Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s ‘Aaranya Kaandam’ set for re-release

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Thiagarajan Kumararaja’s debut movie Aaranya Kaandamis acceptable for re-release. Produced by playback vocalist and histrion SP Charan, the Tamil movie archetypal released connected June 10, 2011.

“Some films don’t age. They go cult classic,” Charan, lad of legendary vocalist SP Balasubrahmanyam, posted connected societal media, announcing the re-release date. The critically-acclaimed movie volition re-release again March 13, 2026.

A neo-noir movie with a beardown beingness of acheronian humour, Aaranya Kaandam went connected to triumph 2 National Awards. Kumararaja clinched the Best First Film of a Director honour portion Praveen KL and NB Srikanth were adjudged the champion editors.

The movie starred Ravi Krishna, Jackie Shroff, Sampath Raj, Yasmin Ponnappa and Guru Somasundaram. Yuvan Shankar Raja was the euphony composer portion PS Vinod handled the cinematography.

Aaranya Kaandamwas replete with pop-culture references and the gangster movie dealt with themes of tendency and destiny with philosophical undertones. The movie was praised for its realistic filmmaking. Eight years aft the merchandise of his archetypal movie, Kumararaja made Super Deluxe (2019), another critically-acclaimed thriller, starring Vijay Sethupathi, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Fahadh Faasil.

The Hindu review of Aaranya Kaandam said, “This movie has Tarantino written each implicit it. With the quirkiness, acheronian code and the parallel communicative lines, the movie takes its clip to unfold, an vantage and disadvantage astatine the aforesaid time. In the acting department, everyone has an important relation to play and everyone has done a neat job.”

Published - March 09, 2026 05:21 p.m. IST

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