100 (2019 film)

2019 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Sam Anton March 2024 March 2024 100 2019 poster.jpg Theatrical release poster Sam Anton Sam Anton Kaviya Mahesh AtharvaaHansika Motwani Krishnan Vasant Ruben Sam C. S. Auraa Cinemas y 2019 5 9 175 minutes India Tamil 100 is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Sam Anton and produced by Kaviya Mahesh. The film stars Atharvaa and Hansika Motwani, while Radha Ravi and Yogi Babu play supporting roles. The music was composed by Sam C. S., with editing done by Ruben and cinematography by Krishnan Vasant. The film began production during December 2017 and completed its shoot by August 2018.Atharvaa-Hansika romantic comedy starts rolling! http://www.sify.com/movies/atharvaa-hansika-romantic-comedy-starts-rolling-imagegallery-kollywood-rmpo6Hhfabgbe.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171216011358/http://www.sify.com/movies/Atharvaa-Hansika-romantic-comedy-starts-rolling-imagegallery-kollywood-rmpo6Hhfabgbe.html 16 December 2017 26 January 2019 Sify 100 was released on 9 May 2019.30 April 2019 Atharva's 100 postponed to May 9 https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/Apr/30/atharvas-100-postponed-to-may-9-11323.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20260225034643/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2019/Apr/30/atharvas-100-postponed-to-may-9-11323.html 2026-02-25 2026-02-25 Cinema Express Plot Sathya wants to be an upright cop, hoping that his life will become adventurous by chasing criminals and solving mysteries like his childhood best friend, Anwar. However, contrary to his expectations, he gets posted in a control room as an emergency call operator, where he is mentored by 'Pistol' Perumal. His requests to have his department changed fell on deaf ears. Sathya's girlfriend Nisha has a brother, Vicky, who is shown to be in a relationship with Ayesha, Anwar's sister. Initially, Sathya thinks his job is just as mundane as Nisha's, who works in a call centre. One day, disturbed due to a misunderstanding with Anwar involving Ayesha and Vicky's (Nisha's brother) relationship. Sathya misses a call, which turns out to be from the mother of a boy who was kidnapped. Sathya deduces that the boy is kept hostage in a train, and with Perumal's help manages to nab the kidnappers and reunites the boy with his parents, without letting anyone else know. Perumal believes that the 100th call will change the operator's lives. Sathya doesn't believe until his 100th call turns out to be from Sandhya, who was earlier presumed dead. Using his wits, Sathya manages to save Sandhya from the clutches of the kidnappers and hands over Sandhya and the kidnappers to Anwar to preserve his anonymity. However, Sathya doesn't find any news about Sandhya's return to her house. Disturbed, he reaches out to Anwar, who refuses to acknowledge that Sathya handed over Sandhya to him. Deducing that Anwar is involved in the kidnapping, Sathya convinces Perumal to help him crack the case, where he brings the rogue, who had confessed earlier that he killed Sandhya, into questioning. The rogue was released within a year of Sandhya's supposed murder since he was a minor. Sathya gets him beaten by Sandhya's boyfriend Haris, and the rogue confesses that he is under the payroll of Das, who runs a drug cartel business in the city. One of Das's men asked the rogue to take the blame for the murder, promising him ₹1.5 crore (US$190,000). Sathya sneaks into Das's hideout, where he finds out that the actual mastermind is Das's associate, David. David runs a sex trafficking syndicate of supplying girls to millionaires for money using Das's business as a front and also fakes the girls' murders to divert the investigation. Sathya arrests David and leaves to rescue Sandhya. David is about to reveal who the mastermind is, but a helmeted assassin kills David. Sathya asks Perumal to nab the assassin, with the help of the traffic cameras, and the assassin is revealed to be Anwar. Upon questioning, Anwar confesses that he had no knowledge of the trafficking business, but had to shoot David since the mastermind kidnapped Ayesha (Ayesha had eloped with Vicky, fearing that Anwar wouldn't accept their relationship) and was also instructed to kill Sathya, but couldn't bring himself to shoot his best friend. Feeling guilty, Anwar requests Sathya to save Ayesha and commits suicide. Distraught at Anwar's death, Sathya is informed that the mastermind thrashed Vicky and is in the hospital. When he reaches the hospital to meet Vicky, he gets a call from the kidnappers asking him to come to a secluded location to save Ayesha. Upon reaching there, he finds out that the kidnappers have left Sandhya there instead of Ayesha. Perumal traces the kidnappers' phone to the hospital where Vicky is