Evergreen Movie International is an Indian

film production Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casti ...

and

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company headed by V. A. Durai. The studio collaborated with actor

Sathyaraj Rangaraj Subbiah (born 3 October 1954), professionally known as Sathyaraj, is an Indian actor, producer, director and a media personality who has predominantly appeares in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema, Telugu Cinema. His 240 films also includ ...

and director

Sakthi Chidambaram Sakthi N Chidambaram (born Dinakar), is an Indian film director, who directs Tamil films. Career His real name is C. Dhinakaran. He first wrote the dialogues for the films ''Kottai Vaasal'' (1992), ''Veettai Paaru Naattai Paaru'' (1994), ''Uzh ...

on multiple ventures in the early 2000s, before running into financial trouble through the making of Bala's ''

Pithamagan ''Pithamagan'' () is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Bala. The film stars Vikram, Suriya, Laila and Sangeetha. Based on Jayakanthan's short story ''Nandhavanathil Oru Aandi'', it revolves around a man w ...

'' (2003).

History

Durai made his first film ''

Ennamma Kannu ''Ennamma Kannu'' is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, starring Sathyaraj, Devayani, Ranjith and Vadivelu. The film's musical score was by Deva and was released in 2000. The name of the film was inspired b ...

'' (2000) directed by

, and starring

and

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. He later collaborated with Sathyaraj again in ''

Looty ''Looty'' is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Parameswar. The film stars Sathyaraj in triple roles, Roja and Mumtaj. The film, produced by V. A. Durai, had musical score by Deva and was released on 14 January 2001 to mixed ...

'' (2001) and ''

Vivaramana Aalu ''Vivaramana Aalu'' () is a 2002 Indian Tamil language comedy drama film directed by K. Selva Bharathy. The film stars Sathyaraj, Vivek, Devayani and Mumtaj, with Ponnambalam, Prathap K. Pothan, Kanal Kannan and Manochithra playing support ...

'' (2002), and with Sakthi Chidambaram in '' Lovely'' (2001). Durai and Evergreen Movie International worked as executive producers for the making of Suresh Krishna's '' Baba'' (2002) starring

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. The studio ran into financial trouble during the making of Bala's ''

'' (2003) starring Vikram and

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. Bala went over the agreed budget, and as a result, Durai held back on settling the payments for the lead actors. The film won critical acclaim upon release, also winning Durai the

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. Bala later agreed to pay Durai following the release of his maiden production venture. Bala announced and started projects as a producer including ''

Maayavi ''Maayavi'' () is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language action dramedy film directed by Singampuli that stars Suriya and Jyothika who plays a fictional version of herself, whilst Vijayakanth makes a cameo. The film's score and soundtrack were composed b ...

'' (2005), ''

Paramasivan ''Paramasivan'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language film directed by P. Vasu and produced by S. Ramesh Babu. Ajith Kumar, Laila, Jayaram, Vivek, Prakash Raj playing lead character roles. It was released on 14 January 2006 to widespread negative revi ...

'' (2006) and ''

Naan Kadavul ''Naan Kadavul'' () is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action drama film co-written and directed by Bala. The film is based on the Tamil novel ''Yezhaam Ulagam'' by Jeyamohan, who also penned the dialogues for the film. The film stars Arya and ...

'' (2009), before selling the rights to other producers. As a result, Durai pursued a litigation case against Bala. As a result of the complications following ''Pithamagans release, Durai produced '' Gajendra'' under a different production studio named Tamilanai Cine Creation. The film ran into release issues as a result of Vijayakanth's political involvement, with cadres from

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threatening to indulge in violence at theatres owing to Vijayakanth's comments against their party leader. In 2005, Durai planned a film with director P. C. Anbazhagan and actor Murali, but the film did not begin production. He later also attempted to cast

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and

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in films by

Tarun Gopi Tarun Gopi (born 10 April) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and film producer. His first film as director was ''Thimiru'' (2006), which became one of the year's top-grossing Tamil films. He later ventured into acting roles, but has sinc ...

and Ameer respectively, but neither project materialised. In mid-2008, Durai announced a return to films with a project titled '' Naai Kutty'' (2010) by newcomer S. S. Joe. Prasanna and Nicole signed to play the lead roles while comedian

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was approached to play a significant role and

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was chosen to compose the music. In late-September 2008, a complaint had been lodged by director Ram Shiva alleging that the story had been taken from the Kannada film '' Nanda Loves Nanditha''. He alleged that Durai tried to buy the rights for remaking the film in Tamil but his efforts were in vain and had decided to plagiarise the script as a result. Durai later restarted the project with a new script and Sathaji was chosen to direct the film after Joe opted out. Newcomer Selvin signed on after Prasanna opted out of the role and Soori replaced Santhanam. He made a second attempted comeback through the comedy drama ''Kagitha Kappal'' (2016) starring

Appukutty Sivabalan, better known as Appukutty, is an Indian actor and comedian, who mainly appears in Tamil films. He became recognized following his performance in ''Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu''. His role as Azhagarsami in ''Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai'' was prai ...

but the film went unnoticed.

Filmography

References

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