Buffoon (film)
Buffoon is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language crime film written and directed by Ashok Veerappan, in his directorial debut. Be The film stars Vaibhav, Anagha, Adukalam Naren. The film has songs and score composed by Santhosh Narayanan. The cinematography and editing were handled by Dinesh Purushothaman and Vetre Krishnan, respectively. It was produced by Karthik Subbaraj, Kaarthekeyen Santhanam, Sudhan Sundaram and Jayaram under, Stone Bench Films and Passion Studios. The film was released theatrically on 23 September 2022. Plot 
Two street theatre performers (koothu artists) become pawns in a political power game and are falsely implicated in a drug smuggling case. Cast

Music 
The music was composed by Santhosh Narayanan. The audio rights were acquired by Maajja. Release

Theatrical 
The film is scheduled to be released in theatres on 23 September 2022. The teaser of the film was released on 14 March 2022. The distribution rights of the film in Tamil Nadu were acquired by B. Sakthivelan under the banner of Sakthi Film Factory. Home media 
The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film were bought by Netflix, where it began stream from 14 October 2022. Critical reception 
M. Suganth of The Times of India who gave 3 stars out of 5 stars after reviewing the film stated that,"Santhosh Narayanan adds to the tense nature of the scenes with his score". Avinash Ravichandran of Cinema Express who gave 2.5 stars out of 5 stars after reviewing the film stated that "Although Buffoon definitely has a lot of heart and even more potential, there is only so much that intent can do when it has to contend with lackadaisical execution bogged further down by nonchalant writing". Bharath Vijayakumar of Moviecrow rated the film 2.75 out of 5 and stated that "For now, Buffoon is a film that remains watchable". Harshini S V of Film Companion wrote that "Buffoon is not tempted to take the predictable route and does justice to its story with a convincing climax. References

External links 
 Buffoon at IMDb

2020s Tamil-language films
2022 crime films
2022 directorial debut films
2022 films
Films scored by Santhosh Narayanan
Indian crime films