Dear Death

Dear Death is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Prem Kumar and starring Santhosh Prathap, Jay and Smruthi in the lead roles. It was released on 6 January 2023.

Dear Death
Promotional poster
Directed by	Prem Kumar
Written by	Sridhar Venkatesan
Produced by	Sathish Nagarajan
Starring	Santhosh Prathap Jay Smruthi
Cinematography	Ashok Swaminathan
Edited by	Sridhar Venkatesan
Music by	Naveen Annamalai
Production company	SNR Films
Release date	6 January 2023 (2023-01-06)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Santhosh Prathap as Death
• Jay
• Smruthi
• Venkatesan
• Sathish
• Sridhar Venkatesan
• Muthamil
• Juvi Arthi
• Sai Jeevitha
• Rakesh Karthik
• Mani Bose
• Mithun Rudran
• Sriram G.

Production

The film was written by Sridhar Venkatesan, who had earlier made films such as 6 Athiyayam (2018) and Yen Peyar Anandhan (2020). He used the concept of showcasing the concept of 'death' as on-screen character, and used it as a hyperlink between four separate stories shown in the film.^[1][2][3] Production on the film was completed by September 2022.^[4][5]

The makers attempted to release the film on 30 December 2022, and held a press show earlier that week, but the film was eventually delayed by a week owing to a lack of screens.^[6][7][8]

Reception

The film was released on 6 January 2023 across Tamil Nadu. A critic form Thinaboomi gave the film a positive review, praising the film's concept.^[9] A reviewer from Thanthi TV also presented a favourable review of the film.^[10]