# Tik Tik Tik (2018 film)
**Tik Tik Tik** (டிக் டிக் டிக்) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language science fiction thriller directed and written by Shakti Soundar Rajan, starring Jayam Ravi and [Nivetha Pethuraj](https://www.edgepedia.org/nivetha-pethuraj), and promoted as India's first space film.[1](https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/19656/tamil/tik-tik-tik/) • [2](https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/tik-tik-tik-review-impressive-vfx-save-weakly-scripted-space-thriller-83508) It was produced by Nemichand Jhabak and Hitesh Jhabak, with music by [D. Imman](https://www.edgepedia.org/d-imman), and released in India on 22 June 2018.[1](https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/19656/tamil/tik-tik-tik/) • [3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Director and writer | Shakti Soundar Rajan (story, screenplay, dialogues, direction)[3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html) |
| Lead cast | Jayam Ravi as M. Vasu, Nivetha Pethuraj as M. Swathi, Aaron Aziz as the villain, with Ramesh Thilak, Arjunan, Jayaprakash, and Vincent Ashokan[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7280786/fullcredits/) • [5](https://in.bookmyshow.com/movies/tik-tik-tik/ET00068925) |
| Release | 22 June 2018 (India), Tamil language, U certificate[3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html) |
| Runtime | 2 hours 11 minutes[3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html) |
| Music | D. Imman; the song "Kurumba" was sung by Sid Sriram with lyrics by Madhan Karky[6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmjyrQEBpI8) |
| Genre positioning | Marketed as India's first space film[2](https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/tik-tik-tik-review-impressive-vfx-save-weakly-scripted-space-thriller-83508) |
| Critical aggregate | 43% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer from 7 reviews[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tik_tik_tik) |
## Spoilers
### Plot
The film opens with a meteorite falling on a residential area in Chennai, which leads the government to learn of a larger asteroid on course to destroy a large part of [Tamil Nadu](https://www.edgepedia.org/tamil-nadu) within seven days.[3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html) A military council decides that to destroy the asteroid, India must steal a 200-kilogram nuclear missile that another country keeps at its space center.[8](https://tamil.filmibeat.com/movies/tik-tik-tik/story.html) The Indian Space Research Organisation recruits Vasu, a magician and escape artist who works with a hacker and a contortionist helper, and sends the team into space to divert or destroy the asteroid.[9](https://www.sunnxt.com/tamil-movie-tik-tik-tik-2018/detail/72195) • [10](https://www.flicks.co.uk/movie/tik-tik-tik/) Nivetha Pethuraj plays a Defence Space Division officer.[11](https://tamil.samayam.com/tamil-cinema/movie-review/tik-tik-tik-tamil-movie-review-and-rating/moviereview/64732031.cms)
## Production and cast
Shakti Soundar Rajan wrote the story, screenplay, and dialogues and directed the film for the Nemichand Jhabak banner, with V. Hitesh Jhabak as producer.[3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html) • [12](https://tamil.filmibeat.com/news/jayam-ravi-speaks-on-tik-tik-tik-051051.html) The cast includes the Singapore-based actor Aaron Aziz as the villain, alongside [Jayaprakash](https://www.edgepedia.org/jayaprakash), Ramesh Thilak, Vincent Ashokan, and Arjunan.[13](https://www.maalaimalar.com/cinema/preview/tik-tik-tik-movie-preview) Jayam Ravi's son Aarav made his screen debut in the film, playing a character named Ravi.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7280786/fullcredits/) • [14](https://tamilcinetalk.com/tik-tik-tik-movie-success-press-meet-news/)
The technical crew included cinematographer S. Venkatesh, editor Pradeep E. Ragav, art director S.S. Moorthy, and stunt choreographer Miracle Michael.[3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html) Art director Moorthy recreated a space set in Chennai, and reviewers singled out the set design, cinematography, and visual effects as the film's strengths given its budget.[3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html) • [2](https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/tik-tik-tik-review-impressive-vfx-save-weakly-scripted-space-thriller-83508)
## Music
D. Imman composed the film's songs and background score, with lyrics by [Madhan Karky](https://www.edgepedia.org/madhan-karky).[3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html) The album's song "Kurumba", sung by [Sid Sriram](https://www.edgepedia.org/sid-sriram), was released as a lyric video by Sony Music South.[6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmjyrQEBpI8) Behindwoods described the title track, sung by [Yuvan Shankar Raja](https://www.edgepedia.org/yuvan-shankar-raja), Yogi B, and Sunitha Sarathy, as a strong composition with rap portions, and noted it marked Imman's 100th album.[3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html)
