''Nambiyaar'' is a 2016

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written and directed by Ganeshaa in his directorial debut. It stars Srikanth and

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in the lead roles alongside comedian

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in the title character. Produced by Srikanth's home production Golden Friday Films and independent producer, Haresh Vikram Vijayakumar (Malaysia), the film is named after the veteran actor M. N. Nambiar who was famous for his villainous roles in yester-year Tamil cinema.

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scored the soundtrack and original scores for the film. Despite beginning production during early 2013, the film went through delays before releasing in August 2016. This is the last film

acting as comedian

Cast

* Srikanth as Ramachandran *

as Nambiar *

as Saroja Devi *

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as Saroja Devi's father * Jayaprakash as Ramachandran's father *

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as Ramachandran's mother *

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as Police Officer * Subbu Panchu as Ramachandran's elder brother *

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as Ramachandran's sister-in-law * Arjunan as Arjun * Mahesh * Nakshathra Nagesh *

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as Baskar (Special appearance) *

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as Dharani (Special appearance) *

(Special appearance)

Production

Ganesh, a former assistant to directors

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and

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, announced plans in February 2013 that he would be making a film named ''Nambiar'' and had approached actor-music composer

to play the title role. However, due to his prior commitments, he turned down the lead role and agreed to compose music for the film. Subsequently, Srikanth signed the film and agreed to make it his maiden production venture. Comedy actor

was approached to play another role sharing the same screen length with the lead actor. Actress

was signed in to play the female lead role. Srikanth's wife Vandana made her entry as the costume designer of the film.

was asked to play an important guest role and shot for the film without demanding a remuneration. Ganesh called this as his "dream project" and also approached Mohan Nambiar, son of veteran villain actor Nambiar and got formal permission from him before naming the film after the actor. The shoot of the first schedule of the film was happening in Chennai in June 2013. The film's release was delayed for two years, before the makers readied the project for release in August 2016.

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Vijay Antony composing for a Srikanth film for the second time after ''

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''. Actor

made his debut as singer with this film.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3557978 Indian comedy films 2010s Tamil-language films 2016 films Films scored by Vijay Antony 2016 directorial debut films