இயற்கை (2003)

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Iyarkai is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by S. P. Jhananathan in his directorial debut. The film stars Shaam and Radhika. Arun Vijay—who at the time was known as Arun Kumar—makes a cameo appearance and Bollywood actor Seema Biswas plays a supporting role. Iyarkai marks the debuts of Radhika and Biswas in Tamil cinema.

Production

S. P. Jhananathan began work on Iyarkai in 2001. Jhananathan's upbringing on Marina Beach—hanging out with fishermen's children, working on the harbor, and hearing stories of his friends from their six month sailing journeys—inspired him to make the film set in a ship with the sea as its backdrop.

Suriya turned down the offer to play the lead role, saying he was not interested in doing romantic films. Shaam, whom Jhananathan worked with as an assistant editor on 12B (2001), was cast instead and signed the film prior to the release of 12B. Radhika, an actress in Kannada cinema, made her Tamil cinema debut as Nancy. The media referred to her as "Kutti" (குட்டி; transl.

Arun Kumar was chosen to play the ship captain, a character based on the life of Jhananathan's friend's uncle. He turned down the role because he was not interested in a cameo, but he later changed his mind after Jananathan explained the role's importance in the film. Seema Biswas was cast as Nancy's sister-in-law, who is a chain smoking Anglo-Indian widow.

The film's first and second schedules were completed by the first half of 2003. The first song Vidyasagar composed for the film, "Kaadhal Vandhaal", was recorded before the film's first schedule in Tuticorin. The film's first schedule was a twenty-one day shoot at Rameshwaram, Tiruchendur, and Tuticorin. The second schedule was a twelve-day shoot at the Andaman Islands.

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