''Server Sundaram'' is an upcoming Indian

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written and directed by Anand Balki, and produced by J. Selvakumar. The film features Santhanam, Vaibhavi Shandilya and

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. It was filmed throughout 2016, but failed to have a theatrical release due to distribution issues.set to release on Ott platform soon

Cast

* Santhanam as K. Sundaram * Vaibhavi Shandilya as Sanjana *

*Bijesh as Raja Pandi *

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* Kitty * Maya Sundarakrishnan *

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* Venkatesh Bhat * Chef Damodharan *Poonam Shah *

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*Gopi Gpr *Nandagopal *Ramadoss Rammohan *Madu Karthiek * Jan Bostock *B. Balaji Shankar

Production

In December 2015, debutant director Anand Balki announced that he would be making a film with Santhanam in the lead role and

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as music composer. Producer Saravanan who produced

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with

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consulted the

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's actor

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's family, before announcing that Anand Balki's film would be titled the same. Subsequently, the team also chose to cast Nagesh's grandson, Bijesh, in a supporting role of a catering college student. Major portions of the film were shot in and around

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, Chennai. For his role of a caterer, Santhanam took training at a five-star restaurant and learnt skills from the restaurant's staff. The first look poster of the film was released on 20 January 2016 coinciding with Santhanam's birthday, while the makers revealed that project would be shot in Chennai, Goa and Dubai. In June 2016, the team shot a song with

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dancers Poonam and Priyanka Shah in Australia, alongside the lead actors. Filming ended by late October 2016.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the movie is composed by

. The film's soundtrack consists of five songs, four of which were written by Vivek Velmurugan of ''

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'' and ''

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'' fame, while the fifth song "Kannaal Modhaadhey" was written by Muthamil of '' Enakkul Oruvan and

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'' fame.

Release

''Server Sundaram'' was originally scheduled for 7 September 2017, before being rescheduled for 29 September. After further delays, it was scheduled for 6 July 2018, before being delayed again to avoid competition with ''

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''. After being in deadlock for more than a year, it was scheduled for 31 January 2020, only to be postponed to 14 February to avoid competition with Santhanam's other film, ''

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'', and then to 21 February. After failing to release on the scheduled date, the film has no new release date, with the director blaming the distributors for "butcher ng the release.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 7087984 Cooking films Films about chefs Films about food and drink Films scored by Santhosh Narayanan Films shot in Chennai Films shot in Dubai Films shot in the Maldives Indian action comedy films Unreleased Tamil-language films