Sardar

Action Spy Thriller

U/A

Tamil

October 21, 2022

2hr 46min

Status: released

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Karthi plays a dual role as Agent Chandra Bose alias Sardar, an ex-RAW field operative and Vijay’s father and Inspector Vijay Prakash, a publicity-hungry police officer and Sardar’s son.
In October 2020, sources claimed that Karthi is reported to star in new film helmed by P. S. Mithran, who directed Vishal’s Irumbu Thirai (2018) and Sivakarthikeyan’s Hero (2019).
The film was officially announced on 14 November 2020 (on Diwali), coinciding puja at the Prince Pictures.
In April 2021, Raashii Khanna was announced as a lead actress to star opposite Karthi, with Simran being signed to play a social activist role in the film.
The makers announced that Chunky Panday was cast as the main antagonist in the film, which marks his debut in Tamil cinema.
In May, Rajisha Vijayan was announced as second female lead. In March, Simran opt out the project due to her sitting schedule conflicts. Instead, actress Laila signed the project in same month, marking her returning to cinema industry after 16 years break.
Then, the first day shooting was started on 26 April 2021. Due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shooting halted on 29 April 2021 after two day’s shoot at Chennai. The shoots resumed on January 9, 2022. The makers constructed a set worth of 2 crores, planning to shoot major portions of the film on the sets in the meantime.
Raashii Khanna joins the sets on February 5, 2022. And second schedule begins on March 19, 2022. her portions filmed for 12 days in Chennai, Mumbai, and Mysore.
Chunky Panday’s major portions were filmed in Parliament building, Azarbaijan and Georgia so far the makers spend more 4 crore for the sets.
Sardar was released by theatrically on 21 October 2022, prior to the Diwali week, with received highly positive reviews from critics and audience, and critically and commercially successful, Sardar has a worldwide gross of over ₹103.50 crore (US$13 million) worldwide, making it one of the top-grossing Tamil films of 2022.
The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film were bought by Aha. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Kalaignar TV, even before the shootings. The film had its digital premiere on the streaming platform from 18 November 2022.
The sequel of the film was officially announced by the production house, on the film’s success meet, which was held on 27 October 2022. It is tentatively titled as Sardar 2.