Nambiyaar
| Nambiyaar | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Ganeshaa |
| Written by | Ganeshaa |
| Produced by | Haresh Vikram Vijayakumar S. Vandana S. Shaalini |
| Starring | Srikanth Santhanam Sunaina |
| Cinematography | M. S. Prabhu |
| Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
| Music by | Vijay Antony |
Production company | Golden Friday Films |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Nambiyaar is a 2016 Tamil language comedy film written and directed by Ganeshaa in his directorial debut.[1] It stars Srikanth, Santhanam (as the title character) and Sunaina in the lead roles. Produced by Srikanth's home production Golden Friday Films and independent producer, Haresh Vikram Vijayakumar (Malaysia), the film is named after the veteran actor M. N. Nambiar, who was famous for his villainous roles in yesteryear Tamil cinema.
Vijay Antony scored the soundtrack and original scores for the film,[2] while M. S. Prabhu handled the cinematography and Vivek Harshan did the editing. Despite beginning production during early 2013, the film went through delays before releasing in August 2016. This is the last film of Santhanam acting as comedian.
Cast
[edit]- Srikanth as Ramachandran
- Santhanam as Nambiyaar
- Sunaina as Saroja Devi
- Delhi Ganesh as Saroja Devi's father
- Jayaprakash as Ramachandran's father
- Vanitha Krishnachandran as Ramachandran's mother
- Robo Shankar as Thangasamy
- John Vijay as Inspector Pandian
- Uday Mahesh as Commissioner Muthukaruppan
- Subbu Panchu as Ramachandran's elder brother
- Devadarshini as Ramachandran's sister-in-law
- Arjunan as Arjun
- Lollu Sabha Manohar as Maasilamani
- Nakshathra Nagesh as Bala
- Cool Suresh as Rowdy
- Arya as Baskar (Special appearance)
- Parvathy Omanakuttan as Dharani (Special appearance)
- Vijay Antony (Special appearance)
Production
[edit]Ganesh, a former assistant to directors S. S. Rajamouli and Vikraman, announced plans in February 2013 that he would be making a film named Nambiar and had approached actor-music composer Vijay Antony to play the title role. However, due to his prior commitments, he turned down the lead role and agreed to compose music for the film. Subsequently, Srikanth signed the film and agreed to make it his maiden production venture. Comedy actor Santhanam was approached to play another role sharing the same screen length with the lead actor. Actress Sunaina was signed in to play the female lead role. Srikanth's wife Vandana made her entry as the costume designer of the film.[3] Arya was asked to play an important guest role and shot for the film without demanding a remuneration.[4]
Ganesh called this as his "dream project" and also approached Mohan Nambiar, son of veteran villain actor Nambiar and got formal permission from him before naming the film after the actor.[5] The shoot of the first schedule of the film was happening in Chennai in June 2013.[6] The film's release was delayed for two years, before the makers readied the project for release in August 2016.[7]
Soundtrack
[edit]Music was composed by Vijay Antony composing for a Srikanth film for the second time after Rasikkum Seemane. Actor Santhanam made his debut as singer with this film.[8][9]
| Nambiyaar | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2 August 2016 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Vijay Antony chronology | ||||
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| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aara Amara" I | Santhanam | Viveka |
| 2 | "Aara Amara" II | Santhanam | |
| 3 | "Idhuvarai Yaarum" | Rahul Nambiar, Chinmayi | Madhan Karky |
| 4 | "Kaima Kaisa" | Naresh Iyer | Viveka |
| 5 | "Nambiyaar" (Theme) | Instrumental | |
| 6 | "Saroja Devi" | Aalap Raju | Madhan Karky |
| 7 | "Thoongum Penne" | Srinivas |
References
[edit]- ^ "Srikanth is Nambiar". Sify. 17 May 2013. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "Srikanth's next with debutant S Ganesh titled Nambiar".
- ^ Srikanth's wife Vandana enters films - The Times of India
- ^ "Arya shoots for a guest role in Srikanth's Nambiar - The Times of India". The Times of India. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ Srikanth and Sunaina pair up in Ganesha’s Nambiar - KOLLY TALK
- ^ "Srikanth's wife Vandana enters films". The Times of India.
- ^ Vasudevan, K. V. (13 August 2016). "A tribute to a beloved villain". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ Santhanam turns singer, records song in 15 mins! - The Times of India
- ^ "Nambiyaar - Making of Aara Amara song video | Movifreakz". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.