Rajathandhiram

<p>Three jobless youths find their livelihood in small-time crime. After much deliberation, they decide to attempt a bigger theft which goes haywire and creepy baddies are after them. They also find themselves entrapped by two shady characters who want them to pull off a much bigger heist with a potential pay of 200 million rupees. The film was reported in June 2013 when it was revealed that , who had appeared in (2011), was making a comeback in a venture produced by White Bucket Productions. The project, titled , was to be directed by , while would score the film’s music. Reports suggested that , who had appeared in ‘s Hindi film (2012), would play the leading female role while and would also form a part of the cast. Portions of the film were also filmed at in February 2014, with the team issuing a press release breaking the silence on the progress of the venture. It was also revealed that was a part of the project. It was reported that the film was close to completion in June 2014 and that musician had played a pivotal role in the film. replaced Prakash Kumar as the film composer, although the latter contributed a song which was used as a . The filming was completed in mid 2014. The background music for this film was composed by Sandeep Chowta. However, the single song in the movie was composed by . s team began its promotion in December 2014. In a unique manner, the posters and teasers, each of them introducing a character from the film, were launched by several celebrities via their own handles. While and introduced the lead characters, , , and launched teasers featuring the supporting characters. Bharadwaj Rangan of wrote, “this is a film that assumes that there is an audience out there for smartly packaged entertainment. It is a film made for the love of cinema and not from fear of the box office. It’s evocatively shot, has a super-stylish background score and the writing is unafraid to take its time…This sort of filmmaking is its own kind of heist, tunneling into the bowels of Kollywood, to the vault that houses all the cherished staples, and escaping with your dignity intact”. gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, “Making a heist film is as tricky as pulling a heist for everything depends on timing. With , AG Amid has managed to perform the trick very convincingly — the filmmaking is quite nimble and confident that it is hard to believe that this is the work of a debutant director… will certainly find a place among the best films of the year”.one of the best of its kind. Movies of this kind should be appreciated and welcomed in Tamil cinema. wrote, ” is a con-caper laced with revenge, wit, humour & romance. What works here is director Amid’s smart writing and brilliant screenplay sans all the normal cliches seen in such genre…it’s a perfectly satisfying watch”. rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote, “the treatment of is a big plus. The performance of the lead roles and the way the protagonist is clashing with the villain is definitely a new chapter in the book of the screenplay”. rated it 2.75 out of 5 and called it “A smart con movie which entertains”. was dubbed into Hindi as ( An Ultimate Trickster) in 2019. The digital rights of both the Tamil and Hindi dubbed versions were sold to Jio Hotstar.</p>