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Diesel (2025)

Diesel poster
Original title
டீசல்
Directed by
Shanmugam Muthusamy
Genre
action, romance, drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 25m
Rated
12A
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught in a conflict with a powerful antagonist. The story follows his fight against the criminal underworld.

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What happens

Diesel is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Shanmugam Muthusamy in his directorial debut and produced by Third Eye Entertainment and SP Cinemas. The film stars Harish Kalyan, Athulya Ravi and Vinay Rai in the lead roles with Vivek Prasanna as the antagonist with an ensemble cast consisting of P. Sai Kumar, Ananya, Karunas, Ramesh Thilak, Kaali Venkat, Sachin Khedekar, Zakir Hussain, Thangadurai, and KPY Dheena in pivotal roles. The film was officially announced in December 2021. Principal photography commenced later the same month and wrapped in November 2023. The music was composed by Dhibu Ninan Thomas, with cinematography handled by M. S. Prabhu and Richard M. Nathan; and editing by San Lokesh. Diesel was theatrically released on 17 October 2025, coinciding with Diwali. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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