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| name = Sembattai<br />
| image = Sembattai.jpg<br />
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| caption = DVD cover<br />
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| director = I. Ganesh<br />
| writer = I. Ganesh<br />
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| producer = I. Ganesh<br />
| starring = Dhileepan <br />Sreejit<br />Gowri Nambiar<br />
| narrator = <br />
| cinematography = Saleem<br />
| editing = Mahavishnu<br />
| music = Sreeraghav <br />
| studio = G. S. Studios<br />
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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2012|10|5}} <br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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'''''Sembattai''''' ({{translation|Red}}) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by I. Ganesh and starring Dhileepan (previously credited as Bala), Sreejit and Gowri Nambiar.<br />
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The film's lead actor, Dhileepan died a week after the film's release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/sembattai-hero-dileepan-is-no-more-news-tamil-mknl76ifdjjsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003024835/http://www.sify.com/movies/sembattai-hero-dileepan-is-no-more-news-tamil-mknl76ifdjjsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 October 2014|title=Sembattai hero Dileepan is no more!|website=Sify}} </ref><ref name="B">{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/oct-12-02/dileepan-azhagiya-theeye-13-10-12.html|title=Prasanna's Co-star Passes Away - Dileepan - Azhagiya Theeye - Sembattai - Prassana - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com|website=www.behindwoods.com}}</ref><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*Dhileepan as Sembattai <br />
*Sreejit as Kayamboo<br />
*Gowri Nambiar as Anandi<br />
*Kandasamy as Ayyavu<br />
*George Rajan as Irulandi <br />
*Cheranraj as Shankaralingam<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film's director I. Ganesh worked under [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]] and [[Siddique (director)|Siddique]].<ref name="h">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/audio-beat-sembattai/article3219881.ece|title=Audio Beat: Sembattai|first=S. R. Ashok|last=Kumar|date=24 March 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> This film marks the debut of Gowri Nambiar, cousin of [[Karthika Nair]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jun-12-02/karthika-nair-gauri-nambiar-09-06-12.html|title=One More Heroine From Karthika's Household! - Karthika Nair - Gauri Nambiar - Sembattai - Vimal - Vidharth - Dilipan - Tamil Movie News - Behindwoods.com|website=www.behindwoods.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/etcetera-blending-fact-and-fiction/article6345247.ece|title=Etcetera: Blending fact and fiction|first=Nikhil|last=Raghavan|date=23 August 2014|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
Music by Sreeraghav.<ref name="h"/><br />
*"Kattumaram" sung by Mahalakshmi Krishnan <br />
*"Kadalodu" sung by N. Srinivasan, Deepank, G.J. Siva, Sreeraghav and Chandrayee<br />
*"Thaiyara Thaiya"<br />
* "Muthe Muthe" sung by [[Vijay Yesudas]]<br />
* "Uthu Uthu" sung by Maya Sricharan and Chandrayee<br />
* "Sumaithangi" sung by Madhu Balakrishna<br />
* "Nenjil" sung by Ganeshraghu <br />
* "Ariyaamal" sung by Chandrayee <br />
* "Adhisayam" sung by Prasanna (written by [[Palani Bharathi]])<br />
*"Takara Takara" sung by [[Mukesh Mohamed|Mukesh]] and [[Chinnaponnu]] (written by Palanibharathi)<br />
*"Sembattai" sung by Mukesh and Feji (written by Seergazhi Sirpi)<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Malini Mannath of ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' wrote that "'Sembattai' at the most is a promising effort of a debutant maker".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2012/oct/16/sembattai-tamil-415974.html|title='Sembattai' (Tamil)|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> A critic from ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave the film a rating of two out of five and opined that "Had the director not beaten around the bush, ''Sembattai'' could have been a much better watch".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/sembattai/movie-review/16734855.cms|title=Sembattai Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Sembattai by Times of India|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref><br />
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== References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:2012 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:2012 Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2012 drama films]]<br />
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