NGK (film)

NGK: Nandha Gopalan Kumaran is an upcoming 2019 Indian Tamil political action thriller film written and directed by Selvaraghavan. Suriya, Rakul Preet Singh, and Sai Pallavi play the lead roles while Devaraj plays a pivotal role. Yuvan Shankar Raja composes the music and Sivakumar Vijayan is the cinematographer. The film is being produced by S. R. Prakashbabu and S. R. Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures. Pre-production and principal photography commenced in January 2018. The film is slated to release on 31 May 2019.

Cast

 * Suriya as Nandha Gopalan Kumaran a.k.a NGK
 * Rakul Preet Singh as Vanathi
 * Sai Pallavi as Mythili, Kumaran's wife
 * Devaraj
 * Ponvannan
 * Bala Singh
 * Uma Padmanabhan as Kumaran's mother
 * Vela Ramamoorthy
 * Thalaivasal Vijay
 * Ilavarasu

Production
Following the films Nenjam Marapathillai and Mannavan Vanthanadi, it was announced on 17 November 2016 that director Selvaraghavan would direct actor Suriya's 36th film, to be produced by S.R. Prabhu of Dream Warrior Pictures, and the film is expected to enter production in January 2018 and was touted to be a Diwali 2018 release. However owing to shooting delays due to sickness of the director, the film is to be released on May 31, 2019.

Principal photography of the film commenced on 22 January 2018 with actress Sai Pallavi playing the female lead with Neeraja Kona as the costume designer for the film. and later Selva announced he is collaborating with Yuvan Shankar Raja for music, and Sivakumar Vijayan for cinematography, while actress Rakul Preet Singh will reportedly play the second female lead.

Soundtrack
The film's score and soundtrack is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while Shreya Ghoshal and Sid Sriram are part of the album.

Marketing
The first look of the film and title NGK, which is short for Nandha Gopalan Kumaran, the name of Suriya's character in the film, were unveiled on March 5, 2018.

The teaser was released on 14 February 2019 in Tamil and Telugu. A new poster was released on director Selvaraghavan’s birthday (5 March 2019) and the film's trailer and audio was released on 29 April 2019. The film has a release date of 31 May 2019.