Piriyadha Varam Vendum

Piriyadha Varam Vendum is a 2001 Tamil language film written and directed by Kamal, which was a remake of his 1999 Malayalam film Niram. The movie stars Prashanth and Shalini in the lead roles, while an ensemble cast featuring Manivannan and Janagaraj among others play supporting roles. Featuring music by S. A. Rajkumar, the film opened to positive reviews in February 2001.

Following the success of the 1999 Malayalam film Niram starring Kunchacko Boban and Shalini, the films director Kamal chose to make his debut in Tamil films by remaking the film. Initially titled Kadhal Neethana, he signed up Prashanth to play the lead role while Shalini retained the leading female role after agreeing to work on it on stage at the success function of Niram. Sneha and newcomer Krishna were signed up to play the second leads for the film, while it was reported that Kushboo would also play a pivotal role. Sneha was later replaced by Jomol, who had played the role in the original version of the film and Kushboo did not feature. Delays in production due to the producers financial problems meant that the dates of the lead pair went awry and they were unable to combine to finish the shoot quickly. Prashanth chose to prioritise making his other film Appu as he had to sport a beard and thus Shalini was left waiting, although she had stated that she would not act again after her impending marriage. Shalini subsequently got married to actor Ajith Kumar and the actor was unwilling to let his wife rejoin the team stating that they had misused her dates. The team considered releasing the film in October 2000 using Shalinis scenes from the Malayalam version, while using graphics to edit out Kunchacko Boban and place in Prashanth, before Shalini readily agreed to feature. It subsequently became her final film before retirement.Retitled as Piriyadha Varam Vendum, the film continued shoot in late 2000 with sequences including a song being filmed in Kochi with Mink Brar making a guest appearance. Owing to the earlier date problems, the team had shot the song Vasco Da Gama with guest dancer Raghava Lawrence but Prashanth was not pleased about the sudden change of cast in the song and requested to reshoot it at his own cost. The song was financed by Murali Manohar while Prashanths father Thiagarajan supervised the production of the song, which was

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