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This article is about the film by Mani Ratnam. For the village in Nepal, see Kadal (town).
Kadal
File:Kadal (film) Title Logo.jpg
Film's first official poster
Directed byMani Ratnam
Written byJeyamohan
Screenplay byMani Ratnam
Jeyamohan
Story byJeyamohan
Produced byA. Manohar Prasad
Mani Ratnam
Starring
CinematographyRajiv Menon
Edited byA. Sreekar Prasad
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
company
Distributed byGemini Film Circuit
Thirupathi Brothers[2]
Release date
  • February 1, 2013 (2013-02-01)
[1]
Running time
164 minutes[3]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹50 crore (US$6.0 million)[4]

Kadal (Template:Lang-en) is a Tamil romantic thriller film directed and co-produced by Mani Ratnam.[5] The film features debutantes Gautham Karthik,[6] son of actor Karthik, and Thulasi Nair,[7] daughter of Radha, in the lead roles. The film marks comeback of actor Arvind Swamy.[8] The music and background score for the film is done by A. R. Rahman. The film revolves around life of Christian fishermen who instill the fact that how faith can sometimes lead to the triumph of humanity.[9] The film is titled Kadali, as the dubbed Telugu version.[10][11] The film was released worldwide on February 1, 2013 in both the versions.[1]

Cast

Production

Development

During a press meet in December 2009, actor Karthik revealed that his son, Gautham Karthik would make his debut in Mani Ratnam's next venture post completion of Ratnam's bilingual films Raavan and Raavanan.[12] In July 2010, reports emerged that the film was titled as Pookkadai.[13] Mani Ratnam stopped pre-production work on the film in late 2010 and moved on to plan a big-budget historical project titled Ponniyin Selvan, but months later was forced to shelve it due to financial issues. Later, owing to the speculated title of the former project, the team was unable to name the film Pookkadai as an aspiring director had already registered the name in 2007. Finally the working project was renamed as Kadal in February 2012.[14] When Mani Ratnam had finished Raavanan (2010), Jeyamohan started writing a 200-page novel for Kadal, which was later transformed by Mani Ratnam into a screenplay.[15] Jeyamohan was signed to be a part of the script-writing team for the film in August 2011, while Rajiv Menon was also confirmed as cinematographer for the film, reuniting with Mani Ratnam after the successes of Bombay and Guru.[16][17] As the film portrays Christianity, Rajiv Menon explored the way artistes capture biblical themes. For this he and Ratnam went through Simon Schama's documentary called Power of Art on Caravaggio. For the outdoor shootings they stuck to the contemporary way. Mani Ratnam's reconnaissance for the film, the process of designing the look was done when his assistants brought back hundreds of pictures after jaunting through the entire coastline of the state Tamil Nadu, including Rameswaram.[18]

Casting

Akshara Haasan, daughter of actor Kamal Haasan and actress Sarika was heavily linked to play the female lead role in August 2011 but was not signed.[19] In December 2011, reports emerged that Hindi film actress Sonam Kapoor was signed on to play the role after being convinced by her father but the news was untrue.[20] Jhanvi, daughter of producer Boney Kapoor and actress Sridevi, was also considered to play the role.[21] Finally in January 2012, it was revealed that Samantha was confirmed to portray the lead female role, making film Kadal her most high-profile project till date.[22] After production had begun, Samantha was forced to opt out of the film in June 2012 due to her PMLE ailments.[23] The ace director replaced the lead female by signing Thulasi Nair, the second daughter of actress Radha. Though Thulasi was auditioned for the role during the casting process, she was not selected as Ratnam opined that she was too young for the role. Post Samantha's exit, she was roped in.[24][25][25][26] The child actress in Mani Ratnam's 2002 film Kannathil Muthamittal, Keerthana was approached for a role but she chose to join the film's team as an assistant director, instead.[27][28]

In November 2011, actor Arjun was signed to play a pivotal role in the film, denying reports that he would play the villain.[29] Lakshmi Manchu would be playing a village belle in a negative shade,[30] making her debut in Tamil films.[31] Actors Pasupathy and Lal were opted for supporting roles in the film,[32] but Lal dropped the film due to his commitments to Malayalam film Ozhimuri.[33] Arvind Swamy who returned to films post twelve years, was signed to play a full fledged role.[34] Thambi Ramiah was also confirmed to be a part of the cast.[35] Child artiste Saran, earlier seen in films such as Mudhal Idam and Mye, would be seen playing Gautham Karthik's childhood role.[36] Theater artiste Devi would be essaying the role actor Gautham's mother.[37] Baby Rakshana would be playing the role of childhood Thulasi. Mani Ratnam roped in Nayantara for a special role in the film which was confirmed in early July 2012.[38] However, the actress opted out claiming unavailability of dates and meager scope of her character in the film.[39][40] Malayalam comedian Baiju was selected to play a supporting role.[41]

