Podaa Podi (2012)

Interesting facts

Podaa Podi is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language musical romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Vignesh Shivan, starring Silambarasan and debutant Varalakshmi. The score and soundtrack of the film were composed by Dharan Kumar, while cinematography and editing were handled by Duncan Telford and Anthony Gonsalves, respectively. The film was announced in 2008, began filming in 2010 but was released only on 13 November 2012 as a Diwali release. The film received mixed reviews and performed average at the box office.

Production

Vignesh Shivan made a short film and after getting Dharan Kumar to compose music for it; showed the film to producers, Gemini Film Circuit, and then to his childhood friend, actor Silambarasan and both parties agreed to collaborate to make it a feature film.

For his look in the film, Silambarasan worked with Toni & Guy salon and for the initial photoshoot of the film in Mumbai, the producers had stylists from the international brand fly down in August 2008 to give him a new haircut and styling for his hair. By December 2008, the film failed to start, and reports emerged that Silambarasan would restart Kettavan, a film which he had stalled before.

The film resurfaced and finally began shoot in August 2010 in London and the team shot scenes in a 45-day schedule, with Silambarasan learning salsa for the film under the guidance of Jeffrey Vardon – other choreography was staged by Regan Shepherd. The team also shot further scenes in Spain in April 2011. A song was filmed in Chennai in November 2011, with Santhanam and Premji Amaren making special appearances in the music video.

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