admitted and launches a police team to surround the hospital immediately. Sandhya reveals that Vicky is the mastermind of the trafficking business, who had joined David and kidnapped 12 girls in total. After creating a ruckus, Vicky escapes from the hospital and calls Sathya to deliver Sandhya to a particular location, in exchange for Ayesha's life. Vicky forces Sathya to stay on the call to prevent him from contacting the police, but Sathya writes the word HELP on his car's windshield, through which Perumal managed to dispatch help to him. Realising that Sandhya is bugged, Sathya asks the team to proceed with Sandhya to the location while Perumal relays Vicky's location to Sathya through another officer's phone. Sathya manages to catch up to Vicky, where he trashes him, along with his henchmen and rescues Ayesha. Sathya asks Perumal to shoot down Vicky to instil fear in the hearts of criminals who commit heinous crimes against women. Perumal, who had never used a pistol before and had only 5 minutes of service remaining, does so, thrilled. Due to his success, Sathya is transferred to the CID, but realises that he can make a bigger difference by being a call operator. Sathya decides to stick to his current job. In the mid-credits scene, Sathya receives a call and walks away to solve a crime. Cast Atharvaa as Sub-Inspector Sathya Ganesh Hansika Motwani as Nisha Radha Ravi as Pistol Perumal Raj Ayyappa as Vignesh (Vicky), Nisha's brother, the antagonist Yogi Babu as Sub-Inspector Jackson, working in the control room Saravanan as Ganesh, Sathya's father Nirosha as Sathya's mother Cheenu Mohan as David Mime Gopi as Daas Aadukalam Naren as Police Commissioner Mahanadi Shankar as Inspector Murugesan Mahesh as Anwar, Sathya's friend Harija as Ayesha, Anwar's young sister and Vicky's ex-lover Pasanga Sivakumar as Anwar's father Swaminathan as Gajapathy Swamy alias Gary Sampath Ram as Inspector Jegadeesh Vijay as Sathya's friend Kadhal Kannan as Victim's father Vijay Varadharaj as Caller Praneshvar as Hari Krishnan Pillayar Ruthru as Rajesh Production In June 2017, producer S. Michael Rayappan of Global Infotainment announced that he would work together on a project with actor Atharvaa, which would be directed by Sam Anton.14 June 2017 Atharvaa Teams Up With Sam Anton For New Film https://silverscreen.in/news/atharvaa-teams-sam-anton-new-film/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190125183717/https://silverscreen.in/news/atharvaa-teams-sam-anton-new-film/ 25 January 2019 25 January 2019 Silverscreen.in However, the failure of Rayappan's Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan put him in a financially difficult position, and he subsequently withdrew from the project. In a turn of events, production house Auraa Cinemas took over the project, with Hansika Motwani joining as the lead actress in December 2017.7 December 2017 Hansika to romance Atharvaa in Sam Anton film http://www.sify.com/movies/hansika-to-romance-atharvaa-in-sam-anton-film-news-tamil-rmhp5Jegfbdaf.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171207193408/http://www.sify.com/movies/hansika-to-romance-atharvaa-in-sam-anton-film-news-tamil-rmhp5Jegfbdaf.html 7 December 2017 25 January 2019 Sify Portraying a police officer for the first time, Atharvaa underwent stunt training for the role. Tamil YouTube personalities Eruma Saani Harija and Eruma Saani Vijay also worked on the film.Suganth M. 16 August 2018 Atharvaa goes after smugglers in '100' https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/atharvaa-goes-after-smugglers-in-100/articleshow/65413665.cms live https://web.archive.org/web/20211006021503/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/atharvaa-goes-after-smugglers-in-100/articleshow/65413665.cms 6 October 2021 25 January 2019 The Times of India The film's shoot was completed in July 2018, with the team announcing that only one further song sequence was left to be shot.13 July 2018 Photo: Atharvaa wraps up his upcoming film '100' https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/photo-atharvaa-wraps-up-his-upcoming-film-100/articleshow/64973640.cms live https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034940/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/photo-atharvaa-wraps-up-his-upcoming-film-100/articleshow/64973640.cms 28 November 2018 25 January 2019 The Times of India Soundtrack The soundtrack was composed by Sam C. S. All lyrics are written by Madhan Karky, and the audio rights are secured by Saregama.20 June 2019 100 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) https://music.apple.com/in/album/100-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1469366342 25 February 2026 Apple Music https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20260225040234/https://music.apple.com/in/album/100-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1469366342 