''Brindavanam'' is a 2017 Indian

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-language

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film directed by

Radha Mohan Radha Mohan is an Indian film director of the South Indian film industry. He is known for his work in the films '' Mozhi'' (2007), '' Abhiyum Naanum'' (2008), '' Payanam'' (2011) and '' Kaatrin Mozhi'' (2018). Career Radha Mohan began work o ...

and produced by Shan Sutharsan. The film stars Arulnithi and Vivek, while Tanya portrays the leading female role. Featuring music composed by

Vishal Chandrasekhar Vishal Chandrasekhar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, who has predominantly scored music for Tamil and Telugu films. Career Vishal started playing the keyboard aged six and began to give solo shows by the time he was ten years ...

, the film began production during August 2016 and was released on 26 May 2017.

Cast

* Arulnithi as Kannan * Vivek as Himself * Tanya as Sandhya * Thalaivasal Vijay as Sandhya's father *

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as Nagaraj *

M. S. Bhaskar Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar (born 13 September 1957) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films. Before entering the film industry, he was a theatre artist, he made his film debut in 1987 in a small role in the film '' Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi ...

as Louis * Krishnamoorthy as Ramaiah *

Sricharan SriCharan Rangarajan (born 24 April 1981) is an Indian actor and a qualified lawyer based in Chennai, India. Career Having debuted in the 2008 Tamil film '' Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai'', SriCharan went on to make his break with Radha Mohan' ...

as Motorcycle Driver * Doubt Senthil as Varky * Cell Murugan as Mani

Production

In June 2016, Shan Sutharsan of

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announced that his production studio would simultaneously produce two Tamil films — a project by

and Mahendran Rajamani's ''

Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal ''Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film written and directed by Mahendran Rajamani and produced by Shan Sutharsan. The film stars Jai and Pranitha, with Karunakaran, Kaali Venkat and Naveen George T ...

''. Arulnithi and Vivek were reported to play leading roles, while newcomer Tanya, granddaughter of actor Ravichandran, was selected as the lead actress.

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and

were revealed as the film's cinematographer and composer, though Prabhu was later replaced by newcomer Vivekanand Santhosham, an erstwhile assistant of P. C. Sriram. Radha Mohan announced actor Vivek would portray himself and the film would be about the bonding between a popular actor and his fan, though distanced reports that the film would be along the lines of the 2016 Hindi film, '' Fan''. To prepare for his role, Arulnithi learnt sign language for ten days from expert Vijaya Bhaskar, who had also trained

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for her role in Radha Mohan's '' Mozhi''. The film was officially launched with the title ''Brindavanam'' in mid August 2016, with Vivek planting a tree sapling to commemorate the start of the film's shoot in Sakleshpur, Karnataka. The director revealed that he opted against naming the film ''Mozhi 2'' despite being tempted to, in order to underplay expectations for the film from audiences. ''Brindavanam'' was shot for nine days in Sakleshpur, before the team moved to

Ooty Ooty (), officially known as Udhagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund (); abbreviated as Udhagai), is a city and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located north west of Coimbatore and ...

for a further 35 days to complete the shoot.

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by

and featured three songs, all written by

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. The audio rights are secured by Vansan Music, a subsidiary of the production house.

Release

The film opened on 26 May 2017 across Tamil Nadu, alongside Samuthirakani's '' Thondan'' (2017).The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV. The film received positive reviews, with a critic from

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the sec ...

stating it is "a feel-good film that narrates tales of friendship and love" and that "it has got its vision and mission clear – to be heart-warming, funny and emotional at times".

The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naid ...

stated it was a "warm, fuzzy film that works for the most part", while The Hindustan Times stated "it leaves you grinning for the most part and also stirs up an emotional storm within". Likewise,

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called it a "thoroughly entertaining film", while Sify.com's reviewer wrote that "the importance of family, the enduring bond of brotherhood, and the power of forgiveness in the film will surely make you smile".

References

External links

* {{Radha Mohan 2017 films 2010s Tamil-language films Indian comedy-drama films Films shot in Karnataka Films shot in Ooty Films scored by Vishal Chandrasekhar Films directed by Radha Mohan 2017 comedy-drama films