Kallazhagar (1999)

Interesting facts

Kallazhagar is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Bharathi, starring Vijayakanth and Laila. Nassar, Sonu Sood and Manivannan play other supporting roles, while Deva composed the score and soundtrack for the film. It was released on 6 February 1999. This is the Tamil debut of Laila and the debut of Sonu Sood.

Production

Laila, who had appeared in other regional Indian films, opted to make her debut in Tamil films with Kallazhagar after she had previously rejected a string of other Tamil offers including VIP (1997). The actress also turned down a role in Unnai Thedi (1999), insistent that Kallazhagar should be her first release. Early reports had suggested that Hindi actor Dilip Kumar would also be a part of the cast, but he eventually did not feature.

An elephant called Appu was brought in from Thrissur in Kerala, where the elephant formed one of a stable maintained by the famed Paaramekaavu temple, which forms the venue of the yearly Thrissur Pooram festival. A few scenes from the film were shot at the Kallazhagar temple in Madurai, but crowd trouble meant that the makers chose to finish the shoot in sets.

Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.