Kuthiraivaal (2022)

Interesting facts

Kuthiraivaal also spelt as Kuthirai Vaal is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language psychological drama film written by G. Rajesh and co-directed by Manoj Leonel Jahson and Shyam Sunder on their directorial debuts. The film's background score has been composed by Martin Visser and the songs composed by Pradeep Kumar. The film stars Kalaiyarasan, Anjali Patil, Sowmya Jaganmurthy, Anand Sami and Chetan. The film consists of magic realism elements such as man with a horse tail, horse without a tail and a sky with both sun and moon appearing simultaneously at the same time. The film is deemed as one of only few Tamil films to have used the concept of magical realism besides Aalavandhan.

Production

It was revealed that the writer of the film G. Rajesh came on board voluntarily approached both Shyam and Manoj and narrated the script to them. The filmmakers felt impressed with the script after listening to it and began to work on the film production. It took over a year and a half for both Shyam and Manoj to find the right producer for the film.

Director Pa. Ranjith came on board as producer of the film and bankrolled under his production banner Neelam Productions. Vignesh came on board as co-producer of the film. According to few sources, it was initially reported that the film would be made as an anthology with 5 stories and it was also speculated that Pa. Ranjith would direct one of the 5 stories in the film. However, in 2019, Pa.

The principal photography of the film began in 2018 and the post-production works began in 2019 mainly focusing on the computer graphics. The tail which was used in the film was created by combining both prosthetics and visual effects.

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