Leelai
Leelai | |
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Directed by | Andrew Louis |
Written by | Andrew Louis |
Produced by | Ramesh Babu |
Starring | |
Cinematography | R. Velraj |
Edited by | Saravanan |
Music by | Satish Chakravarthy |
Production company | R Films |
Distributed by | Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Leelai (transl. Play) is a 2012 Indian
Plot
The movie begins with a trio of friends in college - Malar (Manasi Parekh), Mona (Maya), and Gayathri (Vibha Natarajan). Mona falls in love with Karthik (Shiv Panditt), despite the advice of Malar who suspects Karthik to be a complete flirt. One day, while on a date, Mona mentions Malar's views about Karthik to him, and this gets Karthik to start disliking Malar for interfering in his love life. When Karthik calls Mona, Malar accidentally picks up the call, and they get into an argument with Karthik venting out his anger towards her interfering in his love life. Shortly later, he breaks up with Mona. Gayathri, believing that Mona was a wrong choice in Karthik's life, begins to date Karthik, while Malar is firmly against it. The relationship ends the same way as his relationship with Mona.
A year or two later, both Karthik and Malar work at the same software company on different floors in the same building. One day, while trying to call his friend on Malar's floor, he accidentally calls Malar and the two realize their identities and presence in the building, and the age-old feud resumes. Over lunch, both Malar's friend Vicky (
Cast
- Shiv Panditt as Karthik / Sundar
- Manasi Parekh as Karunai Malar
- Santhanamas Vicky
- Suhasini Raju as Suja
- Maya as Mona
- Vibha Natarajan as Gayathri
- Lakshmi Ramakrishnanas Karthik's mother
- Boys Rajan as Malar's father
- Lollu Sabha Easter as Vicky's friend
Production
Andrew Louis met
The film ran into a legal battle over its title Leelai with another film claiming it as their own. Ravichandran eventually won the case, forcing the other film to change its title from Leelai to Naan Aval Adhu.[7] The film had been ready for release since 2010, with Shiv Panditt in between making his début in Hindi films with Shaitan.[8] The failure of Ramesh Babu's other production Moscowin Kavery starring Rahul Ravindran and Samantha, also became a factor behind the delay.[9]
After two years of remaining complete but unreleased, the film was given a fresh lease of life after producer Ravichandran signed a deal to distribute Billa II, dubbed in trade circles as the "hottest film of the year", and thus theatres have shown their support for his brother by giving Leelai a big release.[10][11]
Critical reception
Leelai opened on 27 April 2012 alongside another Tamil film
Soundtrack
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The music is composed by debutant Satish Chakravarthy, a classmate of the director, Andrew Vasanth Louis.[18] Satish also wrote the lyrics for two of the songs.[19] The soundtrack released on 24 August 2009, whilst the music composer later stated that he has also worked on a song for the theatrical trailer.[20]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ponmaalai pozhudhu" | Satish Chakravarthy | Benny Dayal | |
2. | "Oru Kili Oru Kili (Reprise)" | Vaali | Satish Chakravarthy | |
3. | "Jillendru Oru Kalavaram" | Satish Chakravarthy | Satish Chakravarthy | |
4. | "Bubble Gum" | Pa Vijay | Sunitha Sarathy, Benny Dayal, SuVi, Leon James | |
5. | "Unnai Paartha Pinbhu" | Vaali | Haricharan, Marrianne | |
6. | "Oru Kili Oru Kili Siru Kili" | Vaali | Shreya Ghoshal, Satish Chakravarthy |
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