Clap (film)

Clap is a 2022 Indian sports drama film directed by debutant Prithivi Adithya. It is shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu languages.^[1][2] The film stars Aadhi Pinisetty and Aakanksha Singh with a supporting cast including Nassar, Prakash Raj, Krisha Kurup, Brahmaji, Mime Gopi and Munishkanth.^[3] The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with cinematography handled by Praveen Kumar and editing done by Ragul.^[4] The film was released via OTT platform SonyLIV on 11 March 2022.^[5][6]

Clap
Official release poster in Tamil
Directed by	Prithivi Adithya
Written by	Prithivi Adithya
Produced by	M. Raja Shekar Reddy I B Karthikeyan
Starring	Aadhi Pinisetty Aakanksha Singh Nassar Prakash Raj Krisha Kurup
Cinematography	Praveen Kumar
Edited by	Ragul
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production companies	Shri Shiridi Sai Movies Big Print Pictures
Distributed by	SonyLIV
Release date	11 March 2022 (2022-03-11)
Country	India
Languages	Tamil Telugu

Synopsis

A former athlete and an amputee with a special condition called PLP ( Phantom limp Pain) picks up a girl from a village to train for national championship event. How he wins his dream through the girl is the plot.

Cast

• Aadhi Pinisetty as Kathir (Tamil) / Vishnu (Telugu)
• Aakanksha Singh as Mithra
• Nassar as Venkatraman (Tamil) / Venkatram (Telugu)
• Prakash Raj as Kathir/Vishnu's father
• Krisha Kurup as Bhagyalakshmi/Durga (in both versions)
• Munishkanth as Babu
• Brahmaji as District Sports Officer
• Mime Gopi as Coach Prabhakaran (Tamil) / Prabhakar (Telugu)
• Sriranjani as Mithra's mother
• Surya as Srinivasachari (Telugu)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and score is composed by Ilaiyaraaja and the album featured one song. The audio rights were acquired by Lahari Music.

Clap (Tamil)

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Manadhai En Moodinaai"	Palani Bharathi	Ilaiyaraaja	5:08
2.	"Konjam Chellama"	Pa. Vijay	Shaan	3:22
3.	"Kaatrile Yeri Vaa"	Pa. Vijay	Rahul Nambiar
4.	"Pathu Rooba"	GKB	Srinisha Jayaseelan
5.	"Unnai Keta"	Umadevi	Karthik

Clap (Telugu)

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Manasutho Choodaleni"	Ramajogayya Sastry	Ilaiyaraaja	5:10

Reception

Logesh Balachandran critic from Times of india gave 2.5 stars out of 5 stars and noted that "Overall, Clap is an average sports drama which can be your dose of motivation for the weekend."^[7] Indiaherald critic gave a mixed review and mentioned that "Aadhi scores but rest fails ".^[8] Navein Darshan from Cinema Express noted that "Aadhi shines in a memorable sports drama "^[9]

References

1. "Actor Aadhi to play an athlete in his next film". The News Minute. 10 May 2019. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
2. "Aadhi's upcoming sports drama titled Clap". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
3. "Prakash Raj joins Aadhi Pinisetty's 'Clap'". The New Indian Express. 25 November 2020. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
4. Cr, Sharanya. "Aadhi's film titled Clap; Ilaiyaraaja to compose music". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
5. "Tamil-Telugu bilingual film 'Clap' to stream on SonyLIV". LiveMint. 17 February 2022. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
6. "Aadhi Pinisetty's sports drama 'Clap' to release on OTT". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
7. "Clap Review : An interesting plot let down by its execution". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
8. "Clap Movie Review - Aadhi scores, but rest fails". indiaherald.com. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
9. "Clap Movie Review: Aadhi shines in a memorable sports drama". Cinema Express. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.

External links

• Clap at IMDb