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Directed by | Oru Thalai Ragam Shankar |
Produced by | M.I.Vasanthkumar |
Written by | M.I.Vasanthkumar |
Story by | Muraliraman R.Velumani (Dialogues) |
Starring |
Prajin Gautham Tejaswini Prakash Varuna Shetty Vinod Kumar (VK) Jaise Jose Dubai kannan 'Caravan' Arun Jijesh Menon |
Music by | Rinil Gowtham |
Cinematography | J.Sreedhar |
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127 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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Film score by Rinil Gowtham | |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 24:48 |
Manal Naharam is a 2015 Tamil language Indian feature film written and produced by M.I.Vasanthkumar and directed by Oru Thalai Ragam Shankar starring Prajin Padmanabhan, Gautham, Tejaswini Prakash, Varuna Shetty, Vinod Kumar (VK), Jaise Jose, Jijesh Menon and Shankar himself.
The film, a bi-lingual, has been made in Malayalam language as Sand City has been released on 2 January 2015 with positive response, while Manal Naharam was released on 27 February 2015 with highly positive reviews.
Manal Naharam explores the lives and predicaments experienced by people who go from India to the Arab countries for better dream and fortunes, leaving behind their trusted kith and kin. The story takes place in Dubai. The movie also deals with friendship as well as romance.
Mansur (Prajin), a sales commission agent in Dubai is in love with Poornima (Tanishka), a waitress at a restaurant. Anand (Gautham) is in search of a job, is loved by Nisha (Varuna Shetty), the daughter of business tycoon Ibrahim Rabbani (Shankar) and James (Jaise Jose), the third person in the group, gets into trouble that complicates things for all. The climax reveals whether the love succeeds all odds.
Shankar, who had a good time in Tamil language films in 80's, was impressed by the story line given by his friend Muraliraman from Dubai, which was also liked by M.I.Vasanthkumar, his another buddy, who wrote the screenplay as well as decided to produce the film. A talent hunt was organized for the audition and the actors were selected.
Gautham, who has done the lead role in Malayalam language film Yakshiyum Njanum directed by Vinayan and Prajin Padmanabhan, who has done smaller roles in many films and lead role in Tamil language film Thee Kulikkum Pachchai Maram was selected after audition to do the lead roles. Later Tejaswini Prakash, a top actress from Kannada language films who has done Savi Savi Nenapu and the unreleased Asokavana starring Mohan, was signed up as leading lady along with newcomer Varuna Shetty, Narayana Kannan from Dubai, supported by actors like Jaise Jose and Jijesh Menon. Now Varuna Shetty has signed Mohanlal' s Rasam as well. Renil Gowtham, the music director of Shankar' s directorial debut Virus was signed for music department, while J.Sreedhar, who has done films like Challenge 2 was assigned the cinematography.