Kaavalan

Kaavalan (2011)

காவலன்

Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi highly respects Muthuramalingam and his daughter Meera. While appointed as Meera's bodyguard, he falls in love with a girl he has never met, unaware that she is none other than Meera.

Date of release
2011-01-15
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (49)
Runtime
2h 32m
Genres
Drama, Family, Romance
Director
Siddique

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Bodyguard

Kaavalan (transl. Bodyguard) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language romantic action comedy film written and directed by Siddique. A remake of Siddique's Malayalam film Body Guard, the film stars Vijay, Asin and Mithra Kurian, while Rajkiran, Roja Selvamani and Vadivelu appear in supporting roles. The music was composed by Vidyasagar, while cinematography and editing were handled by N. K. Ekambaram and K. R. Gowrishankar, respectively. In the film, Meera develops feelings for her bodyguard Bhoominathan and begins calling him as an anonymous caller Ammukutty.

Production

The film was initially referred to as Kaavalkaaran, which literally means "bodyguard" in Tamil. After rumours of the title being changed to Kaaval Kaadhal, the film was officially confirmed to be titled Kaavalan in August 2010. The reason for the name confusion and its eventual permanent change was due to complications in obtaining the rights to the title of Kaavalkaaran from M. G. Ramachandran's producers.

With the announcement of the remake, Siddique had finalised Vijay to play the lead role, reminiscent of their previous venture Friends (2001), which was also a remake of Siddique's own Malayalam film. Asin was signed up to pair with Vijay for the third time after their previous pairings in Sivakasi (2005) and Pokkiri (2007), also giving Asin a comeback in Tamil cinema after her last appearance in Dasavathaaram (2008).

The film's principal shoot began in April at Kumbakonam. An incident occurred on set in April, where Asin, her father, and her makeup assistants fainted in their caravan after being exposed to a gas leak. They were treated in hospital the same day and were eventually discharged. The second shoot schedule occurred in Vellore. Vijay and Asin, along with director Siddique and the rest of crew filmed at the Vellore Institute of Technology.

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