Madharasapattinam
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Development
Vijay revealed that Madrasapattinam was supposed to happen later in his career, but the intervention of producer Kalpathi S. Aghoram helped realise the viability of the film earlier. Vijay had first explored the script in his college days and drew inspiration from an English professor who used to talk to us about the freedom movement a lot, furthering Vijay's interest in history. He visualizes about the people who lived in the pre-independence period of India and explored the concept of how it would have been if an English girl fell in love with an Indian boy, laying the foundations for the script. The script took six months to write, with leading Tamil writer Prabanjan and visits to see independence veterans being helpful in understanding the history of the city of Madras between 1945 and 1947.Casting
AryaArya (actor)
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was finalised to play the lead role and English Miss Teen World
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winner Amy Jackson
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was selected after Vijay had found a picture of the internet and tracked her down.
Filming
Despite being a period film, the film was finished in eight months and released in July 2010.Wins
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| Best Art Director | Selva Kumar |
Nominations
| Best Male Singer | Roop Kumar Rathod Roop Kumar Rathod -Personal life:Roopkumar is the son of the late Pandit Chaturbhuj Rathod, the classical luminary – an exponent of the rare and arguably the oldest style of singing i.e. Dhrupad. He belonged to the “Aditya Gharana of Jamnagar”. Pandit Rathod has trained and groomed many well known names like... for Pookal Pookum |
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| Best Female Singer | Harini Harini Harini is an Indian film playback singer and classical singer, who sings mainly in Tamil films. She has also sung in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam language films, whilst working with many leading film composers. She is married to another playback singer, Tippu.-Career:Harini learnt Carnatic... for Pookal Pookum |
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| Best Music Director | G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film... for Pookal Pookum |
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| Best Cinematographer | Nirav Shah Nirav Shah Nirav Shah is an acclaimed Indian cinematographer. He has worked on a number of major box office hits in Hindi and Tamil since his debut with the 2004 Hindi film Paisa Vasool.-Career:... |
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| Best Debut Actor Female | Amy Jackson Amy Jackson Amy Louise Jackson is a British model and film actress. Before starting her acting career, Jackson won the Miss Teen World competition in 2008 and went on to win Miss Liverpool in 2010 and was hotly tipped to be Miss England in 2010 but lost out to Jessica Linley... |
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| Best Director | A. L. Vijay A. L. Vijay A. L. Vijay is a Tamil film director. Earlier he worked as an assistant and close associate of director Priyadarshan. His father A. L. Azhagappan was the president of Tamilnadu Producers Council and appeared in the film Eesan. His brother, Udhaya, has also starred in Tamil films. Presently A. L... |
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| Best Actor | Arya Arya (actor) Arya is an Indian film actor who mainly appears in Tamil films. He is best known for his roles in the films Pattiyal , Naan Kadavul , Madrasapattinam , and Boss Engira Bhaskaran.-Personal life:... |
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| 2011 | Mirchi Music Awards Mirchi Music Awards The Mirchi Music Awards are presented annually by Radio Mirchi to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were instituted to award the best of 2008. In 2010, the Southern... |
Best Music Director | G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar G. V. Prakash Kumar is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer and singer. He has mainly scored music for Tamil, while also doing three Telugu films and a Hindi film... for Pookal Pookum |
Release
The film opened and stayed at No.1 in Chennai box office charts for 3 weeks.Overall collection of the movie is said to be near 35 Crore which makes the film above average as reported by behindwoods.com http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/box-office-2010/madrasapattinam.html.The film collected 70 crores.