shoot began during August 2016.{{cite web |last=Menon |first=Thinkal |date=August 17, 2016 |title=Vinay's next with Venkatesh |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Vinays-next-with-Venkatesh/articleshow/53723064.cms |access-date=2016-09-03 |work=The Times of India |archive-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822064320/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Vinays-next-with-Venkatesh/articleshow/53723064.cms |url-status=live }} Venkatesh then selected Subiksha to play the leading female role, that of the titular character who travels from Karaikudi to Canada. Venkatesh picked the actress after being impressed with her performance in Vijay Milton's Kadugu (2016), which the pair worked on. Thaman Kumar was also selected to portray a role in the film, while a comedy track with Rajendran and Robo Shankar was filmed during September 2016.{{cite web |last=Suganth |first=M |date=2 September 2016 |title=Venkatesh's next is a heroine-centric film |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Venkateshs-next-is-a-heroine-centric-film/articleshow/53962056.cms |access-date=2016-09-03 |work=The Times of India |archive-date=22 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180522023342/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Venkateshs-next-is-a-heroine-centric-film/articleshow/53962056.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=10 September 2016 |title=Etcetera |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Etcetera/article14640025.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=1 December 2018 |archive-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018125805/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Etcetera/article14640025.ece |url-status=live }} Further portions of the film were shot in Karaikudi and in Germany.{{Cite news |last=Menon |first=Thinkal |date=4 August 2018 |title=Working with two veterans was a memorable experience: Subiksha |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/working-with-two-veterans-was-a-memorable-experience-subiksha/articleshow/65258728.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=1 December 2018 |archive-date=12 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012210712/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/working-with-two-veterans-was-a-memorable-experience-subiksha/articleshow/65258728.cms |url-status=live }} Many critical and mind blowing visuals of the film was done by cinematographer A. Jeyaprakash. Shoot was completed by early 2017.{{Cite web |last=Karthik |first=Janani |date=22 September 2017 |title=Vinay Rai Interview: 'I Had to Wait 11 Years to Shed My Chocolate Boy Image' |url=https://silverscreenindia.com/tamil/features/vinay-rai-interview-i-had-to-wait-11-years-to-shed-my-chocolate-boy-image/ |website=Silverscreen India |access-date=10 April 2024 |archive-date=1 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101052354/https://silverscreenindia.com/tamil/features/vinay-rai-interview-i-had-to-wait-11-years-to-shed-my-chocolate-boy-image/ |url-status=live }}

The soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva in his fifth collaboration with Venkatesh.{{Cite web |title=Nethraa |url=https://gaana.com/album/nethraa |website=Gaana |access-date=10 February 2019 |archive-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011338/https://gaana.com/album/nethraa |url-status=live }}

• "Kaikorkarva" - Namitha Babu - Tamil Sree
• "Sollamale" - Namitha Babu, Srikanth Deva - Tamil Sree
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• "Annachi" - Guru Ayyadurai, Raja, Jayashri - Kalaikumar

Cinema Express wrote "Witnessing A Venkatesh, a filmmaker who has been in the industry for three decades, make such a film is, to put it lightly, disheartening".{{Cite web |last=Darshan |first=Navein |date=8 February 2019 |title=Nethraa Review: An awful suspense drama that leaves you cringing |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/tamil/2019/feb/08/nethraa-review-10016.html |website=Cinema Express |access-date=10 February 2019 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329132203/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/tamil/2019/feb/08/nethraa-review-10016.html |url-status=live }} The Times of India wrote "the film-making lets you down, with crude staging, amateurish performances, haphazard editing and over loud score".{{Cite news |last=Suganth |first=M |date=8 February 2019 |title=Nethraa Movie Review |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/nethraa/movie-review/67900422.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=10 February 2019 |archive-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212093010/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/nethraa/movie-review/67900422.cms |url-status=live }}

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