Jackson Durai

Cast

Production

Sri Green Productions agreed to finance Dharani Dharan's second directorial venture after Burma (2014), and signed on actors Sibiraj and Bindu Madhavi to appear in a horror film. The film began production in May 2015, and was described to be a thriller set in the 1940s with Sathyaraj, Rajendran and American actor Zachary signed on for pivotal roles. Dharani Dharan revealed that the film would be completed by October 2015, at a cost of ₹3 crore (US$450,000).

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Siddharth Vipin and lyrics written by Dharanidharan, Aravind Devaraj and Mohanrajan. Behindwoods rated the album 2 out of 5 calling it "frivolous album which is high on freshness."

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.

Reception

Baradwaj Rangan of Hindu wrote "Jackson Durai only sounds like a horror comedy — the plot is more intricate, it wants to do more than just make you laugh, scream. It actually wants to tell some kind of story, a Groundhog Day-like story that keeps looping back on itself, each iteration the opportunity for a change." Sify wrote "Dharani Dharan’s ideology of mixing fantasy, horror and spoof is laudable but he hasn’t got the right screenplay. Although all the actors are capable of pulling off the characters given to them, the aimless screenplay doesn’t offer big entertainment." Behindwoods wrote "Overall the director seems to have tried his best at giving us an entertaining feature but instead cluelessly heads in a direction which lacks a sense of purpose. He handles a texture that is not definite and weaves a rather loose structure around it." Times of India wrote "The film is a horror comedy, a genre that is very much the trend today, and going by the director's previous film, you expect at least a competently made film that keeps us entertained. But the only thing that we have in store is disappointment." Top10cinema wrote "Definitely, a different horror tale, but lacks engagement."