''Aathi Narayana'' is a 2012 Indian
Tamil language
Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. It is one of the longest-surviving classical languages in the world,. "Tamil is one of ...
film directed by Vetrivendhan, which stars Kajan and
Meera Jasmine
Jasmine Mary Joseph,
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. After a four-year delay in production, the film was released on 27 April 2012.
Cast
As per the film's opening credits:
Production
The project was announced in March 2008 with the production house announcing that they had audaciously signed
Meera Jasmine
Jasmine Mary Joseph,
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to feature alongside a newcomer in their new project titled ''Deivamagan'' - though the title was changed after pressure from the makers of an old film with the same name. The director, debutant Vetrivendhan, revealed that the team initially wanted to title the film as ''Deiva Magan'' as the film revolved around a psychotic character but later opted to call it Aathi Narayana after the lead character's name. Shooting took place throughout late 2008 and in early 2009 with the November rains hampering progress.
The audio release of the film was held on 25 August 2009 with director
Perarasu
Perarasu (born 8 January 1967) is an Indian film director who works primarily in Tamil cinema and is best known for masala films with Vijay and Bharath. Perarasu has also been credited as an actor, music director, singer and lyricist in some ...
taking the opportunity as a stage to vent out against heroines who get overpaid.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by
Srikanth Deva
Srikanth Deva is an Indian music director of Tamil films. He made his debut as music director in the Tamil movie '' Doubles'' in 2000. He is the son of composer Deva, nephew of the famous music director duo Sabesh–Murali and the cousin of acto ...
.
Release
The film eventually released on 27 April 2012 across
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
with little publicity alongside another delayed Tamil film ''
Leelai
''Leelai'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Andrew Louis and produced by Ramesh Babu. It stars débutantes Shiv Panditt and Manasi Parekh in lead roles along with Santhanam and Suhasini Raju in pivotal roles. T ...
''.
References
2012 films
2010s Tamil-language films
2010s Indian films
Films scored by Srikanth Deva
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