Bommalattam

Bommalattam (2008)

பொம்மலாட்டம்

An investigation is immediately opened up into the alleged death of Trishna, who was in the car. CBI suspects Rana of committing planned murder. Here enters Vivek Varma, CBI officer who intent in nailing Rana with murder. Vivek does have his own agendas though, as his girlfriend, an ardent fan of Rana himself, has gone on to join Rana as an assistant, and has gradually grown more attached to Rana than she is to Vivek himself, causing their relationship to strain. Vivek probes continuously to try to convict Rana with murder, as he reveals that two more murders took place within his film sets during the shooting of 'Cinema', and believes now that Rana is responsible for all three murders.. He hires her as his new muse, and in the shooting spot, they are shown to share a very intimate relationship, fueling existing rumors that he is a womanizer

Date of release
2008-05-05
TMDB
4.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
2h 39m
Genres
Crime, Action
Director
Bharathiraja

Casting

Interesting facts

Bommalattam is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written and directed by Bharathiraaja. The film stars Arjun Sarja and Nana Patekar, with Rukmini Vijayakumar, Kajal Aggarwal, Niyamat Khan, Vatsal Sheth, Ranjitha and Manivannan in supporting roles. Himesh Reshammiya composed the music and cinematography was done by B. Kannan. It was simultaneously shot in Hindi, with Mushtaq Khan in place of Manivannan; however, the Tamil version was mostly dubbed from Hindi. Bommalattam was released it on 12 December 2008, while the Hindi version, originally titled Cinema, was retitled Final Cut of Director and had a limited release on 21 October 2016.

Production

The film was launched in Malaysia in 2006 with the title Cinema for the Hindi version and Bommalattam for the Tamil version. Bharathiraja decided to make the film in Hindi after casting Nana Patekar. Initially planned to be filmed only in Hindi, Bharathiraja decided on a Tamil version as well. Arjun Sarja was cast as a police officer. Rukmini Vijayakumar was cast in an important role. Cinema was based on a true incident that took place in Hampi.

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