Kizhakku Cheemayile

Kizhakku Cheemayile
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Directed by	Bharathiraja
Produced by	S. Thanu
Written by	M. Rathnakumar (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Bharathiraja
Story by	M. Rathnakumar
Starring	Vijayakumar Radhika Napoleon Vignesh Vadivelu
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	B. Kannan
Edited by	K. Pazhanivel
Production company	V Creations
Distributed by	V Creations
Release dates	13 November 1993 (1993-11-13)
Running time	147 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kizhakku Cheemayile (English: Eastern Province) is a 1993 Tamil film directed by Bharathiraaja. It has music composed by A. R. Rahman. The film involves a touching sentimental story between a brother and a sister. Radhika and Vijayakumar have been highly praised for their roles in the film. The film was one among Deepavali releases of 1993. Later it was remade in Telugu in 1994 as Palnati Pourusham.

Cast

• Vijayakumar as Maayaandi Thevan
• Radhika as Virumaayi
• Napoleon as Sivanaandi
• Pandiyan as Chinna Karuppu
• Vignesh as Seenu
• Rudra (actress) as Pechchi
• Vadivelu as Ochchu
• Suryakanth as Periya Karuppu
• Rajaguru Ramarajan
• Viji Chandrasekhar as Kaudari
• Sujatha
• Vijaya
• Sevvalai Raju (Uncredited role)
• Kalyan (Uncredited role)
• S. J. Suryah (Cameo appearance)

Production

Script and dialogue writer M. Rathna Kumar first approached S. Thanu to produce this film. Thanu liked the script. worked on it with him and then asked him to narrate it to Bharathirajaa, saying he is the appropriate person to direct the film. The project became a reality after he came on board.

The film was made on first copy basis by Bharathirajaa for the producer at a cost of ₹80 lakhs. Originally, Rajkiran was considered for the role of Maayaandi. However, when his salary expectation was too high, Vijayakumar was finally selected for the role.

Vadivelu was paid a small amount for the film. However, after acting in the film in the character of Occhu, he stated that this film's success would establish his career, which it did. Producer S. Thanu advertised the film using only Bharathirajaa, A. R. Rahman and Vairamuthu in the wall posters on the launch date as they were more popular than the artistes. For the first time, computerised digital designing method was used to print posters and publicity materials.^[1]

Music

Score

The rural background score and songs were composed by A.R.Rahman

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics written by Vairamuthu. Kizhakku Cheemayile was the first film that introduced the combo of Bharathiraja & A.R. Rahman. All songs were based on Tamil folk, unlike the previous works by Rahman which were based in classical music from Western culture. The audio of Kizhakku Cheemayile and Uzhavan, both by Rahman was released on the same day. Rahman composed soundtracks for this movie featuring 6 songs. "Kathaazha Kaattu Vazhi" won Jayachandran, a Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback.^[2][3]

References

External links

• Kizhakku Cheemayile at the Internet Movie Database
• Listen to Songs