''Idam Porul Yaeval'' () is an unreleased Indian

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directed by

Seenu Ramasamy Seenu Ramasamy is an Indian filmmaker, screenwriter and poet who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Born on October 13, 1973 near Madurai, Tamilnadu, he is known for directing quality films like ''Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'' (2010), ''Neerparavai' ...

and produced by

N. Lingusamy Nammalvar Lingusamy, (born 14 November 1967), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and film producer in Tamil cinema based in Chennai. Lingusamy made his directorial debut with ''Aanandham'' in 2001 and followed by ''Run'' (2002), ''Sandak ...

. It features

Vijay Sethupathi Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi (born 16 January 1978), known professionally as Vijay Sethupathi, is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil films. He is a recipient of several accolades including a National Film Award. Fo ...

and

Vishnu Vishal Vishal Kudawla (born 17 July 1984), known professionally as Vishnu Vishal, is an Indian actor and producer who appears in Tamil film industry. After a brief career in cricket, he started his acting career in the year 2009 playing the lead role i ...

alongside

Aishwarya Rajesh Aishwarya Rajesh (born 10 January 1990) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Tamil films, alongside Telugu and Malayalam films. She is a recipient of four SIIMA Awards, one Filmfare Award South and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. Aish ...

and

Nandita Swetha Swetha (born 30 April 1990), professionally known as Nandita Swetha, is an Indian actress, model, dancer and media personality who predominantly appears in Tamil and Telugu language films. Swetha also starred in the Kannada film industry with t ...

in the lead cast.

Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja or Abdul Haliq (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer-songwriter. He mainly scores music for Tamil films. Considered a versatile composer, he is particularly known for his use of Wes ...

composed the music for the film. As per latest reports, the film will soon have a theatrical release as the production house has sorted out all legal issues.

Cast

as Paandi *

as Aasaithambi *

as Rithika *

as Neetha *

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Bala Saravanan Bala Saravanan (born 2 November 1987) is an Indian actor and comedian who has appeared in Tamil language films. Career Bala made his debut as an actor in Vijay TV's school drama serial "''Kallikattu Pallikoodam"'' and came to notice in the Vija ...

Azhagam Perumal Azhagam Perumal is an Indian film director and actor. Career Azhagam Perumal hails from the village of Kulasekharapuram in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. All his family members were working in the government service and his parents wanted h ...

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Theepetti Ganesan Theepetti Ganesan (October 16, 1990 – March 22, 2021), also known by his birth name Karthik, was an Indian actor. He was known for playing prominent supporting roles in Seenu Ramasamy's directorial films. His breakthrough performance came i ...

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Production

Following the audio release of ''

Neerparavai ''Neerparavai'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Seenu Ramasamy and produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin. It stars Vishnu and Sunaina, and Nandita Das plays the older version of the latter's character. Saranya Ponva ...

'' (2012), Seenu Ramasamy announced that his next project would be titled ''Bangalore Thamizhan'' to be produced by Vasan Visual Ventures and revealed that Vimal had been signed to play a lead role in October 2012. In January 2013, Seenu Ramasamy revealed that

was signed on to play another lead role and that the film will be based around the hills near Madurai and Thandikodi near Kodaikanal, noting that he engaged in research while filming ''

Thenmerku Paruvakaatru ''Thenmerku Paruvakatru'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Seenu Ramasamy and produced by Shibu Issac. The film is named after a song composed by A. R. Rahman for the film, Karuthamma. It stars Vijay Sethupat ...

'' (2010) in interior Tamil Nadu, spending a lot of time studying locations near the Kodalangadu village. The film's story was an idea of writer

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and Ramasamy developed the screenplay and dialogues. In May 2013, the film went through significant changes, with the title being changed to ''Sontha Ooru'' while

Attakathi Dinesh Dinesh Ravi, better known as Attakathi Dinesh, is an Indian actor who has acted in leading roles in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough playing the lead role in ''Attakathi'' (2012), portraying Dinakaran. Career Dinesh completed his high ...

replaced Vimal in a lead role. In a further turn of events in October 2013, it was announced that

N. Linguswamy Nammalvar Lingusamy, (born 14 November 1967), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and film producer in Tamil cinema based in Chennai. Lingusamy made his directorial debut with ''Aanandham'' in 2001 and followed by ''Run'' (2002), ''Sandak ...

would produce the film and

would replace

N. R. Raghunanthan N. R. Raghunanthan is an Indian film score and soundtrack, soundtrack composer. He has scored music for Tamil cinema, Tamil films. NR R debuted as a music director in 2010 with ''Thenmerku Paruvakaatru'' directed by Seenu Ramasamy which met with ...

as composer. The title was also reverted to ''Idam Porul Yaeval'', while

was selected to replace Attakathi Dinesh.It’s going to be Vijay Sethupathi, Vishnu and Yuvan!
''Behindwoods''. 14 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2014. In February 2014,

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was signed for the role of a mountain farmer girl after the director had auditioned a few girls for the role. Soon after the shoot had started, Seenu Ramasamy replaced Manisha with

In April 2014,

confirmed that she had signed the film and would play Vishnu's love interest. Mu. Kasi Viswanathan was signed up to be the film's editor and Rahul Dharuman of ''

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'' (2013) fame was roped in to be the film's cinematographer. In April 2014, 30-35 of days of shoot was completed. Shooting took place around the villages surrounding

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, which include

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, Padamputhur and Gundupatti.Vijay Sethupathi will move to Kodaikanal
''Behindwoods''. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014. Despite being completed, the film has remained unreleased as a result of Thirupathi Brothers financial difficulties. After a long a delay, the film is expected to be released after the end of the

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Soundtrack

Director Seenu Ramasamy and Vijay Sethupathi, for the first time, worked with

to produce ''Idam Porul Yaevals music. The lyrics were written by

Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramasamy (born 13 July 1953) is an Indian lyricist, poet, and novelist working in the Tamil film industry. He is a prominent figure in the Tamil literary world. A master's graduate from the Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai, he first ...

, thus associating with Yuvan Shankar Raja for the first time in his career. The soundtrack album features six tracks and most of the songs were composed after the entire film was shot. The album was released on 18 December 2014 at the

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radio station in Chennai. The songs, however, had been leaked to the Internet several days before the actual launch.

Reception

''Indiaglitz'' rated the album 4 out of 5 and stated that "Yuvan's maiden partnership with Vairamuthu has gotten the much needed break for him." ''Behindwoods.com'' rated the album 3.0 out of 5 stating "Soulful, earthy songs from Yuvan." ''MovieCrow'' rated the album 3.75 out of 5 and stated "Calling this Yuvan's comeback is an understatement. In actually, this is pure, vintage Yuvan Shankar Raja. A winner in one word."

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gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote, "''Idam Porul Eval'' marks Yuvan's comeback to earthy tunes without the music jarring the lyrical content".Sify.com

References

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* {{N. Lingusamy Indian drama films Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja Films shot in Kodaikanal Unreleased Tamil-language films Films directed by Seenu Ramasamy Upcoming films Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic Film productions suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic