[110], Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize, "Southern movies inspired without credit - here's the list", "The thin line between plagiarism & inspiration - Tamil News", "Revealed: Why Indian filmmakers love South Korean films", "Siddharth, Lakshmi Menon off to Madurai", "AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH 'JIGARTHANDA' DOP, GAVEMIC U ARY", "A.R.Rahman likes Santhosh Narayanan's music", "After 'Pizza' its 'Jigarthanda' for Karthik Subbaraj! [38] The complete soundtrack album was launched on 3 March 2014 at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai, with the presence of producer S. Thanu and director Bharathiraja. Thanks to the impeccable performances of the lead cast, especially Simha, director Subbaraj has conveniently conned us into seeing his film as a gangster flick-turned-comedy caper". Rajakrishnan added that it took a month for the sound mixing process. When he is ready to leave Madurai with all the information that he ever needed, Kayal discovers that Karthik used her for information and is vengeful. It's interesting to play such realistic characters". ", "Simhaa interacted with real-rowdies for 'Jigarthanda' role", "Siddharth sheds boy-next-door image in 'Jigarthanda, "Karthik Subbaraj's 'Jigarthanda' nearing completion", "Siddharth's 'Jigarthanda' joins Pongal race", "Worst song in the history gets ready - Times of India", "Audio Beat: Jigarthanda - Fusion, folk, rap and more", "Jigarthanda (aka) Jigarthanda songs review", "Jigarthanda – Music Review (Tamil Movie Soundtrack)", "Audio of 'Chikkadu Dorakadu' to be launched on July 17", "One more big news from team 'Jigarthanda'", "Jigarthanda's biggest highlight to come out soon", "Assault Sethu theme in Jigarthanda by Santosh Narayanan | Greatest movie villain BGM scores of Tamil cinema", "Siddharth leaves it in the hands of the Producer", "Siddharth's 'Jigarthanda' from August 1", "How 'Jigarthanda'-'Velaiyilla Pattathari' Fared At International Box Office? [108], In 2019, Film Companion ranked Bobby Simha's performance on the 100 Greatest Performances of the Decade. [57] After arriving at an agreement —the film was not cut and retained its U/A Certificate— the release date was fixed as 25 July 2014. About the usage of Dolby Atmos for a small film which is also a rom-com, Karthik said "Initially, I thought Jigarthanda would not involve as much work as Pizza. [33], Santhosh Narayanan recorded the music for the film along with his newly launched Sandy's Jazz Band. But the two films – the gangster movie and the meta movie – never really cohere". Still, he perseveres with the movie and has Muthu coach Sethu in emotional crying scenes in between breaks. Sethu finds out the tap placed in the music player that Sounder was carrying and quickly locates Karthik and Oorani. The next day, Sundar is annoyed that Karthik took his words seriously and came to meet him. Sethu is enamored by the prospect of his life being portrayed on the big screen and initiates Karthik and Oorani into his gang so that they can document his life. "[43] The album of Jigarthanda was ranked #3 of Top 10 albums in Behindwoods. Unlike the original version which have nine songs in the album, the Telugu album has five songs. The film earned ₹18.18 lakh (US$25,000) at the Australian box office. They also kidnap the producer of Karthik's film and force them both to make the gangster movie. [67][68] The first look poster featuring Siddharth holding a gun was released on 12 February 2014. [64], The next day, producer Kathiresan released a statement explaining the reasons for the postponement.