Thanga Meenkal

Thanga Meenkal English Gold Fish is a 2013 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Ram, directing his second film after Kattradhu Thamizh. Ram, besides, played the lead role as well alongside newcomers Sadhana and Shelly Kishore. A joint production of Gautham Menons Photon Kathaas and R. S. Infotainment, the film features score and soundtrack composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The films shooting commenced in midJanuary 2011 and was completed by late 2011. Thanga Meenkal released onAugust 2013.

A poor laborer Ram is devoted to his young daughter Sadhana, but the child has problems at school with her studies, classmates and teachers. Kalyani Ram wants his daughter to be happy, no matter what. Kalyani is a man who toils pretty hard to meet both ends, thereby trying not to live in his fathers shade, but is forced to. His daughter Chellama Sadhana is a sweet angelic girl who fares below average in the class, but is all chirpy and gleeful when she is with her father. Without a proper job and an income the tension that prevails in the house forces him to take up a job far away from the reach of his lovely daughter. Thanga Meengal is a comingofage story of an unfit father struggling to make ends meet, told through the eyes of his eightyear old daughter. The film offers a critique of primary education in Tamil Nadu and makes poignant observations through social commentary.After his debut directorial Kattradhu Thamizh, Ram was expected to commence his second project, which was tentatively titled Saddam Hussain and was to feature Dhanush and Bhavana in the lead roles. However, the commercial failure of Kattradhu Thamizh hindered him from starting his next directorial immediately after, with no producer willing to fund the project. Furthermore, comedian Karunas, who played a pivotal role in that film and had bought the distribution rights of the film, lost around 75 lakhs and demanded compensation for the loss. Ram took a break before starting work on his next project. 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. Comedian Karunas, school mate of Ram, who played a lead role in the directors first film, too, was roped in to play the lead role in this film. The films shoot was supposed to begin in late 2009, but got delayed and didnt take off until mid2010. Media reports claimed that the producer got into a financ

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