''Eera Veyyil'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language

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directed by newcomer A. K. Micheal. The film stars

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and

Saranya Nag Saranya Nag is an Indian former actress who has appeared in Tamil language films. She made her debut in a supporting role in Balaji Sakthivel's critically acclaimed '' Kaadhal'' (2004), before playing leading roles in ''Peranmai'' (2009) and '' ...

with

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, and ''Pithamagan'' Mahadevan in supporting roles.

Plot

Bala is the son of an honest

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. At a temple pond, he sees a girl and splashes water on her. Bala is then taken to the police station since the girl is Priya, the daughter of the

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mayor, Krishnamoorthy. Upon hearing this, Priya feels bad for Bala. They both start to have phone conversations and fall in love. When Priya's father learns that Priya is talking with a ruffian, he starts to hunt down Bala with the help of police officer Venugopal. How Bala tries to escape from the police forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Bala *

as Priya *

as Venugopal *

as Bala's father * ''Pithamagan'' Mahadevan as Krishnamoorthy *

Ajay Rathnam Ajay Rathnam is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil films and serials apart from few Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. He is known for his supporting and negative roles and has acted in over 300 movies. Standing at ...

as Police commissioner *

Meera Krishnan Meera Krishnan is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil-language films and television serials. Career Meera Krishnan initially played veena for music directors Deva and Maragathamani. She then worked as an announcer for Doordarshan b ...

as Priya's mother * Black Pandi as Kutty *

Dhamu Dhamu is a retired Indian actor, comedian and mimicry artist who mainly acted in Tamil films. He is known for his role as Otteri Nari in '' Ghilli'' (2004). Career Dhamu was a part of Gaana Galata Group, a popular touring and acting comedy tr ...

as Velu * Ramya as Revathi *

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as Teacher *

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as Police officer * Comagan as Flower seller *

Scissor Manohar Scissor Manohar is an Indian comedian and actor. Career Manohar began to work as a production assistant working on films such as ''Puthiya Vaarpugal'' (1979). Manohar earned the name Scissor for his character in '' Gokulathil Seethai'' (19 ...

as Newspaper reader *

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as Pharmacist

Production

The film began production in 2008 under the name ''Thiruvasagam'' with newcomer Rajamohan as the director with ''

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'' fame Aryan Rajesh and '' Kaadhal'' fame Saranya Nag. The film was planned as a Tamil and Telugu bilingual. Charanraj and

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played supporting roles. The film was re-launched in 2013 as ''Eera Veyyil'' with A. K. Micheal as the director and changes to the supporting cast. The name was changed because the director knew that the name ''Thiruvasam'' would have controversy due to the religious meaning of the name. A. K. Micheal ventured into direction with this film. He previously worked as a stills photographer for seven films and as an art director for sixteen films. Businessmen Durai Prabhakaran, Ramesh Ethiraja, Pavesh V. Jain, T. Nedumaran and R. Senthil Kumar produced the film. Aryan Rajesh, who was last seen in '' Pokkisham'' (2009), returns to Tamil cinema with this film. He shot for this film alongside ''Thuttu'' and ''Vedikkai''; however, both of those films were never released. Nizhagal Ravi was cast as Rajesh's father.

and ''Pithamagan'' Mahadevan were cast in important roles.

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by

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in his fourth Tamil film.

Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he firs ...

wrote the lyrics for all the songs.

References

{{reflist 2014 films 2014 romantic drama films Indian romantic drama films 2014 directorial debut films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films