First Look: Simbu's Tamil film 'Podaa Podi'

Sep 11, 2012 18:14pm

'Podaa Podi' written and directed by debutant Vignesh Shivaa is an upcoming Tamil romantic film.
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Silambarasan aka Simbu and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar have played the lead roles in the film.
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Padam Kumar is the producer of the film.
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Composer Dharan has composed the music for the film.
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'Podaa Podi' is under production since 2008. After much delay, the film is finally ready to be released.
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'Podaa Podi' is expected to hit the screens on Valentine's Day 2013.
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Samarth, Shobana, Ganesh, Nick Thomas and Meena Latchman are also in the star cast of the film.
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Santhanam and Premji Amaren will be seen in a special appearance in the film.
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'Podaa Podi' is one of the most awaited films of superstar Simbu.
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Daughter of prominent actor-politician Sarathkumar, Varalaxmi plays a ballet dancer in the film.
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Special hairstylists were hired for Simbu for the movie.
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In June 2009, there were reports about the film being dropped as the shoot was delayed because of poor weather conditions in Canada.
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The shoot in Hong Kong was also delayed as Simbu fell sick.
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Due to Simbu's oher projects like 'Vettai Mannan' and 'Vada Chennai', he took long breaks for the shoot of 'Podaa Podi'.
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The film again hit the floors in August 2010 in London. Then Simbu put 'Podaa Podi' on hold to finish the multi-starrer 'Vaanam'.
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'Podaa Podi' team shot further scenes in Spain in April 2011.
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Simbu again took a break to complete his remaining projects.
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Simbu got salsa dance training from Jeffrey Vardon for the film 'Podaa Podi'.
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Samarth, STR's nephew plays his son in this film and a song was shot with him in Hong Kong.
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The music album of 'Podaa Podi' includes six tracks.
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The lead actor of the film, Simbu has sung two songs and wrote a Bhangra number for the film.
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'Podaa Podi' title track is sung by Benny Dayal and actress-singer Andrea Jeremiah.
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"Usually climax scenes have emotional or action scenes but 'Podaa Podi' has a climax with a dance performance", says director Vignesh Shivaa.
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'Kuthu' number which is a climax song was shot for nearly two weeks in Mumbai.
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'Podaa Podi' is the first Tamil film to be shot in Hong Kong's Disneyland.
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Vignesh had earlier announced that the duo, Simbu and Varalaxmi will be seen in three stages of life in this dance musical.
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Simbu's 'Podaa Podi' will be released simultaneously in Telugu in a massive scale on the same day as the Tamil version's release.
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An official announcement about the Telugu version of 'Podaa Podi' will be made once the title of the film will be finalized.
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A single track from film, 'Love Panlama Venama...' was launched on September 6.
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The audio rights of the film have been bagged by Sony Music.
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For the first time ever Simbu will be seen as a father on screen.
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A rough cut of number 'Love Panlama Venama...' was released long back and is already a hit among the youngsters.
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Simbu hasn't been seen much on the silver screen since his cop role in 'Osthe'.
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If sources are to be believed, recently the producers completed shoot for the film with the last schedule in Hong Kong.
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The post production of the film has started on a full swing; it is expected to hit the screens soon.
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'Podaa Podi' is Simbu's most expensive film so far.
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Simbu's fans are eagerly waiting for the release of the film.
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