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Diary (2022 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Diary' is an 2022 Indian Tamil-language supernatural mystery thriller film written and directed by debutant Innasi Pandiyan and produced by S. Kathiresan under the banner of Five Star Creations LLP. The film was distributed by his cousin Udhayanidhi Stalin under his banner Red Giant Movies. The film features Arulnithi, Pavithra Marimuthu and Chaams in lead roles.The film's music and score is composed by Ron Ethan Yohann, with cinematography handled by Aravinnd Singh and editing done by S. P. Raja Sethupathi.
This is second collaboration of Arulnithi and Ron Ethan Yohann after 2022 film D Block. It was shot extensively across Tamil Nadu including Chennai, Coonoor, Ooty, Mettupalayam and Coimbatore.
The film was initially scheduled to be released in theatres on 11 August 2022, but got postponed to 26 August 2022, due to the clash with Dhanush's 'Thiruchitrambalam'.
Plot
Varadhan (Arulnithi) is new to the Police force and he takes up the case of an unsolved murder of a newly married couple who were killed in their honeymoon in Ooty. As he embarks on the mission to resolve the case, he unravels several mysteries and comes across a series of unexpected incidents. What was the final outcome of the case and how did the case personally impact Varadhan's life is what the film is about.
Cast
*Arulnithi as Sub-inspector Varadhan Annadurai
*Pavithra Marimuthu as Pavithra Krishnan, Varadhan's fiancee
*Chaams as Aasai Raja
*Ajay Rathnam
*Jayaprakash as Gunasekharan
*Nakkalites Dhanam as Gandhimathi
*Sha Ra as Maasilamani
*Kishore
*Thanigai as Sathya
*Salem Pugazhenthi as Driver Pugazhenthi
*Hosur Matheswaran as Conductor Kandaswamy
*Karthik Ravivarma as Sangili
*Surender Thakur as Jayakumar
*Sooraj Pops as Ananth
*Akon as Sittarasu
*Ranjana Nachiyar as Meenakshi
*M. S. Harini as Lissy
*Sathish Kannan as Senthil, Lakshmi's husband
*Jayalekshmi as Lakshmi, Senthil's wife
*Master P. S. Jaiswant as Kumar, Lakshmi and Senthil's son
*Baby Prajuna Sarah as Ramya, Lakshmi and Senthil's Daughter and Kumar's Younger Sister
*Soniya Suresh as Raghavi, Ezhil's wife
*Rudra as Ezhil, Raghavi's husband
*Tina Joseph (Angel), Murder Victim
*Abraham George (Abin), Murder Victim
Production
Development
The film was tentatively titled as 'Arulnithi 17'. On 30 May 2022, the film's official title was unveiled as 'Diary'.Casting
Arulnithi, will be playing the role of a police officer. Actress Pavithra Marimuthu was cast in as the female lead opposite Arulnithi, marking their first collaboration.Music
The film score composed by Ron Ethan Yohann. The album consists of one song.
Release
The film initially scheduled to release in theatres in 11 August 2022, but got postponed to 26 August 2022. In 19 August 2022, the film was given a "U/A" certificate by Central Board of Film Certification.
Home Media
The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film was bought by Aha and the satellite rights of the film was bought by Kalaignar TV.,Reception
The film received positive reviews. Logesh Balachandran of 'The Times of India' who gave 3 stars out of 5 stars after reviewing the film stated that, "Diary is an interesting read with engaging chapters, though we wish to skip certain pages". 'Pinkvilla' said, "He could have avoided some silly comedy scenes in the first half". Navein Darshan of 'Cinema Express' who gave 3 stars out of 5 stars after reviewing the film stated that, "Given the enjoyable blend of genres in this film though and the chaos within, a better title might have been another household item Mixie". Felix Kingsley of 'Movie Herald' gave 2.5 out of 5 and stated "Fascinating plot but execution was a complete failure".
References
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