Chennaiyil Oru Naal

Chennaiyil Oru Naal English A day in Chennai is a 2013 Tamil thriller film written by brothers Bobby and Sanjay and directed by Shahid Khader. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of R. Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Cheran, Prasanna, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Parvathy and Iniya. The film, a remake of the 2011 Malayalam film Traffic, has its narrative in a hyperlink format. A multinarrative thriller that intertwines multiple stories around one particular incident, the film is inspired from an actual event that happened in Chennai. It was titled Naangu Vazhi Saalai earlier. The film released onMarch 2013. The film opened highly positive reviews. The film was declared average at the box office.

At the hundredth day celebrations of the 2011 Malayalam film Traffic, Kamal Haasan, who was the chief guest at the ceremony announced that he would remake the film into Tamil while Rajesh Pillai would be the films director. However due to his extended involvement in his directorial venture, Haasan opted out of the film by November 2011 and R. Sarathkumar was subsequently chosen to replace him in the film, with the director also postponing the film, mentioning it would restart after the Hindi version was complete. Soon the actors wife, Raadhika Sarathkumar, also joined the film and agreed to produce the venture alongside Listin Stephen. Actors including Prakash Raj, Cheran, Prasanna and Nassar were slated to play key roles, while Remya Nambeesan was signed on to reprise her role from the original. In March 2012, Rajesh Pillai walked out the remake citing date issues and was replaced by his assistant Shaheed Khader. Prithviraj was approached to play one of the lead roles in the film but refused the opportunity citing date issues.The film was officially launched onJune 2012 with Raadhika subsequently listing out the members of the cast on her Twitter page. She also went on to confirm that Parvathy would make a comeback to Tamil cinema with her role in the venture. ........

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