Kai (film)

Kai is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic action drama film co-written and directed by Vinod Raghavaa and starring newcomer Vijith, Joshna Fernando and Charan Raj while Bose Venkat plays the titular role. The film was released to negative reviews and was a box office failure.

Kai
Promotional poster
Directed by	Vinod Raghavaa
Written by	Vinod Raghavaa
Dialogue by	S. Anand
Produced by	Kovur Ravi
Starring	Vijjith Shivashanmugam Joshna Fernando Charan Raj Bose Venkat
Cinematography	Sajath Menon Raghava Raju
Edited by	R. S. Selvin
Music by	Ishaan Dev
Production company	Kumudha Movies
Release date	23 November 2012 (2012-11-23)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Kailash "Kai" and Siva are brothers. Kai is the right-hand of don Guruji. Siva falls in love with Priya, the sister of ACP Durai, who despises both Kai and Guruji.

Cast

• Vijjith Shivashanmugam as Siva
• Joshna Fernando as Priya
• Charan Raj as ACP Durai
• Bose Venkat as Kailash a.k.a. Kai
• Ganja Karuppu as Puyal Perumal
• Kadhal Dhandapani as Gurji
• Vadivukkarasi as Siva and Kailash's foster mother
• Sampath Ram as Sampath
• Shakeela as Student
• Soori as Siva's friend
• Sumathi G. as Selvi
• Yogi Babu as Puyal Perumal's friend
• Vengal Rao as Korangu Gopal

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ishaan Dev in his Tamil debut and the lyrics were written by Snehan and Pulamaipithan.^[1]

Track listing^[2]

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kanne Kanne Aarariro"	K. J. Yesudas	4:05
2.	"Ayyave"	Shweta Mohan, Ishaan Dev	4:25
3.	"Meesariye"	Rita Thyagarajan, Rakesh Bhramanandan	4:35
4.	"Kai - Theme Song"	Haricharan	2:49
5.	"Annakiliye"	Anitha Shaiq, Jassie Gift	3:38
Total length:			19:32

Reception

A critic from Dinamalar wrote that the confusions faced by debutant director Vinod Raghav are visible throughout the film. Every scene clearly shows that the director listened to all the talk about how the film won't work out and still took the film without believing in his story.^[3]