180

180 (2011)

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Ajay (Siddharth) comes to Kasi, where his thoughts and ideas on life and death undergo a sea change after he meets a young boy. He relocates to Chennai and stays in a house owned by a couple S V S Murthy (Mouli) and Jayam (Geetha). They treat him as their own son. A do-gooder, Ajay with his jovial nature wins the heart of all those whom he comes across. Vidya (Nithya Menen), a photo journalist meets Ajay and falls for his good nature. Ajay with the help of Vidya even gets street children obtain sponsorship for their education. But things take a turn when Vidya expresses her love to Ajay. He quietly walks off the place and decides to leave Chennai. But a rude accident to Vidya puts the responsibility on Ajay's shoulders to get her back to health. He takes her to USA for a surgery. Meanwhile a flashback reveals that Ajay was a successful doctor in the United States and who led a happy life.

Date of release
2011-06-25
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (17)
Runtime
2h 14m
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Jayendra Panchapakesan

Casting

Interesting facts

180 is a 2011 Indian romantic drama film directed by Jayendra Panchapakesan who co-wrote the film with Subha and Umarji Anuradha. The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil, the latter titled Nootrenbadhu (transl. 180). It stars Siddharth, Priya Anand and Nithya Menen with notable roles being played by Moulee, Tanikella Bharani and Geetha among others. Nootrenbadhu marks Siddharth's comeback and Nithya Menen's debut film in Tamil cinema.

Production

180 is the feature directorial debut of advertisement filmmaker Jayendra Panchapakesan. He previously wrote several scripts for films but they did not materialise owing to Jayendra's commitments to advertisements and his operations for Qube Cinema Technologies. After directing the concert film Margazhi Raagam (2008), Jayendra said that he "couldn't resist the idea of making a feature film".

Jayendra wrote a romantic subject with the duo, creating "youthful characters" in order to appeal with the younger generation and firstly wrote the characters after which, according to him, "the characters wrote the script." The film's urban setting with no particular milieu prompted Jayendra to make it as a bilingual, in Tamil and Telugu languages.

Jayendra sent the script to Siddharth, after having known him since his debut in to the film industry. Impressed by it, Siddharth accepted to play the lead role. The film marked Siddharth's return to Tamil cinema after seven years since Aayutha Ezhuthu (2004).

The film was launched at AVM Studios in Vadapalani on 15 June 2010 and filming began the same day. The film was shot across Chennai and Hyderabad in the preliminary portions of the first schedule. By November, the team left to San Francisco for filming the second schedule under extreme weather conditions, where the temperature was around −4 °C (25 °F). Cinematographer Balasubramaniem shot the film through the Red Digital camera.

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