| Captain Miller | |
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| Directed by | Arun Matheswaran |
| Screenplay by | Arun Matheswaran Madhan Karky |
| Story by | Arun Matheswaran |
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| Cinematography | Siddhartha Nuni |
| Edited by | Nagooran Ramachandran |
| Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
Production company | Sathya Jyothi Films |
| Distributed by | see below |
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Running time | 157 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹50 crore[2] |
Captain Miller is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language action adventure film directed by Arun Matheswaran and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. The film is the first part of a planned trilogy, and stars Dhanush in the title role, with Shiva Rajkumar, Priyanka Arul Mohan, Aditi Balan, Sundeep Kishan, Edward Sonnenblick and John Kokken in supporting roles.
Arun wrote the script in 2018 and Sathya Jyothi Films was to produce it. However, nothing was finalised then until 2019 when it started to come into shape. It was tentatively titled D47 (Dhanush's 47th film in a lead role). The film was announced in July 2022. Principal photography commenced that September and wrapped by late 2023, taking place in Chennai, Tirunelveli and Tenkasi. The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, cinematography handled by Siddhartha Nuni and editing done by Nagooran Ramachandran.
Captain Miller released worldwide on 12 January 2024, the week of Pongal, in standard and IMAX formats, to postive reviews from the critics
Plot[edit]
Analeesan "Eesa", a former British soldier called Captain Miller, is on a mission to protect the people from the British after witnessing an atrocity.
Cast[edit]
- Dhanush as Analeesan "Easa" / Captain Miller[3]
- Priyanka Arul Mohan as Velmathi
- Shiva Rajkumar as Sengolan
- Sundeep Kishan as Captain Rafiq
- Aditi Balan as Shakunthala
- Edward Sonnenblick as Andrew Wandy
- John Kokken
- Nivedhithaa Sathish
- Vinoth Kishan
- Nassar
- Alexx O'Nell
- Elango Kumaravel as Kannaya
- Pintu Pandu as Kaali
- Viji Chandrasekhar as Easa and Sengolan mother
- Kaali Venkat as Kumastha Kanagasabai
- "Merku Thodarchi Malai" Antony
- Bala Saravanan
- Jayaprakash
- Bose Venkat
- Abdool Lee as Stephen
- Arunodhayan as Ayyavu
- Swayam Siddha
- Sumesh Moor
- Amir Ali Shaik
