Devathai

Devathai is a 1997 Tamil fantasy film written, directed and produced by Nassar. The film stars himself, Keerthi Reddy and Vineeth in the lead roles, while the films score and soundtrack are composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film released in June 1997 to positive reviews but only became an average grosser at the box office.

After the failure of his debut directorial venture, Avatharam, Nassar claimed he remembered a story I he had first heard as a child, it stayed with me and gave me the creative seed for this film, talking about how he picked to make a story on reincarnation. Nassar struggled to find an apt actress to play the lead role and even advertised in newspapers asking potential actors to audition, before finding and finalising on Telugu actress Keerthi Reddy. Vineeth was signed on for a supporting role, while professor of Drama, M. Ramasamy was also roped in for a role. Nassar himself portrayed a prominent character in the film. He recalled that a famous actor of that time was signed to do the role in the film but he backed out in the last minute, fearing his image and also the actor wanted some changes in the script, which Nassar was not willing to do.The authorities in Dubai initially were reluctant to let Nassar shoot his film there, as a previous Tamil filmmaker had depicted the city in poor light. Eventually the actordirector was able to convince them to let him shoot his film in the city after providing them with an entire script. ........

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