Directed by Saravanan Produced by Lakshmi Movie Makers Written by Saravanan Starring Silambarasan
Sneha
Sana Khan
Prabhu Ganesan
Santhanam
Kishore
Nirosha
Nedumudi Venu
Premji AmarenMusic by Yuvan Shankar Raja Cinematography Mathi Distributed by AVM
Ayngaran
Release date(s) December 18, 2008 Language Tamil Budget Rs. 15 crores
Silambattam (Tamil: சிலம்பாட்டம்) is a 2008 Tamil film, which is starred by Silambarasan and debutante Sana Khan in the lead roles. Cinematographer Saravanan directs this film which has Simbu in the role of a Hindu, Brahmin priest. Prabhu Ganesan plays the role of an inspector in 'Silambattam'. Yuvan Shankar Raja composes the music . Sneha is pairing up with Simbu. It will be the first time, that Simbu plays a Hindu priest and it is also said that Simbu is doing a triple role. The film is to release on December 18th, 2008. This movie is expected to take tamil cinema in to great heights with the Simbu-Yuvan Combo and the glamourous girl Sana Khan. It is expected to be around for Deepavali, but the Christmas-New Year time is also a good time for Silambarasan to reclaim lost ground at the box office. The talented actor has not been having the best of times in 2008, but all that could change after December 18, 2008 as Silambattam is hitting theaters, carrying a fair bit of expectations. The makers have made one thing clear, this thing is a full fledged commercial, so it is known what to expect. But, it did not have been said that this is a no brainer. It will be a full length entertainer where it is got to see two Silambarasan's in different halves of the movie in completely different appearances, one a cool dude and the other a typical traditional priest from Kumbakonam.
Silambattam is the debut directorial venture of popular cameraman Saravanan. He has admitted that the story is not entirely new to Kollywood, but the script has its share of freshness and that will be the advantage of the movie, besides its cast which, one has to admit is quite good for a directorial debut. Apart from Silambarasan, there is Sana Khan paired with the priest and Sneha paired with the more stylish Silambarasan. Sneha will be on screen for the first time after Pandi where she had a bit uncharacteristically scorched screens, it will be interesting to watch if she continues in the same vein here too. Kishore is the bad man while Santhanam and Karunas have teamed up in the laughs department. The touch of experience comes in the form of Prabhu (who has now settled very neatly into the character mode) and the veteran Nedumudi Venu who will appear as Silambarasan's grandfather. The director has made a special mention of Sana Khan's rural girl role which he says has come out in a life like manner.
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It is coming to the highlight part that it is already familiar with, the music. The Yuvan-Silambarasan team gets it right most of the time and they seem to have done it this time too, having managed to get Ilaiyaraja to lend his voice for one song. The 'Where is the Party' song is already quite a rage among the youth which augurs well for the movie and with the nimble footsteps of Silambarsan (remember the 'Dandanaka' song from Kaalai), they must make the movie stronger. Camera has been handled by Veyil fame Mathi and so we can expect quality in that department.