Filming

Keeping principal photography under wraps, the director made the leading duo to undertake a 20-day acting workshop that was conducted by his crew.[24] Later, a two-month acting workshop under the mentorship of actress Kalairani was also attended by them.[42] The shooting of the film started on March 1, 2012 at Manapad, a sea village in Thoothukudi district. Scenes involving Arvind Swamy and Lakshmi Manchu were shot first.[43] In March 2012, in a schedule of five days, certain scenes were shot at Kottayam, Muhamma, backwaters and forts of Kochi in Kerala. The filming continued in Kerala throughout April 2012.[44][45] A scene featuring the lead actors was shot at a church, created as a set in Tuticorin.[46] Scenes were also canned in longest Indian lake Vembanad, Alappuzha.[47] In the scenic interiors of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, twenty days filming schedule was completed by end of July 2012.[48] In an interview with Times of India in October 2012, Suhasini Mani Ratnam revealed that filming was in its final stages.[49] On October 31, 2012, the crew shot the climax of the film in coastal suburbs of Chennai under the weather contrived by Cyclone Nilam.[50] On November 5, 2012, the shooting of the film was completed except for a song to be canned in Alappuzha.[51] This song schedule and patchwork for the film kicked off on January 13, 2013.[52] By second last week of the same month the patch work and re-recording of the background score was completed.[53][54] Post release of theatrical trailer, it was revealed that the filming of ten second osculating scene between lead actors took four hours to complete after several re-takes. The director had devoided the technicians and crew from the location to ease the situation for the actors.[55][56] Post filming completions, the cinematographer stated that the film was set in a hard landscape. For initial portions of the film the crew created the barren look by emphasizing sand colors and muffling vibrancy of costumes. Apparently, this was achieved to create an hostile environment in which the lead male character grows.[18] Writer Jeyamohan told The Hindu, that the script was "deeply philosophical and spiritual", "but it has been narrated in an entertaining way, complete with songs and captivating frames. It is a grand saga..", he added.[15]

Marketing

In February 2012, after the official announcement of the project with title, several forged posters were released over the internet citing wrong credits and the film plot.[57] On November 19, 2012 the film's official page was launched on social networking website Facebook.[58] After two days the poster of the male lead concealing his visage was released through the same. In order to guard the facial identities of the debutantes,[45] Mani Ratnam requested their respective parents to not let Thulasi or Gautham Karthik be snapped by anyone. Additionally they had to refrain from public appearances. The actress refused to appear at an interview for the same reason.[24][59] First countenances of the lead actors were released through special posters on the film's page, Gautham Karthik's look being unveiled on December 4, 2012 and Thulasi on December 10, 2012.[60] The main theatrical trailer was released on 11 January 2013 through Madras Talkies' YouTube channel. The trailer was also attached to the theater prints of film Alex Pandian that released on the same day.[61] In a frenzy, the trailer crossed 1 million views within a day of its release on YouTube.[62]

Music

Main article: Kadal (soundtrack)

Director Mani Ratnam's usual associate music composer, A. R. Rahman composed the songs as well as the background score for the film. The lyrics of three songs were penned by Vairamuthu, other three by his son Madhan Karky and remaining one by rapper Aaryan Dinesh Kanagaratnam, making the album feature seven tracks in the soundtrack album. The album was scheduled to release on December 17, 2012[63] but due to tremendous pre-booking orders, the audio label advanced the release by two days.[64] The original (Tamil) version of the album was released on December 15, 2012 by the record label Sony Music. It opened up with extremely positive reviews, topping the Indian music charts, especially iTunes India.[65] The Telugu version of the soundtrack album was released direct to stores on December 26, 2012 and was also launched in a grand event at H.I.C.C. Novotel, Hyderabad on January 10, 2013.[66]

Release

Domestic

Gemini Film Circuit bought the theatrical rights of the film for ₹ 25 crores.[67] In January 2013, Vijay TV acquired the satellite telecast rights.[68] In mid-January 2013, Kadal was censored with a U certificate from the Indian Censor Board after five minor cuts.[3][69] The advanced booking opened two days prior to the release. However, the distributors in Tamil Nadu faced arduousness for screen occupancies due to controversial release status of film Vishwaroopam.[70]

Overseas

ATMUS Entertainment bagged the distribution rights of the film in USA. The original (Tamil) version was release in 54 screens and dubbed (Telugu) version in 20 screens. The film was premiered in most of the locations of the same country a day prior to the actual release.[71][72]

See also

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