Clown) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film produced by Ishari K. Ganesh and written and directed by Pradeep Ranganathan in his directorial debut.

Just then, a goon, Dharmaraj, while escaping after killing a rival gangster, Gaja, takes Nikitha as a human shield.

En route, Ravi's auto gets stuck in a flood due to heavy downpours, so he carries Bhanu to the hospital with people on the street helping them.

Ravi learns Rithika filmed his outburst at Nikitha's house, criticising modern society for over-dependence on technology, and has gone viral across social media, earning him money to clear Mani's debts.

He does not sell the statue but retains it as a family heirloom and continues making YouTube videos on social issues.

[8] Ravi lost 20 kilograms (44 lb) for the film,[9] which was shot in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on a specially-built school set.

[11] Hiphop Tamizha agreed to compose the film's music, while Richard M. Nathan and Pradeep E. Ragav were selected as cinematographer and editor respectively.

[12] The film's soundtrack is composed by Hiphop Tamizha, marking their second collaboration with Ravi Mohan after Thani Oruvan.

[14] Krishnamoorthy said, "A twelve-member body in the Writers' Union, headed by a renowned director like Bhagyaraj, would not have decided in my favour if they thought only the premise of both stories were the same.

"[14] To settle the matter, the Comali producers agreed to add a card before the film that would credit Krishnamoorthy as the source of the story.

This caused backlash among fans of Rajinikanth who accused the film of defaming him by implying he had been delaying his political entry since 1996.

They also noted the year was anachronistic as Rajinikanth actually made his speech in 2017 and, in 1996, only supported the alliance of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Tamil Maanila Congress.

[17] S. Srivatsan of The Hindu wrote, "The lack of seriousness is evident, for, Comali looks like an assortment of convenient filmmaking.

What starts as a rapturous comedy becomes an unintentional heist drama in the second half; traverses into Samuthirakani’s universe of stronger-the-messages-louder-the-applause, and ends up as a survival movie, that is painstakingly exhaustive".

"[20] Sreedhar Pillai, for Firstpost, rated the film 3/5, stating that "Comali is packaged as a jolly-feel-good entertainer, laced with emotions and nostalgia.

Bayview Projects, Boney's production company, holds the remake rights for all languages including Hindi.