Sivaji: The Boss
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| Sivaji: The Boss சிவாஜி |
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| Directed by | S. Shankar |
| Produced by | M. S. Guhan M. Saravanan |
| Written by | S. Shankar Sujatha |
| Starring | Rajinikanth Shriya Saran Suman Prakash Raj Revathi Menon Vivek M.S. Baskar Manivannan Amitabh Bachchan[1] Raghuvaran Nayanthara |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
| Cinematography | K. V. Anand |
| Editing by | Anthony |
| Distributed by | India: AVM Productions Worldwide: Ayngaran |
| Release date(s) | Soundtrack: March 26, 2007 Film: April 12, 2007 April 14, 2007 |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | Rs.60+ Crores[2] |
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| Sivaji: The Boss | ||
| Studio album by A.R. Rahman | ||
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |
| Producer(s) | A.R. Rahman | |
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| Guru (2007) |
Sivaji: The Boss (2007) |
London Dreams (2007) |
Sivaji: The Boss (Tamil: சிவாஜி) is a forthcoming magnum opus Tamil film, set to be directed by S. Shankar. It stars Rajnikanth, Shriya Saran, Prakash Raj, Vivek and Suman and includes Mallika Sherawat, Nayantara, director Shankar himself and Raghuvaran in guest roles. The movie will be subsequently dubbed into Telugu. The film's score and soundtrack will be written by acclaimed composer A.R. Rahman. The first schedule of the movie was shot at Hyderabad's Ramoji Rao Film City. Sivaji has given rise to great expectations due to the high-profile artists involved in its creation. It has been claimed to be one of the biggest films in the year 2007. The film will be released in India on April 12, 2007 and world-wide two days later on Tamil New Year's Day.
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Cast
- Rajinikanth
- Shriya Saran
- Prakash Raj
- Vivek
- Suman
- Revathi Menon
- Manivannan
- M.S. Baskar
- Raju Sundaram
- Cochin Haneefa
- Livingston
- Kannal Kannan (guest role)
- Vadivukarasi
- Pyramid Natarajan
- Uma Padmanabhan
- Pattimanram Raja(Shriyas father)
- Solomon Papaiya
- Prabu M'SIA
- Muthukaalai
- Mayilswamy
- Chinni Jayanth
Guest Roles
- Raghuvaran (plays as a advocate, said rumors)
- Nayantara(apperance in a song with Rajnikanth)
- Amitabh Bachchan[3]
- Shankar
- K. V. Anand
- Thotta Tharani
Release Information
The movie may be delayed by a few weeks this is due to post production reasons.[4]
Audio Information
- Sivaji Audio is set to be released on the 4th April 2007. But there were some reports saying that AVM will release it on 26th March 2007,[5] but it seems the illegal release of the audio has made Shankar push the actual release back to the 4th April 2007(this is possibly for editing of the audio).
- The songs currently known are:
- Sahana Saaral Thoovudho sung by A. R. Rahman (was previously Udit Narayan) and Chinmayi[6]
- Oru Koodai Sunlight sung by Blazee and Rappers in the USA. This has Rajinikanth's voice in it and a brilliant drumming piece (which will be seen in the movie).[7]
- Vaaji Vaaji Sivaji sung by Hariharan and Madhushree[8]
Illegal Audio Release
Although the film's soundtrack was set to be released on April 4th, three tracks from the film were released on the Internet and began circulating among sites in late March. The three songs were Vaaji Vaaji Sivaji (by Hariharan and Madhushree), Sahana Saaral (by Udit Narayan and Chinmayi), and Oru Koodai Sunlight (a rap song by Shaggy, Blaaze, and Tanvi). It was later confirmed that the songs are not the finalized tracks, especially Sahana Saaral and Oru Koodai Sunlight which were only test mixes. [1]
Trivia
- 'Vaa..ji, Vaa..ji Sivaji - a song sequence shot at the Ramoji Rao Film City at Hyderabad with sets reportedly costing Rs. 2.75 crores.
- The crew of the movie is under strict orders not to divulge any information about the film, its story or about the events on the sets. Still, some local magazines have managed to acquire pictures of the sets. This angered the director and AVM so much that the director is now planning to completely ban the use of camera-phones on the sets.
- Names of many popular actresses, including Sadha, Trisha, Asin, Nayantara, Manisha Koirala and Shilpa Shetty were considered for making the item number in the film. But, finally, Mallika Sherawat, was reportedly selected to make a very special appearance in the song sequence. Later on, it was reported that Nayantara will also be doing an item number in Sivaji.
- Actress Sandhya dubs her voice for Shriya in the film.[9]
- The Telugu dubbing rights of this movie has been sold to producer Bellam Konda Suresh for a price of Rs.8 crores (excluding Audio and satellite rights).
- Rajinikanth, himself, sings a song in this movie. This is his second attempt at playback singing after a song in a previous film of his, Mannan.
- This is the eighth film that music director and composer A.R. Rahman is working with director Shankar and the fourth film with Rajinikanth.
- This is the third time costume designer Manish Malhotra is working with director Shankar.
- This is said to be Indian Cinema's most expensive movie. The budget is at approximately Rs.42 crores.
- Rajini, being the highest paid actor in India, will be receiving a paycheck higher than what he ever got for this film. Out of Sivaji’s budget, Rajini takes home close to 20 crores.[10]
- For the first time Rajini tonsured his head for this movie.
- Overseas distribution rights have been sold to Ayngaran International for approximately $275,000[11] USD.
- Tokens being sold for fans in india to see Sivaji. 20 tickets for 1600 Indian rupee token.[12]
External links
References and Footnotes
- ^ Proo that Amitabh Bachchan is in Sivaji. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
- ^ The last known figure was 60 crores with Rajinkanth taking 20+ crores as payment, this was last year. So the cost is most likely MUCH more.
- ^ Proo that Amitabh Bachchan is in Sivaji. Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
- ^ Will Sivaji be delayed?. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Sivaji audio release changed to be released on 26th March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ More info Sivaji songs available on net. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ More info Sivaji songs available on net. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ More info Sivaji songs available on net. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/29197.html
- ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-articles/movies-04/13-10-06-sivaji.html
- ^ This seems more like the actual figure Ayngaran would pay. He will make much more than this. He is putting the film in theatres all round the world.
- ^ Token system for Rajini fans to see 'Sivaji'. Retrieved on 2007-03-17.
