It had been over two years since Thala Ajith Kumar appeared on the big screens, his last film was H.Vinoth’s directorial legal drama Nerkonda Paarvai (2019), the actor has finally seen in his highly anticipated and long-awaited film Valimai in Feb 2022.
Ajith in this blockbuster action thriller plays a cop’s role, who is on a mission to fetch a bikers group, who are on the run from police. Will he be able to hunt down them forms the rest of the story. The film has become a massive hit in the domestic market, Tamil Nadu.
Valimai OTT Relesae Date
The whole rights of the film have been acquired by the distributors and co-producer Zee Studios including Satellite, Digital, Audio, etc.
Thereby, Valimai is all up for its post-theatrical digital release on Zee Studios subsidiary company Zee5 after a month, It is set to premiere on the digital platform Zee 5 in all four versions of Tamil including dubbed versions of Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi on 25 March 2022.
As per reports, The digital rights of the Ajith starrer are acquired by Zee5 in a huge Rs 31 crore deal, reports also state that overseas OTT rights of action thriller Valimai are acquired by Tentkotta and Simpy South.
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Valimai 2 is on the way?
Earlier in an interview producer Boney Kapoor told that he had plans to expand the film into the franchise by adding more installments to it, he also stated that he would be making a sequel but it all depends on Valimai BO’s performance.
Now, the film has become a massive blockbuster so we can guess that the makers will be contemplating on the sequel of Valimai for sure, as far as Boney Kapoor’s above statement is concerned.
Theatrical Release Date
After rescheduling the release date many times, makers in early February announced that Valimai would hit the theaters on 24 February 2022 (Thursday), and the film released pan India with its dubbed version Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam on Feb 24.
Valimai is made under the same team with which Ajith had worked in his last superhit starrer film Nerkonda Paarvai, directed and written by
H. Vinoth and financed by Boney Kapoor under the banner Bayview Projects LLP in association with Zee Studios.
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Star Cast of Valimai
Ajith Kumar plays an IPS officer as Arjun Kumar, Bollywood actress Huma Qureshi in the counterpart lead actress to Ajith, Other actors Kartikeya Gummakonda, Bigg Boss fame and Four More Shots fame Bani J, Sumithra, Raj Ayyappa, Chaitra Reddy, Pugazh, Comedian Yogi Babu, Dhruvan, Dinesh Prabhakar, Pearie Maaney, Selva, G.N. Sundar, Achyuth Kumar, Pavel Navageethan and Karthik Raj seen in pivotal roles.
Valimai Budget
The film has a runtime of 2hr 59min or 179 minutes. Valimai is said to be made on a budget of around 20 million dollars in Indian Rupees Rs 150 crore approximately, worldwide collection is being said 200 Cr+.
Watch Valimai Trailer
The Official Trailer of Valimai was dropped on 30 Dec 2021 and it was well-received by the south Indian movie buffs. So Far(as of Feb 21) the film has garnered over 2 crores plus eyeballs with 15 lakh likes on Youtube. We can feel the buzz already, fans are super excited to watch the Thala Ajith back on silver screens after 2 yrs.
On the technical front, Cinematography is handled by Nirav Shah, Vijay Velukutty is on board for Editing, and the music is given by Yuvan Shankar Raja.