Silambarasan-Sneha-Sana-Saravanan:
The Christmas offering |
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Starring:
Silambarasan,
Sneha, Sana
Khan, Prabhu,
Santhanam
Direction:
Saravanan
Music: Yuvan
Shankar Raja
Production:
Lakshmi Movie
Makers Limited
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We
expected it to be
around for Deepavali,
but the Christmas-New
Year time is also
a good time for
Silambarasan to
reclaim lost ground
at the box office.
The talented actor
has not been having
the best of times
in 2008, but all
that could change
in the coming week
as Silambattam hits
theaters, carrying
a fair bit of expectations.
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The
makers have
made one thing
clear, this
thing is a
full fledged
commercial,
so you know
what to expect.
But, they
have not said
that this
is a no brainer.
It will be
a full length
entertainer
where we get
to see two
Silambarasan’s
in different
halves of
the movie
in completely
different
appearances,
one a cool
dude and the
other a typical
traditional
priest from
Kumbakonam.
Silambattam
is the debut
directorial
venture of
popular cameraman
Saravanan.
He has admitted
that the story
is not entirely
new to Kollywood,
but the script
has its share
of freshness
and that will
be the advantage
of the movie,
besides its
cast which,
one has to
admit is quite
good for a
directorial
debut. Apart
from Silambarasan,
there is Sana
Khan paired
with the priest
and Sneha
paired with
the more stylish
Silambarasan.
Sneha will
be on screen
for the first
time after
Pandi where
she had a
bit uncharacteristically
scorched screens,
it will be
interesting
to watch if
she continues
in the same
vein here
too. Kishore
is the bad
man while
Santhanam
and Karunas
have teamed
up in the
laughs department.
The touch
of experience
comes in the
form of Prabhu
(who has now
settled very
neatly into
the character
mode) and
the veteran
Nedumudi Venu
who will appear
as
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Silambarasan’s
grandfather. The director
has made a special
mention of Sana Khan’s
rural girl role which
he says has come out
in a life like manner.
Well, we are coming
to the highlight part
that we are already
familiar with, the
music. The Yuvan-Silambarasan
team gets it right
most of the time and
they seem to have
done it this time
too, having managed
to get Ilaiyaraja
to lend his voice
for one song. The
‘Thamizhnattile’
song is already quite
a rage among the youth
which augurs well
for the movie and
with the nimble footsteps
of Silambarsan (remember
the ‘Dandanaka’
song from Kaalai),
they must make the
movie stronger..
Camera has been handled
by Veyil fame Mathi
and so we can expect
quality in that department.
Despite all these
details being revealed
about the movie: the
Silambarasan two pronged
act and the two lead
ladies, we are no
closer to knowing
the plot or the genre
of the movie, which
is a well guarded
secret. All that is
being said is that
it will be an entertainer
from start to finish.
We will find out soon
at the theaters anyway.
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