Asuravadham

<p>Samayan gets a call from an anonymous person saying that he will die in one week. Then, a cat and mouse game begins between Samayan and the caller. After some time, the caller is revealed to be Saravana as he wanted to kill Samayan for raping and killing his daughter a few years back when Saravana was at work. At the end, Samayan and his allies trap Saravana and try to kill him, but Saravana escapes and kills all the allies. Samayan escapes but is stopped by Saravana, who has a shovel in his hands. Samayan is defeated, and whilst being buried alive by Saravana, he asks him who he is. Saravana says nothing and buries him. The movie ends with Saravana and his wife Maha going to their daughter’s grave and Saravana leaving flowers on the grave. After the release of in November 2017, announced his next project with director Maruthupandian who made his directorial debut in the 2015 film with the film titled as . Sasikumar chose to work with the director Maruthupandian while he was busy during shooting for his upcoming releases including , a sequel to the 2009 film . The film was shot in areas including and . The film also roped in Vasumithra, a poet turned actor who was known for his role in the film . The project was wrapped up in February 2018 with 40 days of shooting while Sasikumar opted to work for soon after wrapping up the shoot and the venture initially announced its release on 13 April 2018 but the release was delayed due to the Kollywood strike led by the Nadigar Sangam. The official single titled was released by Nadodigal director . The teaser of the film was officially released by popular director turned producer and the trailer of the film was released on 15 March 2018 by with both teaser and trailer of the film received positive reviews from the audience. The satellite rights of the film were sold out to . Tamil Nadu theatrical rights of the film were sold for 6.5 crore. The film had its theatrical release on 29 June 2018 and received mixed reviews from the audience. The film was appreciated for portraying a suspense thriller gripping story during the first half of the film. But the film was criticised for not showcasing a perfect climax in the end which resulted in mixed reactions from audience. The Cinematographer of the film S R Kathiir, who was lauded for his cinematography, was also accused by the production group of the film for meddling in the direction of the second portion of the movie instead of Director Maruthupandian which caused the movie to have done average business at the box office.</p>