(Sharat Kumar, Murali, Manoj, Abhirami, Sindhu,
Monal) It
is a piece of novel casting, with Sharat Kumar, Murali and Manoj teamed together
in the film called 'Samudram'. The trio plays brothers, and playing the female
leads are Abhirami, Sindhu and Monal. Murali and Manoj have already teamed
together in 'Kadal Pookkal' that is yet to be released. 'Samudram' is directed
by K.S.Ravikumar and produced by R.B.Choudhury of 'Supergood Films'. The
director-producer team have worked together in successful films like 'Nattamai'
and 'Cheran Pandian. 'Anandam' the banner's earlier film doing well at the box
office is also a story about sibling bonding. How different this film is going
to be, one has to wait and see! With a supporting cast of Manjula, Manivannan,
Goundamani, Pyramid Natarajan, Charlie, Akash, Thyagu, Pahalwan Ranganathan,
Vasu Vikram, Riaz Khan and Manobala, the film has story by Erode Sounder,
cinematography by S.Shanthamurthy, editing by K.Thanikachalam, sets designed by
G.K., and music by Sabesh-Murali - music director Deva’s brothers. This is one
of the two films the duo has signed as independent music directors. The story centers round the deep bonding between
brothers Selvaraj, Thangaraj and Chinnaraj. Selvaraj, the eldest, has the
responsibility of looking after his siblings. Chinnaraj, the youngest, studies
in a college in the city. When a college-mate harasses him and with his rowdy
friends beats him up, when resisted, Chinnaraj tells his brother about it.
Selvaraj goes to the college and confronts his brother's tormentors. Their
cheeky, disrespectful attitude irritates Selvaraj and he gives the gang the
beating of their lives. While Sharat Kumar played Selvaraj, Chinnaraj was played
by Manoj. Riaz Khan, an actor from the small screen who is making his presence
felt on the big screen, with quite a few films in the kitty, played the leader
of the rowdy gang. Scenes
were shot on the lead pair and some character artistes. Selvaraj's neighbours
take it on themselves to find a suitable bride for Selvaraj. They zero in on
Lakshmi as the ideal girl for him and take Selvaraj with them to see her.
Lakshmi's family is overjoyed that their daughter would be going into a joint
family. Seeing Selvaraj at her house, Lakshmi too is thrilled. A song follows
this scene, where Lakshmi dreams about Selvaraj. Sharat Kumar, Abhirami and some
character artistes took part in the scene with Ravikumar guiding them. For the
song, six lavish sets were erected, and it took about five days to shoot the
song. Incidentally, it was while shooting for the film
at Mysore that the unit faced problems from some unruly elements and had to
return to Chennai.
'Samudram'