Mehandi Circus is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action romantic drama film written by Raju Murugan and directed by Saravana Rajendran who is also his elder brother on his directorial debut.

Meanwhile, in a bar in Kodaikanal, a drunk Jeeva (Madhampatty Rangaraj) is winning a game of “guess the singer”.

When they play the Ilaiyaraaja song “Oh Paapa Laali” (from Idhayathai Thirudathe), he walks away in anger.

[2] The next day, Mehandi’s daughter finds Jeeva, who is showing off his knife throwing skills to his friends.

Mehandi is part of the knife-throwing act as the target just like her mother was for her father and her grandmother for her grandfather.

A villager sees them together and informs Jeeva’s father, a conservative and aggressive man who does not cross caste-lines, of their relationship.

Jeeva agrees and asks Jadhav (Ankur Vikal), his friend from the same circus troupe, to train him.

Jeeva resigns to his fate, asks Jadhav to not tell Mehandi about their conversation and he heads back home.

After their circus tent is burned down and the whole troupe heads back home, Jadhav convinces Mehandi’s father to give her hand to him over drinks.

One night, Jadhav practices his knife-throwing act completely drunk, misses his mark and Mehandi is injured.

[7] The director revealed that the real-life circus performers were hired to play other uncredited characters as part of the circus-related sequences.

[9] The official teaser of the film was released on 6 January 2018 by actor Karthi through social media.

The official first single track (which is a folk melody) of the film titled Vellattu Kannazhagi was released on 26 December 2018 on the eve of Boxing Day, which was well received by the audience and went viral on social media.

Sean Roldan was completely missing in 2018, after a stellar soundtrack like Power Paandi in 2017.