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{{short description|2019 Christian film by Raghava Lawrence}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Kanchana 3
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| image = Kanchana 3 poster.jpg
| director = [[Raghava Lawrence]]
| producer = [[Kalanithi Maran]]<br>[[Raghava Lawrence]]
| writer = [[Raghava Lawrence]]
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Raghava Lawrence]]
*[[Oviya Helen|Oviya]]
*[[Vedhika]]
*[[Nikki Tamboli]]
*Ri Djavi Alexandra
*[[Kovai Sarala]]
*[[Devadarshini]]
*[[Sriman (actor)|Sriman]]
*[[Soori (actor)|Soori]]
*[[Tarun Arora]]
*[[Kabir Duhan Singh]]
}}
| music = [[S. Thaman]]
| cinematography = [[Vetri (cinematographer)|Vetri]]<br>[[Sarvesh Murari]]
| editing = [[Ruben]]
| studio = [[Sun Pictures]]<br>[[Raghava Lawrence|Raghavendra Productions]]
| distributor = Sun Pictures
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2019|04|19}}
| runtime = 166 minutes
| country = India
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| budget = 
| gross = ₹130 crore<ref name="gross">{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bigil-petta-viswasam-kanchana-3-nerkonda-paarvai-kaithi-power-kollywoods-theatrical-takings-in-2019-to-rs-1000-cr-7736851.html|title=Bigil, Petta, Viswasam, Kanchana 3, Nerkonda Paarvai, Kaithi power Kollywood's theatrical takings in 2019 to Rs 1000 cr|publisher=[[Firstpost]]|date=4 December 2019}}</ref>
}}

'''''Kanchana 3''''' (marketed as '''''Muni 4: Kanchana 3''''') is a 2019 Indian [[Tamil language]] [[Action film|action]]-[[comedy horror]] film<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/kanchana-3-2019|title=KANCHANA 3|publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref> co-produced, written and directed by [[Raghava Lawrence]]. The film stars [[Raghava Lawrence]] in a dual role with [[Oviya (actress)|Oviya]], [[Vedhika]], [[Nikki Tamboli]] and Ri Djavi Alexandra. While [[Kovai Sarala]], [[Soori (actor)|Soori]], [[Tarun Arora]], and [[Kabir Duhan Singh]] play supporting roles. Produced by [[Sun Pictures]], the fourth installment in the ''[[Muni (film series)|Muni Franchise]]'' and third installment in Kanchana series, the film began production during October 2018 and released on Good Friday (19/04/2019) to mixed reviews. Later, the film was dubbed in Hindi as K3: Kaali Ka Karishma.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaali Ka Karishma|url=https://www.zee5.com/movies/details/kaali-ka-karishma/0-0-111158|access-date=26 July 2020|website=Zee5}}</ref>

==Plot==
The ghost-fearing Raghava and his happy family consisting of his mother, brother, sister in law, and their daughter set out to Coimbatore for a family function, and there, the whole family, including Raghava's female cousins Priya, Kavya, and Divya, witness strange and scary incidents at their grandparents' house, as well as Raghava getting possessed. The subsequent events return to another character named Kaali.

Kaali is a social worker who runs an ashram that gives shelter and feeds poor people. He has also contributed to the studies of poor youths. One day, a politician named Bhavani, the brother of the minister, Shankar enters Kaali's ashram. He asks to keep a sum of 100 crores in his ashram, which is black money, and return 80 crores and keep 20 crores as a source of funding to his ashram. When Kaali refuses, he sends his men to kill Kaali's handicapped innocents, which angers Kaali. He then sets out to kill Bhavani's henchmen and finally him. When Bhavani is murdered, Shankar is angered and his assistant devises a plan to kill Kaali. When Rosie and Kaali take a ride on a bike, Shankar appoints two lorries and crushes them both. Rosie dies there, and Kaali dies watching the video of his ashram and his supporters getting destroyed in a fire.

The possessed Raghava sets out to kill Shankar. However, to his surprise, Shankar had already arranged exorcists to crush Kaali (possessed Raghava). However, surpassing them, he kills Shankar and avenges his death.

