Kasada Thapara(2021)
Tamil137 mins
The lives of a few individuals get impacted, both in good and bad ways, by the actions of others who are hardly connected to them.
Director:Chimbu Deven
Mood:
emotionaldarksuspenseful
Where to watch:
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video, Airtel Xstream Play (Sony LIV)
- Theatrical Release
- 27 August 2021
- Director
- Chimbu Deven
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Rating
- 6.5/10
Storyline
A few people's lives change for better or worse because of things done by strangers. Their fates are linked by actions from people they barely know.
“One action changes many lives.”
Film Details
6.5Rating
137Minutes
TamilLanguage
Release Date27 August 2021
Also Known AsKasada Thabara · Kasada Tabara · KasadaTapara
Parental Guide
Violence
Low
Language
Low
Sex / Nudity
Mild
Drugs
Mild
Intensity
Low
Where to Watch
Vibe & Tags
Mood
emotionaldarksuspenseful
Themes
corruptionjusticefamilysurvival
Tonegritty
Pacingnon-linear
Complexityrequires-attention
Audiencemultiplex
Best Withwith-partner
Violence3
Emotion4
Humor2
Rewatchability3
Cast & Crew
#1
Regina CassandraTrisha (segment "Kavasam")
→#2SentrayanPoovarasu (segment "Sadhiyaadal")
→#3Harish KalyanKrishnamoorthy aka Kish (segment "Pandhayam")
→#4Premji AmaranBala (segment "Kavasam")
→#5Uma PadmanabhanIsaac's mother (segment "Sadhiyaadal")
→#6Subbu PanchuChathurvedha (segment "Thappattam")
→#7V
Vijayalakshmi AgathiyanSundari
→#8Sampath RajAyyodhi Vedha (segment "Sadhiyaadal")
→#9
#10S
Shanthanu BhagyarajIsaac (segment "Sadhiyaadal")
→Sundeep KishanAC. Kandha (segment "Thappattam")
→#11Chimbu DevenDirector
→#12
R
R. RavindranCrew
→Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Kasada Thapara
Cast reunions in this film: Premgi Amaran & Venkat Prabhu (15 films together), Sampath Raj & Premgi Amaran (7 films together), Sampath Raj & Venkat Prabhu (7 films together), Sampath Raj & Subbu Panchu Arunachalam (4 films together), Premgi Amaran & Agathiyan (4 films together), and Premgi Amaran & Subbu Panchu Arunachalam (4 films together).
Trivia
- The film's title 'Kasada Thapara' refers to a traditional brass vessel, symbolizing how lives are interconnected like stacked pots.
- Director Chimbu Deven is better known for comedies, making this serious multi-narrative drama a notable shift in his career.
- The movie was shot extensively in and around Chennai, capturing the everyday life of the city's suburban neighborhoods.
- It features a large ensemble cast of relatively lesser-known actors, focusing on performance over star power.
- The script was developed from real-life observations of small, ripple-effect incidents within communities.
- The film had a very limited theatrical release, quickly moving to digital streaming platforms.
- Its narrative structure, showing how strangers' actions collide, is similar to the style of director Mani Ratnam's 'Ayutha Ezhuthu'.