Kalathil Santhippom

<p>Ashok ( ) and Anand ( ) are rivals on the Kabaddi court but are the thickest of friends outside it. The film essentially is a drama that explores the hurdles they face together with regards to their families and personal romantic relationships, and how they overcome all that. Actor Jiiva’s father and veteran film producer announced that he would produce the film helmed by filmmaker N. Rajasekar. It marked 90th film project for R. B. Choudary under his production banner . and were roped into play as the main male lead actors in the film and it also marked the first collaboration between them. Manjima Mohan and Priya Bhavani Shankar were roped into play the female leads in the film starring as love interests opposite to Jiiva and Arulnithi respectively. Jiiva] and Arulnithi both were taught the basic skills of the sport of kabaddi from few professional kabaddi players based from . The film director revealed that the kabaddi related sequences were shot on a set for about seven days which also featured real professional kabaddi players. served as the choreographer in the film. The portions of the film were predominantly shot in , Karaikudi and . The title of the film and the first look poster of the film were unveiled by actor via his account on 4 August 2019 indicating that the film was in post-production stage. The music and background music of the film were scored by and lyrics for the songs were penned by and . The first single of the film was released on 26 October 2020 and opened to positive reviews from audience. The shooting of the film was wrapped up in February 2020 but the theatrical release of the film was postponed on multiple occasions due to the . The film was initially supposed to hit the screens on 26 October 2020 but it was postponed due to the uncertainties caused by the impact of the COVID-19. The film release was later pushed back to 28 January 2021 after filmmakers regained hopes of releasing the film in theatres following the release of . However, the theatrical release of the film was rescheduled again for the third time on 5 February 2021.</p>