Urumeen

Urumeen
Directed bySakthivel Perumalsamy
Written bySakthivel Perumalsamy
Produced byG. Dillibabu
Starring
CinematographyRavindranath Guru
Edited bySan Lokesh
Music byAchu Rajamani
Production
company
Axess Film Factory
Distributed bySri Thenandal Films
Release date
  • 4 December 2015 (2015-12-04)
Running time
142 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget60 million (US$720,000)

Urumeen is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language fantasy action thriller film written and directed by debutante director Sakthivel Perumalsamy. It stars Bobby Simha, Reshmi Menon, and Kalaiyarasan. Produced by Axess Film Factory, the film has cinematography by Ravindranath Guru and music composed by Achu Rajamani. Urumeen is a revenge saga spanning across three generations.[2] The film also uses Motion capture technology in a five-minute opening sequence.[3]

The film was released theatrically in India on 4 December 2015, at the time of floods in Chennai. The makers took this decision to avoid any losses due to delays in release. The film was released theatrically in Malaysia on 11 December 2015 by Lotus Five Star Entertainment.[4] Upon its release, the film received mixed-to-positive reviews from audiences.[5] The film ran for two weeks at the box office, while its collections dropped drastically in the third week.[6][7]

The film was later made available on legal digital streaming platforms Herotalkies and TentKotta on 30 June 2016[8] and on YuppTV on 7 July 2016. The film was also later released on DVD in Singapore by Lotus Five Star Entertainment. Later, it was also dubbed into Telugu as Raja Vijaya Simha and in Hindi as Hindustani Jaanbaaz in 2018.