Gautham Karthik's Ivan Thanthiran celebrates three years

R Kannan's

Ivan Thanthiran

starring Gautham Karthik, Shraddha Srinath and RJ Balaji was released on June 30, in 2017. The team is celebrating three years of this action thriller film on Twitter.

The film opened to positive reviews. The story follows the lives of

engineering students

, with Gautham and Balaji playing the roles of engineering dropouts. Many critics and audiences felt that this was a fairly engaging thriller and it opened to decent reviews from both critics and audiences.

The film began production in August 2016. The team had signed Gautham for the lead role. There were reports that Anupama Parameswaran was considered to play the female lead. Eventually, the film went to Shraddha Srinath. The following month, the team began shooting and released the film in 2017.