Director Rajiv Menon’s Sarvam Thaala Mayam will release on February 1. It was earlier scheduled for a December 28 release, but the film makers had to postpone release because the Christmas releases – five Tamil films, and a few in other languages – had occupied all screens.
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Sarvam Thaala Mayam stars GV Prakash Kumar and Aparna Balamurali in lead roles. It is a musical that talks about a boy who dreams of being a drummer. The film is set in the world of carnatic music, and the protagonist, played by Prakash, is a lower caste boy who aims to enter this world.
Malayalam actors Nedumudi Venu and Vineeth play pivotal roles in the movie. Santha Dhananjayan, Kumaravel and Dhivyadharshini are also part of the cast.
Music is by AR Rahman. This is his third collaboration with Rajiv Menon after Minsaara Kanavu (1997) and Kandukonden Kandukonden (2000). Since it’s a music-centred film, the songs were released as separate singles by celebrities like TM Krishna, Aniruddh Ravichander, Nivetha Thomas and SS Thaman.
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Menon is a cinematographer turned director, who was last associated with feature films in 2013. He was the cinematographer for Mani Ratnam’s Kadal. He is also an ad-filmmaker who runs an ad-film company.
Sarvam Thaala Mayam also marks Menon’s debut a music composer. Varalaama, sung by Sriram Parthasarathy, has been composed by him, it is about a student’s adoration for his teacher. Menon is the son of the carnatic vocalist Kalyani Menon.
Sarvam Thaala Mayam is lyricist Na Muthukumar’s last movie. He wrote the song Maya Maya sung by Chinmayee in the movie. Madan Karky and Arunraja Kanaraj have written lyrics. Cinematography is by Ravi Yadav and editing by Anthony.
It is produced under Rajiv Menon’s home banner MindScreen cinemas. It was recently screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Watch the trailer here: