Dikkiloona is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language science fiction comedy film written and directed by Karthik Yogi in his directoral debut .

[1] The film features music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with cinematography and editing were performed respectively by Arvi and Jomin.

The film was released on ZEE5 on 10 September 2021, coinciding with the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, and received mixed to positive reviews from critics.

Mani in the year 2027 is not in good terms with his wife Priya and his parents-in-law as he did not achieve big as a hockey player and instead works as EB Lineman with meagre amount of salary.

Groom Mani is devastated that Priya regrets for marrying him and tells him that had this marriage not happened both of them would have led a happy life elsewhere.

She always wants to be in limelight and goes to any extent together with her so-called boy bestie to gain likes in social media Tik-tok which reflects in his career when he loses his national team selection match.

However, one of the scientists is angry at him for using the device for his personal benefit, and therefore tampers with the machine half way during his travel which leads to EB Mani ending up in a mental asylum.

In new 2027 Mani sees himself as successful hockey player, father of a daughter and Priya as his wife screaming at him for silly reasons.

On 5 September 2019, KJR Studios announced its collaboration with K. S. Sinish's newly formed production house Soldiers Factory, for a science fiction comedy film titled Dikkiloona, and further stated that Santhanam will star in the film in triple roles for the first time,[9] as protagonist, antagonist as well as a comedian.

[8] In October 2019, the makers announced that former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh would play the supporting role in the project,[11] eventually marking his debut in Tamil cinema.

[1] Munishkanth, Anandaraj, Yogi Babu, Rajendran and Nizhalgal Ravi, Sha Ra and Arun Alexander joined the cast in the same month, along with film critic Prasanth Rangaswamy, in his acting debut.

[14][15] The music for the film is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, collaborating for the first time with Santhanam after the latter's transformation into lead roles, with lyrics written by Ku.

[16] Yuvan remixed a popular classical song Per Vachalum Vaikama Ponalum from Michael Madana Kama Rajan (1990) which was composed by his father Ilaiyaraaja,[17][6] and was released as a single on 3 September 2021.

"[23] M Suganth of The Times of India gave 3.0 out of 5 stars and stated that "The supporting comedians, especially Anandaraj, Munishkanth and Lollu Sabha Maran, are amusing.