Kasi (2001)
காசி
Life of a blind person and his sufferings because of cruel people who exploit his weakness. The remake of the director's 1999 Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum.
Casting
- Vikram — Kasi
- Kaveri — Kaveri
- Kavya Madhavan — Lakshmi
- Manivannan — Irulaandi
- Vinu Chakravarthy — Valaiyapathy
- Rajeev — Raghupathy
- Vagai Chandrasekar
- Charle — Sodala
- Thalaivasal Vijay — Sevvalai
- Vadivukarasi — Muniyamma
- Aishwarya Bhaskaran — Radhika
Interesting facts
Kasi is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Vinayan. A remake of the director's Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum (1999), it has Vikram playing the eponymous character of a blind village singer, while Kaveri and Kavya Madhavan play key roles. The film was produced by Aroma Mani for Sunitha Productions. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.
Production
Malayalam actress Kavya Madhavan made her debut in Tamil film industry with the character named Lakshmi after being impressed by its original Malayalam version, which was done by actress Praveena. The shooting was completed in just 45 days. While preparing to play a blind singer, Vikram practised drawing his eyeballs up into their sockets so that only the whites could be seen.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- The Good Neighbor 2022 · ★ 6.7
- Head Full of Honey 2018 · ★ 6.4
- Skin 2009 · ★ 6.4
- Hands of Stone 2016 · ★ 6.6
- Bastard Out of Carolina 1996 · ★ 7.1
- Girl in the Box 2016 · ★ 6.7
- TalhotBlond 2012 · ★ 6.3
- Lorelei 2020 · ★ 6.0
- All Day and a Night 2020 · ★ 6.3
- The Visit 1964 · ★ 7.2
- The Girl in the Book 2015 · ★ 5.8
- Gigi & Nate 2022 · ★ 7.7