Bhooloham (2015)

Interesting facts

Bhooloham (transl. World) is a 2015 Indian sports action film co-written and directed by N. Kalyanakrishnan and produced by V. Ravichandran. It stars Ravi Mohan and Trisha, while Nathan Jones and Prakash Raj play supporting roles. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva with cinematography by S. R. Sathish Kumar and editing by N. Ganesh Kumar. The film, which began during 2011, had been in post-production for a long time and was released on 24 December 2015.

Production

Jayam Ravi agreed terms to star in the film in August 2010, shortly after he had begun work for Engeyum Kadhal (2011) and Ameerin Aadhi-Bhagavan (2013). During the making of the Peraanmai (2009), Kalyanakrishnan, who was an assistant director to S. P. Jananathan, had narrated the story of the film and Ravi agreed to give priority dates for the film.

Amala Paul was approached by the producers in March 2012 to play the leading female role, but could not allot dates for the film. Subsequently, the team approached Nayantara to play the lead role but her unavailability saw the team agree terms with Trisha to play a role in the film. The film is inspired from the life of a real life Asian boxing champion named Madhan.

The film experienced delays after producer V. Ravichandran was unhappy about the film having more than half an hour dedicated to boxing scenes and put the film on hold, in order to edit the film's content. In early 2015, the Indian Overseas Bank's Sriram Nagar branch filed a petition in The Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), Chennai and requested to an interim stay on the film after Ravichandran failed to repay the loan amount he bought for the produc…

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