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For the 1981 film of the same name see Tik Tik Tik (1981 film)

Tik Tik Tik is a 2018 Indian Tamil-languagescience fictionactionthriller film written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan.^[2][3] It has been promoted as India's first space film.^[4][5] It features Jayam Ravi, Nivetha Pethuraj, and Aaron Aziz in the lead roles.^[6][7][8] The film is inspired by Armageddon, directed by Michael Bay.^{[9][10][11][12]}The film was released on 22 June 2018.

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Plot[edit]

An asteroid strikes the Ennore neighborhood of Chennai. Astronauts predict that another asteroid will hit India within six days. The RAW decides to send Vasu (Jayam Ravi), a trained magician and escape artist, along with his team and a team of scientists to get ahold of a missile in a space center, which they plan to use to destroy the asteroid. The military also catches Venkat (Ramesh Thilak) and Appu (Arjunan), two of Vasu's friends. Vasu, Venkat, and Appu are alerted about the asteroid, and they have to steal a nuclear missile from a Chinese space station. The mission is disguised as a satellite maintenance project. Vasu meets Swathi (Nivetha Pethuraj) and Raguram (Vincent Asokan), two army officials who are going on the mission with them. Vasu, Swathi, Venkat, Appu, and Raguram go on the space shuttle Dhruva-1. Just before launch, Vasu's speech channel is directed to an unknown voice, which tells Vasu that he has kidnapped his son Ravi (Aarav Ravi), who will die unless Vasu gives the missile to him, and Vasu agrees. While in flight, Vasu goes unconscious, and Swathi and Venkat take him to the sick bay. There, Vasu wakes up and goes into the wire chamber to cut the wire that controls the liquid hydrogen fuel tank. Vasu actually faked going unconscious due to directions from the unknown voice. Vasu cuts the wire, and the fuel tank loses much of its fuel.

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Dhruva-1 crash-lands on the moon, where Vasu becomes the first Indian man to step on the moon. Swathi and Raguram are investigating the problem when Vasu suggests they request fuel from the target space station. The space station astronauts agree to refuel them. However, once Vasu, Swathi, Raguram, Venkat, and Appu go on the space station after Dhruva-1 is done docking, they are arrested. Lee Wei (Aaron Aziz), the captain of the space station, tells them that he knows about the asteroid and that they want to get his missile. He refuses to give it, saying that they want the asteroid to strike so that China, Lee's native country, can gain more power by signing contracts to rebuild southern India and Sri Lanka. Lee tells his soldiers to release Vasu and the rest of the crew when the asteroid bypasses the safety line. If it bypasses, then there is no chance of diverting it.

Meanwhile, Ritika (Rethika Srinivas), a high-ranking official managing the mission, discovers photos of Vasu cutting the wires and suspects that someone managing the mission caused him to do that. Chief Mahendran (Jayaprakash) is revealed to be the unknown voice. Back at the space station, Vasu attempts to fight against the soldiers before being handcuffed. The soldiers take the briefcase he is holding and keep it aside. Venkat, who was hiding in the briefcase, comes out and inserts a USB drive into the space station's computer system. He and Vasu work on downloading a bug into the space station via the USB drive. They and the other crew members learn that Lee's fingerprint and iris are required to unlock the cell that hides the missile. Vasu is able to obtain Lee's fingerprint and iris scans and unlock the cell. Vasu tells Lee that the missile is in Dhruva-1 and then tells Swathi to tell Lee that the missile is aimed at China. It is revealed that Vasu used a magic trick to make it look as if it was gone. He proceeds to steal the missile, sounding the alarm and alerting Lee and his soldiers. Swathi, Raguram, Appu, and Venkat escape to Dhruva-1. Vasu steals the missile and escapes to Dhruva-1 with a low oxygen tank. The crew settles down and proceeds to fly to the asteroid. On the way, another space shuttle, Dhruva-2, will refuel Dhruva-1. Vasu gives the missile to Dhruva-2.

Back on Earth, Mahendran lets Ravi go. Dhruva-1 then proceeds to the asteroid. Once they get close to the asteroid, Swathi and Raguram notice that the missile is missing. Everyone gets worried, and many mission officials fear that their families will die in the asteroid strike. It is revealed that Vasu discussed the unknown voice with the other crew members, and they formulated a plan. The 'missile' given to Dhruva-2 was fake. They proceed to shoot the authentic missile at the asteroid, which destroys the asteroid and saves the world from a catastrophe. At the mission control center, Ritika finds out that Mahendran was threatening to kill Ravi unless he got the missile but is killed by Mahendran. In space, a chunk of the asteroid damages Dhruva-1's left wing, forcing the crew to go in a pod. The pod lands in a river, and on the banks are the mission control officials who cheer for their victory, along with Ravi and his grandfather. Vasu and Ravi meet again, and Ravi tells Vasu to look in his pocket. Vasu takes out a piece of jewelry that was Mahendran's, and learned that Mahendran kidnapped Ravi.

