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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Sometimes<br />
| image = Sometimes film poster.jpg<br />
| caption = International poster<br />
| director = [[Priyadarshan]]<br />
| producer = [[Ishari K. Ganesh|Isari Ganesh]]<br />[[A. L. Vijay]]<br />[[Prabhu Deva]]<br />[[Radhika Chaudhari]]<br />
| writer = Priyadarshan<br />
| starring = [[Prakash Raj]]<br />[[Sriya Reddy]]<br />[[Ashok Selvan]]<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Sameer Thahir]]<br />
| editing = [[Beena Paul]]<br />
| studio = Think Big Studios<br />Prabhu Deva Studios<br />
| distributor = [[Netflix]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2018|5|1}}<br />
| runtime = 92 minutes<ref name="netflix" /><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
'''''Sometimes''''' ({{lang-ta|link=yes|'''Sila Samayangalil'''|italic=yes}}) is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], written and directed by [[Priyadarshan]]. Produced by Isari Ganesh, [[Prabhu Deva]] and [[A. L. Vijay]], the film starfeatures [[Prakash Raj]], [[Sriya Reddy]] and [[Ashok Selvan]]. The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and the cinematographer was [[Sameer Thahir]].<br />
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The film was released on 1 May 2018 on [[Netflix]]. It was among the top ten shortlisted films for the [[74th Golden Globe Awards]], but was not nominated.<ref>{{cite web|last1=T|first1=Thanveer|title=UPCOMING TAMIL FILM ENTERS FINAL ROUND OF GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS!|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/sila-smayangalil-enters-final-rounds-of-74th-annual-golden-globe-awards.html|website=Behindwoods|access-date=19 September 2016|date=19 September 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The screenplay shows the comparison and clashes of different emotional dilemmas. It drives seven strangers (an old family man, a young family man, a teenage guy, a teenage girl, a police, a lawyer, and a real estate guy) waiting for their HIV results sharing their stories about how they suspect that they have HIV. The test result is expected to be declared only by the evening. The receptionist is bribed by the seven characters to inform their ELISA results in prior with no time, but comes up with only one of them is suspected to have a positive result and she does not know which one. Everyone starts to worry as the final hour occurs, and as time for results expect, the older and younger family men everyone found out the result is negative and are relived. Next, the young family men see his result and becomes sad. The older man tries to console him, but the young man tells him he got sad because he also got a negative result, so it means the older man is HIV positive. The old man gets shocked and sits in the chair. As the closing time of the lab comes, we get to know that none of them were tested positive and the receptionist lied to them because she could not get the result earlier. Not knowing this, the old man dies upon thinking he is positive.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Prakash Raj]] as Krishnamoorthy<br />
* [[Sriya Reddy]] as Deepa<br />
* [[Ashok Selvan]] as Bala Murugan<br />
* [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Doctor <br />
* [[M. S. Bhaskar]] as Raghavan<br />
* [[Anjali Rao (actress)|Anjali Rao]] as Sheela<br />
* [[Shanmugarajan]] as ACP Karuna<br />
* Pandian<br />
* ''Saivam'' Ravi<br />
* Ashrita Kingini<br />
*Cwc Bala<br />
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== Production ==<br />
Following of the release of ''[[De Dana Dan]]'' in December 2009, [[Priyadarshan]] announced that he was working on the script of a film on [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] with [[Aamir Khan]] in the lead role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/priyadarshan-plans-film-on-aids-with-aamir-khan/article59847.ece |title=Priyadarshan plans film on AIDS with Aamir Khan |work=The Hindu |date=4 December 2009 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> The pair regularly discussed the script and Khan had agreed to fund the project, with Priyadarshan revealing he was still scripting the film in February 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/priyadarshan-to-work-with-aamir-on-aids-film/story-E7mMEcHeN6cWaWVqed7aCN.html |title=Priyadarshan to work with Aamir on AIDS film|work=Hindustan Times |date=16 February 2011 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> However, the director took longer than expected to complete the script and, by May 2012, Khan and Priyadarshan chose to shelve the project.<ref>{{cite web|author=The author has posted comments on this article |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Aamir-Khan-to-act-in-Priyadarshans-AIDS-film/articleshow/12933898.cms |title=Aamir Khan to act in Priyadarshan's AIDS film?|work=The Times of India|date=1 May 2012 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> The director considered bringing in [[Akshay Kumar]] to reprise the lead role instead, but the project failed to materialise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/akshay-kumar-to-act-in-priyadarshans-aids-film-627663 |title=Akshay Kumar to act in Priyadarshans AIDS film? |website= NDTV Movies |date=27 August 2012 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref><br />
