Piriyadha Varam Vendum (2001)

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Piriyadha Varam Vendum is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Kamal. A remake of his own Malayalam film Niram (1999), the film stars Prashanth, Shalini, Jomol, and Krishna with an ensemble cast including Manivannan, Janagaraj, Ambika, Manorama, and Kovai Sarala. Shalini, Jomol, and Sarala reprise their roles from the original film. The music was composed by S. A. Rajkumar with cinematography by P. Sukumar and editing by K. Rajagopal. The film released on 16 February 2001 and became a commercial success. This was Shalini's final film role before her retirement from the film industry.

Production

Following Niram, the film's director Kamal chose to make his debut in Tamil films by remaking it. Initially titled Kadhal Neethana, he signed up Prashanth to play the lead role, while Shalini retained the leading female role after agreeing to work on it on stage at the success function of Niram. The makers approached Devayani to play a second lead role, but she turned down the offer.

Delays in production due to the producer's financial problems meant that the dates of the lead pair went awry, and they were unable to come together to finish the shoot quickly. Prashanth chose to prioritize making his other film Appu as he had to sport a beard, and thus, Shalini was left waiting, although she had stated that she would not act again after her impending marriage.

Retitled as Piriyadha Varam Vendum, the film continued shooting in late 2000 with sequences including a song being filmed in Kochi with Mink Brar making a guest appearance. Owing to the earlier date problems, the team had shot the song "Vasco Da Gama" with guest dancer Raghava Lawrence, but Prashanth was not pleased about the sudden change of cast in the song and requested to re-shoot it at his own cost.

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