Vizhithiru

Vizhithiru (Stay awake) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Meera Kathiravan, who debuted with Aval Peyar Thamizharasi. The film which began production in 2012 after numerous delays released in 2017. The film features an ensemble cast of Krishna, Vidharth, Dhansika, Venkat Prabhu, Rahul Bhaskaran, S. P. B. Charan, Thambi Ramaiah, Erica Fernandes, Sara Arjun, Nagendra Babu, and Abhinaya.

Cast

 * Kreshna as Muthukumar
 * Vidharth as Chandra Babu
 * Sai Dhanshika as Saroja Devi
 * Venkat Prabhu as Dhileepan
 * Rahul Bhaskaran as Vikram Viswanath
 * S. P. B. Charan as Saravanan, news reporter
 * Thambi Ramaiah as Karnan Sethupathi
 * Erica Fernandes as Krishteena
 * Sara Arjun as Charu
 * Nagendra Babu as Nagendra Babu, Police Commissioner
 * Abhinaya as Abhinaya, Radio City RJ
 * Sudha Chandran as Vijayalakshmi
 * R. N. R. Manohar as Ramamoorthy
 * Ramachandran Durairaj
 * V. I. S. Jayapalan
 * Theepetti Ganesan
 * Veera Santhanam
 * Arun Mozhi Manikkam in a guest appearance
 * T. Rajendar in a special appearance
 * Sudhar in an uncredited role

Production
The film has Krishna playing the lead, with Venkat Prabhu, Dhansika, Vidharth, Abhinaya, Deiva Thirumagal Sara Arjun, Thambi Ramaiah, Nagendra Babu (brother of Chiranjeevi) and new faces Rahul Bhaskaran and Erica Fernandes in important roles. Playback singer Sathyan Mahalingam made his debut as a music composer, and Vijay Milton will handle the cinematography, Praveen K. L. and N. B. Srikanth have been hired as editors. The film's first look photo shoot took place recently. Set in Chennai, the film happens within 12 hours. It was shot completely around Ritchie Street, Mount Road and Vepery.

Soundtrack
It was first reported that talks were on with Yuvan Shankar Raja to compose music, but singer Sathyan Mahalingam was finalized as the composer.
 * Papparappa - T. Rajender, Priyadarshini
 * Aazhi Alai (female) - Vaikom Vijayalakshmi
 * Aazhi Alai (male) - Alphons Joseph
 * Kolai Vaal - Vijay, Sricharan
 * Vellai Irave - G. V. Prakash, Ramya NSK
 * Pon Vidhi - Santhosh Narayanan

Critical reception
Behindwoods wrote "Vizhithiru has a decent script, but lacked execution". Times of India wrote "A not-so-bad message towards the end and the writing in some sequences make the film a tolerable watch". Sify wrote "Vizhithiru's core story has the potential of a classic thriller, the characters too are interestingly written but what works against the movie is the flat execution".