Siren (2024 film)
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Antony Bhagyaraj |
| Written by | Antony Bhagyaraj |
| Produced by | Sujatha Vijayakumar |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Selvakumar S. K. |
| Edited by | Ruben |
| Music by |
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Production company | Home Movie Makers |
| Distributed by | Red Giant Movies |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Siren (also marketed as Siren 108 ) is a 2024 Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Antony Bhagyaraj, in his directorial debut. It is produced by Sujatha Vijayakumar under Home Movie Makers. The film stars Jayam Ravi, and Keerthy Suresh in lead roles along with Anupama Parameswaran, Yogi Babu and Samuthirakani in supporting roles.
The film was officially announced in August 2022 under the official title Siren, while, in January 2024, the title was later subtitled with 108. Principal photography commenced in September 2022. It was shot sporadically in several legs, with filming locations including Kanchipuram, Chennai, Karaikudi, Karaikal, and wrapped by mid-April 2023. The film has music composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, background score composed by Sam C. S., cinematography handled by Selvakumar S. K. and editing by Ruben.
Siren was initially scheduled to release in December 2023, but was postponed due to unfinished post-production works. The film was released theatrically on 16 February 2024. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics.
Plot[edit]
At night, a masked Kalimuthu commits a murder using a torchlight on a man. Meanwhile, in Kanchipuram, Malar, a 9th-grade student, gives a speech about her father and wins first prize. However, when a teacher asks about her father, she gets emotional and remembers her past when her peers shamed her for her father being a convicted murderer in jail. At the same time, her father, Thilagavarman, who is serving a life sentence for his wife's murder, gets a 2-week parole after 14 years to visit his dying father and unknown daughter. Malar gets upset when she hears that Thilagan is coming home and refuses to see him, taking down her pictures and staying with her aunt until her father's parole ends. Thilagan reunites with his family and recalls marrying Jennifer and Malar's birth. His mother encourages him to see his daughter.
Anbazhagan intends to kill his leader, Manickam Thangam. Anbu decides to give him fifty lakhs to his aide, Manikandan, to murder Manickam at his bar. Thilagan witnesses Malar being eve-teased by some boys at the tea shop near her school and beats them up. Velankanni, Thilagan's shadow police, goes with Thilagan to Annachi Wines. Thilagan sees Manickam Thangam arrive with Anbazhagan at the shop, but Anbazhagan leaves. Anbu calls his aide, Manikandan, to do the murder. Manickam drinks liquor at the bar and enjoys the music. Manikandan arrives and stabs a bleeding Manickam in the neck. The following day, Nandhini and DSP Nagalingam arrive at the murder scene. Nagalingam suspects Nandhini of Manickam's murder, but she denies it.
Velankanni informs Anbu that the police found the knife used in the murder and extracted the fingerprints. Anbu threatens Manikandan to surrender at court. A pathologist explains that Manickam died from an eardrum blast, using metal-like substances to create high-decibel noise to make his nose and ears bleed. Nandhini visits Anbu at his farmhouse. Thilagan and Velankanni meet Anbu, who recognises Thilagan as the ambulance driver. Anbu and Thilagan fight and Thilagan poisons his inhaler with hydrogen cyanide, killing him. Nandhini finds a dead Anbu, and Nagalingam suspects Nandhini for Anbu's murder.
Nandhini deduces that Thilagan is the mastermind behind Anbu's and Manickam's murders. Nandhini arrests Thilagan, and Malar witnesses it. However, a lack of substantial evidence means that Thilagan is released. A flashback reveals that Thilagan called Kalimuthu to stab an unnamed corpse. Malar's friends discover that she lied in her speech and that her father is a convict. She angrily goes home and destroys her first prize. Eventually, Nandhini's investigation uncovers the body of a missing boy, Vicky, buried on Thilagan's land.
Nandhini's further investigation leads to Manikandan getting arrested. A fight between the two leads to Vicky revealing that someone else killed Manickam before Mani stabbed him. Mani then killed Vicky. Nandhini decides to investigate the deaf and mute prisoners. After she shows Thilagan's photo, they recognise him. They reveal Thilagan's past.
Past: 14 years ago, Thilagan was an ambulance driver who fell in love with Jennifer, a beautiful mute and deaf nurse. They got married and had Malar. Anbu and his goons beat up Thilagan's friend, Kathir, but Thilagan saves him. Kathir reveals he was in love with Inspector Nagalingam's sister, but Nagalingam beat them since they were from different castes. Nagalingam threatens Thilagan, but Thilagan remains unfazed. Nagalingam calls Thilagan one night, witnesses Manickam stabbing an injured Jennifer, and narrates it to Thilagan. Thilagan drives to the hospital despite Anbu's goons chasing him, but she dies. The police arrest Thilagan for Jennifer's and Kathir's deaths due to falsified evidence by Manickam and Anbu. A flashback reveals that Thilagan murdered Manickam by tying him up and scrapping metal on the bar floor, causing Manickam to bleed through the nose and mouth.
Present: Using the temple festival to his advantage, Thilagan kidnaps DSP Nagalingam, beats him up at the temple and eventually witnesses him dying in an ambulance, avenging Jennifer's death. Nandhini rushes home to Thilagan and sees him open the door normally. Thilagan returns to jail, and one day, Nandhini brings Malar to visit him. Father and daughter share an emotional reunion and reconcile.
