Appavin Meesai

Appavin Meesai (English: My father's moustasche) is a Tamil drama film directed by Rohini. The film features an ensemble cast including Cheran, Pasupathy, Nithya Menen and Salim Kumar in leading roles, while Achu Rajamani composes the film's music and Resul Pookutty is the sound editor.

Appavin Meesai
Directed byRohini
Produced byRohini Molleti
StarringHari Prasad
Cheran
Nithya Menen
Salim Kumar
Pasupathy
Music byAchu Rajamani
CinematographyAlphonse Roy
Edited bySreekar Prasad
Production
company
Raadhaswamy Enterprises
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

The film revolves around a coming of age story of a 14-year-old boy in Kolkata and why he decides to behave the way he does against all odds and the reasons behind it.[1]

Cast

Production

Rohini revealed that Appavin Meesai is based on a true incident about a young boy that she had read in a Telugu newspaper back in 2007. She was inspired to develop a script based on the incident, in Tamil rather than Telugu and soon after that began approaching people to make the film. The project was announced in July 2012 with actress Rohini marking her debut as a director.[2] The team began filming in West Bengal in September 2012, with scenes involving Nassar and Pasupathy being shot. Indian child actress Ahsaas Channa also shot for the film in the initial schedules, finishing her portions in January 2013.[3] Nithya Menen and Salim Kumar were later also roped in to play pivotal roles in the film. Achu Rajamani is the film's composer, while Resul Pookutty is the sound editor.[4] Alphonse Roy is the Cinematographer and Sreekar Prasad edited the film.

To involve common public in her first feature, Rohini Molleti made her appeal on a popular crowdfunding website and hoped to receive a value of 40 lakhs through the initiative.[5][6]

Release

Despite being completed in 2013, the film remains unreleased due to unknown reasons. In 2015, Cheran took up responsibility of releasing the film through his new straight-to—DVD platform of C2H, but the failure of the venture meant that the release of Appavin Meesai was delayed.[7][8]

References
  1. "Shot Cuts". 20 September 2012 – via www.thehindu.com.
  2. "Rohini to turn director - Times of India". The Times of India.
  3. "I always knew I'd become an actress: Ahsaas Channa". archive.mid-day.com.
  4. "Cheran starts audio label". Sify.
  5. "Rohini goes the crowd-funding way". 18 December 2016 – via www.thehindu.com.
  6. "Rohini takes the crowdfunding way for her directorial debut - Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. "C2H first release to be on 15th January 2015 – JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkkai |Cheran|Movies" – via movies.sulekha.com.
  8. "Now Watch the Release of Tamil Films from Your Home". The New Indian Express.
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