Saguni

Saguni (2012)

சகுனி

Saguni is a Tamil political satire film directed by Shankar Dayal. The film features Karthi and Pranitha in the lead roles, while Santhanam, Roja, Prakash Raj, Raadhika Sarathkumar and Nassar appear in supporting roles. The film along with its dubbed Telugu Version Sakuni released on June 22, 2012, It received mixed reviews.

Date of release
2012-06-22
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (23)
Runtime
2h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
Shankar Dayal.N

Casting

Interesting facts

Saguni is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language political satire film directed by Shankar Dayal and produced by S. R. Prabhu. The film stars Karthi and Pranitha, while Santhanam, Prakash Raj, Kiran Rathod, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Radhika Sarathkumar and Nassar appear in supporting roles. It was released on 22 June 2012 to mixed reviews from critics and had an average run at the box office.

Production

The film was first revealed in early April 2011, when it was reported that Karthi was considering a "social satire" script written by debutant film maker, Shankar Dayal, to be his next venture after the success of his previous film Siruthai. Karthi confirmed the news and revealed he would feature in a new get-up for the film, although expressing that the script was still in development.

Salim Ghouse was initially cast in the film. However, it was later announced that the makers were unimpressed with Ghouse's performance and replaced him with Prakash Raj. Filming began in May 2011. The climax was shot in Hyderabad in December. A song sequence was shot in Poland. There were rumours that the film was based on Neera Radia but the makers denied it. The team shot a scene at the famous shopping complex near Ashok Nagar in Chennai.

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