Leelai
Leelai English Play is a 2012 Tamil romantic comedy film directed by Andrew Louis and produced by Ramesh Babu. It stars dbutantes Shiv Pandit and Manasi Parekh in lead roles along with Santhanam and Suhasini Raju in pivotal roles. The film which began in May 2008, opened after production delays onApril 2012 to positive reviews.
Andrew Louis met Ravichandran and narrated the script of Leelai and two months later he agreed to produce the film. The producer subsequently moved the film on to the hands of his brother, Ramesh Babu, under the subsidiary company R Films, which was also making Ravi Varmans Moscowin Kavery at the time. The director selected North Indian actor Shiv Pandit in the lead role after seeing him an advertisement for a mobile phone company, Airtel. After Pandit was signed on, he practised his Tamil dialogues by reading them repeatedly and understanding the emotions and punches. He also watched a lot of Tamil films to get attuned to the culture. The female lead in the film is played by Manasi Parekh who has been part of popular shows on Television such as Star Ones India Calling and Star Pluss Gulaal. A major portion of the film was shot in the popular software company HCL Chennai Office. The song Oru Killi was shot at the Maheshwar Fort in Madhya Pradesh, while the other songs were shot in Goa and Puducherry respectively.The film ran into a legal battle over its title Leelai with another film claiming it as their own. Ravichandran eventually won the case, forcing the other film to change its title from Leelai to Naan Aval Adhu. The film had been ready for release since 2010, with Shiv Pandit in between making his dbut in Hindi films with Shaitan. The failure of Ramesh Babus other production Moscowin Kavery starring Rahul Ravindran and Samantha, also became a factor behind the delay. ........
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