Thanga Meengal

Thanga Meengal (Tamil: தங்க மீன்கள்; Golden Fishes) is an Indian drama film written and directed by Ram, directing his second film after his highly acclaimed Kattradhu Thamizh.^[2] Ram, besides, plays the lead role as well alongside several newcomers.^[3] A joint production of Gautham Menon's Photon Kathaas and R. S. Infotainment, the film features score and soundtrack composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.^[4] The film's shooting commenced in mid-January 2011 and is expected to be completed by late 2011.^[5]

Cast

• Ram
• Sadhana

Production

After his debut directorial Kattradhu Thamizh, which despite gaining universal critical acclaim bombed at the box office, Ram took a break before starting work on his next project.^[6] He had penned a story titled Thanga Meengal and, as claimed by reports in August 2009, had eventually found a producer to fund this film under the banner of Touch Stone.^[6] Comedian Karunas, school mate of Ram, who essayed a pivotal in the director's first film, too, was roped in to play the lead role in this film.^[7][8] The film's shoot was supposed to begin in late 2009, but got delayed and didn't take off until mid 2010. Media reports claimed that the producer got into a financial crisis and decided to drop the film, which prompted Karunas to take up the film and produce it himself.^[9] However, the film was subsequently taken over by director-producer Gautham Menon, whose Photon Kathaas Productions along with R. S. Infotainment would produce the film.^[10][4] Ram also decided to replace Karunas and play the lead role himself, while declaring that the female lead and other characters would be enacted by newcomers, one of them being an eight year old Chennai-based girl Sadhana.^[11] Filming was finally started on 18 January 2011 in Nagercoil.^[2]

Soundtrack

After the success of Kattradhu Thamizh in 2007, Ram again joins his hands with Yuvan Shankar Raja to compose film score and soundtrack for Thanga Meengal.^[4] The lyrics have been penned by Na. Muthukumar, who also penned the lyrics in Kattradhu Thamizh.^[11]

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