Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
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Adhavan (Ottam)
B. Jeyamohan (Devakich Chiththiyin Diary)
| Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum | |
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| Directed by | Vasanth |
| Screenplay by | Vasanth |
| Story by | Ashokamitran (Vimosanam) Adhavan (Ottam) B. Jeyamohan (Devakich Chiththiyin Diary) |
| Produced by | Vasanth |
| Starring | Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli Parvathy Thiruvothu Kalieswari Sreenivasan Karunakaran Sunder Ramu |
| Cinematography | N. K. Ekambaram |
| Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | Hamsa Productions |
| Distributed by | SonyLIV |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum (transl. Sivaranjani and a few other women) is an Indian Tamil-language anthology film directed by Vasanth.[1] The film notably has no score, instead featuring sounds designed by Anand Krishnamoorthi. The film began production in early 2015, premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2018 and released on 26 November 2021 via SonyLIV. It won three National Film Awards: Best Feature Film in Tamil, Best Supporting Actress (Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli) and Best Editing (Sreekar Prasad).[2]
The film contains three female-centric short stories written by the writers Ashoka Mithran (Vimosanam), Adhavan (Ottam) and Jeyamohan (Devakich Chiththiyin Diary).
Cast
- Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli as Sivaranjini
- Parvathy Thiruvothu as Devaki
- Kalieswari Srinivasan as Saraswati
- Karunakaran as Chandran
- Sunder Ramu as Mani
- Karthick Krishna as Hari
- G. Marimuthu
- Senthi Kumari
- Rama
- Lizzie Antony
- Cheenu Mohan
Production
Production work for the film began during January 2015, with Vasanth beginning a schedule for a new film starring Parvathy Thiruvothu were approached to be a part of the cast, as was actor Karunakaran Vasanth noted that the film would be women-centric and would be made as a tribute to his late mentor, K. Balachander, who often depicted strong woman characters in his films. The film was revealed to have three female-centric short stories written by writers B. Jeyamohan, Adhavan and Ashokamitran.[3][4]
Vasanth shot scenes featuring Pooja Kumar in September 2015 but later changed the script and dropped the actress from the project.[5] The lead actress of the film Dheepan (2015), Kalieaswari Srinivasan, was also recruited to portray a role in the film during late 2015.[6] In August 2016, Vasanth revealed that the film was 70% complete.[7] In November 2017, Parvathy revealed that she had completed work on the film and that she would portray a working woman in the early 1990s. She added that the film was shot on a small budget and the creative work was done in a single room rather than having a big film set.[8]
Release
Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival in October 2018. It continued to be screened at film festivals in the coming years such as Japan's Fukuoka International Film Festival,[9] and released on 26 November 2021 via SonyLIV.[10]
