Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi

Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi
Directed by	Raaj Zacharias Suresh
Produced by	Raj Zacharias
Starring	Raj Zacharias Sethu Abhishek Vinod Surabhi Prabhu Swetha Vijay
Music by	Rahul Raj
Cinematography	Kishore Mani
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Celebs & Red Carpet Studios
Release dates	20 March 2015 (2015-03-20)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi (English: Half God, Half Demon) is an Tamil-language action-thriller film directed by Raaj Menon and Suresh. The film produced by Raj Zacharias, also features him in the lead role while Sethu, Abhishek Vinod and Swetha Vijay form the leading cast. Although originally planned with a different ensemble cast in 2011, the project finally materialised in mid 2013 and released on 20 March 2015 to negative reviews.^[1] The original score and soundtrack of the movie were composed by Rahul Raj.

Cast

• Raj Zacharias
• Sethu
• Abhishek
• Swetha Vijay
• Surabhi Prabhu
• Arjuna in a guest appearance
• Pooja Umashankar in a guest appearance

Production

The film was announced as early as June 2011 when it was revealed that Raaj Menon would make a film to be produced by socialite Raj Zacharias. It was suggested that filming for the project, based on a story of four youngsters, would begin in August 2011 with Resul Pookutty signed on as sound engineer. Arya, Narain and Aadhi were signed to play three of the lead roles, while the director announced that no lead actress be in the cast.^[2] The team released a series of posters featuring silhouettes and then revealed that Anoop Menon, Prakash Raj, Atul Kulkarni and Santhanam amongst others would play supporting roles. Aadhi later stated that he would play a guest appearance, though noted that in October 2011 that Raaj Menon had not contacted him since June about the project.^[3] The film subsequently failed to take off and the project was postponed.

The film re-began work in October 2013 and a teaser trailer was released in 2014 featuring an all-new cast with producer Raj Zacharias playing a leading role. The film added in Suresh to co-direct the film with Raaj Menon, while Rahul Raj replaced Navneeth Sunder as the film's composer. Actor Sethu, previously seen in Mynaa (2010), also featured in a prominent role, while debutants Abhishek Vinod and Swetha Vijay also appeared in the film. An item number featuring actress and supermodel Surabhi Prabhu and actor Arjuna of Kangaroo fame, was shot in October 2013 and was choreographed by Gayathri Raghuram.^[4] Actress Pooja Umashankar enacted a cameo role in the film, revealing that she had accepted the offer as an ode of friendship to her college friend Raj Zacharias.111^[5]

Music

All music is composed, arranged, programmed and produced by Rahul Raj, who makes his debut in Tamil cinema after impressive stints in Malayalam and Telugu film industries. The audio was released in a grand function held at Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai. Yugabharathi, Viveka and Karunakaran are the lyricists. Producer K. E. Gnanavel Raja was present during the occasion, along with several other dignitaries.

The soundtrack met with positive reviews on release. Karthik Srinivasan of Milliblog.com commented "The soundtrack’s highlight is Enadhu ulagil, that lays out its Reetigowlai cards right at the outset and goes on to make superb pop-style use of the raaga! Long overdue, good enough debut by Rahul Raj in Tamil."^[6] Vipin Nair of Musicaloud.com too rated the album high, and concluded saying "Commendable Tamil film debut from Malayali composer Rahul Raj. Naan Indru in particular is total chartbuster material!".^[7]

References

External links

• Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi at the Internet Movie Database