Tamizh Selvan (1996)

தமிழ்ச் செல்வன்

An honest collector fights against the corrupt politicians while also keeping care of his family.

Date of release
1996-08-02
Runtime
2h 32m
Genres
Drama
Director
Bharathiraja

Casting

Interesting facts

Tamizh Selvan is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language political drama film directed by Bharathiraja from a story by M. Rathnakumar. The films stars Vijayakanth and Roja. It was released on 2 August 1996, and failed at the box office.

Production

R. Selvaraj wrote a story titled Vaakkapatta Bhoomi (transl. The promised land), with the intention of making it a film produced by himself, and Bharathiraja was assigned to direct, but the project did not materialise. Later, M. Ramanathan of Raaj Films International heard that Selvaraj had the call-sheets of Bharathiraja and Vijayakanth ready and offered to produce any film with both involved.

The first shot Bharathiraja directed was Vijayakanth smiling which he shot at Shivanasamudra Falls, Karnataka. During a filming schedule at Kollegal, politician Vatal Nagaraj objected to the clapperboard used being in Tamil but left after being intimidated by Vijayakanth. To avoid further trouble, Bharathiraja offered to remove the name Tamizh Selvan from the clapperboard, but Vijayakanth threatened to quit the film if that happened.

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