Solla Marandha Kadhai

Solla Marandha Kadhai
Directed by	Thangar Bachan
Written by	Thangar Bachan
Produced by	Meena Panju Arunchalam
Starring	Cheran Rathi Pyramid Natarajan Manivannan
Cinematography	Thangar Bachan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	P. A. Art Productions
Distributed by	Chandra Sekar
Release date	4 November 2002
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Solla Marandha Kadhai (The Forgotten Story) is a 2002 Tamil film. This film is based on writer Nanjil Nadan's novel Thalaikeezh vigithangal.

Cast

• Cheran as Sivadhanu
• Rathi as Parvathi Chokkalingam
• Pyramid Natarajan as Chokkalinga Padayatchi
• Janagaraj
• Manivannan
• Pushpavanam Kuppusamy
• Vadivukkarasi
• Yuvarani
• Appukutty in an uncredited cameo

Production

After the critically acclaimed Azhagi, Thangar Bachan announced his next project "Solla Marantha Kadhai". The director chose Cheran because he fitted the bill, and also because it would be more realistic casting an actor with no image for the role, rather than a known face. Says Thangar Bachan, "I had also watched Cheran direct his artistes in 'Pandvar Bhoomi' for which i was the cinematographer. I was amazed at the expressions he brought to his face, and when i was casting for my film, his was the first name that came to my mind". The film marked the debut of folk-singer Pushpavanam Kuppusamy as actor. An 80-day shooting schedule was held at locations in Panruti, Cuddalore, Vadalur and Chidambaram.

Critical reception

Hindu wrote:"Thankar Bachan's story telling skill stirred you in "Azhagi" but somehow the magic is missing this time".

Music

All lyrics are written by Ilaiyaraaja; all music is composed by Ilaiyaraaja

Solla Marandha Kadhai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Kattula Thalai"	Vidhu Prathaban	5:00
2.	"Gundu Malli"	Harish Raghavendra, Shreya Ghoshal	5:10
3.	"Amma Sonna"	Vijay Yesudas, Ilaiyaraaja	5:37
4.	"Panam Mattum"	Ilaiyaraaja	5:20
5.	"Yaedho Onn"	Bhavatharini, Karthik	5:19
6.	"Jakkamma"	Mayilsamy, Ilaiyaraaja	4:08