Kolai

A singer and model Leila was murdered in her own apartment.The rest is a classic whodunit with potential suspects the boyfriend Sathish, modelling friend Arjun, a bombay Marketing Agent Aditya Kaushik and a thief Babloo. Production for the film began in 2018 and entered post-production in October 2021. The film is based on true incident of that happened in New York in 1923 and according to the director is a palimpsest of the film (2001). The music was composed by , collaborating with the director for the second time after . The song ” ” was remixed and included in the film. Janani K of rated with 1.5/5 stars and wrote that “In an attempt to give the murder mystery a stylised treatment, the story of ‘Kolai’ is compromised. Hence, there is no desired impact while watching the film”. Kirubhakar Purushothaman of rated the film with 1.5/5 stars and wrote “Kolai ends up being a plastic film that is shallow and uninteresting.” A critic from wrote that “Despite all the quirky cinematic techniques on show, Balaji Kumar’s film, starring Vijay Antony and Ritika Singh, only comes across as a staple whodunit with no attempt to subvert anything”. rated the film 3/5 stars and stated as “An interesting yet slow-paced murder mystery thriller”.