Yaakkai ()
Cast
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Krishna as Kathir
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Swathi Reddy as Kavitha
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Prakash Raj as Sagayam
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Radha Ravi as Krishnamurthy
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Guru Somasundaram as Sriram
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M. S. Bhaskar as Kathir's father
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G. Marimuthu as Kavitha's father
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Singampuli as Muniyappan (Police)
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Mayilsamy as Bar Patron
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Melvin M. Ranjan as Melvin
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Hari Krishnan as Noor
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Aathma Patrick
Production
In November 2013, Kuzhandhai Velappan, who debuted with
Aanmai Thavarael (2011), and Krishna announced that they would make a film titled
Idhayam, and that the latter had purchased the title rights from the makers of the 1991 film of the same name.
The film underwent a title change from
Idhayam to
Yaakkai in November 2014, after the team had shot for six days and had cast
Prakash Raj as a police officer and
Swathi Reddy as the heroine.
The film was later put on hold until the completion of the lead pair's other ongoing project,
Yatchan (2015).
The film then progressed throughout 2016, with Guru Somasundaram joining the cast to portray an antagonist in the film.
Soundtrack
Two songs from the film were released as promotional singles, prior to the release of the film's album. "Nee" sung by Yuvan Shankar Raja was released to coincide with Valentine's Day in 2016, while another song titled "Solli Tholaiyen Ma" sung by
Dhanush was released during July 2016.
Critical reception
Sify wrote "Throughout the film, the director takes the audiences for granted with amateurish writing and execution. Except for the visuals and Yuvan’s score nothing really works. To conclude, this is nothing but clumsy writing and execution."
wrote "Of about 127 minutes of viewing time, 'Yaakkai' is a monotonous journey, unexciting and uninteresting."
Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote "It comes and goes, and the only interesting aspect of the film, it turns out, is a trick built around the timeline of the narrative. But like everything else, it’s not pulled off well."
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