Kaavalan, the Vijay-Asin starrer directed by Siddique, will hit the theatres as planned in December. This was asserted by producer/director Shakthi Chidambaram, whose company Cinema Paradise has acquired the worldwide rights of this film. A few days back The Madras High Court stayed the release of Kaavalan for six weeks after a Singapore based company Tantra Incorporated filed a petition.
According to J.K. Saravanan, proprietor of Tantra films, producer Ramesh had promised the overseas rights to him but recently Ramesh has sold the rights to Cinema Paradise.
Talking to this newspaper, Shakthi Chidambaram said that he and Tantra had reached an out-of-court settlement and the problem was solved amicably. The court has vacated the stay and the movie will release as scheduled in the second week of December, he revealed. He continues, “December is a lucky month for Vijay. Most of his films released in December are blockbusters.”
Right from the beginning, Kaavalan has met with one problem after the other. Earlier, theatre owners and distributors refused to screen Vijay films after the dismal show of his previous film Sura. Later, the movie’s leading lady Asin came in for a lot of criticism because she visited Sri Lanka despite the south film industry’s warning. The problem was solved after Nadigar Sangham intervened.
Kaavalan is the remake of Malayalam hit Bodyguard, which had Dileep and Nayanthara in the lead. This movie was also directed by Siddique. The director and Vijay are coming together for the second time after the duo made the super hit Friends.
Vijay, who is hoping to recreate the magic has said, “It is not a typical action film with the usual elements like an opening song. It’s a beautiful, simple romantic comedy. Siddique is known for his slapstick comedy rather than dialogue-oriented stories, Kaavalan is no different. And again with Vadivelu’s antics, the film has unlimited humour.”
