Maara

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Maara
Release poster
Directed byDhilip Kumar
Written byBipin
Dhilip Kumar
Based onCharlie
by Martin Prakkat
Produced byPrateek Chakravorty
Shruti Nallappa
StarringR. Madhavan
Shraddha Srinath
Abhirami
Sshivada
CinematographyDinesh B. Krishnan
Karthik Muthukumar
Edited byBhuvan Srinivasan
Music byGhibran
Production
company
Pramod Films
Distributed byAmazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 8 January 2021 (2021-01-08)[1]
Running time
150 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Maara is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language adventure romantic drama film directed by Dhilip Kumar in his directorial debut, and produced by Prateek Chakravorty and Shruti Nallappa of Pramod Films. An adaptation of the 2015 Malayalam blockbuster movie Charlie by Martin Prakkat, the film stars R. Madhavan, Shraddha Srinath, Abhirami, and Sshivada, reprising the roles played by Dulquer Salmaan, Parvathy Thiruvothu and Aparna Gopinath, in the original counterpart.

Pramod Films acquired the remake rights in early 2016, after which it underwent a series of casting and screenplay changes for two years. In June 2018, Dhilip Kumar was announced to direct the film, after Martin Prakkat (the director of the original film), and A. L. Vijay, opted out of the project. Filming commenced in June 2018, with sporadic schedules at Kochi and Pondicherry, before the shooting wrapped up in late 2020. The film's music is composed by Ghibran, with cinematography and editing handled by Dinesh B. Krishnan, Karthik Muthukumar, and Bhuvan Srinivasan, respectively.

The film was scheduled for a direct release through over-the-top media services after theatrical release plans failed to happen due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Amazon Prime Video, which acquired the streaming rights of the film, premiered it on 8 January 2021.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Madhavan-starrer Maara gets a new release date". The Indian Express. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Maara (2021)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 8 January 2021.