Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Ayyan

Two decades ago, films based entirely in rural areas and on rural subjects were in abundance. Of course, the protagonist invariably came to the big bad city of Chennai and the film continued... Recently, we had Paruthiveeran, Sandakkozhi, and Veyyil. Other than these, there has been a dearth of movies based on rural subjects, especially movies like Karagattakkaran, Devar Magan, Kizhakku Seemayilae. But there are production houses and people who do not let this trend die.

Now, the collaboration of Varsha Pictures and S.L. Pictures presents you a venture which has such rustic appeal in it. They are producing Ayyan, which has a rural backdrop and is rich in rural sentiments. Karthik, of Maanadurai fame is the hero, donning the role of a fearless man named Muniasaamy. Divyapadmini is the debut heroine. Supporting them are an eminent bunch of supporting artists including Pithamagan Mahadevan, Shanmugarajan, Singamuth, Ilavarasu, Suryakanth, Crane Manohar, Scissor Manohar, Muthukkalai, “Alwa” Vasu, "Supergood" Laxman, Soundar, Subburaj, Vijay Ganesh, Nellai Siva, and Bonda Mani. But it has not yet been decided who will be the chief comedian. All the big names in the field of comedy are under consideration.




Story, screenplay, and dialogues are by Kendran Muniasamy, who also directs this movie. Kavignar Snegan has penned the lyrics for all the songs. Kasi V. Nathan takes care of the camera. Deena of “Katthazha kannala kuthatha” fame is the choreographer. Super Subbarayan is the stunt coordinator.
When it comes to rustic subjects, no one can handle music better than the great Ilayaraja. So he has been roped in for music. Recently, a song was recorded at Prasad Studios for this movie. After the song was recorded, Ilayaraja received a standing ovation from all the music artists. They said that it had been quite a while since they listened to or worked in such engrossing music. This movie promises to be a feast for those who love movies based on rural subjects.