Cast

Credited cast:
	Arya	...	Jayaganthan (J K Boss)
	Santhanam	...	Nagaraj (Nadupakka Nakki)
	Premji Amaren	...	Cheenu
	Hansika Motwani	...	Madhumitha
	Anjali	...	Shakthi
	Nassar	...	Somayajulu
	Ali	...	House Owner
	Sayaji Shinde	...
	Neetu Chandra	...	special appearance
	Kalyani Natarajan	...

Storyline

Settai (English: Prank) is a 2013 Indian Tamil comedy film directed by R. Kannan.  A remake of the 2011 Hindi film, Delhi Belly, it stars Arya, Anjali, Santhanam, Premji Amaren and Hansika Motwani.  The film, which began filming in Chennai on 7 May 2012, released for April 2013. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Naughty Boys. The audio was launched on 30 January.  The film released on 5 April 2013 and earned mixed reviews from critics.

The story revolves around three roommates, journalist J K Boss(Arya), photographer Nagaraj(Santhanam) and Cheenu(Premi) leading an unkempt and debt-ridden life in a shoddy apartment. J K\\\'s ditsy fiancée, Madhumita, is an air hostess who agrees to deliver a package for Vladimir Dragunsky (Kim Bodnia) to Nassar, without realizing its contents or that Nassar is a gangster. Madhumita asks J K to deliver the package. 

JK, in turn, asks Nagaraj to do so. But Nagaraj is unable to do so as he is experiencing \\\'Chennai Belly\\\'. Nagaraj hands Madhumita\\\'s package to Cheenu for delivery to Nassar, along with a package containing his stool sample for delivery to Nagaraj\\\'s doctor. Cheenu mixes up the two packages which makes Nassar furious and he starts the investigation by interrogating Vladimir. Meanwhile, Nagaraj photographs his landlord with a prostitute. 

He sends an envelope with the photographs to his landlord to blackmail him. JK is with Madhumita, and his colleague Shakthi (Anjali) calls him on the pretext of work. When he reaches the place he realizes that it is just a party and Shakthi called him just to have fun.Rajeev who was supposed to be Shakthi\\\'s husband, sees them together and gives JK a black-eye in a fit of jealousy. 

JK retaliates and knocks Rajeev out. As JK and Shakthi leave they are chased by a furious Rajeev and his friends who shoot at them. The duo barely manages to escape. Vladimir informs Somayajulu that the mix-up must have been caused by Madhumita as she didn\\\'t know what she was carrying in the package. Somayajulu calls Madhumita, informs her about the mix-up and asks her to give him the address of the person who had delivered the package. When JK arrives into his apartment, he walks into Somayajulu who has cheenu standing on a stool with a noose around his neck. 

On hard interrogation, Somayajulu discovers the mix-up and realizes that the package must be with Nagaraj\\\'s doctor. Nagaraj gets the package from his doctor\\\'s office, wherein Somayajulu finds his thirty diamonds hidden inside. Upon recovering his booty, he orders his henchmen to kill the three roommates. One of them is about to shoot JK, when another kicks the stool on which cheenu was standing to hang him. Luckily for the roommates, the ceiling of the apartment caves in, since it can\\\'t take Cheenu\\\'s weight. The cave-in injures and knocks-out Somayajulu and his men. JK,cheenu and Nagaraj escape along with the diamonds and spend the night at Shakthi\\\'s place. The next day they sell the diamonds to a local jewellery store. As the roommates prepare to get out of town with the money, they get a call from Somayajulu who has kidnapped Madhumita. 

He threatens to kill her if they don\\\'t return the diamonds. The trio, try to buy back the diamonds from the jewellery store, who demands double the sale amount. Without the money, JK comes up with a plan. Najaraj, Cheenu, JK and Shakthi disguise themselves in burqa and go back to the jewellery store. They con the owner, gag him and forcefully take back their diamonds and return his money. They make their get-away in JK\\\'s car with the police on their tail and make their way to the hotel where Somayajulu is holding Madhumita. As they are about to make the exchange with Somayajulu, the police arrive at the hotel room. There is a shoot-out between the police and Nassar\\\'s gang. 

Najaraj, Cheenu, JK and Madhumitha, who had hit the floor during gunfight,are left as the only survivors. Shakthi is upset to learn about JK\\\'s engagement and walks away from him. JK breaks off his engagement to Madhuitha. Later, it is revealed that Nagaraj did not return the cash to the jewellery store owner, and had kept the money for himself. The film ends when Shakthi comes to the roommates\\\' apartment to return JK\\\'s car\\\'s hubcap lost while escaping from Rajeev. JK jumps into her car through the open window and kisses her passionately.

After UTV Motion Pictures announced that the studio will be remaking the Hindi film Delhi Belly in Tamil, R. Kannan, who had earlier directed Jayam Kondaan and Kanden Kadhalai, was selected as the director. G. Dhananjayan, South Business chief of UTV, stated that, unlike the original version, which received an adult rating, the remake would be made for a family audience, making clear that the core plot would be retained, while the dialogue would be changed and "risque jokes" be avoided. Dhananjayan further added that he, Kannan and John Mahendran (director of Sachein and son of award winning director Mahendran) would be creditted for additional screenplay and adaption, while the latter would write the new dialogues as well.

Varuthapadaatha Vaalibar Sangam and Vai Raja Vai were amongst the suggested titles for the film, with the team eventually zeroing in on Settai. Arya, Santhanam and Premji Amaren were selected to play the three lead roles.  Vijay Raaz, who portrayed the main antagonist in Delhi Belly, was approached to reprise his role.  His role later went to Nasser. Suja Varunee was cast to appear in a cameo role which was played by Anusha Dandekar in the original.  Telugu comedian Ali joined the cast, making his Tamil film debut.

The film was launched on 7 May 2012 in Chennai. Two huge sets resembling a hotel and a bachelor's room were reportedly constructed for the shoot.  The first schedule got over after 20 days of shoot in three differently constructed sets. Arya, Hansika and Anjali along with the crew will be leaving for Switzerland on 23 September to shoot two songs over there. According to Kannan, 75% of the film has been shot and the film is gearing up for a December release.
  

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