Meiyazhagan starring Karthi, Arvind Swami in the lead is a slice-of-life drama which released in theaters on September 27, 2024 to a warm reception. The movie follows Arulmozhi Varman's (Arvind Swami) bittersweet journey back to his hometown after 22 years, and meets an insistent yet kind-hearted relative (Karthi), whise name Arul can't remember.
Meiyazhagan's OTT release date is October 25, 2024. Netflix has officially announced that Meiyazhagan will stream in Tamil. Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi languages with English subtitles.
Meiyazhagan comes with a runtime of 2 hours and 38 minutes. Suriya, Jyotika's 2D Entertainment has produced the film, and it is written and directed by C. Prem Kumar. Govind Vasantha has composed music for Meiyazhagan, whereas Mahendra Jeyaraju has handled the cinematography, and R. Govind Raj the edits.
Oorla irundhu nammala paaka Meiyazhagan, koodave avaroda atthaan Arulmozhiyum varaaru. Ellarum paaka ready ayirlaam, ok va? 🥰
— Netflix India South (@Netflix_INSouth) October 22, 2024
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Meiyazhagan also stars Saran Shakthi as young Arulmozhi Varma, Sri Divya as Nandhini, Meiyazhagan's wife, Rajkiran as Sudalamuthu (Sokku mama), Devadarshini as Hema, Arul's wife, Swathi Konde as Bhuvaneshwari "Bhuvana", Arul's cousin, Jayaprakash as Arivudai Nambi, Arul's father, Sriranjani as Valliyammal "Valli", Arul's mother, Ilavarasu as Ekambaram, a caterer, Karunakaran as Jagadeesh (Jaggu), a bus conductor, Raichal Rabecca as a flower vendor, Merku Thodarchi Malai Antony as Santhanam, Meiyazhagan's father, Rajkumar as Giridharan, Bhuvana's fiance, Indumathy Manikandan as Latha, Rani Samyuktha, Kayal Subramani, Ashok Pandian as Bhuvana's father, Vetrivel Raja as a travel agent, and M. S. Bhaskar in a cameo as a Jallikattu commentator.