Bench Talkies - The First Bench

Bench Talkies - The First Bench
Directed by	Karthik Subbaraj Anil Krishnan Gopakumar Charukesh Sekar Monesh Rathnakumar R M
Produced by	Stone Bench Creations Pvt Ltd [1]
Starring	Vijay Sethupathi Rishinanth Rajendran Guru Somasundaram Sananth Reddy Vijaymuthu Aravind Harish Sharathkumar
Distributed by	Stone Bench Creations
Release dates	6 March 2015
Running time	116 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Bench Talkies - The First Bench is a 2015 independent Tamil language anthology film written and directed by six directors — Karthik Subbaraj, Anil Krishnan, Gopakumar, Charukesh Sekar, Monesh and Rathnakumar R M. ^[2] The film features an ensemble cast including Vijay Sethupathi, Guru Somasundharam, Sananth Reddy, Rishikanth Rajendran.

Cast

The Lost Paradise	Agavizhi	Puzhu
Guru Somasundaram as David	Aravinnd Singh as Anjan Nisha Krishnan as Zara Anukush Agarwal as Siddharth Sandeep Menon as Boss	Sarath Kumar Rishikanth Rajendran
Nalladhor Veenai	Madhu	Neer
Harish as Karthi Prince Ranson Jonase as Tuition Teacher Saran Raghavan as Raghavan	Sananth Reddy as Kumar Vivek Prasanna as Vinodh Roshini Abraham as Madhumitha Vignesh as Kishore Deepak Paramesh as Amit Krishnan	Vijay Sethupathi as Mahesh Vijayamuthu as Selva Ravishankar as Siluvai

Plot

Bench Talkies - The First Bench is a collection of six short films directed by six different directors, which will make you travel through different genres, emotions and experiences.

• Agavizhi by Gopakumar
• Madhu by Rathnakumar R M
• Nallathor Veenai by Monesh
• Neer by Karthik Subbaraj
• Puzhu by Charukesh Sekar
• The Lost Paradise by Anil Krishnan

Release

The film was released in Satyam and PVR theatres in Coimbatore, Chennai and Bangalore on 6 March 2015. ^{[3] [4]}

Critical reception

Bench Talkies - The First Bench opened to positive reviews from the critics. M. Suganth from Times of India gave it 3 out of 5. ^[5]

References

1. http://www.stonebench.co.in
2. "Shortcut to success". The Hindu. 5 March 2015.
3. "'Bench Talkies-The First Bench' hits screens today". onlykollywood. 6 March 2015.
4. "Short in the arm". onlykollywood. 7 March 2015.
5. "Bench Talkies Movie Review". The Times of India. 7 March 2015.

External links

• Bench Talkies - The First Bench at the Internet Movie Database