In the end credits, it is shown that Kaali and Rosie join hands together and walk.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Raghava Lawrence]] in a dual role as Raghava and Kaali
*[[Oviya]] as Kavya, Raghava's cousin
*[[Vedhika]] as Priya, Raghava's cousin
*[[Nikki Tamboli]] as Divya, Raghava's cousin
*Ri Djavi Alexandra as Rosie, Kaali's love interest
*[[Kovai Sarala]] as Raghava's mother
*[[Devadarshini]] as Kamakshi, Raghava's sister-in-law
*[[Soori (actor)|Soori]] as Govindan, Kaali's friend
*[[Sriman (actor)|Sriman]] as Raghava's brother
*[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Raghava's grandfather
*[[Tarun Arora]] as Minister Shankar
*[[Kabir Duhan Singh]] as Bhavani, Shankar's brother
*[[Anupama Kumar]] as Radha, Kaali's mother
*Yuvasri Lakshmi as Pappa, Raghava's niece
*Bhanu Balasubramaniam as Raghava's grandmother
*Aathma Patrick as Murthy
*"Myna" Nandhini as Durga
*Sunitha Gogoi as Dhivya
*[[Priyanka Nalkari]] as Moshika, Dhivya's sister
*Ashok Pandian as Dhivya and Moshika's father
*Meerabi as Dhivya and Moshika's mother
*[[R. N. R. Manohar]] as Shankar's friend
*[[Sampath Ram]] as [[Aghori]]
*[[Ajay Ghosh]] as a corrupt cop
{{colend}}

==Production==
Following the success of ''[[Kanchana 2]]'' (2015), [[Raghava Lawrence]] confirmed that more films in the horror comedy series would continue to be made. In August 2015, he announced a film titled ''Naaga'', which he would direct himself, and the film was widely reported to be the fourth film in the ''[[Muni (film series)|Muni]]'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/kanchana-3-is-titled-as-naga.html|title=Kanchana 3 is currently titled as Naagaa|date=3 August 2015}}</ref> He subsequently moved on to work on two other films, ''[[Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva]]'' (2017) and ''[[Shivalinga (2017 film)|Shivalinga]]'' (2017).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/raghava-lawrence-approached-jyothika-for-an-important-role-in-naaga-tamil-news-139204|title=Jyothika the next 'Kanchana'? - Tamil Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150806/entertainment-kollywood/article/lawrence-meets-jyothika-narrates-script|title=Lawrence meets Jyothika, narrates script|date=6 August 2015}}</ref>

Lawrence revived the project in August 2017 and revealed that he was finishing the script. The regular supporting cast of [[Kovai Sarala]], [[Manobala]], [[Sriman (actor)|Sriman]] and [[Devadarshini]] were retained.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://silverscreen.in/tamil/news/raghava-lawrence-confirms-muni-4/|title=Raghava Lawrence To Revive Muni Franchise, Confirms Fourth Film|date=24 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/aug/26/raghava-lawrence-starrer-kanchana-3-to-kick-off-next-month-1648258.html|title=Raghava Lawrence starrer Kanchana 3 to kick off next month}}</ref> [[Sun Pictures]], who had recently produced who had previously produced ''[[Enthiran]]'' (2010), agreed to produce their film, marking their second production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/sun-pictures-officially-confirms-kanchana-3-news-tamil-rjjkMSfcaejbe.html|title=Sun Pictures officially confirms Kanchana-3}}</ref> In late September, the following actresses were added to the project: [[Oviya]], following her popularity on the Tamil reality show ''[[Bigg Boss Tamil (season 1)|Bigg Boss]]'', [[Vedhika]] from the [[Muni (film)|first film]], and newcomer [[Nikki Tamboli]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/oviya-vedhika-team-up-with-lawrencce-in-kanchana-3/articleshow/60891104.cms |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110083057/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/oviya-vedhika-team-up-with-lawrencce-in-kanchana-3/articleshow/60891104.cms |archive-date=10 January 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The shoot of the film began in [[Chennai]] during the first week of October 2017. Nivetha Joseph was the costume designer for this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kanchana-3-shoot-started-in-chennai-news-tamil-rkgkm7bdjiegj.html|title=Kanchana-3 shoot started in Chennai}}</ref> The movie was released on Good Friday in 2019.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2018-11-13|title=Raghava Lawrence's Kanchana 3 aka Muni 4 to release on April 19|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/raghava-lawrences-kanchana-3-aka-muni-4-to-release-on-april-19.html|access-date=2020-07-25|website=Behindwoods}}</ref>

