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{{Infobox film
| name = Sivappu Mazhai
| image =
| caption =
| director = V. Krishnamurthy
| producer = [[Suresh Joachim]] Andrew Ray Raymond
| writer = V. Krishnamurthy V. Prabhakar [[Sab John]]
| starring = [[Suresh Joachim]] [[Meera Jasmine]] [[Sonu (actress)|Sonu]] [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] [[Suman (actor)|Suman]]
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = K. Vishwanathan M. Jamaldeen
| editing = [[V. T. Vijayan]]
| studio = Suresh Joachim Network
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|4|9}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Sivappu Mazhai''''' ({{lang-ta|சிவப்பு மழை}}; {{lang-en| Red Rain}}) is a 2010 Tamil [[action film]] written and directed by V. Krishnamurthy. Earlier referred to as ''Guinness Vision'', the film was made in 11 days 23 hours 45 minutes, breaking the [[Guinness World Record]]. The film features the [[Tamil Canadian]] multiple [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]]-holder [[Suresh Joachim]], who produced the film, in the lead role, whilst [[Meera Jasmine]], [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] and [[Suman (actor)|Suman]] play other prominent roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/mar-09-02/meera-jasmine-09-03-09.html |title=Meera Jasmine's Guinness Record film to begin soon! - Behindwoods.com - Tamil Movies News - Meera Jasmine Suresh Joachim |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date= |accessdate=2011-01-02}}</ref>

==Plot==
The film revolves around Nandhan (Suresh Joachim), a Sri Lankan youth who kidnaps Meera Jasmine, a Minister's daughter and a television journalist.

The Minister (Suman) is helped by the Director General of Police (Rajeev) and his subordinate (Bose Venkat) to rescue Meera. Things take a turn when they get an interesting demand from Nandhan seeking the release of a certain Sri Lankan national detained by the police.

==Cast==
* [[Suresh Joachim]] as Nandan
* [[Meera Jasmine]] as Samyukta
* [[Sonu (actress)|Sonu]] as Nurse
* [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as the bungalow’s caretaker
* [[Suman (actor)|Suman]] as Minister
* [[Rajeev (Tamil actor)|Rajeev]] as DGP
* [[Bose Venkat]] as Subordinate
* [[T. P. Gajendran]]
* [[Alex (actor)|Alex]] as a Sri-Lankan Refugee
* Cell Murugan as the caretaker's assistant

==Production==
===Development===
Guinness Hall of Famer and Canada's #1 record breaker [[Suresh Joachim]] of [[Canada]] produced the "Sivappu Mazhai" [[movie]] in 11 days 23 hours and 45 minutes in [[Chennai]] [[India]]. The world fastest movie is scheduled for theatrical release on April 2010 around the world.

Suresh took on the leading role along with Meera Jasmine. The film is directed by V. Krishnamurthy. Music - Deva, Dialogue – Prabhakar, film editing – V.T. Vijan, Lyrics – Vairamuthu.

Previous Record: scripting to screening in 13 days for ''The Fastest Forward'' (UK 1990). Produced By Russ Malkin and directed by John Gore (both UK)

Suresh, along with 1,000 crew, completed the 2 hours, 3 minute movie in 11 days, 23 hours, and 45 minutes. The clock started as soon as the [[Script (recorded media)|script]] writer started to write the script. The [[Kollywood]] [[film]] industry and the artists, who worked on this film, are very satisfied with the results and very proud of the achievement. This film was made from 22 May 2009 @ 6:30pm to 3 June 2009 @ 6:15pm.
The film was made in 11 days 23 hours & 45 minutes (starting from [[writing]] the story, [[screenplay]], [[Musical composition|composing]] 4 [[songs]], [[title]], [[shooting]] up to 60 scenes and [[editing]] it into a two-hour feature-length film.

The film was directed by V Krishnamurthy, who had worked as assistant director in films including Pulan Visaranai, [[Captain Prabhakaran]] and Rassaiyah. Prominent artistes including Meera Jasmine, Vivek, Suman, Bose Venkat, Rajeev, Thiyagu, Alex form part of the cast. The other credits are John E (screenplay), V Prabhakar (dialogues), Srinivasm, Indrajith and Jamal Deen ([[cinematography]]), [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] ([[music]]), [[Vairamuthu]] ([[lyrics]]), [[V. T. Vijayan]] ([[editing]]) and [[Kathir]] ([[art direction]]), Sheik Dawood G & Karthik B (line producers-Skykap Production). The attempt was made to create awareness on [[peace]] and universal brotherhood.

Suresh Joachim & Andrew Raymond produced this film Under Suresh Joachim Entertainment Inc. & Joachim International Inc.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/For-the-record-Sivappu-Mazhai/article15693887.ece |title=For the record — Sivappu Mazhai |work=The Hindu |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=16 April 2010}}</ref>

===Casting===
Malayalam actress [[Navya Nair]] was initially signed to play the female role but was replaced by [[Meera Jasmine]] due to changes in the script.

The film, was expected to begin on 13 April and to be completed and released on 26 April 2009 in attempt to break the current record for the quickest shoot of a feature-length film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/03/13/stories/2009031350190300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318235617/http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/03/13/stories/2009031350190300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-03-18 |title=Cinema Plus / Columns : Yet another record? |date=2009-03-13 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2011-01-02}}</ref> The shooting of the film started in Nalla Farm House in [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]] on 22 May which will continue till 3 June.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/gallery/Events/18350.html |title=Events - Guinness Movie (Sivappu Malai) Movie Launched |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=2009-05-25 |accessdate=2011-01-02}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
Soundtrack was composed by Deva.<ref>https://mio.to/album/Sivappu+Mazhai+%282009%29</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || Tamizha Tamizha || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || rowspan=5|[[Vairamuthu]]
|-
| 2 || Kanavu Kaankiren || Praveena
|-
| 3 || Kadhal Thandi || [[Haricharan]], [[Chinmayi]]
|-
| 4 || Unarchigalai || [[Srikanth Deva]], [[Suchitra]]
|-
| 5 || Porkalathil || [[Suresh Joachim]], [[Vijitha]]
|}

==Critical reception==
''The Indian Express'' wrote, "Sivappu Mazhai may not have the greatest script going. But it’s a commendable effort from a first time maker, working within a time limit."<ref>https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2010/apr/12/sivappu-mazhai-145332.html</ref> ''Indiaglitz'' called it "a good attempt considering the theme touched by the makers".<ref>https://www.indiaglitz.com/sivappu-mazhai-tamil-movie-review-11103</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=4316116}}
* [http://www.sureshjoachim.com/ Suresh Joachim official site]
* [http://www.sureshjoachimnetwork.com/ Suresh Joachim Network]

[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010 films]]
[[Category:2010 action thriller films]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]

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