The makers of Suriya's Retro has announced that the film will be having its post-theatrical release on Netflix. The platform will begin streaming the Karthik Subbaraj directorial on May 31, three weeks after its theatrical release.
Produced by Subbaraj's Stone Bench Creations and Suriya's 2D Entertainment, Retro has Pooja Hegde playing the female lead. The rest of the cast features Joju George, Jayaram, Karunakaran, Nassar, and Prakash Raj among others.
Shot by Shreyaas Krishna (Mahaan, Rocky), the film's editing is handled by Shafique Mohamed Ali, who edited Subbaraj's Jigarthanda Double X and Rahul Sadasivan's Bramayugam starring Mammootty.
In its review of the film, THE WEEK wrote: "The best thing about Retro: It's Karthik's most lighthearted film; it's a relief to see the director opting for a relatively calmer film if you consider the level of intensity dished out in his last one, Jigarthanda Double X. Retro is not, however, devoid of unpleasant imagery — after all, one doesn't go into Karthik's films expecting it to be free of discomfiting situations, especially this one — but the general idea is to have a blast. Suriya, on his part, is in top form, giving fans all the right amount of Suriya-isms, particularly in one scene where he goes to meet Joju with a tape recorder playing a certain "retro" song. I won't describe the scene because one doesn't see it coming; it's such a delight to see Suriya doing... that."
Notably, Karthik Subbaraj's Jagame Thanthiram and Jigarthanda Double X are also available on Netflix. Recently, there were reports of the filmmaker producing an original series for Netflix called Legacy with the cast headlined by Dulquer Salmaan, R Madhavan, and Gautham Karthik, with Charukesh Sekar as director. However, there has been no official announcement yet.
