Guru En Aalu

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Guru En Aalu
Directed by Selvah
Produced by K. R. Ganghadaran
Written by Aziz Mirza
Starring Madhavan
Mamta Mohandas
Abbas
Brinda Parekh
Vivek
Music by Srikanth Deva
Cinematography U. K. Senthil Kumar
Release date(s) July 2008[1]
Language Tamil

Guru En Aalu (Tamil: குரு என் ஆளு;English: Boss, She's Mine!) is a forthcoming Tamil feature film currently being directed by Selvah, who uses Aziz Mirza's Yes Boss as a story inspiration for the film. Madhavan acts in the lead role, whilst Mamta Mohandas, Abbas, Brinda Parekh and Vivek also play roles in the film. The film, which has been under production since late 2007, will release in July 2008.

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[edit] Production

[edit] Development

Mamta Mohandas and Madhavan, as seen at the launch of the film.
Mamta Mohandas and Madhavan, as seen at the launch of the film.

Following the release of his home production, Evano Oruvan, in December 2007, Madhavan announced his intentions on remaking the 1997 Hindi language film, Yes Boss, which starred Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla in the lead roles. The director, a remake specialist, Selvah was assigned to direct the movie which was to be produced by KRG, one of the veteran producers and President of South Indian Film Chamber.[2]

Following cast selection and story adjustions, the film had its launch on May 2, 2008, with only Madhavan and Mamta Mohandas among the cast attending at a small ceremony at Adyar, Chennai.[3] Shooting for the film started at Chennai in May 2008 and will continue in various locations in Kerala. Another schedule is set to be filmed at overseas locations.[4] The introductory song for Madhavan was shot at the AVM Studios in Vadapalani, Chennai with several extras, choreographed by Babu.[5]

[edit] Casting

Madhavan as picturized in an early still from the film.
Madhavan as picturized in an early still from the film.

The casting process took four months for the director and producer to settle. Initially it was expected that Nayantara would appear opposite Madhavan in the lead role, however Nayantara opted out due to involvements in bigger projects such as Kuselan, Aegan and Vil.[6] Sameera Reddy was briefly linked to the role,[7] but eventually Mamta Mohandas claimed the lead female role, portraying a model. Jayaram was initially announced to portray a role in the film, but pulled out at the last moment and was replaced by Abbas, and another cast member is Vivek, whom both re-unite with Madhavan after the 2001 blockbuster, Minnale.[8][9] Another actress, Brinda Parekh, was soon after signed up to play the role of Abbas's pair in the film.[10] A string of supporting cast members were selected among those being Sona Heiden, Poovilangu Mohan, Mayilsamy, M. S. Baskar, Meera Krishnan and Aarthi.[11][4]

Apart from Selvah, who directs the film, the cinematographer for the project is Senthil Kumar, whilst the editor is National Award winner, V. T. Vijayan. The dialogues for Aziz Mirza's script is handled by L. Venkatesan and lyrics are written by Pa. Vijay, Kabilan and Pazhani Bharathi. Srikanth Deva is the music diector for the film, renewing his association with Selvah, whom both were crew members of Selvah's previous venture, Thotta.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Five heroines and a director!. Behindwoods.com (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
  2. ^ Shankar, Settu (2007). Madhavan remakes Yes Boss!!. OneIndia.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  3. ^ Three cheers in Kollywood. Indiaglitz.com (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  4. ^ a b c Guru En Aazhu. TamilNaduEntertainment.com (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  5. ^ Guru Enn Aalu. Sify.com (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
  6. ^ Maddy or Danush for Nayantara?. Chennai365.com (2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-10.
  7. ^ Madhavan on Shah Rukh Khan’s role. Kollywoodtoday.com (2008). Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  8. ^ Maddy in a remake. Kollywoodtoday.com (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  9. ^ 3 new films launched in the city. Sify.com (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  10. ^ Madhavan-Mamta joins first time!. OneIndia.com (Tamil) (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-03.
  11. ^ Sona set to sizzle. Times of India (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-11.

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