== Music ==
Raghava Lawrence further inked a deal with DooPaaDoo.com which is owned by lyricist [[Madhan Karky]]. It was revealed that the film will have songs from six independent music directors throughout the DooPaaDoo.com platform, with 2 of the film's songs are composed by singer Saravedi Saran, while each one song will be composed by Sekar Sai Bharath, Jessie Samuel (who earlier sung one of the songs in the film ''[[Jarugandi]]''), Bharath Madhusuthanan and the duo of Raj Thillaiyampalam-Kapilan Kugavel.<ref>{{Citation|title=Kanchana 3|url=https://gaana.com/album/kanchana-3|publisher=[[Gaana.com]]|access-date=2020-07-25}}</ref> The background music was composed by [[S. Thaman|Thaman]], who earlier composed for director's previous [[Muni 2: Kanchana|Kanchana]] and [[Kanchana 2]] film.

{{Infobox album
| name = Muni 4: Kanchana 3
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = Saravedi Saran, Sekar Sai Bharath, Raj Thillaiyampalam, Kapilan Kugavel, Jessie Samuel and Bharath Madhusuthanan
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| recorded = 2019
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| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Kannada]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| label = DooPaaDoo.com<br>[[Divo (record label)|Divo]]
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{{tracklist
| headline = Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 24:10
| title1 = Nanbanukku Kovila kattu
| extra1 = Saravedi Saran
| music1 =Saravedi Saran
| lyrics1 =Madhan Karky
| length1 = 4:40
| title2 = Kadhal-Oru-Vizhiyil
| music2 = Raj Thillaiyampalam, Kapilan Kugavel
| extra2 =Neha Venugopal
| lyrics2 =Madhan Karky
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Ketta payan sir Kaali
| lyrics3 =[[Madhan Karky]]
| music3 =Sekar Sai Bharath
| extra3 = Dhivagaran Santhosh
| length3 = 4:03
| title4 = Oru Sattai Oru Balpam
| music4 = Saravedi Saran
| lyrics4 =Saravedi Saran
| extra4 =Saravedi Saran, Srinidhi S
| length4 = 3:28
| title5 = Shake Your Body
| extra5 = Jesse Samuel
| music5 = Jesse Samuel
| lyrics5= Jesse Samuel
| length5 = 3:46
| title6 = Rudhra Kaali
| music6 = Bharath Madhusuthanan
| extra6 =Deepak, Renjith Unni, Pavan, Velu
| length6 = 4:06
|all_writing=|title7=|length7=|title8=|length8=|title9=|length9=|title10=|length10=|title11=|length11=|title12=|length12=|title13=|length13=|title14=|length14=|title15=|length15=|title16=|length16=|title17=|length17=|title18=|length18=|title19=|length19=|title20=|length20=}}

== Reception ==
The film performed well at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/for-tamil-film-industry-2019-was-a-mixed-bag-star-power-and-content-were-key-draws/article30445290.ece|title=For Tamil film industry, 2019 was a mixed bag; Star power and content were key draws|last=V|first=NARAYANAN|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref> The film received positive reviews from Wetalkiess.<ref>{{Citation|last=Wetalkiess|title=Kanchana 3 Movie Review {{!}} Raghava Lawerence {{!}} Oviya {{!}} Wetalkiess|date=2019-04-18|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bago99Jjfh4|access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> The dubbed [[Kannada]] version titled ''Kanchana 3'' was panned by critics. Film Companion South wrote, "In theory, I am a fan of mixing humor and horror. I just wish they worked more on the writing. I can live with the non-existent craft in these films, but is it too much to ask a horror-comedy to have some quality horror and some quality comedy?"<ref>{{cite web|title=Kanchana 3 Movie Review: Raghava Lawrence Busts Our Eardrums In The Most Tiresome Entry In The ‘Kanchana’ Franchise
|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/kanchana-3-movie-review-ragava-lawrence-busts-our-eardrums-in-the-most-tiresome-entry-in-the-kanchana-franchise/|website=Film Companion South}}</ref>

== Release ==
The movie was released on 19 April 2019 (Good Friday).<ref name=":0" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|8042248}}
* [http://www.sunpictures.in/kanchana3.html ''Kanchana 3''] on [[Sun Pictures]]

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>HaverKing77 at 09:09, 13 June 2021