Mahabalipuram (2015)

மகாபலிபுரம்

The life of Panja, an orphan and a sculptor, revolves around Sathish, Othavada, Kuppan and Sammy, all of whom reside in Mahabalipuram and are close to each other. The only other person Panja considers himself close is Durai, a politician and criminal, who saved him from death when he was a boy. Panja shows his gratitude to Durai by occasionally helping him with his anti-social activities. When Sathish chooses to marry the love of his life, Sangeetha , much against the wishes of their parents, his four friends help him do so. Life is pleasant for a while with Panja too falling in love with Mahalakshmi a college student who moves into the area. However, their lives take a tumultuous turn when the friends chance upon a sleaze video which shocks them out of their wits and results in the death of the newly wed couple. Soon, more dark deeds and disturbing developments follow...

Date of release
2015-03-13
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Director
Don Sandy

Casting

Interesting facts

Mahabalipuram is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language crime film written and directed by Don Sandy. The film features Vinayak, Karunakaran, Ramesh Thilak, Vettri, Vithika Sheru, Angana Roy, and Karthik Sabesh. K composed the film's music, while Chandran Pattuswamy handled the editing and Kim Aam handled the cinematography. The film, produced by Vinayak, released on 13 March 2015.

Production

The film was first announced in November 2013, with director Don Sandy noting that the story was inspired by real life events which had occurred at Mahabalipuram. Featuring five rookie actors, the film was produced by Vinayak, previously seen in Lee and Kokki, who also features in a leading role. The team successfully approached Silambarasan to sing a song based on the New Year to feature in the soundtrack, and he recorded it in December 2013.

In August 2014, the film's distribution rights were bought by Studio 9 Productions after gaining positive reviews at special screenings.

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