Kasethan Kadavulada

<p>With their vain sister-in-law (Urvashi) lording over their home, two young men (Shiva and Karunakaran) who are in need of money plot to steal from her high-security vault, and recruit their conman friend (Yogi Babu) to disguise as a godman and win her trust. On 7 July 2021, announced he would be remaking the 1972 Tamil film , directing and producing the remake under his banner Masala Pix, with MKRP Productions co-producing. As part of the announcement, would play the lead role originally done by , with and reprising the roles by originally portrayed and . Principal photography began on 16 July, along with the announcement that and would be reprising the roles originally played by and . was also announced in an undisclosed role. later joined the cast in the role of a hacker, a character not present in the original film, and said he would be reprising ‘s role. By 11 August, filming was 80% complete. Most of the film was shot on a bungalow set erected by art director Rajkumar at . Filming by 23 August within 35 working days. The soundtrack is composed by debutant RS Rajprathap, replacing (not the director) who was originally announced as composer. It features a remix of “Jambulingame Jadaadaraa” from the original film. was initially scheduled to release in theatres on 7 October 2022, but was postponed, reportedly due to the success of resulting in non-availability of screens for other films. It was then scheduled to release on 23 December 2022, and later 10 February 2023, but then indefinitely delayed due to legal and financial issues. It was later scheduled to release in theatres on 24 March 2023, but all shows on that date were cancelled. Shortly thereafter, the film’s theatrical release was again indefinitely postponed, but the following month, it was announced to release in theatres on 12 May 2023. Shortly after missing that date, it was pushed to 26 May, being released the day after. The film’s post-theatrical television satellite rights were sold to and the streaming rights to . It began streaming there from 23 June 2023. M Suganth of gave 1 star out of 5 and wrote that “In the end, all that the film accomplishes is a grave injustice to not only to its cast and crew, and audiences”. A critic from stated that it is a shame that the script team of this film did not take the same amount of effort that the audience needed to watch the film and rated 0.5 out of 5. Jayabhuvaneshwari B of said, “Sloppy dialogue delivery and forcefully fit one-liners make a largely superficial remake that makes one think if the kaasu ( ) spent on the film was even worth it”.</p>