Swami scolds Kali and curses him that he will never play any characters in stage, but Kali wants Swami to pardon him and keep him with the troupe as a servant. The reason behind Swami's bias towards Kali is never answered clearly to Gomathi, which leaves him more frustrated.Īfter following Kali secretly, Gomathi informs to Swami about Kali's love to take revenge on him. Kali gets selected, which leaves Gomathi angry. Swami does not give up and conducts an audition for the main character role of Soorapadman, in which Kali and Gomathi perform. After a quarrel, he leaves the troupe as he could not bear Swami's torture. He becomes headstrong over his acting capabilities and does not attend the rehearsals, for which he gets scoldings from Swami. Bhairava Sundaram ( Ponvannan), who is another student of Swami, is a popular "Rajapart" (performing main title characters of a stage play). Meanwhile, Gomathi falls for Vadivu however, Kali loves Rangamma ( Anaika Soti), the princess of the zameen. Vadivambal ( Vedhicka) joins as the female member in the group and soon falls in love with Kali. They grow up together and stage many plays where Gomathi often plays the "sthripart" (female role), and Kali plays the "sidepart" (supporting characters). Gomathi and Kaliappa have a relationship like brothers. Impressed by his singing talents, Swami takes the boy with him. Kali is found by Swami during a train trip where the boy is singing and begging alms. Gomathi is left by his father in Swami's troupe. Thavathiru Sivadas Swamigal ( Nassar) runs a drama troupe in which Thalaivankottai Kaliappa " Kali " Bhagavathar ( Siddharth) and Melachivilberi Gomathi Nayagam " Gomathi " Pillai ( Prithviraj) are his direct disciples. The film was dubbed into Malayalam as Pradhi Nayagan, which was released in 2014 and into Telugu as Premaalayam, which released in 2016. At the 2015 Vijay Awards, the film was nominated into eight categories, with receiving a win in two of them – Best Costume Designer and Best Make Up. It received awards from three categories at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including Best Actor (Siddharth), Best Villain (Prithviraj), Best Music Director (A. The film was released on 28 November 2014, and won positive reviews from critics. The costume designs were done by Perumal Selvam and Niranjani Ahathian, and Pattanam Rasheed was the make up artist. Rahman while cinematography was handled by Nirav Shah and editing by Praveen K. The soundtrack and background score were composed by A. The project was announced by YNOT Studios in September 2012, and principal photography of the film was commenced on early June 2013. Set in the early 20th century, the film is about the lives of two theatre artistes and the competition that exists between them in a small drama troupe. It stars Siddharth, Prithviraj, Vedhika and Anaika Soti while Nassar appears in a supporting role.
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