Raakadhan
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox film
| name =
| image = Raakadhan poster.jpg
| caption = Release poster
| director = Dinesh Kalaiselvan
| writer = Dinesh Kalaiselvan
| producer = MAG Baskar
Rani Henry Samuvel
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Vamsi Krishna
- Riyaz Khan
- Dinesh Kalaiselvan
}}
| cinematography = Manas Babhu Dr
| editing = Gopikrishna
| music = A Praveen Kumar
| studio = Marudham Productions
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|2023|7|21|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}Raakadhan is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Dinesh Kalaiselvan. The film stars Vamsi Krishna, Riyaz Khan, Dinesh Kalaiselvan{{Cite web |title=இராக்கதன்: "ஆணின் ரகசியங்களை வெளிப்படுத்தும் கதை" - இயக்குநர் தினேஷ் கலைச்செல்வன் |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/tamil/tamil-nadu/state/trichy/raakadhan-movie-directer-dinesh-kalaiselvan-press-meet-in-trichy/tamil-nadu20230722141407265265778 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=ta |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807172302/https://www.etvbharat.com/tamil/tamil-nadu/state/trichy/raakadhan-movie-directer-dinesh-kalaiselvan-press-meet-in-trichy/tamil-nadu20230722141407265265778 |url-status=live }} and Vignesh Baskar in the lead roles. The film was produced by MAG Baskar and Rani Henry Samuvel under the banner of Marudham Productions.{{Cite web |last=Muthukumar |date=2023-06-16 |title=இராக்கதன் |url=https://cinema.dinakaran.com/dinesh-kalachelvan-direction-rakathan/ |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Kollywood News {{!}} Kollywood Images - Cinema.dinakaran.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807171602/https://cinema.dinakaran.com/dinesh-kalachelvan-direction-rakathan/ |url-status=live }}
Cast
- Vamsi Krishna as Ajmal
- Riyaz Khan as Austin
- Dinesh Kalaiselvan as Alex
- Vignesh Baskar as Arjun
- Gayatri Rema as Ananya
- Chaams as Manimaaran
- Sanjana Singh as Sanjana
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Ravi Varman
Production
Audio launch of the film was held on 7 July 2023.{{Cite web |last=manimegalai.a |title=மாடலிங் துறையின் கருப்பு பக்கத்தை வெளிச்சத்திற்கு கொண்டு வரும் 'இராக்கதன்'! |url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/cinema/raakadhan-brings-to-light-the-dark-side-of-the-modeling-industry-rw7efj |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ta |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807172214/https://tamil.asianetnews.com/cinema/raakadhan-brings-to-light-the-dark-side-of-the-modeling-industry-rw7efj |url-status=live }} The first single of the film was released by Premgi Amaren and Saindhavi [https://twitter.com/Chrissuccess/status/1666050027821625344].The film was released 21 July 2023 in theatres{{Cite web |title=Raakadhan, A Tamil Crime thriller Film potraits the politics in modelling field, To be Released On July 21 |url=https://telugutimes.net/article/raakadhan-a-tamil-crime-thriller-film-potraits-the-politics-in-modelling-field-to-be-released-on-july-21 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Telugu Times - USA NRI Telugu News Telugu News Papers In USA |language=en |archive-date=2023-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726191139/https://telugutimes.net/article/raakadhan-a-tamil-crime-thriller-film-potraits-the-politics-in-modelling-field-to-be-released-on-july-21 |url-status=live }}
Reception
A critic from Dina Thanthi wrote that "Dinesh Kalaichelvan is a talented director who shows the dark sides of the problems faced by men in the modeling industry in an interesting and lively way in friendship, love and thriller."{{Cite web |last=தினத்தந்தி |date=2023-07-25 |title=இராக்கதன் : சினிமா விமர்சனம் |url=https://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/Review/raakadhan-movie-review-1015713 |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=www.dailythanthi.com |language=ta |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807022103/https://www.dailythanthi.com/Cinema/Review/raakadhan-movie-review-1015713 |url-status=live }}Dinakaran critic gave mixed review{{Cite web |title=Whats-App-Image-2023-07-29-at-13-10-13 hosted at ImgBB |url=https://ibb.co/P9XGn7N |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=ImgBB |language=en |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807173450/https://ibb.co/P9XGn7N |url-status=usurped }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=tt27990197}}
Category:2020s Tamil-language films