Director Venkat Prabhu heaps praise on Maharaja

Since its release on July 14, Vijay Sethupathi- starrer Maharaja has been receiving broad appreciation from the audience as well as the insiders from the industry. The latest celebrity who lauded the film is filmmaker Venkat Prabhu.

Taking to his Twitter handle, the filmmaker wrote, "Loved Maharaja. brilliant screenplay!! Nithilan and Philomin Raj. Wonderful performances!! Vijay Sethupathi, Anurag Kashyap and Natty Natraj. Congratulations team for the blockbuster!! (sic)"

Directed by Nithilan Swaminathan, Maharaja stars an ensemble cast including Anurag Kashyap, Mamta Mohandas, and Natty Natraj in pivotal roles, along with Abhirami, Arul Doss, Munishkanth, Boys Manikandan, Singam Puli, Bharathiraja, Vinod Sagar, and PL Thenappan.

The film is jointly produced by Sudhan Sundaram's Passion Studios and Jagdish Palanisamy's The Route banners. Maharaja's technical crew comprises cinematographer Dinesh Purushothaman, music composer Ajaneesh Loknath, and editor Philomin Raj.

The CE review of the film reads, "Maharaja is a whodunit, and strangely enough, it's also a whats-been-done. The story is hardly new, but the value is in the screenplay."