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Directed by | Premsai |
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Written by | Premsai |
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Cinematography | Sathya Ponmar |
Edited by | Praveen Antony |
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Distributed by | Kasthuri Film |
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102 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum (English: Tamilselvan and His Private Mail) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action-romantic comedy film directed by Premsai and produced by Gautham Menon.
The film features Jai and Yami Gautam in the lead roles, with Ashutosh Rana, Santhanam, VTV Ganesh, Prem, Nassar, Thambi Ramaiah, Satya Krishnan and Thalapathy Dinesh, among others, in supporting roles. The film, featuring film score and soundtrack composed by Karthik, was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Courier Boy Kalyan. However, The Telugu version was released in September 2015, after financial issues for the film were solved earlier than for the Tamil version.
Production began in 2012, but delays meant that the film only had a theatrical release during 2016. The film was released on 5 August 2016 to a mixed record tendered by critics, however, was an average grosser at the box-office.
Following the success of Engaeyum Eppothum (2011), Gautham Menon entered negotiations and signed on Jai to act in a film he was producing, which would mark the directorial debut of Prem Sai, an erstwhile assistant to Prabhu Deva. In January 2012, Abhinaya was signed on to play the leading female role of a garments sales girl, while Santhanam and VTV Ganesh were also thereafter selected to portray supporting roles. In May 2012, Gautham Menon announced that the film would be simultaneously made in Telugu as Courier Boy Kalyan with Nithiin in the lead role. He also revealed that Karthik would compose the film's music, Om Prakash would handle the cinematography and Rajeevan would be the project's art director. During the same month, Richa Gangopadhyay replaced Abhinaya as the lead actress in both versions of the film. Prior to beginning of the project, Menon revealed that if the film became a success, potential sequels under the titles of Tamilselvanum Varuvaithuraiyum and Tamilselvanum Podhupanithuraiyum were planned. The film began production in June 2012, but Richa Gangopadhyay soon left the film after deciding to quit her career as an actress. After further discussions with actresses including Pooja Hegde, Yami Gautam was signed on to appear in both versions of the project during November 2012.