Actor Shanthanu Bhagyaraj who ventured into Kollywood with Sakkarakatti is yet to have a big commercial break in the industry. The Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam actor was last seen on screens in the anthology web series Story Of Things which hit the SonyLIV OTT video streaming platform under the directorial of film maker George K Antoney with actors Aditi Balan, Vinoth Kishan, and Anshita Anand in the lead roles. The series is yet to garner the attention of the audience. The actor has now moved on, and is gearing up for the release of his upcoming movie christened Raavana Kottam. Storyteller Vikram Sugumaran of Madha Yannai Koottam fame has penned and directed the flick. The movie which went on floors with a small pooja ceremony some time ago, was wrapped by the end of 2021. Due to reasons best known to the production team the flick got delayed. However, the movie is finally ready for release.
Now, the production house has unveiled the trailer of the drama on social media. Actor Shanthanu Bhagyaraj himself has shared the trailer. Taking to his official twitter account, the actor dropped the trailer of Raavana Kottam, and wrote, “காவக்கார கூட்டம் எங்கள் இராவணகோட்டம் உங்கள் ஆதரவுடனும் Official trailer பிடித்திருந்தால் பகிரவும்.” Here is the tweet made by the actor.
காவக்கார கூட்டம்
எங்கள் #இராவணகோட்டம்உங்கள் ஆதரவுடனும் Official trailer
பிடித்திருந்தால் பகிரவும் 🤎https://t.co/wS2IzLvD8n#KannanRaviGroup @VikramSugumara3 @saregamasouth
— Shanthnu இராவண கோட்டம் (@imKBRshanthnu) April 5, 2023
Two minutes odd trailer cut opens to a government officer saying, “Seemai karuvela tree (Gum Arabic tree) is the bloody rascal I was talking about.” Followed by a song, ‘Inside the kuruva forest, On my god! While making charcoal inside the karuva forest.’ The scene then cuts to a police parade, with actor Shanthanu Bhagyaraj’s voiceover, “We were happily playing Kabaddi without knowing that death was staring at us.” We have actor Shanthanu Bhagyaraj’s intro with a gang of friends who are avid Kabaddi players. Following which we learn that there is a serious problem between inhabitants of the village. Then we are presented with a bit of romantic sequences. After which the trailer takes a serious turn. We witness two individuals talking, “SI and MLA died in the riot that sparked between people of two castes.” The trailer ends with actor Prabhu mouthing, “I’m even ready to server my head in order to keep this village’s unity intact. This is Raavana Kottam.” The trailer has gone viral, and has clocked millions of views till date engineering high expectations on the venture.
Raavana Kottam is touted to be a romance drama set around the popular traditional Tamil sport Jallikattu. The production team had released the first look poster of Raavana Kottam earlier this year. The poster had a beefed-up Shanthanu Bhagyaraj running alongside a bull with a rope tied around the neck of the bull in his hand. There is news that the production unit is planning to bring the film to the theaters in the month of May. An official announcement regarding the same is expected to be made soon.
Apart from actor Shanthanu Bhagyaraj, Raavana Kottam has actress Anandhi of Kayal fame essaying the female lead role. The casting division of the venture has actors Prabhu, Ilavarasu, PL Thenappan, Deepa Shankar, Aruldoss, Sathya NJ, Sanjay Saravanan, Ekadasi, and Sujatha Sivakumar depicting various other supporting parts. Music director Justin Prabhakaran has scored music for the film. Cinematographer Vetrivel Mahendran has been behind camera for the flick. Editor Lawrence Kishore has been bestowed with the responsibility to edit the movie. Art directors Narmadha Veni and Raju have erected sets for the project. Stunt master Rock Prabhu has choreographed action sequences for the movie. The entertainer is produced by Kannan Ravi under the production house Kannan Ravi Group.
On the work front, actor Shanthanu Bhagyaraj who had his last outing in Story Of Things is currently busy shooting for his upcoming project titled Peralai crafted by G. K in which he will be seen alongside veteran actor Arjun Sarja. On the other hand, actress Kayal Anandhi who was last seen on screens in Yugi is currently busy shooting for her next film titled Titanic Kaadhalum Kavundhu Pogum under the direction of story teller M. Janakiraman in which she will be sharing screen space with actor Kalaiyarasan.