The film fast-forwards to an awards ceremony. When Vasu gets his award, he gives the piece of jewelry back and whispers to Mahendran, 'After all, he's my son.' Vasu walks away with Appu and Venkat while Mahendran commits suicide offscreen.

Cast[edit]

• Jayam Ravi as M. Vasudevan 'Vasu', a trained magician and escape artist who is sent to space on a mission to obtain a missile to destroy an asteroid
• Nivetha Pethuraj as M. Swathi, an Army official who is also sent on the mission to space
• Aaron Aziz as Captain Lee Wei, the Chinese captain of the space station who refuses to give his missile away
• Ramesh Thilak as S. Venkat, Vasu's friend who is also sent on the mission to space
• Arjunan as Appu, Vasu's friend who is also sent on the mission to space
• Vincent Asokan as Col. D. Raguram, an Army official and captain of the mission to space
• Jayaprakash as Chief K. Mahendran, who suspiciously tells Vasu that he has kidnapped Ravi and will release Ravi if Mahendran obtains the missile
• Rethika Srinivas as Lt. Gen. Rythika, a high-ranking official who is managing the mission who ends up getting killed by Mahendran
• Aarav Ravi as Ravi, Vasu's son who gets kidnapped by Mahendran and would not be released until Mahendran obtains the missile
• Balaji Venugopal as Team Head
• Aathma Patrick as Terrorist
• VJ Sangeetha

Production[edit]

After working together in Miruthan (2016), Jayam Ravi was again impressed by a storyline narrated by Shakti Soundar Rajan and agreed to work on another film in March 2016. Jhabak Movies agreed to produce the venture. It was revealed that this would be the first Indian film in the space genre.^[13][14] The team began pre-production work thereafter, with Jayam Ravi describing it as the biggest film in his career.^[15]

Actress Nivetha Pethuraj joined the film's cast in September 2016. She was selected due to her knowledge of martial arts. She is trained in jujutsu and kickboxing.^[16]Aaron Aziz, a Malaysian-based actor who mostly performed in Malaysian and Singaporean drama and films, was selected as the lead villain,^[17] marking his entry into Tamil cinema.^[18] Jayam Ravi's son, Aarav, plays the role of his son in this film too.^[19][20]

D. Imman composed the music for this film, continuing his collaboration with the director.^[21] There is no romance or songs^{[clarification needed]} in the film.^[22]

The team began filming in October 2016 at EVP Film City and Majestic Studio in Chennai.^[23] The film is also being shot in Munnar, where the shooting has been halted for a while due to the arrival of forest elephants near the shooting spot.^[24] The total duration of VFX scenes is 80 minutes in the film.^[25]

The teaser was released on August 15, 2017.^[26] The film was initially scheduled to be released on January 26, 2018, but was postponed^[27][28] and eventually released on June 22, 2018.^[29][30]

Music[edit]

The film's score and songs were composed by D. Imman. The title track was released on December 11, 2017. The song was sung by YogiB, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Sunitha Sarathy. The full album was released on January 6, 2018. The album has eight songs, four of which are instrumental songs (two theme songs and two karaoke songs). All the songs were written by Madhan Karky. This is Imman's 100th album. 'Kurumba (Father's Love)' in the film featured real photographs and videos from Jayam Ravi's personal family collection.^[31]

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Reception[edit]

Behindwoods rated the album 3 of 5 stars and said 'Imman knocks the ball out of the park for a six to reach his century, and the ball is travelling to space!'^[32]

Release[edit]

The film hit the theatres on 22 June 2018. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV (India).^[33]

Critical reception[edit]

Tik Tik Tik received mixed reviews from the critics. Thinkal Menon of The Times of India praised the film for the laudable attempt and gave it 3.5 stars out of 5.^[34] Sreedhar Pillai of Firstpost praised it as a reasonably entertaining film with a novel concept and gave it 3 out of 5 stars.^[35] Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express said that the concept is not original and gave it 4 out of 5 stars.^[36] Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute praised the film for its impressive VFX scenes.^[37] Vikram Venkateswaran of the Quint called the film a harmless entertainer and gave it 3 stars.^[38] Sudhir Srinivasan of Cinema Express admired the efforts of director in this space genre film and gave it 3 stars.^[39]

