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{{Short description|2019 film directed by Chakri Toleti}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{for|the novel|Kolaiyuthir Kaalam (novel)}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Kolaiyuthir Kaalam
| image = Kolaiyuthir Kaalam poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Chakri Toleti]]
| producer = [[Etcetera Entertainment|V. Mathiyalagan]]
| writer = Adam Hiebeler, Carl Lauricella
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Hush (2016 feature film)|Hush]]''|[[Mike Flanagan (filmmaker)|Mike Flanagan]]}}
| starring = [[Nayanthara]] [[Bhumika Chawla]] [[Pratap K. Pothen]] [[Rohini Hattangadi]]
| cinematography = Cory Greyak
| music = [[Achu Rajamani]] Satya Manik Afsar
| editing = Rameshwar S. Bhagat
| studio = [[Etcetera Entertainment]]
| released = {{film date|2019|8|9|df=y}}
| runtime = 100 minutes<ref name="BBFC">{{Cite web |title=Kolaiyuthir Kaalam |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/kolaiyuthir-kaalam-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mde4mdk |website=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |quote=KOLAIYUTHIR KAALAM is a Tamil language horror thriller in which a masked man tries to drive a young woman away from the large UK property she has inherited.}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Kolaiyuthir Kaalam''''' ({{translation|Season of murders}}) is a 2019 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[horror film|horror]] [[thriller film]]<ref name=BBFC/> directed by [[Chakri Toleti]] and produced by V. Mathiyalagan. A remake of the 2016 American film ''[[Hush (2016 feature film)|Hush]]'', where a deaf and mute woman must fight for her life when a killer appears at her door. It stars [[Nayanthara]], [[Bhumika Chawla]], [[Pratap K. Pothen]], and [[Rohini Hattangadi]] and began production in November 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nayanthara's "Kolayuthir Kalam" a remake of 'Hush' |url=http://www.madhayamam.com/en/entertainment/2016/dec/19/nayantharas-kolayuthir-kalam-remake-hush |website=www.madhayamam.com}}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The film was released on 9 August 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kolaiyuthir Kalam Movie Review {1.5/5}: Critic Review of Kolaiyuthir Kalam by Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/kolaiyuthir-kalam/movie-review/70617173.cms |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 August 2019 |title='Kolaiyuthir Kaalam' film review: A textbook example on how not to make a slasher flick |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2019/aug/15/kolaiyuthir-kaalam-film-review-a-textbook-example-on-how-not-to-make-a-slasher-flick-2019409.html}}</ref> The film was a disaster at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 August 2019 |title=Kolaiyuthir Kaalam box office collection |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/kolaiyuthir-kaalam/kolaiyuthir-kaalam-box-office-aug-18.html}}</ref> The film was remade again by Toleti in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Khamoshi (2019 film)|Khamoshi]]'' (2019), which released before this film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 June 2017 |title=Actor Prabhas to make a cameo in 'Khamoshi'? |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/actor-prabhas-make-cameo-khamoshi-64308}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title="Kolaiyuthir Kaalam" postponed once again! |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kolaiyuthir-kaalam-postponed-once-again-news-tamil-thykNycbbcjdd.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724155533/https://www.sify.com/movies/kolaiyuthir-kaalam-postponed-once-again-news-tamil-thykNycbbcjdd.html |archive-date=24 July 2019 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> It was Toleti's last film as a director.

==Plot==
Shruthi is a deaf and mute girl who grew up in an [[Orphans in India|orphanage]] in [[Chennai]]. Impressed with her personality and talent, a millionaire from the UK adopts her and makes her his legal heir. When She arrives in [[London]], after the death of her adopted mother, trouble arises in the form of a home invasion. A strange man chases her inside the bungalow after killing all of the houses staff, along with Anand, and also sets the will on fire. After being chased, She attempts to kill the man but Mrs. Anand steps in and shoots him. It is revealed that Mrs. Anand set up the attack in order to take all the assets for herself. When Shruthi refuses to agree to her demands, Mrs. Anand shoots her in the shoulder. He wakes up and kills Mrs. Anand. The following day, the police show up while Shruthi is waiting. Paramedics take her into the ambulance, and the masked man is missing. When getting medical attention in the ambulance, the paramedic has a skull tattoo and Shruthi seems distraught. The film ends without showing if Shruthi dies and the true identity of the masked man remains undisclosed.

