Thoongavanam
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Country India | Director Rajesh M Selva Language Tamil
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Based on Sleepless Night
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Thoonga Vanam is an upcoming Tamil Indian action thriller film directed by Rajesh M Selva starring Kamal Hassan, Trisha, Prakash Raj, Kishore and Asha Sarath. The film, which is a bi-lingual is being simultaneously shot in Telugu-language as Cheekati Rajyam with the same cast. The project is being produced by Raaj Kamal Films International.The film is an official remake of the 2011 French movie Sleepless Night(French: Nuit Blanche). Filming was commenced by late May 2015.
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Cast
Production
The film is an official remake of the 2011 French movie Sleepless Night(French: Nuit Blanche)
Pre-production
Kamal Haasan announced that his next project, a bilingual thriller titled Thoonga Vanam in Tamil, would be directed by his former assistant Rajesh and produced by himself. He added that the film would be shot simultaneously and with the same cast and crew as Cheekati Rajyam in the Telugu language. Sanu Varghese and Vijay Shankar were named as the cinematographer and editor, respectively, while Ghibran was recruited as the films composer, working on the fourth successive Kamal Haasan film. Writer Suka was chosen to write the Tamil dialogues, while Abburi Ravi was assigned to work on the dialogues for the Telugu version.
Trisha and Prakash Raj were the first actors to be cast, who were reported to play the female lead and an important supporting role, respectively, while Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala was approached to portray the wife of Haasans character. Initially, the makers were considering Bollywood actress Manisha Koirala to play Kamals wife in the movie. But the crew later opted for Asha Sarath after watching her films. Uma Riyaz Khan was signed for an "important role" and Kishore informed that had been selected for a "key role" in the film. In June 2015, it was reported that Madhu Shalini was part of the film and had starting filming, while Sampath Raj was also added to the cast.
Filming
Following a photo shoot at the AVM Studios on May 20, 2015, the film was officially unveiled on May 25 in Hyderabad with the release of the first look poster, after which principal photography began with a schedule at the Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad.