8 Thottakkal

8 Thottakkal
Poster
8 Bullets
Directed bySri Ganesh
Written bySri Ganesh
Produced byM. Vellapandian
Starring
CinematographyDinesh K. Babu
Edited byNagooran Ramachandran
Music byK. S. Sundaramurthy
Production
companies
  • Vetrivel Saravana Cinemas
  • Big Print Pictures Production
Distributed bySakthi Film Factory
Release date
  • 7 April 2017 (2017-04-07)
Running time
145 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

8 Thottakkal (transl. 8 Bullets) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Sri Ganesh in his directoral debut. Produced by Vellapandian, the film stars his son Vetri, alongside an ensemble cast including Aparna Balamurali, Nassar and M. S. Bhaskar and Meera Mithun. Principal photography of the film commenced in August 2016 at Chennai and was completed in November 2016. The film released on 7 April 2017.[1]

The film, which was loosely inspired by the 1949 Japanese movie Stray Dog,[2] was remade in: Kannada as 8MM Bullet (2018),[3] Telugu as Senapathi (2021),[4] and Malayalam as Corona Papers (2023).

  1. ^ "8 Thottakkal – a crime thriller in the house". Deccan Chronicle. 4 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  2. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (31 December 2021). "'Senapathi' movie review: Rajendra Prasad unleashes his darker side". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ "8MM Bullet Movie Review: Flick claims to be inspired by Akira Kurosawa's 1949 film Stray Dog but that's only half true". Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (31 December 2021). "'Senapathi' movie review: Rajendra Prasad unleashes his darker side". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 3 January 2022.