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{{Infobox film
| name = That Four Letter Word
| image =
| director = [[Sudhish Kamath]]
| producer = Sashi Chimala Sudhish Kamath
| writer = Murugan Sudhish Kamath
| starring = Aashil Nair Cary Edwards Evam Sunill Usha Seetharam [[Paloma Rao]] Praveen Bharatwaj Roshni Menon
| music = Asif Ali
| cinematography = Pradeep Kalipurayath
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2006|12|21|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
}}
'''''That Four Letter Word''''' is an Indian independent English-language film from [[India]] written and directed by [[Sudhish Kamath]]. The film, which is about a group of friends at the crossroads of life, features a set of new actors including Aashil Nair, Cary Edwards, Evam Sunill, Usha Seetharam, [[Paloma Rao]], Praveen Bharatwaj and Roshni Menon. The film premiered at the [[Chennai International Film Festival]] on 21 December 2006 and had a limited release in [[Chennai]] on 23 February 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070103213700/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/12/23/stories/2006122302350900.htm Four and funny] The Hindu</ref><ref>http://thatfourletterword.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2007-02-22T01:03:00%2B03:00&max-results=20&start=20&by-date=false</ref>

==Cast==
* Aashil Nair as Sunil
* Cary Edwards as Vishal
* Praveen Bharatwaj as Prashant
* Sunil Vishnu as Zebra
* Usha Seetharam as Isha
* [[Paloma Rao]] as Sara
* [[Michael Muthu]] as a director
* [[R. Madhavan]] in a [[cameo appearance]]

==Production==
The story of the film was written by journalist [[Sudhish Kamath]] and his college friend, Murugan, during 1999. The film began its shoot in 2002 with video jockey [[Ranvir Shorey]] being the first person cast in the film, in the role of Zebra, after he became acquainted with Sudhish during an interview he had made to [[The Hindu]]. Shorey's colleague [[Purab Kohli]] had also expressed an interest in starring in the film but later got busy with the making of the Hindi film, ''[[Supari (film)|Supari]]'' (2003), meaning that another video jockey, Carey Edwards, was cast in the role of Vishal. [[Cyrus Sahukar]] also joined the film in 2002 to portray the role of Sunil but later backed out and was replaced by actor [[Abbas (actor)|Abbas]], who had previously worked with Sudhish Kamath on a short film titled ''Ellipsis''.<ref>http://thatfourletterword.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2007-02-22T01:03:00%2B03:00&max-results=20&start=20&by-date=false</ref> The shoot progressed intermittently throughout 2002 and 2003 before Shorey opted out citing bigger commitments and production delays. The team held unsuccessful negotiations with [[Cyrus Broacha]] to replace him, but his refusal meant that the team convinced and successfully re-signed Shorey to star in the film with a higher salary. [[Suchitra]] and video jockey Usha Seetharam were also attached to the film as the leading actresses. Costumes for the first version of the film were handled by designer Binu Jha.<ref>http://www.seamsnatural.com/profile.htm</ref>

However production troubles meant that progress was slow and with 95% of the shoot completed, the film was stalled. The team briefly considered financing the venture through in-film promotions but were unsuccessful at their attempt. As a result of the delays, it became difficult for the original set of actors to work together as they had full-time roles in different cities across India. Sudhish chose to start the film from scratch with a new set of actors, with the decision forcing Abbas to opt out of an acting role in the film.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070227142949/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/02/24/stories/2007022401450800.htm ]</ref> Among the notable new actors who joined the film were theatre actor Sunil Vishnu and video jockey [[Paloma Rao]]. Actor [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] also shot for a cameo for the final scene in the film. Made at a budget of 3 lakh rupees, it was the first independent digital film to be shot and released digitally in India.<ref>http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?slug='That+Four+Letter+Word'+set+for+release&id=6089</ref>

==Release==
The film premiere was held at the South India Film Chamber of Commerce to coincide with the 4th Chennai International Film Festival in Chennai, with two back-to-back screenings, the first of which was attended by film personalities, including actor [[Suriya]], on 21 December 2006. It later had a limited release in [[Chennai]] in February 2007, where it ran for one show a day for three weeks at Sathyam Cinemas.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070103213700/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/12/23/stories/2006122302350900.htm ]</ref><ref>http://www.bigfatphoenix.co.in/2007/02/</ref> The film was later released in Mumbai during September 2007, following screenings at film festivals in Bangladesh and Singapore.<ref>https://madrasink.com/author/sudhishkamath/page/38/</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0950715}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Culture of Chennai]]
[[Category:Indian independent films]]
[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:English-language Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]

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