Joker (2016 film)

Joker

Mannar Mannan Engira Joker
Tamil: ஜோக்கர்
Directed by Raju Murugan
Produced by S. R. Prakashbabu
S. R. Prabhu
Written by Raju Murugan
Starring Guru Somasundaram
Ramya Pandian
Music by Sean Roldan
Cinematography Chezhiyan
Edited by Shanmugam Velusamy
Production
company
Release dates
 12 August 2016
Country India
Language Tamil

Joker is a 2016 Indian Tamil language political satire film, written and directed by Raju Murugan (whose previous was Cuckoo) and produced by Dream Warrior Pictures.[1][2] The film stars Guru Somasundaram and newcomers Ramya Pandian and Gayathri Krishnaa.[3] Bava Chelladurai, Ramasamy and Bala Murugan are doing supporting roles.[4] The flim got high positive reviews and became a hit in the box office.

Cast

Production

Somasundaram says, 'Working with Raju Murugan was very good and organic. Organic means, the procedures involved in film making, which included exhaustive script discussions. In the pre-production stage itself, we decided on everything, from the look of a character to the manner of dialogue delivery to the costumes to everything. We completed 90% of the film through rehearsals and then only went to shoot. It was fantastic working with a director like Raju Murugan who is very clear about what he wanted.' [5] The film was completely shot in the regions surround Dharmapuri in late 2015. Talking about the film, Raju Murugan says, ‘This film was completely shot in Dharmapuri. We’ve also managed to get the localities of Dharmapuri to play key roles in the film. The problems of modern India have been narrated in a humorous manner'.[6] The movie is produced by S. R. Prakashbabu and S. R. Prabhu through their production house Dream Warrior Pictures.[7] While speaking to press, S. R. Prabhu said that, "he was supposed to produce Raj Murugan’s debut directorial Cuckoo, but things didn’t go on as well due to some reasons, but now is elated to have his film produced by Dream Warrior Pictures".[8][9] During the press meet, Raju Murugan said, “I am not sure if Joker will click as a super hit in box office, but am happy for having made a good film".[10] Censor board has given "Unrestricted Public Exhibition" rating for this movie for India.[11][12] Also the director said, "Soon after my first film, I happened to travel all over the country and found certain things among the people with poverty and this inspired me to write a plot based on this".[13][14]

This movie emphasis the necessity of toilets for all rural homes. Even the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has addressed this issue. Hence medias are asking Prime Minister to watch the film.[15] In the movie, protagonist thinks himself as The President of India.[16] Joker explores different side of me, says Guru Somasundaram.[17] Superstar of Tamil Cinema Padma Vibhushan Rajnikath praised Joker team.[18]

Soundtrack

Joker (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Sean Roldan
Released 20 April 2016
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 21:38
Language Tamil
Label Divo
Producer Sean Roldan
Sean Roldan chronology
144
(2015)		 Joker
(2016)

The soundtrack was composed by Sean Roldan. Behindwoods gave it a 3.25/5 saying that "the album is like a thought provoking musical journey with its own take on satires and the incomplete aspects of life!" [19] Indiaglitz gave it a 3.2/5, calling it a "period set apotheosis."[20][21] Most of the singers are folks artist and native to the Dharmapuri where the movie filmed. This is first of this kind where 80% of songs sang by folks artist that to for the first time in the main Media.

Tracklist
No. TitleLyricsSinger(s) Length
1. "Ennanga Sir Unga Sattam"  YugabharathiArandhai Bava, K. Perumal 4:16
2. "Ola Ola Kudisayila"  YugabharathiMurugavel, Karthika Vaidyanathan 4:14
3. "Jasmine-U"  YugabharathiSundarayyar 3:33
4. "Chellamma"  Ramesh VaidyaK. Perumal, Sean Roldan, M. Lalitha Sudha 4:10
5. "Halla Bol"  Sean RoldanSean Roldan, Kalyani Nair, Yugabharathi 2:55
6. "Mannar Mannan Theme"  Sean RoldanRani 2:30
Total length:
 21:38

References

  1. ↑ "This is a political-social satire film". newindianexpress.com. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Raju Murugan's next is 'Joker'!". Sify.com. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Joker pushed to July - Kalakkalcinema". Kalakkalcinema. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2016-06-13.
  4. ↑ "Raju Murugan's Joker is a socia-political satire". onlykollywood.com. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "Guru's interview about the project". Behindwoods.com. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "The problems of morden Indian have been narrated in a humorous manner". Kalakkalcinema.com. 24 Mar 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Cuckoo Raju Murugan's next is titled as Joker". Top10cinema.com. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "We missed cuckoo but happy about Joker - Producer S R Prabhu". Top10cinema.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  9. ↑ "SR Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures talk about Joker". Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  10. ↑ "Am happy for making a good film like joker - Raju Murugan". Top10cinema.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  11. ↑ "Joker clears censors with a clean U - Only Kollywood". 2016-07-26. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  12. ↑ "'U' certificate for Joker". 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
  13. ↑ ""Travel across country inspired me to make Joker" – Raju Murugan". 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  14. ↑ "This film throws light on the lives of the people living in poverty - Times of India". Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  15. ↑ "Is Joker the PK of Tamil Cinema? - NDTV Movies". Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  16. ↑ Rangan, Baradwaj (2016-08-12). "Joker: Presidency towers". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  17. ↑ "Joker explores a different side of me: Guru Somasundaram". Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  18. ↑ "Rajinikanth lauds Tamil film Joker". 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  19. ↑ "Joker (aka) Joker songs review". Behindwoods. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  20. ↑ "Joker Music Review songs lyrics". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  21. ↑ "3D walk into the zone of 'JOKER". 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-08-10.

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