''Yemaali'' () is a 2018 Indian

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written and directed by

V. Z. Durai V. Z. Durai (born Peer Moideen) is an Indian film director who has worked in the Tamil film industry. Film career 2000-2010 Durai eventually approached S. S. Chakravarthy to make the film '' Mugavaree'' (2000) with Ajith Kumar. As Durai had ...

. The film features

Samuthirakani Samuthirakani (born 26 April 1973) is an Indian actor and film director who predominantly works in Tamil films and Telugu films besides appearing in a number of Malayalam films. He worked as an assistant to director K Balachander. He won the N ...

in the lead role, with Sam Jones,

Athulya Ravi Athulya Ravi is an actress who has appeared in Tamil films. After making her debut with ''Kadhal Kan Kattudhe'' (2017), Athulya has gone on to act in films including ''Yemaali'' (2018) and ''Naadodigal 2'' (2019). Career Athulya started her a ...

, and

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also in pivotal roles. Produced by Latha Productions and featuring music composed by Sam D. Raj, the venture began production in April 2017 and was released on 2 February 2018.

Cast

Production

The film was announced in March 2017, with director

confirming that his next film would feature

in the leading role. Durai revealed that Samuthirakani would be playing the full-fledged lead role for the first time, and would be seen in four different looks.

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was signed to write dialogues, while two cinematographers Rethish and Prakash and debut music composer Sam D were also selected for the project. Newcomer Sam Jones and actress

, who starred in ''

Kadhal Kan Kattudhe ''Kadhal Kan Kattudhe'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written, co-produced and directed by Shivaraj. Featuring newcomers KG, Athulya and Aneeruth in the lead roles, the film's score and soundtrack is composed by Pavan. ...

'' (2017), were selected to play other pivotal roles in the film, which began production in early April 2017. A teaser trailer for the film was released in November 2017, with scenes depicting Athulya undressing and smoking a cigarette being featured. In an unexpected turn of events, Athulya apologised to her fan following for the scenes and stated that the scenes would not be featured in the film. Portraying a character knows as "Ri" (Ritu), Athulya described that the character was a modern and independent girl, who is exactly opposite to what she was in real life. For the role, Athulya trained to walk and talk like the character, coloured her hair and lost weight to look the part.

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Sam D. Raj, in his third film venture following ''Vandhamala'' (2015) and ''Thirupathi Samy Kudumbam'' (2017). The soundtrack was released on 15 December 2017 through

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Release

Tamil Nadu theatrical rights of the film were valued at 3.5 crore. The HD version was released in January 2019. Satellite rights of the film were sold to Vasanth TV.

References

External links

* {{V. Z. Durai 2018 films 2010s Tamil-language films Films shot in Chennai Indian action drama films 2018 action drama films