Director Anil's maiden Tamil flick titled 'Saayavanam'

Malayalam film director Anil of director duo Anil Babu is working on his debut Tamil film titled 'Saayavanam'. The film, featuring Soundararaja and Devananda in lead roles, is produced by Santhosh Damodharan under his own production banner Damor Cinema.

Anil, who had married the late actress Kalpana, has directed more than 40 Malayalam movies, most of them along with the late director Babu Pisharody by bearing the screen name Anil Babu.

His latest film 'Maiya' is made in Hindi and is all set for release. Damor Cinema is known for Malayalam films like 'Pakalpooram,' which was also directed by Anil. The production company has so far made several hit movies including Anil’s 'Vaalkannadi', 'Ivar' (T K Rajeev Kumar), 'Chandrolsavam' (Ranjith) and 'Kurushetra' (Major Ravi).

Soundararaja of 'Kadaikutty Singam', 'Dharmadhurai' and 'Sundarapandian' fame plays the lead role in 'Saayavanam'. This is the third movie for Soundararaja to play the lead role. Earlier, he had played the lead in ‘Oru Kanavu Pola' and ‘Enakku Veru Engum Kilaigal Kidayathu' with veteran actor Gowndamani.

The story revolves around the character Seetha played by Devanada. Major portions of the movie were shot in Cherrapunji. National Award winner Appukutty and Janaki of Karnan fame pLay supporting roles in the movie. L. Ramachandran is the cameraman for the flick.

Music is by Poly Varghees, who is a Mohana Veena player. Editing for the film will be done by Arul Siddharth. Click the Movie button below for more info:
Saayavanam