This is an archive article published on December 26, 2024

Suriya 44 is now Retro: Karthik Subbaraj promises to deliver vintage love, laughter and war

Bankrolled by Stone Bench Films and 2D Entertainment, Retro, which marks the maiden collaboration between Suriya and Karthik Subbaraj, is expected to hit the screens in Summer 2025.

2 min readChennaiDec 26, 2024 09:08 PM IST

Suriya and Pooja Hegde play the leads in Karthik Subbaraj's Retro

Pooja Hegde plays Rukmini in Retro

For Suriya fans, who are waiting for the comeback of their matinee idol through Karthik Subbaraj’s next, the perfect Christmas gift awaited them. The makers of the film, tentatively titled Suriya 44, revealed the title as Retro. Sharing a title teaser, featuring the principal cast of the film, including Suriya, Pooja Hegde, Joju George, Jayaram, and Naasar, the makers set the right tone of expectations for Retro.

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Despite the downslide of Kanguva in 2024, Suriya would be looking for a change of fortunes with Retro, and RJ Balaji’s next, tentatively titled Suriya 45. The title teaser managed to raise the already sky-high expectations for the combination of Suriya and Karthik.

Here’s the teaser:

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The teaser begins with an intense Suriya sitting on the steps of a temple pond looking deep into the eyes of his lover, played by Pooja Hegde. As she looks on at him, and ties a thread around his wrist, Suriya’s character promises her that he would leave behind his rage-filled past, stop working with his father, and become the man she would always love. He receives a smile and a kiss in return for his promise to find a new purpose to his life. But then… the teaser shifts gears, courtesy some interesting intercuts to bouts of violence, and a rollicking score by Santhosh Narayanan, and we are shown what is in store in this film that was launched with the tagline, “Love, Laughter, War.”

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Bankrolled by Stone Bench Films and 2D Entertainment, Retro, which marks the maiden collaboration between Suriya and Karthik Subbaraj, is expected to hit the screens in Summer 2025. With cinematography by Shreyaas Krishna, editing by Mohammed Shafique, Retro also stars Karunakaran and Prakash Raj in pivotal roles.

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