Kadhal FM
With FM radio stations and their jockeys being popular with the youth , a film on a radio jockey of Suryan FM and a lady fan who starts loving him forms the story of Kathal FM. The film shooting has been completed and post production work is on.
`Boy' Bharath after `4students' has signed many films while other heroes were left with no films. Genelia made it big in Telugu. Manikantan is banking on Kathal FM to get him more films. The subject requires a person like Manikanta says director Jaiprakash. The director was on the lookout for a very pretty photogenic girl and finally zeroed in on Shivani Singh. The story is about the radio jockey played by Manikanta getting requests from a lady voice who says is his fan. Conversations between the radio jockey and the lady devolps and slowly it turns into love. Finally the lovers who had only heard each other's voice decides to meet. Manikanta sees Shivani Singh and he is shocked. Shivani is extremely beautiful while he is an ordinary looking guy. He decides not to meet her and disappoint her. Will the lovers unite or will they never meet forms the climax says the director. V Jaiprakash, who'd apprenticed with director Bharatiraja, and earlier directed `Saathisanam', also scripts the film
Music plays an important part and Aravind- Shankar scores the music. The film's music is set by Arvind-Shanker who'd earlier scored a song for the Vasanth-directed Aiye Nee Rombo Azhagavirukke (Yamini...'song). Editing is by V T Vijayan and set design by Mahi
Chennai forms the main locale and cinematographer Suresh Devan has shown the city in different angles. Other locations are Auroville Ashram in Pondicherry, Tituicorin, Trichy and Perumabalyoor. Along with the lead pair is Aravind, Karunas Vyapuri, Ajay Rathinam, Sembuli Jagan, Illavarasu, Kantharaj, Anumohan Balu Anand and G G shilpa act in the film. Tuticorin's salt farms, Auroville Ashram and Tuticorin Harbour are some of the locales that the film unit got special permission to shoot. S V M Productions G Maheswaran produces the film. The film has tied up with Suryan FM for publicity and promotion.