Kaaviyyan

<p>Two cops from the Cyber Crime Department from , Akilan Vishwanath and Baskar, are sent as trainees to by the police chief. While in Vegas, they work with Isha Thomas, a 9-1-1 who receives several calls for help; Batten, the chief police inspector of the Las Vegas Police Department; and Swetha Menon, a Malayali dispatcher from . On one such phone call, Isha gets a call from Jennifer Edward Rubis, who tells her that a man has entered her house. Much to the man’s demise, Jennifer is able to escape out of an upstairs window. Akilan and Baskar later figure out that the man who entered Jennifer’s house was Lucifer Fernando, a psychopath who murders girls for their blood type (B+) to “purify” his blood. Lucifer is taking a Sri Lankan Tamil woman, Mathangai Kumaravel, hostage. While searching for details about Lucifer, Akilan learns of Kasie, Lucifer’s ex-wife who filed a divorce after she learned that he was flirting with another woman. Kasie recorded her phone calls with Lucifer on behalf of her lawyer and hands them to Isha. How Akilan sets out to rescue Mathangai forms the rest of the story. The film was announced in May 2016 and was to be produced by 2 m cinemas, making it will be their first venture. Producer K. V. Shabarreesh came on board after seeing director’s Sarathi’s short films. Stun Siva was signed on to direct the action sequences. This film was originally announced to be a bilingual film in Tamil and Telugu (titled ), but the Telugu version was dropped. The film was a road thriller and started shooting in the United States. The title was revealed to be a portmanteau of from (police), and from (amazing person). Shaam plays the main lead role, marking his comeback into Tamil cinema as a lead actor after , which released in 2013. Sridevi Kumar, a based in Las Vegas, and , who is known for her role in , are also doing important roles in this thriller. , who has acted alongside Shaam in and is also part of this film. The villain is a Hollywood artist whose name is yet to be revealed was not revealed as of 2016. In 2017, Hollywood actor and bodybuilder Justin Vikash (real name Nahum Vizakis) was reported to play the villain. Hollywood artists Lucas Sanders and Jennifer Brofer were signed to play important roles. Shaam gained a couple of kilograms in order to play his role as a police officer. The film shooting began in August 2016 in Las Vegas. A majority of the film was shot in Las Vegas. The stunt sequences featured fancy cars such as and . Debutant Syam Mohan composed two songs for the film. The film was released on October 18, 2019. released to negative reviews. Thinal Menon of gave the film 1 out of 5 stars stating “A sloppy script staged in an artificial set up with hardly any character arc”. Ashameera Aiyappan of gave the film a 1.5 stars out of 5 stars stating that “This Shaam-starrer is a lost case”. A critic from praised the cinematography and criticized the screenplay of the film. A critic from praised the music and cinematography and criticized the film’s screenplay.</p>