An upcoming Indian Tamil romantic drama film ‘Pathinaaru’ has Shiva and Madhu Shalini in the lead. It’s written and directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy whose earlier venture in 2009 was A Aa E Ee. Kalaipuli S. Thanu has bought the distribution rights to release the film under his V. Creations banner. It is a debut venture of A Shiva shankar’s production house, Passion Movie Makers.

Radio jockey turned actor Shiva, who made his debut as the lead cast in Chennai 600028 followed by Saroja plays the lead with model turned telugu actress Madhu Shalini who debuted in Tamil through Pazhaniappa kalloori.

Darbuka Siva, a percussionist in various bands and a radio jockey who worked with Shiva dons an important role. Kasthuri, popular South Indian heroine of the 1990s, television artist Abhishek, Velu prabhakaran, KishoreKumar and ‘Angadi Theru’ Pandi play pivotal roles.

The storyline captures the romantic sequences between Shiva a happily roaming guy and Madhu. The scenes have traversed across the East Coast Road and various other places in Chennai, Ooty and Kodaikanal. This though a low budget movie with a relatively new cost suffered caught in development and post-production backlogs. However, noted film producer and distributor Kalaipuli S. Thanu, after watching a preview screening of the film, decided to take over the film's theatrical rights and distribute it under his V. Creations banner.

Yuvan Shankar Raja has joined hands with director Sabapathy again after Punnagai Poove for the film's background score and soundtrack. Notably, Yuvan Shankar worked for this film without receiving any remuneration considering the film’s budget. Yuvan Shankar Raja’s music is a great strength to this film. The songs have been received well. Yuvan Shankar Raja made his brother Karthik Raja sing a song which runs through a flashback. This is his first solo song under Yuvan Shankar's direction.

Pathinaaru true to the name is a story that touches the profound love between the young lead pair. Come 28 january, we will know how far Shiva and Madhu’s chemistry on screen embraces the sweet sixteens and the young hearts to create a magical charm as the youthful music by Yuvan.