## Reception
**Critical response was mixed.** On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 43% Tomatometer score from 7 reviews, with an audience Popcornmeter score of 50%.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tik_tik_tik) [The Indian Express](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-indian-express) gave it 2 stars out of 5, calling it "blatantly unoriginal, illogical and unscientific".[15](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/tik-tik-tik-movie-review-jayam-ravi-5228883/) India Today also rated it negatively, describing the premise as a lift from [Michael Bay](https://www.edgepedia.org/michael-bay)'s *Armageddon*.[16](https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/tik-tik-tik-movie-review-pretentious-and-unoriginal-space-film-from-jayam-ravi-1267259-2018-06-22) The New Indian Express gave 3 stars, writing that the space shots never invite laughter, an achievement in itself, while finding much else to criticize.[17](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/review/2018/Jun/22/tik-tik-tik-review-a-space-film-not-indianised-right-1832118.html) The Times of India and Firstpost each gave 3 stars, with Firstpost praising Nivetha Pethuraj's performance and calling the film reasonably entertaining without lag.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tik_tik_tik) The News Minute judged that the impressive visual effects carried a weakly scripted thriller.[2](https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/tik-tik-tik-review-impressive-vfx-save-weakly-scripted-space-thriller-83508)
The film opened well with audiences; a success meet held about a week after release was told by Jayam Ravi that the film was running successfully.[14](https://tamilcinetalk.com/tik-tik-tik-movie-success-press-meet-news/) On BookMyShow it held a user rating of 7.9 out of 10 from more than 3,000 votes.[5](https://in.bookmyshow.com/movies/tik-tik-tik/ET00068925) Rotten Tomatoes lists a gross of $50.6 thousand in the United States.[7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tik_tik_tik)
## Significance
Reviewers consistently framed the film by its genre first: as The News Minute put it, being India's first space film carries a certain value for the industry, whatever the flaws of the script.[2](https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/tik-tik-tik-review-impressive-vfx-save-weakly-scripted-space-thriller-83508) [Behindwoods](https://www.edgepedia.org/behindwoods) wrote that the film "could be an edifice of tomorrow's Tamil sci-fi movies, if you manage to look past its logical errors", and ScreenAnarchy called it a step forward and its director one of the innovative filmmakers working in Tamil Nadu.[3](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html) • [7](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tik_tik_tik) Shakti Soundar Rajan later directed *Teddy* (2021) and *[Captain](https://www.edgepedia.org/captain-2022-film)* (2022).[18](https://filmi.ai/film/tik-tik-tik-2018/)
## References
1. [Tik Tik Tik Tamil Movie, Nowrunning](https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/19656/tamil/tik-tik-tik/)
2. ['Tik Tik Tik' review: Impressive VFX save this weakly scripted space thriller, The News Minute](https://www.thenewsminute.com/flix/tik-tik-tik-review-impressive-vfx-save-weakly-scripted-space-thriller-83508)
3. [Tik Tik Tik (aka) TikTikTikk review, Behindwoods](https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/tik-tik-tik/tik-tik-tik-review.html)
4. [Tik Tik Tik (2018) Full cast & crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7280786/fullcredits/)
5. [Tik Tik Tik (2018), BookMyShow](https://in.bookmyshow.com/movies/tik-tik-tik/ET00068925)
6. [Tik Tik Tik - Kurumba Tamil lyric video, Sony Music South (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmjyrQEBpI8)
7. [Tik Tik Tik, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tik_tik_tik)
8. [Tik Tik Tik story preview, Filmibeat Tamil](https://tamil.filmibeat.com/movies/tik-tik-tik/story.html)
9. [Watch Tik Tik Tik Tamil Movie Online, Sun NXT](https://www.sunnxt.com/tamil-movie-tik-tik-tik-2018/detail/72195)
10. [Tik Tik Tik, Flicks UK](https://www.flicks.co.uk/movie/tik-tik-tik/)
11. [Tik Tik Tik movie review, Samayam Tamil](https://tamil.samayam.com/tamil-cinema/movie-review/tik-tik-tik-tamil-movie-review-and-rating/moviereview/64732031.cms)
12. [Jayam Ravi speaks on Tik Tik Tik, Filmibeat Tamil](https://tamil.filmibeat.com/news/jayam-ravi-speaks-on-tik-tik-tik-051051.html)
13. [Tik Tik Tik movie preview, Maalaimalar](https://www.maalaimalar.com/cinema/preview/tik-tik-tik-movie-preview)
14. [Tik Tik Tik success meet report, Tamil Cine Talk](https://tamilcinetalk.com/tik-tik-tik-movie-success-press-meet-news/)
15. [Tik Tik Tik movie review: This Jayam Ravi film is unoriginal and flawed, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/tik-tik-tik-movie-review-jayam-ravi-5228883/)
16. [Tik Tik Tik movie review: Pretentious, unoriginal space film from Jayam Ravi, India Today](https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/tik-tik-tik-movie-review-pretentious-and-unoriginal-space-film-from-jayam-ravi-1267259-2018-06-22)
17. ['Tik Tik Tik' review: A space film, not indianised right, The New Indian Express](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/entertainment/review/2018/Jun/22/tik-tik-tik-review-a-space-film-not-indianised-right-1832118.html)
18. [Tik Tik Tik, Filmi.ai](https://filmi.ai/film/tik-tik-tik-2018/)
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