Priyanka Sundar of Hindustan Times called it a film without logic and gave it 1.5 star.^[40] Gautaman Bhaskaran of News18 stated that the film is unimpressive story, and gave it 1.5 stars.^[41] Kirubhakar Purushothaman of India Today called the film a typical underwhelming commercial film set in space, and gave it 1.5 stars.^[42] Director Venkat Prabhu and actor Arvind Swami praised the film for the effort.^[43][44] Vishal Menon of The Hindu termed the film simplistic in nature.^[45] J. Hurtado of Screen Anarchy noted that the film had many similarities to Armageddon (1998), one of which included the human mission of saving the Earth from an asteroid.^[46]

A success celebration was held for the film in Chennai on 29 June 2018.^[47]

Box office[edit]

Tamil Nadu theatrical rights of the film were sold for ₹10.5 crore.^[48]Tik Tik Tik grossed ₹ 3 crore on its first day and ₹ 12 crore in first three days in Tamil Nadu.^[49][50] It grossed US$ 45,724 in USA, MYR 2,23,745 in Malaysia, £ 10,480 in UK, A$ 34,493 in Australia, and NZ$ 3,424 in New Zealand in its opening weekend.^[51] The film collected US$ 68,812 in USA, £ 19,046 in UK, and A$ 49,176 in Australia by the end of the second weekend.^[52]Tik Tik Tik collected £ 20,888 in UK, and MYR 5,01,436 in Malaysia by the end of the third weekend.^[53] The film collected MYR 5,11,504 (₹ 86.6 lacs) in Malaysia by the end of the fourth weekend.^[54]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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2. ^'Before 'Tik Tik Tik', two Indian films that travelled to outer space'.
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4. ^'From Jayam Ravi's Tik Tik Tik to Varun Tej's Antariksham, space genre earns mainstream acceptance in southern cinema'.
5. ^'Nawazuddin Siddiqui reportedly quits Chanda Mama Door Ke after makers disagree on fee hike'.
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7. ^'Tik Tik Tik trailer: Will Jayam Ravi's ambitious film be as good as Armageddon?'.
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14. ^Jayam Ravi to team up with 'Miruthan' director again Jayam Ravi Miruthan. English.manoramaonline.com (2016-03-08). Retrieved on 2018-01-26.
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28. ^'Tik Tik Tik to release on 16 Feb?'.
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31. ^''Kurumba' video song from 'Tik Tik Tik' unveiled'.
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34. ^'TIK TIK TIK MOVIE REVIEW TOI'.
35. ^'Tik Tik Tik movie review: Jayam Ravi shoulders this reasonably entertaining film with a novel concept'.
36. ^'Tik Tik Tik movie review: This Jayam Ravi film is unoriginal and flawed'.
37. ^'Tik Tik Tik' review: Impressive VFX save this weakly scripted space thriller'.
38. ^'Review: 'Tik Tik Tik' Is a Biryani Without Brains'.
39. ^'Tik Tik Tik review: A space film, not indianised right'.
40. ^'Tik Tik Tik movie review: Jayam Ravi film is a race against common sense'.
41. ^'Tik Tik Tik Movie Review: Leave Your Thinking Caps at Home for This Sloppy Slide into Space'.
42. ^'Tik Tik Tik movie review: Pretentious, unoriginal space film from Jayam Ravi'.
43. ^''Tik Tik Tik': Venkat Prabhu all praise for the Jayam Ravi-starrer'.
44. ^'Arvind Swami congratulates Jayam Ravi for 'Tik Tik Tik''.
45. ^''Tik Tik Tik' review: a simplistic space flick'.
46. ^'Review: TIK TIK TIK Tap Tap Taps Into A New Genre For India, Space Masala!'. ScreenAnarchy. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
47. ^'Success celebration of Jayam Ravi-starrer 'Tik Tik Tik''.
48. ^'Tik Tik Tik TN theatrical rights'.
49. ^'Tik Tik Tik box office collection Day 1: Jayam Ravi's sci-fi film gets a decent opening'.
50. ^'Tik Tik Tik registers 'Jayam' Ravi's career best opening!'.
51. ^'Race 3 collects approx. 10 mil. USD [Rs. 68.09 cr.] in overseas. 95 lakhs'.
52. ^'Sanju collects approx. 7 mil. USD [Rs. 48.07 cr.] in overseas'.
53. ^'Sanju collects approx. 15.26 mil. USD [Rs. 104.76 cr.] in overseas'.
54. ^'Sanju collects approx. 20 mil. USD in overseas'.

External links[edit]

• Tik Tik Tik on IMDb