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Kanthaswamy
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Directed bySusi Ganesan
Written bySusi Ganesan
Produced byKalaipuli S. Thanu
StarringVikram
Shriya Saran
Krishna
Indrajith
Prabhu Ganesan
Ashish Vidyarthi
Vivek
Santhanam
Vadivelu
CinematographyN. K. Ekambaram
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Distributed byKalaipuli International
Release date
June 12, 2009[1]
LanguageTamil
BudgetRs. 40 crores[2]

Kanthaswamy (Template:Lang-ta) is a forthcoming Tamil feature film currently being directed by Susi Ganesan, who with Kanthaswamy will direct his fourth film. Vikram acts in the lead role, whilst Shriya Saran, Krishna, Ashish Vidyarthi, Indrajith Sukumaran, Prabhu Ganesan and Vivek also play roles in the film. The film's soundtrack and background score will be composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film is also to be released as Mallana in Telugu and also in English, Spanish and Italian.[3]

S. Thanu, the film's producer had initially mentioned that the film would be released by mid-2008, however the filming has taken much longer, mainly because of a few shooting halts; especially because of the sudden death of Raghuvaran, who was given a major role in the film. The film's soundtrack was released on May 17, 2009, with the much-awaited release of the film itself on June 12, 2009, following the 2009 IPL cricket season.[4] The film has been under production since early 2007.

Production

Development

In January 2007, early reports suggested that Kalaipuli International were set to make a film starring Vikram directed by Susi Ganesan, titled Kanthaswamy for a release during Diwali 2007.[5] Soon after the announcement Shriya Saran, who was acting in Sivaji: The Boss at the time was roped in to play the heroine.[6] However due to Vikram and Shriya's projects, the film was delayed and the first schedule was postponed to July 2007. The film's first photo shoot was carried out in June 2007 at Mutukadu near Chennai featuring the lead actors.[7] The film began filming a pre-launch trailer, the first of its kind in Tamil cinema, to be screened at the launch, with Vikram, Susi Ganesan and fashion designer Chetan travelling to Malaysia to look for Hollywood-inspired costumes.[8]

The inauguration of Kanthaswamy took place on 22 September, 2007 at the Devi Paradise theatre in Chennai. For the event, a unique electronic invitation, made in China, was presented to guests who had been invited. The invitation was the size of a laptop and featured a 8 minute trailer of Kanthaswamy.[9] Each invitation had cost about Rs. 15,000, making it the most expensive invitation in Indian film history.[10] Following the launch ceremony, the team announced they had adopted two villages near Madurai; Sangampatti and Gandhi Nagar, to shoot in initially and then to provide basic amenities like school and proper roads among other things to the villagers for a year. The team, who were praised for their actions, were the first production team to take part in such activity in Tamil cinema.[11]

In November 2007, the shooting was halted temporarily due to an accident that occurred at the shooting spot at the Chennai Boat Club. Cameraman Ekambaram was canning the shots as per director Susi Ganesan's instructions when a pole erected on the sets unexpectedly fell on the director's head resulting in an injury.[12] The film has finished schedules at Italy, where the trailer was filmed as well as schedules in Tanzania, Kenya and Switzerland. A schedule in locations in Mexico was also held, after the team went location hunting there, with a song and several scenes canned.[13] The film, initially described as a "hilarious comedy", was rumoured to be a remake of the Hollywood cult hit, The Breakfast Club,[14] however Susi Ganesan has claimed that the film has a more Robin Hood feel to it.[15]

Casting

Following the announcement of the project, titled as Kanthaswamy, Vikram and Katrina Kaif was originally selected to be the heroine, however due to commitments in Bollywood as well as the fact that she would have had to have a pay cut from her usual higher salaries in Bollywood, Kaif opted out of the project.[5] Shriya Saran was signed in February 2007, when she was in the middle of completing her other prestigious projects Sivaji: The Boss and Azhagiya Tamil Magan.[6] In September 2007, with the release of the trailer several other artistes names were featured as supporting cast. Prominent supporting actor Raghuvaran was selected to play as Shriya's father and shot scenes in the role, before his unexpected death during the production of the film, subsequently, his role was replaced by Ashish Vidyarthi.[16] Vivek and Santhanam were also added, as well as lesser established actors such as Vikram's father Vinod Raj, Y. G. Mahendran, Shiv, Arun Madhavan, Vinayak and Alex, whilst Mumaith Khan was assigned an item number role. Later on, veteran Telugu actor Krishna,[17] father of Mahesh Babu was signed to a role in the project as well as Indrajith, elder brother of prominent actor, Prithviraj, whom will do a villainous role in the film.[18] Indrajith was selected for the role ahead of other prominent character actors Arjun Rampal, Irfan Khan and Suman.[19] Recently, Mansoor Ali Khan took up a negative role in the film to make a comeback ino the acting foray.[20]

