Kavalai Vendam

<p>Following the success of their first collaboration (2014), producer announced in June 2014 that he had signed on Deekay to make his second film for . He revealed that the film would also be a “comedy” but a different genre from their earlier horror-comedy film In January 2015, and were reported to be playing the lead roles, with a press release in March 2015 confirming that Jiiva would play the lead role and that Simha would play an extended guest role. Titled , Elred Kumar stated that he would retain music composer S. N. Prasad from their previous film, while bringing in cinematographer Mukesh and editor . signed on to play the leading female role in March 2015, while was added to the cast thereafter for another lead role. A photo shoot featuring Jiiva and Keerthy Suresh was held in June 2015, with promotional stills released to indicate the start of the production phase. However, the film was later postponed and the first schedule was pushed back by six months. The change of dates meant that Keerthy Suresh could not accommodate the film into her schedule, and she was subsequently replaced by during August 2015. Pre-production works for the film was reported to be back underway in December 2015, with comedians , and added to the cast. The delays also meant that Nikki Galrani quit the project after committing to work on other films during the period. The film began its schedule in during mid-January 2016, with further changes made to the crew of the film. A press release revealed that had been brought in to compose the film’s soundtrack, while was signed as the cinematographer. Actresses and also joined the team during the first schedule, with Sunaina revealing that she would portray a character who is in love with Jiiva’s character. The team shot for a month in Coonoor and , often working for up to fifteen hours a day and by the end of the schedule, Deekay revealed that the film was “sixty percent” complete. The second schedule of the film, initially scheduled for March, was delayed as a result of the and as a result, the team restarted work in June 2016 with a song sequence shot in Kotagiri. Further scenes including the climax was shot in during early July 2016, before the team moved to Chennai to film more scenes. Another song featuring Jiiva and Kajal Aggarwal was shot in and on locations on the during the same month, with the makers revealing that the film was “eighty percent” complete. The film’s score and soundtrack is composed by , with the four songs written by . Two singles released prior to the release of the full album; “Un Kadhal Irundhal Pothum” by and was released on 17 August 2016, while “En Pulse Yethitu Poriye” featuring vocals from , , and Leon James was released on 2 September 2016. The full album released on 17 October 2016, with a further song titled “Nee Tholaindhaayo” by and a reprise of “Un Kadhal Irundhal Podhum” by unveiled. Upon release, the album won largely positive reviews from critics. The dubbed Telugu version of the audio was released in late October 2016 with a music launch event. In August 2016, announced that the film would release on 7 October 2016 coinciding with the holidays in India, but the team consequently chose to postpone the project to avoid competition with other films. During the period, distributor Abinesh Elangovan also purchased the Indian theatrical rights of the film to release through his studio, Abi & Abi Pictures. D. Venkatesh of DV Cine Creations bought the Telugu dubbing rights of the film and subsequently prepared the Telugu version titled . Subsequently, in mid-November, Elred Kumar announced a new release date of 24 November and the film began promotional work, with a second teaser trailer being released. M. Suganth of rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote, “Abinandhan Ramanujam does a fab job in capturing the misty locales of Coonoor while composer Leon James tries to inject liveliness into the scenes with his bouncy score, and RJ Balaji, for his part, keeps cracking one-liners. But, half the time, it doesn’t help because the narrative lacks focus and the tone becomes jerky. This is perhaps why the jokes are scattershot.” Srivatsan of gave it one-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote, ” has nothing to offer, or to put it better, the aforementioned actors fail to fit in this film.” Sreedhar Pillai of gave the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote, “If double entendre and crude gags are your idea of entertainment then the typical Tamil comedy might just do the trick.” Manoj Kumar R. of gave it half a star out of five and wrote, ” is a case study for how to make a regressive film in romantic-comedy genre”. Anupama Subramanian of wrote, “Though one does not expect logic from such comedies, the problem with is the inconsistent screenplay by Deekay. And we don’t empathize with the lead pair (as it should have been) even as they go through some serious situations.” Vishal Menon of wrote, “Barring a few scattered moments of laughter, ’s just a repeat of last week’s disappointing .”</p>