Kavan (film)

Cast

Development

After the release of Anegan director K. V. Anand expressed his desire to commence his next film which is said to be on the lines of the directors own Ko. The project was confirmed on 22 March 2016, with Vijay Sethupathi has joined hands with popular director KV Anand for a mega budget film.

Casting

The film stars filmmaker-actor T Rajendar in an important role, who is making a comeback as an actor after a gap of eight years since it has been a while since he acted in a full-fledged role. Madonna Sebastian will be seen as the romantic interest of Vijay Sethupathi in the film and Hiphop Tamizha has been roped in to compose music. Also actor Akashdeep Saighal who was last seen in Ayan was signed on to play a key role in the film he joined the filming from August 2016.

Filming

The first schedule commenced on 11 July 2016. It is also reveled that, the script is co-written by Kabilan Vairamuthu along with KV Anand’s favorite duo, Suresh and Balakrishnan. As of 29 August 2016, it is said to be 40% complete from around 30 days of shoot. The second schedule has started recently in Chennai and the team has been canning a few scenes in T.Nagar, Chennai which involves Vijay Sethupathi and T Rajendar. Madonna Sebastian will also be a part of this schedule and she is expected to join the sets very soon. This schedule is likely to go on for another 2 weeks and the makers are planning to complete the entire shoot portion by the month of October but since they need to complete over 50% of the film, the possibility of wrapping the shoot portion before October is less, adds source. The title Kavan was revealed in late October 2016. Regarding the decision to choose this title, Anand said, "We chose 'Kavan', which means 'catapult', because it perfectly suits the story line, which involves a hero aiming for his target, and also sounded good."

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album was composed by Hiphop Tamizha making his first collaboration with K. V. Anand.