Kolai Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Genre | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Release date | 21 July 2023 |
| Running time | 2hr 6min |
| Certificate | U/A |
| Starring | Vijay Antony Ritika Singh Meenakshi Chaudhary |
| Directed by | Balaji K. Kumar |
| Written by | Balaji K. Kumar |
| Cinematography by | Sivakumar Vijayan |
| Edited by | R. K. Selva |
| Music by | Girishh G. |
| Production Company | Infiniti Film Ventures Lotus Pictures |
| Distributor | Sakthi Film Factory |
Kolai Movie Cast & Characters:
- Vijay Antony as Vinayak
- Meenakshi Chaudhary as Leila Borkar
- Ritika Singh as Sandhya Mohanraj
- Radhika Sarathkumar as Rekha
- Rajeev Shresta as Babloo
- Murali Sharma as Adithya Koushik
- Siddhartha Shankar as Sathish
- John Vijay as Mansoor Ali Khan
- Arjun Chidambaram as Arjun Vasudev
- Anand as DCP Tilak Varma
- Yamuna Chinnadurai as Vinayak’s wife
- Sivakumar as Constable Marudhu
- Sharmila Thapa as Mekala
- M. R. Kishore Kumar as Babloo
- Amruth Kalam as Balram
- Mamathi Chari as a doctor
- Manasvi Kottachi as Yamini
Storyline:
When a famous singer and model Leila is killed, a smart detective investigates after realizing the incident seems to be a mystery.
Kolai Movie tracklist:
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Neerkumizho | Karthik Netha | Sid Sriram | 4:19 |
| 2. | Yaar Nee | Girishh G. | Anjana Rajagopalan, M. S. Krsna | 4:06 |
| 3. | Nesam Maruma | Mohan Rajan | Anjana Rajagopalan | 3:23 |
| 4. | Kelvi Mattum Thangudhey | Kaber Vasuki | Pradeep Kumar | 4:13 |
| 5. | Paartha Nyabagam Illayo | Kannadasan | Shreya Ghoshal | 5:05 |
About Kolai Movie:
The film is based on the true incident of Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters that happened in New York in 1923 and according to the director is a palimpsest of the film Another Life (2001).
Production for the film began in 2018 and entered post-production in October 2021.
Kolai was theatrically released on July 21, 2023, by Sakthi Film Factory. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb.
