Movie Name: Kavan (2016)
Director: K. V. Anand
Producer: Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S. Ganesh, Kalpathi S. Suresh
Writter: Subha (Dialogue)
Story & Screenplay: K. V. Anand, Subha
Star Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, T. Rajender, Madonna Sebastian
Music: Hiphop Tamizha
Genre: Romantic-Thriller
Release Date: 23 December 2016
Country: India
Language: Tamil
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Story: Kavan (Catapult) is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film directed by K. V. Anand written with Subha and produced by AGS Entertainment. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi and T. Rajendar in lead roles with Madonna Sebastian, Vikranth, Jagan and Akashdeep Saighal in pivotal roles. The film, which has a soundtrack and score composed by Hiphop Tamizha, began production in July 2016.
After the release of Anegan director K. V. Anand expressed his desire to commence his next film which is said to be on the lines of the directors own Ko. The project was confirmed on 22 March 2016, with Vijay Sethupathi has joined hands with popular director KV Anand for a mega budget film.
The film stars filmmaker-actor TR Rajendar in an important role, who is making a comeback as an actor after a gap of eight years since it has been a while since he acted in a full-fledged role. Madonna Sebastian will be seen as the romantic interest of Vijay Sethupathi in the film and Hiphop Tamizha has been roped in to compose music. Also actor Akashdeep Saighal who was last seen in Ayan was signed on to play a key role in the film he joined the filming from August 2016.
The first schedule commenced on 11 July 2016. It is also reveled that, the script is co-written by Kabilan Vairamuthu along with KV Anand’s favorite duo, Suresh and Balakrishnan. As of 29 August 2016, it is said to be 40% complete from around 30 days of shoot. The second schedule has started recently in Chennai and the team has been canning a few scenes in T.Nagar, Chennai which involves Vijay Sethupathi and T Rajendar. Madonna Sebastian will also be a part of this schedule and she is expected to join the sets very soon. This schedule is likely to go on for another 2 weeks and the makers are planning to complete the entire shoot portion by the month of October but since they need to complete over 50% of the film, the possibility of wrapping the shoot portion before October is less, adds source. The title Kavan was revealed in late October 2016. Regarding the decision to choose this title, Anand said, "We chose 'Kavan', which means 'catapult', because it perfectly suits the story line, which involves a hero aiming for his target, and also sounded good."
The soundtrack album was composed by Hiphop Tamizha making his first collaboration with K. V. Anand.
