''Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum'' () is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language

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directed by

Vasanth Vasanth is an Indian director well known in Tamil cinema, Tamil language films for directing films such as ''Keladi Kanmani'' (1990), ''Aasai'' (1995), ''Nerrukku Ner'' (1997), ''Rhythm (2000 film), Rhythm'' (2000) and ''Satham Podathey'' (200 ...

. The film notably has no score, instead featuring sounds designed by

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. The production of the film started in early 2015, had the premiere in 2018 at several film festivals and finally released through OTT platform

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, skipping theatrical release. This film won three National Film Awards: Best Feature Film in Tamil, Best Supporting Actress and Best Editing.

Summary

The film contains three female-centric short stories written by the writers Ashoka Mithran (Vimosanam), Adhavan (Ottam) and Jeyamohan (Devakich chiththiyin diary).

Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli is a ''National Award'' winning Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil films. A post graduate in human resource management from Madras School of Social Work, she joined the English theatre company Evam as a ...

Parvathy Thiruvothu Parvathy Thiruvothu Kottuvatta (born 7 April 1988), known mononymously as Parvathy, is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films. She is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award, two Kerala S ...

, and Kalieswari Sreenivasan star in the lead roles.

Cast

as Sivaranjini *

as Devaki * Kalieswari Srinivasan as Saraswati * Karunakaran as Chandran *

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as Mani * Karthick Krishna as Hari * G. Marimuthu *

Senthi Kumari Senthikumari Rathinakumar is an Indian actress known for her role in the film ''Pasanga'' and the third season of '' Saravanan Meenatchi'' and ''Vanathai Pola'' as Chellathayi. She played the mother of one of Nayanthara Nayanthara (born ...

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Production

Production work for the film began during January 2015, with

beginning a schedule for a new film starring

were approached to be a part of the cast, as was actor Karunakaran Vasanth noted that the film would be women-centric and would be made as a tribute to his late mentor, K. Balachander, who often depicted strong woman characters in his films. The film was revealed to have three female-centric short stories written by writers

Jeyamohan Bahuleyan Jeyamohan (born 22 April 1962) is an Indian Tamil and Malayalam language writer and literary critic from Nagercoil in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. His best-known and most critically acclaimed work is ''Vishnupuram'', a fantas ...

, Adhavan and

Ashokamitran Ashokamitran (22 September 1931 – 23 March 2017) was the pen name of Jagadisa Thyagarajan, an Indian writer regarded as one of the most influential figures in post-independent Tamil literature. He began his prolific literary career with the p ...

. Vasanth shot scenes featuring Pooja Kumar during September 2015, but later changed the script and dropped the actress from the project. The lead actress of the film ''

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'' (2015), Kalieaswari Srinivasan, was also recruited to portray a role in the film during late 2015. In August 2016, Vasanth revealed that the film was "seventy percent" complete. In November 2017, Parvathy revealed that she had completed work on the film and that she would portray a working woman in the early 1990s. She added that the film was shot on a small budget and the creative work was done in a single room rather than having a big film set. Salsan Jose is the Dolby Atmos mix engineer.

Release

''Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum'' skipped theatrical release, but opted for a digital one on 26 November 2021 on

Reception

The Hindu has written a review praising Director Vasanth has made a "powerful anthology delves deep into the minds of women across three time periods". Times of India rated the movie 4.0/5 appreciating the film as "A Superbly made, Immensely affecting Anthology".

References

External links

* {{National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil 2018 films Films directed by Vasanth Films based on short fiction Indian anthology films Indian feminist films Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja 2010s Tamil-language films Tamil-language Indian films