Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi

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Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi
File:Kadavul paathi mirugam paathi.jpg
Directed byRaaj Zacharias
Suresh
Produced byRaj Zacharias
StarringRaj Zacharias
Sethu
Abhishek Vinod
Swetha Vijay
Music byRahul Raj
CinematographyKishore Mani
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Production
company
Celebs & Red Carpet Studios
Release date
  • 20 March 2015 (2015-03-20)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi (Half God, Half Beast) is a Tamil-language action-thriller film directed by Raaj Menon and Suresh. The film produced by Raj Zacharias, also features him in the lead role while Sethu, Abhishek Vinod and Swetha Vijay form the leading cast. Although originally planned with a different ensemble cast in 2011, the project finally materialised in mid 2013 and released on 20 March 2015 to negative reviews.[1] The original score and soundtrack of the movie were composed by Rahul Raj. The film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Rahadaari in 2016.[2]

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The film was announced as early as June 2011 when it was revealed that Raaj Menon would make a film to be produced by socialite Raj Zacharias. It was suggested that filming for the project, based on a story of four youngsters, would begin in August 2011 with Resul Pookutty signed on as sound engineer. Arya, Narain and Aadhi were signed to play three of the lead roles, while the director announced that no lead actress be in the cast.[3] The team released a series of posters featuring silhouettes and then revealed that Anoop Menon, Prakash Raj, Atul Kulkarni and Santhanam amongst others would play supporting roles. Aadhi later stated that he would play a guest appearance, though noted that in October 2011 that Raaj Menon had not contacted him since June about the project.[4] The film subsequently failed to take off and the project was postponed.

The film re-began work in October 2013 and a teaser trailer was released in 2014 featuring an all-new cast with producer Raj Zacharias playing a leading role. The film added in Suresh to co-direct the film with Raaj Menon, while Rahul Raj replaced Navneeth Sunder as the film's composer. Actor Sethu, previously seen in Mynaa (2010), also featured in a prominent role, while debutants Abhishek Vinod and Swetha Vijay also appeared in the film. An item number, "Meenamma Meenamma" was choreographed by Gayathri Raghuram featuring actor Arjuna of Kangaroo fame, and actress and model Surabhi Prabhu.[5][6] Actress Pooja Umashankar enacted a cameo role in the film, revealing that she had accepted the offer as an ode of friendship to her college friend Raj Zacharias.111[7] The film was titled Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi, after a song in Aalavandhan (2001).[8]

Music[edit]

Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi
Soundtrack album by
Released21 June 2014
Recorded2014
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length17:36
LanguageTamil
LabelTriple V Records
ProducerRahul Raj
Rahul Raj chronology
Mannar Mathai Speaking 2
(2014)
Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi
(2014)
Paathshala
(2014)

All music is composed, arranged, programmed and produced by Rahul Raj, who makes his debut in Tamil cinema after impressive stints in Malayalam and Telugu film industries. The audio was released in a grand function held at Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai. Yugabharathi, Viveka and Karunakaran are the lyricists. Producer K. E. Gnanavel Raja was present during the occasion, along with several other dignitaries.

The soundtrack met with positive reviews on release. Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog.com commented "The soundtrack’s highlight is Enadhu ulagil, that lays out its Reetigowlai cards right at the outset and goes on to make superb pop-style use of the raaga! Long overdue, good enough debut by Rahul Raj in Tamil."[9] Vipin Nair of Musicaloud.com too rated the album high, and concluded saying "Commendable Tamil film debut from Malayali composer Rahul Raj. Naan Indru in particular is total chartbuster material!".[10]

No.TitleSingersLength
1."Naan Indru Naan Thaana"Sooraj Santhosh4:03
2."Enadhu Ulagil"Gayathri Suresh4:04
3."Meenamma Meenamma"Suchitra Karthik3:53
4."Beast Rock"Arjun Sasi, Rahul Raj3:21
5."The Dark Theme"Anna Katharine2:15
Total length:17:36

References[edit]

  1. "Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015.
  2. "Rahadaari Telugu Movie Review | Rahadaari Movie Review | Abishek Rahadaari Movie Review | Abishek Rahadaari Review | Rahadaari Review and Rating | Rahadaari Cinema Review | Rahadaari Film Review | Rahadaari Movie Review in Telugu | Rahadaari Review in Telugu | Rahadaari Telugu Review | Rahadaari First Day TalK | Rahadaari Review | Abishek Rahadaari Telugu Review | Abishek Rahadaari Review in Telugu". 28 May 2016.
  3. "Arya, Narain, Aadhi come together - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "Aadhi in guest role? - Tamil News - IndiaGlitz.com". 12 October 2011.
  5. "Surabhi Prabhu to dance in an item song - Times of India". The Times of India.
  6. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3885704/ Template:User-generated source
  7. http://www.glofocus.com/naan-kadavul-actress-pooja-secret-marriage-with-bangalore-software-techie/
  8. "Southern cinema: Popular dialogues, songs inspire film titles". Sify. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  9. "Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi (Music review), Tamil – Rahul Raj by Milliblog!". 27 July 2014.
  10. "Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi – Music Review (Tamil Movie Soundtrack)". 21 July 2014.

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