== Cast ==
*[[Nayanthara]] as Shruthi Lawson
*[[Bhumika Chawla]] as Mrs. Sawant
*[[Pratap K. Pothen]] as Business Manager
*[[Rohini Hattangadi]] as Cook
*[[K. S. G. Venkatesh]] as Caretaker
*Prem Kathir as Mr. Sawant
*Julian Freund as James
*Jo Ellis as Darla
*Richard Banks as Paramedic
*Ruthvi as Abha Lawson

== Production ==
In mid-November 2016, Chakri Toleti began working on his fourth feature film, following the bilingual ''[[Unnaipol Oruvan (2009 film)|Unnaipol Oruvan]]'' (2009) and ''[[Billa 2]]'' (2012). [[Nayanthara]] was selected to play the leading role, and it was revealed that the film would be a heroine-centric project.<ref name="behindwoods">{{Cite web |date=12 November 2016 |title=Chakri Toleti to direct Nayanthara's next |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/chakri-toleti-to-direct-nayantharas-next.html |access-date=2016-11-18 |publisher=behindwoods.com}}</ref><ref name="newindianexpress">{{Cite web |date=16 November 2016 |title=Nayan might be seen in an action flick- The New Indian Express |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2016/nov/15/nayanthara-might-be-seen-in-a-woman-centric-action-flick-1538935.html |access-date=2016-11-18 |publisher=newindianexpress.com}}</ref> A first look poster was subsequently released on 18 November 2016, coinciding with Nayanthara's birthday, with it being revealed that the film would mark the first production of venture of musician [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] and the first Tamil film production for Pooja Entertainments' [[Vashu Bhagnani]] and Deepshikha Deshmukh. Later, [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] and the other producers opted out of the project. V. Mathiyalagan of Etcetera Entertainment took over the production of the film. [[Tamannaah Bhatia]] reprised Nayanthara's role in the [[Hindi]] remake titled ''[[Khamoshi (2019 film)|Khamoshi]]'', which released on June 14, 2019.<ref name="indiatimes">{{Cite news |title=nayanthara: Nayanthara's next with Chakri Toleti titled "Kolaiyuthir Kaalam" |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Nayantharas-next-with-Chakri-Toleti-titled-Kolaiyuthir-Kaalam/articleshow/55494950.cms |access-date=2016-11-18 |work=The Times of India |publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref><ref name="indiaglitz">{{Cite web |date=18 November 2016 |title=Nayanthara play lead role in Kolaiyuthir Kaalam directed by Chakri toleti – Tamil Movie News |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/nayanthara-play-lead-role-in-kolaiyuthir-kaalam-directed-by-chakri-toleti-tamil-news-171608.html |access-date=2016-11-18 |website=IndiaGlitz.com |archive-date=25 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225205927/https://www.indiaglitz.com/nayanthara-play-lead-role-in-kolaiyuthir-kaalam-directed-by-chakri-toleti-tamil-news-171608.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Release ==
The film was scheduled to release in India on 14 June 2019, but was delayed because the film shares its name with [[Kolaiyuthir Kaalam (novel)|a novel]] by [[Sujatha (writer)|Sujatha]], and director [[Balaji K. Kumar]] paid {{INRConvert|10|l|lk=|year=2019}} for the novel's rights. The plea for the film's release was held on June 21.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Madras High Court issues interim injunction against Nayanthara's Kolaiyuthir Kaalam |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/madras-high-court-issues-interim-injunction-against-nayanthara-s-kolaiyuthir-kaalam-1546606-2019-06-11 |work=India Today |agency=Ist}}</ref> The film then went through multiple release date changes, before eventually being released on 9 August.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 2019 |title='கொலையுதிர் காலம் - 9வது அறிவிப்பாக 9ம் தேதி ரிலீஸ் |url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/80325/cinema/Kollywood/Kolaiyuthirkaalam-release-date-postponed-to-Aug-9.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805075305/https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/80325/cinema/Kollywood/Kolaiyuthirkaalam-release-date-postponed-to-Aug-9.htm |archive-date=5 August 2019 |access-date=6 August 2019 |work=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 August 2019 |title=Friday Fury – August 8 |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-august-8-news-tamil-tijrVFacejbai.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809075841/https://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-august-8-news-tamil-tijrVFacejbai.html |archive-date=9 August 2019 |access-date=2019-08-09 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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