Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by M. R. Madhavan. The film stars Udhay Karthik, Rishi Rithvik, Saipriya Deva and Maara in the lead roles. The film was produced by Srinivas Sambandam under the banners of Galaxy Pictures. Cast Udhay Karthik as Mannu Rishi Rithvik as Dhana Saipriya Deva as Deepa Maara as Durai Yamini Chander Kavin Jay Babu as Kiliyappan Janaki Suresh Maneksha as Salaiyar Arun Balaji Senthil as Bus Conductor (guest appearance) Ramana as Arumugam (guest appearance) Production Madhavan, who had previously worked as an assistant director to Suraj and M. Saravanan, began work on the film in early 2020. After narrating the script to over thirty different actors, Madhavan opted to select Avishek Karthik for the lead role, expressing the importance of having a relatively unknown lead actor to suit the script. He had been recommended to contact Karthik after interacting with filmmaker H. Vinoth. For the film, Karthik adapted a different stage name of Udhay Karthik. Rishi Rithvik, who had played lead role in the film Attu (2017) was cast in a supporting role. Production on the film began in early 2020 and continued for 30 days, before being paused as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The shoot restarted following the lifting of government restrictions and was mostly complete by the end of 2020. A first look poster was subsequently released by Karthik's cousin, actress Jhanvi Kapoor, in December 2020.