Adhibar

Adhibar (transl. Proprietor) is a 2015 Tamil-language action film directed by Surya Prakash. The film stars Jeevan and Vidya Pradeep with Nandha, Samuthirakani, Richard Rishi, and Ranjith playing supporting roles.^[1][2] The film was produced by T. Sivakumar, who also wrote the story for the film. The soundtrack was composed by newcomer Vikram Selva with editing done by Zashi Qmer and cinematography by Philip Vijayakumar. The film was released on 28 August 2015 to extremely negative reviews.

Adhibar
Directed by	Surya Prakash
Story by	T Sivakumar
Produced by	PB Saravanan, T Sivakumar
Starring	Jeevan Vidya Pradeep Nandha Samuthirakani Richard Rishi Ranjith
Cinematography	Philip Vijayakumar
Edited by	K. Sasi Kumar
Music by	Vikram Selva
Production company	Benn Consortium
Release date	28 August 2015 (2015-08-28)
Running time	134 min
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Jeevan as Siva
• Vidya Pradeep as Suganthi
• Nandha as David
• Azraa Shameera as Vaisnavi
• Samuthirakani as Raja
• Richard Rishi as Karna
• Ranjith as Easwaran
• Thambi Ramaiah as Siva's uncle
• Kovai Sarala as Kumari
• Singamuthu as Suganthi's father
• Sangili Murugan as Parthasarathy
• Raj Kapoor as Ramachandran
• Saravana Subbiah as Balakrishnan
• Bharathi Kannan as Parameswaran
• Mohan Raman as Swaminathan
• Madhan Bob as Pankaj Lal Settu
• Vaiyapuri as Bobby
• Renuka as Siva's mother
• Sivasankar as Tiger Kothandaraman
• Poorni as Advocate Selvanayagi
• Rajendran
• T. Sivakumar as CBI officer Raj
• Kathaka Thirumavalavan as Neelamegam
• Kavitha Pujari as Radha
• Bava Lakshmanan as Panditji
• Sampath Ram as Rajesh
• Maayi Sundar as Govind
• Suruli as Suruli
• Kovai Senthil as Broker
• Scissor Manohar
• Kovai Babu

Production

Adhibar began production in early 2015 and was revealed to be an action comedy film directed by Surya Prakash, who had been an active director in the early 2000s having directed films like Maayi (2000) and Diwan (2003).^[3][4] The shoot was held across Chennai, Bangkok and Malaysia.^[5][6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vikram Selva.

• "Avala" - Vikramselva
• "En Kadhal" - Vikramselva
• "Poi" - Gaana Bala
• "Athibar" Theme music

Critical reception

Sudhir Srinivasan of The Hindu criticized the film stating "It is perhaps the most bizarre film I've seen in a long time".^[7] The Times of India rated 1.0 out of 5 and wrote "Adhibar is an exercise in mediocrity [..] We are told that the story is based on a real-life incident that happened in Sri Lanka, but there is so much randomness in the movie that we start wondering if real life can be this random. Characters behave in the most implausible manner and take instant decisions that no sane person in real life might take".^[8] Silverscreen stated "Adhibar tests your patience right from the beginning".^[9] The New Indian Express wrote, "Neither exciting nor refreshing, Adhibar is a dreary, mediocre fare".^[10]