
Chennai City Gangsters(2025)
Tamil129 mins
Having lost a big amount of boss's money given for safe keeping, Pandi and Poochi recruit four washed-up conmen to pull off increasingly a ridiculous bank heist to repay the lost cash back.
Director:Vikram Rajeshwar
Mood:
funnyupliftingsuspenseful
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Sun NXT, Amazon Prime Video, JioTV
- Theatrical Release
- 20 June 2025
- Director
- Vikram Rajeshwar
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Rating
- 10.0/10
Storyline
Two men lose their boss's money. To pay it back, they hire four failed con artists. Together, they try to rob a bank with a series of absurd plans.
“A heist so bad, it's brilliant.”
Film Details
10.0Rating
129Minutes
TamilLanguage
UACertificate
Release Date20 June 2025
Parental Guide
Violence
Mild
Language
Moderate
Sex / Nudity
Moderate
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Mild
Where to Watch
Vibe & Tags
Mood
funnyupliftingsuspenseful
Themes
friendshipsurvivalidentity
Tonesatirical
Pacingfast-paced
Complexitylight
Audiencemass
Best Withfriends
Violence2
Emotion2
Humor4
Rewatchability4
Cast & Crew
#1


R
Redin KingsleyNettai
→#2V
VaibhavPandi
→#3
#4M
Manikandan RajeshPoochi
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John VijayDamar Lal
→#5
Athulya RaviJeni
→#6
LivingstonPei Pasupathi
→#7
S
Shihan HussainiPsycho Salim
→#8
S
Surya GanapathyPriya
→#9
K
Kalki RajaActor
→#10
K
Kalaiyarasan KannuchamiActor
→#11
V
Vikram RajeshwarDirector
→#12
B
Bobby BalachandranCrew
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Chennai City Gangsters
Cast reunions in this film: Rajendran & Anandaraj (12 films together), Rajendran & John Vijay (10 films together), Livingston & Anandaraj (7 films together), Rajendran & Redin Kingsley (6 films together), Livingston & D. Imman (6 films together), and Anandaraj & Redin Kingsley (6 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title was inspired by a popular local nickname for a group of street-smart characters in North Chennai.
- Director Vikram Rajeshwar held improv workshops for the main cast to develop their comedic chemistry before filming.
- A key chase sequence was filmed in the narrow, real lanes of George Town without blocking public access, using hidden cameras.
- The character Pandi's distinctive hairstyle was a direct reference to a classic 1990s Tamil comedy villain.
- Several props used in the heist scenes, like the fake gold bars, were made by a local Chennai prop master known for low-budget films.
- The movie's climax at the 'bank' was actually shot in a disused textile warehouse in Perambur.
- The script originally had a darker tone but was rewritten as a full comedy after a successful test reading with a live audience.