The producer of Kanthaswamy, Kalaipuli S. Dhanu and Susi Ganesan the director ensembled an experienced team to produce the film. Veterans Thotta Tharani, A. S. Laxmi Narayanan and Vairamuthu, winners of nine National Film Awards between them, take care of the art direction, audiography and lyrics respectively. Devi Sri Prasad composes the music for his biggest film to date following several compositions for smaller budget Tamil films and Telugu films. N. K. Ekambaram controls the cinematography of the film, whilst Antony edits the film. Kannal Kannan is the fight master for the film, whilst Mittra media are responsible for the publicity designs the film outputs, adding to their work with the trailer and the invitations. The film is co-produced, by Chennai businessmen, A. Paranthaman and A. K. Natraj along with Dhanu.

Italic text==Soundtrack==

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The film has seven songs composed by Devi Sri Prasad, with one being a theme track. The songs from the bilingual albums were released to the public after a audio launch at the Trade centre in Chennai on May 17, 2009.

Song title Singers Length (m:ss) Description
Excuse Me Mr. Kanthaswamy Vikram, Suchitra Kumar 5:48 Vikram and Shriya Saran shown quarelling in a romantic relationship song.
Allegra Rita 5:25 Shot on Shriya and Italian dancers against the backdrop of the majestic opera house, for her introduction song.
Miaow Miaow Poone Vikram 4:33 Sensuous song featuring the lead pair
Ithellam Dupe Vikram, Viveka 4:10
Mambo Mania Vikram 4:38 Shot in a famous bull ring in Mexico on the lead pair and Mexican dancers accompany them.
Bambara Kannaalei Remix (En Peru Meenukumari) Malathy 4:20 An item number featuring Mumaith Khan
Kanthaswamy Theme 3:06 Theme song

References

  1. ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/mar-09-02/kanthaswamy-10-03-09.html
  2. ^ "'Kanthaswamy' and Magical". Indiaglitz.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
  3. ^ Pressmeet "Kanthaswamy in Spanish, English, Italian too" Galatta.com, retrieved 02-10-2009
  4. ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/mar-09-02/kanthaswamy-10-03-09.html
  5. ^ a b "Susi-Vikram venture named 'Kandasamy'". Nowrunning.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
  6. ^ a b "What makes Shriya click?". Indiaglitz.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  7. ^ "Vikram begins work on Kandasamy". Galattatime.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
  8. ^ "Vikram's costume party". Behindwoods.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
  9. ^ Ashok Kumar, S.R (2007). "Invitation for launch of 'Kandasamy' not commonplace". The Hindu. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
  10. ^ Warrior, Shobha (2007). "'I want Kandaswamy to be the biggest film of 2008'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
  11. ^ Kavitha, S.S (2007). "Adoption with a difference". The Hindu. Retrieved 2007-11-10.
  12. ^ "'Kandasamy' shooting comes to a halt". Cinesouth.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-23.
  13. ^ "Bangkok purchases for 'Kandasamy'". Cinesouth.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  14. ^ "Vikram's Kandasamy remake of the English movie "The Breakfast Club"". TamilFilmRatings.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-10.
  15. ^ "The Robin Hood of Kollywood". OneIndia.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
  16. ^ "Kanthaswamy's latest replacement". Behindwoods.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  17. ^ "A new star joins Kanthaswamy". Behindwoods.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
  18. ^ "Prithiviraj's sibling in Kanthaswamy". Behindwoods.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  19. ^ "Kanthaswamy's new villain!". Sify.com. 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
  20. ^ "Mansoor's Kanthasamy connection". Chennai365.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
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