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In July 2015, Priyadarshan announced that he would instead make the film in Tamil with [[Prakash Raj]] and [[Sriya Reddy]] . [[Santosh Sivan]] was chosen as the film's cinematographer, with [[Beena Paul]] and [[Sabu Cyril]] as editor and art director respectively. He also revealed that the film would be produced by his former associate [[A. L. Vijay]]'s Think Big Studios and that it would be made at a cost of 20 million rupees, with the cast and crew getting a salary but not at their market rate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/priyadarshan-to-make-a-film-on-aids-news-tamil-phhkLUefhjcdc.html |title=Priyadarshan to make a film on Aids!|website=Sify |date=7 July 2015 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> [[Prabhu Deva]] later announced that he would co-produce the film with [[Amala Paul]], who was assigned as the film's main production representative by Think Big Studios.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/prabhu-deva-studios-launch-three-movies-imagegallery-kollywood-pids2Tjbgidid.html |title=Prabhu Deva studios launch three movies|website=Sify |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> Vijay also suggested that [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] and [[Ashok Selvan]] could be cast in the film, and Priyadarshan took them on. [[Sameer Thahir]] later replaced Sivan, a few days before the start of filming.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}} The team began filming without an assigned music composer and later signed [[Ilaiyaraaja]] to work on the film's background score.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ilaiyaraaja-to-compose-music-for-priyan-film-news-tamil-pkpjQVbfjedhc.html |title=Ilaiyaraaja to compose music for Priyan film|website=Sify |date=15 October 2015 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> The film had no songs, a notable rarity for Tamil cinema.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWMWlnXctlI<br>- {{cite web|last1=Kaushik|first1=L M|title=Priyadarshan's Sila Samayangalil: What Works, What Doesn't |work= Film Companion|url=http://www.filmcompanion.in/priyadarshan-sil-samyangalil/ |access-date=2 May 2018|date=2 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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The team shot portions in August 2015, with Prakash Raj revealing that the film had been titled ''Sila Nerangalil''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/priyadarshan-s-next-film-titled-sila-nerangalil-news-tamil-pitptijdaeafg.html |title=Priyadarshan`s next film titled, `'Sila Nerangalil'?|website=Sify |date=19 August 2015 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> The film was shot in 18 days with the artists recording their voices on location by sound recording engineer Prince Anselm. After production was completed, Amala Paul announced that the film had been retitled ''Sila Samayangalil''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/priyadarshan-teams-up-with-ilaiyaraaja/article7761510.ece |title=Priyadarshan teams up with Ilaiyaraaja |work=The Hindu |date=14 October 2015 |access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> For international audiences, the film was titled ''Sometimes''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sila-samayangalil-review-engaging-drama-hivaids-out-netflix-80506|title='Sila Samayangalil' review: An engaging drama on HIV/AIDS, out on Netflix|last=Rajendran|first=Sowmya|date=1 May 2018|work=The News Minute|access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Release ==<br />
''Sometimes'' was released on 1 May 2018 by Netflix as the film failed to find a theatrical release.<ref name="netflix">{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/sila-samayangalil-will-have-its-netflix-premiere-on-may-1-1223237-2018-04-30 |title=Priyadarshan's Sila Samayangalil: No theatrical release, Netflix premiere on May 1 |date=30 April 2018 |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=30 April 2018}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|5877882|Sometimes}}<br />
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