Nivin Pauly’s Richie creating waves in Kollywood

Nivin Pauly’s first straight Tamil film Richie, directed by debutant Gautham Ramachandran is slated to release on May 12. It is the official remake of superhit Kannada movie, Ulidavaru Kandanthe.

The team had recently released a teaser revolving around Nivin Pauly’s character Richie. The teaser has taken social medias by storm, fetching a whopping 6.6 million views. It has been trending virally across all social media platforms.

The 54 second teaser features Nivin as a stylish bearded thug. His terrific screen presence reminds us of the famous Premam college fight sequence. The teaser has also set the Non Rajinikanth record for the most views in 24 hours time in Tamil cinema. Kabali holds the top position with five million views closely followed by Richie with 4.2 million views.

Richie is investigative thriller set in the coastal area. Natty, Prakash Raj, Shraddha Srinath, Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouly and Elango Kumaravel are also part of the cast.