Pistha (2022 film)

Pistha is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by M. Ramesh Baarathi and starring Metro Shirish and Mrudula Murali. It was released on 7 October 2022.

Pistha
Promotional poster
Directed by	M. Ramesh Baarathi
Produced by	Sambasivam
Starring	Metro Shirish Mrudula Murali Sathish
Music by	Dharan Kumar
Production company	One Man Productions
Release date	7 October 2022 (2022-10-07)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Metro Shirish as Sandhai Saravanan
• Mrudula Murali as Selvi
• Arundhati Nair as Nandhinee
• Sathish as Sathish
• Senthil
• Namo Narayana as Mahal Owner
• Yogi Babu as Mark Babu
• Chandini as Bride alliance
• G. Gnanasambandam as Kamal Haasan (Saravanan's father)
• Swaminathan as Gemini Ganesan (Saravanan"s grandfather)
• Mahanadi Shankar as catering owner
• Bava Lakshmanan as Saravanan's relative
• Supergood Subramaniam
• Rangammal

Production

Ramesh Bharathi, the editor of Metro (2016), announced that he would work with actor Shirish on a comedy entertainer titled Pistha in July 2017.^[1] The shoot began during August 2017, with a number of notable supporting actors including Sathish, Yogi Babu and Senthil joining the cast.^[2][3][4] Production progressed slowly, with a five-year delay between the film's start and release.^[5]

Prior to the film's release, it was marketed as the 25th film of music composer Dharan Kumar.^[6][7]

Music

• "Azhagula Rasathi" - Yuvan Shankar Raja
• "Vaa Vaa" - Ranina Reddy, Ramesh

Reception

The film was released on 7 October 2022 across Tamil Nadu. A critic from Maalai Malar gave the film a mixed review, noting that "the effort should have been better".^[8] A reviewer from Times of India gave the film a negative review, writing it was "a below average mindless rural entertainer".^[9] The film also received mixed reviews from critics at The Hindu, Dinamalar and Dina Thanthi.^[10][11][12]