Naan Kadavul Movie Review, Preview

Bala's Naan Kadavul

Arya, Pooja, Rajendran, Azhagm Thamizhmani and over 175 new faces come together for director Bala's Naan Kadavul.
Cinematography : Arthur A Wilson
Music : Ilayaraja
Art : Krishnamurthy
Stunts : Super Subbarayan
Editing: Suresh Urs
Dialogues : Jayamohan
Effects: Raju
Lyrics : Valee
Production : Vasan Visual Venture K S Srinivasan
Story / Screenplay / Direction: Bala


About the Movie:

For spiritual and astrological amends, a father drives his son away from home. The boy leaves Tamilnadu and takes refuge in Kasi. He (Arya) grows up in the midst of Saadhu and Sanyasins and become one with long hair and gory looks. Meanwhile, realising his folly, the father goes in search of his son to Varanasi. Shocked to see his son in such state, he decides to bring his back to his home town. His encounters in Tamilnadu and turn of events after he leaves to Varanasi forms the story.

Highlights of Naan Kadavul

• This is Bala's fourth directorial venture after Sethu, Nandha and Pithamagan.
  
• For the first time Bala is not penning the dialogues for his film. It is handled by noted Tamil literararian and writer Jayamohan
  
• Pooja has dubbed in her own voice
  
• Lyricist Vaale has penned a song in praise of Lord Vishnu in Dasavatharam. In Naan Kadavul, he has written a song in praise of Lord Shiva.
  
• The climax stunt sequences were shot for 26 days
  
• Three directors form part of the project ( Acharya Ravi, Singam Puli and Rassaiya Kannan)
  
• With hope that Naan Kadavul will sweep national awards, the movie would be censored on 30 December, 2008 to join the race for the acclaim this year itself.
  
• Since movies with Digital Interlude (DI) are not considered for National awards, both the cinematographer and the director have not used DI in the film.
  
• It would be released simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu.
  
• A total of 450 physically challenged children and elders form part of the movie. Bala was felicitated for his mammoth effort on World Handicapped Day celebrations recently.
  
• Over 48 physically challenged persons, who know nothing about cinema had been to Chennai to dub in their own voice. A team of doctors attended them in case of emergency during the shoot.
  
• Ilayaraja was mightily impressed seeing the film and wondered the work to be done for re-recording.
  
• Ilayaraja was joined by acclaimed Bollywood composer Uttam Singh for re-recording.
  
• For the first time, a full-fleg song in Sanskrit feature in the movie
  
• The movie was shot in Varanasi, Kasi, Kanchipuram and Periyakulam
  
• The newcomers in the movie include Rajendran, a popular stunt artiste, director Singampuli, producer Azhagam Thamizhmani, an eunuch Keerthana and a physically challenged singer Kovai Krishnamurthy. Keerthana hails from Madurai.