''Sivappu Mazhai'' ( ta, சிவப்பு மழை; en, Red Rain) is a 2010 Tamil

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...

written and directed by V. Krishnamurthy. Earlier referred to as ''Guinness Vision'', the film was made in 11 days 23 hours 45 minutes, breaking the Guinness World Record. The film features the Tamil Canadian multiple Guinness World Record-holder

Suresh Joachim Suresh Joachim Arulanantham (born August 17, 1968) is a Canadian film actor, producer, and multiple-Guinness World Record holder who has broken more than 60 world records. World records Farthest distance run, whilst carrying a 4.5 kg bric ...

, who produced the film, in the lead role, whilst

Meera Jasmine Jasmine Mary Joseph, known professionally as Meera Jasmine, is an Indian actress who appears primarily in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. Meera Jasmine won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004 for her role in ...

Vivek Vivek (or Bibek/Bivek in some regions) (विवेक in Devanagari script) is a masculine given name that is popular in South Asia, particularly in India and Nepal. It is of Sanskrit origin and means "wisdom" and/or "conscience". Vivek may refe ...

and Suman play other prominent roles.

Plot

The film revolves around Nandhan (

), a Sri Lankan youth who kidnaps Meera Jasmine, a Minister's daughter and a television journalist. The Minister ( Suman) is helped by the Director General of Police ( Rajeev) and his subordinate (

Bose Venkat Bose Venkat is an Indian actor, director and dubbing artist who appears in Tamil films and television serials. Personal life Venkat is married to actress Sonia in 2003. The couple have a son Tejaswin and a daughter Bavadarani Career Venkat c ...

) to rescue Meera. Things take a turn when they get an interesting demand from Nandhan seeking the release of a certain Sri Lankan national detained by the police.

Cast

as Nandan *

as Samyukta *

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as Nurse *

as the bungalow's caretaker * Suman as Minister * Rajeev as DGP *

as Subordinate * T. P. Gajendran * Alex as a Sri-Lankan Refugee * Cell Murugan as the caretaker's assistant

Production

Development

Guinness Hall of Famer and Canada's #1 record breaker

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produced the "Sivappu Mazhai"

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in 11 days 23 hours and 45 minutes in

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. The world fastest movie is scheduled for theatrical release in April 2010 around the world. Suresh took on the leading role along with Meera Jasmine. The film is directed by V. Krishnamurthy. Music - Deva, Dialogue – Prabhakar, film editing – V.T. Vijan, Lyrics – Vairamuthu. Previous Record: scripting to screening in 13 days for ''The Fastest Forward'' (UK 1990). Produced By Russ Malkin and directed by John Gore (both UK) Suresh, along with 1,000 crew, completed the 2 hours, 3 minute movie in 11 days, 23 hours, and 45 minutes. The clock started as soon as the

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writer started to write the script. The

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film industry and the artists, who worked on this film, are very satisfied with the results and very proud of the achievement. This film was made from 22 May 2009 @ 6:30pm to 3 June 2009 @ 6:15pm. The film was made in 11 days 23 hours & 45 minutes (starting from

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the story, screenplay, composing 4

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up to 60 scenes and

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it into a two-hour feature-length film. The film was directed by V Krishnamurthy, who had worked as assistant director in films including Pulan Visaranai,

Captain Prabhakaran ''Captain Prabhakaran'' is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by R. K. Selvamani. It stars Vijayakanth in the lead role. It also features Mansoor Ali Khan, Rupini, Livingston and Ramya Krishnan, while R. Sarathkumar appears in ...

and Rassaiyah. Prominent artistes including Meera Jasmine, Vivek, Suman, Bose Venkat, Rajeev, Thiyagu, Alex form part of the cast. The other credits are John E (screenplay), V Prabhakar (dialogues), Srinivasm, Indrajith and Jamal Deen (

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), Deva (

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

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 ...

(

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), V. T. Vijayan (

) and

Kathir Kathir is an Indian film director, producer, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. Early life Kathir was born in kalkarai, a small village in the Radhapuram Taluk of Tirunelveli District, state of Tamil Nadu, India. Kathi ...

( art direction), Sheik Dawood G & Karthik B (line producers-Skykap Production). The attempt was made to create awareness on

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and universal brotherhood. Suresh Joachim & Andrew Raymond produced this film Under Suresh Joachim Entertainment Inc. & Joachim International Inc.

Casting

Malayalam actress

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was initially signed to play the female role but was replaced by

due to changes in the script. The film, was expected to begin on 13 April and to be completed and released on 26 April 2009 in attempt to break the current record for the quickest shoot of a feature-length film. The shooting of the film started in Nalla Farm House in

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

on 22 May which will continue till 3 June.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva.

Critical reception

''The New Indian Express'' wrote, "Sivappu Mazhai may not have the greatest script going. But it’s a commendable effort from a first time maker, working within a time limit." ''Indiaglitz'' called it "a good attempt considering the theme touched by the makers".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=4316116
Suresh Joachim official site

Suresh Joachim Network
2010 films 2010 action thriller films 2010s Tamil-language films Indian action thriller films Films scored by Deva (composer)