25 February 2026 live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka8hLRjNGQU 100 Movie Audio Jukebox Atharvaa Hansika Motwani Benny Dayal Sam. C. S Sam Anton 3 June 2019 Saregama Tamil Saregama 25 February 2026 YouTube Track listing Singer(s) Agulu Bagulu Logan Benny Dayal 4:26 Ye Di Raasathi Kavita Thomas D.Sathyaprakash 4:38 Nanba Sam C. S. Sam C. S. 100 Theme Instrumental 2:36 – Sam C. S. 3:02 11:42 Critical reception Thinkal Menon of The Times of India rated 2 out of 5 stars stating "100 is an ambitious cop film with a not-so-bad story and almost convincing protagonist, but is marred by a far-stretched screenplay".Menon Thinkal 8 May 2019 100 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/100/movie-review/69240005.cms live https://web.archive.org/web/20200210154833/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/100/movie-review/69240005.cms 10 February 2020 15 June 2020 The Times of India Sify rated 2.75 out of 5 stars stating "Director Sam Anton's 100 is a passable cop action entertainer which works mainly because of the engaging second half".12 June 2019 100 review: A watchable cop action entertainer https://www.sify.com/movies/100-review-a-watchable-cop-action-entertainer-review-tamil-tfkjpCebjehdb.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20190510045323/http://www.sify.com/movies/100-review-a-watchable-cop-action-entertainer-review-tamil-tfkjpCebjehdb.html 10 May 2019 15 June 2020 Sify S. Srivatsan of The Hindu stated "Tamil filmmakers are in their ‘woke’ phase right now and what better than sexual harassment cases, which have been making headlines every other day? Filmmakers tend to normalise sexual assault by reducing it to a narrative device, and end up harassing the audience. The latest entrant being 100".S Srivatsan 11 May 2019 '100' movie review: A passable thriller with a laughable twist https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/100-movie-review-a-passable-thriller-with-a-laughable-twist/article27101838.ece live https://web.archive.org/web/20220714152718/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/100-movie-review-a-passable-thriller-with-a-laughable-twist/article27101838.ece 14 July 2022 15 June 2020 The Hindu Avinash Ramachandran, a critic from Cinema Express rated 2.5 out of 5 stars stating "Despite pacing issues and innumerable subplots, 100 is effectively wrapped up with minimal loose ends, and there's an overall sense of satisfaction at the end of 141 minutes".Ramachandran Avinash 11 May 2019 100 Movie Review: Atharvaa's cop debut packs a punch https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/tamil/2019/may/11/100-movie-review-atharvaas-cop-debut-packs-quite-the-punch-11498.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20200615143651/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/tamil/2019/may/11/100-movie-review-atharvaas-cop-debut-packs-quite-the-punch-11498.html 15 June 2020 15 June 2020 Cinema Express Sreedhar Pillai, writing for Firstpost, rated 2.2 out of 5 stars stating "The first half of the film is just a built up for a long-drawn-out climax. If Anton had made the film from an engaging script and treated it as a realistic, investigative thriller without any over the top heroism, it would have worked".Pillai Sreedhar 11 May 2019 100 movie review: A formulaic cop thriller with over the top action sequences, unnecessary heroism https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/100-movie-review-a-formulaic-cop-thriller-with-over-the-top-action-sequences-unnecessary-heroism-6613831.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20200929080508/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/100-movie-review-a-formulaic-cop-thriller-with-over-the-top-action-sequences-unnecessary-heroism-6613831.html 29 September 2020 15 June 2020 Firstpost S. Subhakeerthana of The Indian Express rated 2 out of 5 stars stating "Sam Anton takes too many cinematic liberties with 100, giving us an unrealistic twist that one can't easily buy".Subhakeerthana S 12 May 2019 100 movie review: Atharvaa fails to hit a 100 in this tried-and-tested formula film https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/100-movie-review-rating-atharvaa-5723195/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20200819043218/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/100-movie-review-rating-atharvaa-5723195/ 19 August 2020 15 June 2020 The Indian Express References External links Category:2019 Tamil-language films Category:2019 action thriller films Category:2019 films Category:2019 Indian films Category:Films directed by Sam Anton Category:Films scored by Sam C. S. Category:Indian action thriller films Category:Tamil-language action thriller films Category:Tamil-language Indian films March 2024