Cast[edit]
- Jayam Ravi as Thilagavarman (Thilagan)
- Keerthy Suresh as Inspector K.Nandhini
- Anupama Parameswaran as Jennifer
- Samuthirakani as DSP S. Nagalingam
- Yogi Babu as Velankanni
- Insane Ashraf as supporting role[1][2][3][4]
- Azhagam Perumal as Manickathangam Annachi
- Ajay as Anbazhagan (Anbu)
- KPY Surendar as Vicky (Vigneshwaran)
- Tulasi as Thilagan's mother
- Chandini Tamilarasan as Kamakshi, Thilagan's sister
- Yuvina Parthavi as Malar, Thilagan's daughter
- Madhankumar Dhakshinamoorthy as SI Moorthy
- Muthukumar as Kalimuthu
- Indumathy Manikandan as Vicky's mother
- KPY Vinoth as Jack
- Pandian as Nadesan.N, Pathologist
- Thirunavukkarasu as Jailer
- Lallu as Manikandan
- Prarthana Nathan as Manikandan's wife
- Vignesh Shanmugam as Kathir
- Abhishek Vinod as Manickathangam's son
- Uday Mahesh as Interpreter
- Priyadarshini Rajkumar as Judge (in the past)
- TSR Srinivasan as Magistrate
- Sujatha Babu as Nandhini's mother
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
In early April 2021, it was reported that Antony Bhagyaraj, who co-wrote Viswasam (2019), had narrated a script to Jayam Ravi who was impressed. Ravi reportedly agreed to act in the film, while it would be funded by Home Movie Makers.[5] On 29 August 2022, the company made an public announcement, confirming the project. The official title, Siren, was announced. G. V. Prakash Kumar was also announced to compose the score, Selvakumar S. K. would handle the cinematography and Ruben would handle the editing.[6] A muhurat puja was held in early September, with stills releasing later that month.[7] In early November, Samuthirakani and Yogi Babu were announced being part of the cast.[8]
Filming[edit]
Principal photography began on 5 September 2022, with the first schedule in Chennai.[7] The schedule concluded by early November. The second schedule commenced on 10 November in Karaikudi.[8] By early April 2023, the schedule concluded. The third schedule was shot in Karaikal. The schedule reportedly featured a song sequence featuring Ravi and Parameswaran. The filming wrapped by mid-April.[9]
Music[edit]
| Siren | ||||
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| Released | 29 January 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2022-2023 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 14:52 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | G. V. Prakash Kumar | |||
| G. V. Prakash Kumar chronology | ||||
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The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, in his maiden collaboration Bhagyaraj and second with Ravi after Nimirndhu Nil (2014).[6] The audio rights were acquired by Sony Music India. Later, the makers revealed that Sam C. S. is brought in to compose the film's background score.[10]
The first single "Netru Varai", sung by Sid Sriram and penned by Thamarai, released on 29 January 2024.[11]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Netru Varai" | Thamarai | Sid Sriram | 4:34 |
| 2. | "Kannamma" | Pa. Vijay | Haricharan | 3:06 |
| 3. | "Adi Aathi" | Murugan Manthiram | Anthony Daasan, Sinduri Vishal | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Aagayam Odanju" | Snehan | Harish Sivaramakrishnan | 3:04 |
| Total length: | 14:52 | |||
Release[edit]
Theatrical[edit]
Siren was initially scheduled to release in December 2023, but was postponed due to unfinished post-production works. It was released on 16 February 2024 in theatres.[12]
Home media[edit]
The digital streaming rights and satellite rights were acquired by Disney+ Hotstar and Star Vijay.[13] The film was premiered on the streaming platform on 19 April 2024.[14]
Reception[edit]
Kirubhakar Purushothaman of The Indian Express rated the film with 2/5 stars and wrote "Jayam Ravi’s film is tolerable as a thriller, with some good ideas. Take them out and it is a regular revenge drama with the same old flashback sequences."[15] Janani K of India Today rated the film with 2/5 stars and wrote "it settles for convenient writing with glaring logical errors and spoon-feeding."[16]
References[edit]
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- ^ "Siren 2024". ACMODASI. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
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- ^ a b "Official! Jayam Ravi's film with debutant director Antony Bhagyaraj titled 'Siren'". The Times of India. 29 August 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Anupama Parameswaran in Jayam Ravi and Keerthy Suresh's Siren". The Times of India. 5 September 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ a b "'Siren' second schedule begins in Karaikudi; Jayam Ravi and Keerthy Suresh's characters revealed". The Times of India. 10 November 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ "Jayam Ravi and Anupama Parameshwaran shoot for 'Siren' in Karaikal". The Times of India. 12 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ "Jayam Ravi movie Siren". Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "'Siren's first single, A romantic number featuring Jayam Ravi and Anupama Parameswaran, is out now". The Times of India. 29 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Jayam Ravi's Siren to release on February 16". The Times of India. 23 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Siren: OTT release details of Jayam Ravi's drama thriller". www.moviecrow.com. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Jayam Ravi's 'Siren' To Stream On OTT From THIS Date". The Times of India. 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Siren movie review: Jayam Ravi's latest is decent as a thriller, dragged down by its 'packaging'". 16 February 2024.
- ^ "'Siren' Review: Jayam Ravi-Keerthy Suresh's thriller is ruined by spoon-feeding".
