Theri
DIRECTOR
Atlee KumarPRODUCER
Kalaipuli S DhanuMusic Director :
G V Prakash Kumar
Cast:Vijay (A. Vijayakumar IPS),Samantha(A.Vijayakumer"s wife), Amy Jackson,Prabhu,Mahendran J, Sarath Kumar,Radhika Sarathkumar,Parthiban, K.S.Ravilimar,Santhanam,Rajendran
Release date: April 15,2016
Language: Tamil
Storyline:Theri (Vijay's Theri) is a Tamil action film written and directed by Atlee and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film features Vijay, Samantha and Amy Jackson in the lead roles, while Prabhu and Raadhika Sarathkumar amongst others form an ensemble cast.
Vijay’s ‘Theri’ shoot wrapped up
The film began production in Chennai during early July 2015 and an introductory song for Vijay was shot in the city, followed by scenes featuring the actor and Samantha on the East Coast Road.
Hollywood action choreographer Kaloyan Vodenicharov worked with the team in early December 2015 to help shoot the climax portions for the film. Poor climatic conditions in China meant that the team had to abandon their idea of filming sequences there and instead opted to shoot in Bangkok.
Sets were erected in a factory in Chennai to shoot the climax scenes, with stunt choreographer Kaloyan Vodenicharov recruited to help train artistes and film the sequences during December 2015.
The principal shooting of Tamil actor Vijay-starrer Theri has been wrapped up on Jan 17th 2016 and the film is gearing up for a grand summer release.
Music
Theri is an special movie for GV Prakash, as it will be the 50th film of his career. G. V. Prakash Kumar collaborated with Atlee after the success of their previous album, Raja Rani (2013). Theri was the fiftieth film that Prakash had signed, and with Atlee, he went to Goa in March 2015 for a music composing session.
Uthara Unnikrishnan and Deva recorded songs for the film, while Vijay and Neeti Mohan also recorded a song for the film.
Release
The distribution rights of the film were sold to Fox Star Studios. The satellite rights of the film were sold to STAR Vijay. The production house looking to release the movie on April 14th, 2016.
The teaser of this movie has released on Feb 5, 2016 and is being widely watched. The 50 second teaser has Vijay in different avatars and also seen to be bonding with a small girl in portions of the teaser.
Prooduction
It was officially announced that the 59th Film of Vijay, direction by young director Atlee of hit movie Raja Rani fame, Atlee’s debut movie, Raja Rani shot to limelight. Atlee has worked as an assistant director to ace director Shankar during Vijay’s Nanban.
George C Williams, who started his career with Raja Rani, is handling camera. Sreekar Prasad is handling editing and Lalgudi Ilayaraja, the art works. GV Prakash Kumar composes music for this movie, Atlee and GV Prakash are joining after the success of Raja Rani.