Rathnam

Rathnam Movie Details:

Rathnam Movie Cast & Characters:

• Vishal as Rathnam
• Priya Bhavani Shankar in a dual role as
  • Malliga
  • Loganayagi, Rathnam’s mother
• Samuthirakani as MLA Panneer Selvam
• Yogi Babu as Moorthy
• Murali Sharma as Beema Rayudu / Dharmalingam
• Hareesh Peradi as Subba Rayudu / Punniyakodi
• Vettai Muthukumar as Raghava Rayudu / Keshavan
• Vijayakumar as Malliga’s grandfather
• Jayaprakash as Vedha Nayagam, Malliga’s father
• Tulasi as Malliga’s mother
• Delhi Ganesh as Neelakandan, Home Minister of Tamil Nadu
• Rajendran as Mahesh
• Ganesh Venkatraman as Rathnam’s father
• Y. Gee. Mahendra as Rathnam’s grandfather
• Mohan Raman as Rathnam’s uncle
• Gajaraj as Gajendra Babu, Education Minister
• Ashvin Raja as Muthu, Rathnam’s friend
• Pondy Ravi as Babu Reddy, Councillor
• Jeeva Ravi as Malliga’s uncle
• Supergood Subramani as Surveyor
• Arvind Khathare as Vellore DC
• Ashok Pandian as SP Seenivasan
• Sujatha Babu as Panneer Selvam’s wife
• Gautham Vasudev Menon as Anbazhagan, Principal Secretary (cameo appearance)
• VTV Ganesh as Inspector Muthupandi (cameo appearance)
• Sumathi G. as tenant who doesn’t pay rent

Storyline:

Rathnam, an angry young man living in the Tamil Nadu-Andhra Pradesh border, sets out to protect a young woman Janani as the gangsters are baying for her blood due to undisclosed reasons.

Rathnam Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:

About Rathnam Movie:

Rathnam is a Tamil action film directed by Hari and jointly produced by Kaarthekeyan Santhanam and Alankar Pandian under Stone Bench Films, Zee Studios, and Invenio Origin. The film stars Vishal in the titular role, alongside Priya Bhavani Shankar, Ramachandra Raju, Samuthirakani, Gautham Vasudev Menon, and Yogi Babu.

The project marks as Vishal’s third film with Hari after Thaamirabharani (2007) and Poojai (2014). The shooting was reported to commence after Vishal finished his commitments to Mark Antony (2023).

Principal photography commenced on 16 July 2023, with the first schedule in Chennai. In August, the location was changed to Thoothukudi. The schedule reportedly featured an action sequence. On 29 August, Vishal, via X (formerly Twitter), revealed that the schedule had concluded. The second schedule commenced in early October in a village in Tutukorin called Kimarasakkanapuram. Vishal had helped the villagers there to get a drinking water facility during the schedule. Principal photography wrapped by 23 January 2024.

On 1 December 2023, the teaser of the film revealing the title was released. The first single launch was held in Vellore Institute of Technology in Chennai on 10 March 2024. The film’s trailer was released on 15 April 2024.

Rathnam was released on April 26, 2024, in theatres.

The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film were bought by Amazon Prime Video and the satellite rights of the film were bought by Zee Tamil and Zee Thirai.