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  • IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,December 31 2008]

Naan Kadavul Gallery

Vikram and Suriya, who were given a fresh lease of life by director Bala in ‘Sethu’ and ‘Nandha’ respectively, will be taking part in the audio launch of the mush-awaited movie ‘Naan Kadavul'.

The other prominent film personalities taking part at the launch would include K Balachander, Bharathiraja, Maniratnam, Illayaraaja, Vaalee, Balu Mahendra, Mahendran, Tamil Film Producers Council Rama Narayanan and Pyramid Swaminathan.

‘Naan Kadavu’l has actors Arya and Pooja in the lead, music direction by Illayaraja, lyrics by Valee and cinematography by Arthur A Wilson, besides nearly 200 new artistes. For the first time, Bala has someone else penning the dialogues for his film. This time, it is noted writer Jayamohan.

'It is Bala's story. We've adapted some small characters from my novel ‘Ezhaam Ulagam’ to this script and Bala has visually interpreted them. My novel is simple, but the director has brought in a lovely grandeur in the film,' Jayamohan.

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