Narthagi (2011)

நர்த்தகி

Narthagi movie revolves around Kalki who is a transgender. The movie shows the journey of Kalki, changing from boy to women and the losses in her life, about the people she loved & being loved.

Date of release
2011-05-14
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Drama
Director
G Vijayabathma

Casting

Interesting facts

Narthaki (transl. Dancer) is a 2011 Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vijayapadma and produced by Punnagai Poo Gheetha. Focusing on the issue of transgender people, the film stars Kalki Subramaniam, Vivin and Girish Karnad. Music for the film was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar and the film opened to mixed reviews in May 2011.

Production

'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha readily agreed to finance the venture after Vijayapadma approached her with the script, as she was keen to make off-beat ventures. The movie was shot for a period of two months in places such as Thanjavur, Thiruvaiyaru, Mumbai and Chennai. The film's lead performer, Kalki Subramaniam, revealed that the script was derived from the real life incidents of transgender people.

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