''Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi'' (Half God, Half Beast) is a 2015 Tamil-language

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directed by Raaj Menon and Suresh. The film produced by Raj Zacharias, also features him in the lead role while Sethu, Abhishek Vinod and Swetha Vijay form the leading cast. Although originally planned with a different ensemble cast in 2011, the project finally materialised in mid 2013 and released on 20 March 2015 to negative reviews. The original score and soundtrack of the movie were composed by

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. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as ''Rahadaari'' in 2016.

Cast

*Raj Zacharias * Sethu * Abhishek Vinod as Jai *Swetha Vijay as Neha *Arjuna in a guest appearance *

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in a guest appearance

Production

The film was announced as early as June 2011 when it was revealed that Raaj Menon would make a film to be produced by socialite Raj Zacharias. It was suggested that filming for the project, based on a story of four youngsters, would begin in August 2011 with

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signed on as sound engineer.

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and

Aadhi ''Aadhi'' is a 2018 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph. The film stars Pranav Mohanlal in the title role (in his debut adult role) and features Jagapathi Babu, Siddique, Lena, Aditi Ravi, An ...

were signed to play three of the lead roles, while the director announced that no lead actress be in the cast. The team released a series of posters featuring silhouettes and then revealed that

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and Santhanam amongst others would play supporting roles. Aadhi later stated that he would play a guest appearance, though noted that in October 2011 that Raaj Menon had not contacted him since June about the project. The film subsequently failed to take off and the project was postponed. The film re-began work in October 2013 and a teaser trailer was released in 2014 featuring an all-new cast with producer Raj Zacharias playing a leading role. The film added in Suresh to co-direct the film with Raaj Menon, while

replaced Navneeth Sunder as the film's composer. Actor Sethu, previously seen in ''

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'' (2010), also featured in a prominent role, while debutants Abhishek Vinod and Swetha Vijay also appeared in the film. An

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, "Meenamma Meenamma" was choreographed by

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featuring actor Arjuna of ''

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'' fame, and actress and model

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. Actress

enacted a cameo role in the film, revealing that she had accepted the offer as an ode of friendship to her college friend Raj Zacharias.111 The film was titled ''Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi'', after a song in ''

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'' (2001).

Music

All music is composed, arranged, programmed and produced by

, who makes his debut in

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after impressive stints in

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and

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film industries. The audio was released in a grand function held at

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, Viveka and Karunakaran are the lyricists. Producer

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was present during the occasion, along with several other dignitaries. The soundtrack met with positive reviews on release. Karthik Srinivasan of ''Milliblog.com'' commented "The soundtrack’s highlight is ''Enadhu ulagil'', that lays out its Reetigowlai cards right at the outset and goes on to make superb pop-style use of the raaga! Long overdue, good enough debut by Rahul Raj in Tamil." Vipin Nair of ''Musicaloud.com'' too rated the album high, and concluded saying "Commendable Tamil film debut from Malayali composer Rahul Raj. ''Naan Indru'' in particular is total chartbuster material!".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3885704 2010s Tamil-language films 2015 films Indian road movies Films scored by Rahul Raj