Jigarthanda

Jigarthanda (English: Cold Heart) is a 2014 Indian Tamil black comedy-crime film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj. Produced by Kathiresan's Group Company, it features Siddharth, Bobby Simha and Lakshmi Menon in the lead, while the supporting cast includes Nassar, Ambika, Karunakaran and Sangili Murugan. Gavemic U Ary was the film's cinematographer, making his debut in Tamil cinema, and Vivek Harshan was the film's editor. Santhosh Narayanan composed the songs and background score. The film was produced under Kathiresan's production banner, Group company. It also won two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Bobby Simha) and Best Editing (Vivek Harshan). The plot revolves around Karthik (Siddharth), an assistant director who is thrown out of a reality new filmmakers show, as his short film was disappointing. Heartbroken, Karthik has the support of one of the judges (Aadukalam Naren) who believes he has the stuff to be a great director and is willing to back him if he does a script on a real life gangster. Karthik travels to Madurai looking to make a film based on the life and times of the notorious gangster Assault Sethu (Bobby Simha). The rest of the plot deals with how Karthik makes his film with the help of his friend Oorani (Karunakaran). The shoot of the film, entirely held in Madurai, started on 12 June 2013 and was completed after five months on 21 November 2013. Jigarthanda released on 1 August 2014 worldwide to critical acclaim from critics as well as audience who appreciated the film's script, performances, cinematography and music. The film was deemed as one of the most technically brilliant films in Tamil Cinema. The film was also dubbed into Telugu as Chikkadu Dorakadu, becoming Siddharth's first Telugu release in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh post their bifurcation. It was remade in Kannada with the same title in 2016 which was produced by actor Sudeep. The film completed 50 days at the box office, and was declared a "Hit" after it grossed ₹35 crore (US$5.2 million) against a budget of ₹10 crore (US$1.5 million). The movie was reported to be loosely inspired by the South Korean movie A Dirty Carnival.