Kaalaippani

Kaalaippani
File:Kaalaippanifilm.jpg Kaapaippani - A clash of Destinations
Directed by	Rajesh Selva
Produced by	Pasumpon Films
Screenplay by	Rajesh M Selva
Starring	Jay Srinivasa Kumar Vasundhara Kashyap Nassar Satheesh Ramalingam K.A.Nethaji Balu Gokulji Ragavan Sri Bala Professor Balaji Vengal Rao
Music by	Sathish Ramalingam
Cinematography	Gopi Jagadeeshwaran
Edited by	K.Shankar
Release dates	30th October 2008
Running time	135 min.
Language	Tamil
Budget	Rs

Kaalaippani is a 2008 Indian feature film made in Tamil-language and directed by debutant Rajesh Selva and produced by K.A.Nethaji Balu, starring Jay Srinivasa Kumar, Vasundhara Kashyap and Nassar along with a bunch of new comers.

The film also introduced Sathish Ramalingam and Gopi Jagadeeshwaran as music director and cinematographer respectively.

Rajesh Selva's second film Thoongaa Vanam had Kamal Haasan in the lead.

Synopsis

Kaalaippani is a murder mystery.

Cast

• Jay Srinivasa Kumar A.K.A. J. J.
• Vasundhara Kashyap
• Nassar
• Satheesh Ramalingam
• K.A.Nethaji Balu
• Gokulji
• Ragavan
• Sri Bala
• Professor Balaji
• Vengal Rao

Crew

• Costumes - Sultan
• Make-up - Vadivaiya
• Special Effects and Opticals - Prime Focus Ltd.
• PRO - Nellai Sundarrajan
• Production Executive - Achampatti T.Packiaswamy
• Choreography - S.L.Balaji
• Lyrics - Paa Vijay, Sasikumar
• Art Direction - Magesh
• Co-Producers - B.Vijayalakshmi, AB.Pulithevan Sethupathy

Critical reception

Kollywood Today appreciated the film calling it a best delivered murder mystery and "It makes one feel watching a thriller with partial traces of Hollywood." Nowrunning also praised the film saying "The new director Rajesh Selva deserves praise for maintaining the suspense till very end"

External links

• Kaalaippani at IMDb

• Thoongavanam, remake of a French film? – The Times of India. The Times of India. (21 August 2015). Retrieved 5 January 2016.