Kanavu Variyam(2017)
Kanavu Variyam is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Arun Chidambaram. The film stars Arun Chidambaram as Ezhil and Jiya Shankar as Veena. It revolves around a young student's quest to build a windmill to solve the electricity crisis in his village. The film was produced by DCKAP Cinemas and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, marking the first collaboration between the Hollywood studio and a South Indian film. It won several international awards, including a Platinum Remi at WorldFest Houston. The film was released on 24 February 2017.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- VI Movies and TV, ZEE5
- Theatrical Release
- 24 February 2017
- Director
- Arun Chidambaram
- Language
- Tamil
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rating
- 4.8/10
Storyline
A brilliant school student named Ezhil dreams of building a windmill to end the power cuts in his village. He faces mockery from villagers and doubt from his mother. With the help of his friend Sakkarai and crush Veena, he must overcome every obstacle to turn his dream into reality.
“One dream can light up a village.”
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Kanavu Variyam
Cast reunions in this film: Pandi & Black Pandi (7 films together), Ilavarasu & T. P. Gajendran (5 films together), Pandi & Ilavarasu (3 films together), and Ilavarasu & G. Gnanasambandam (2 films together).
Trivia
- The film was shot in just 21 days, which is a very short schedule for a feature film.
- The director, Arun Chidambaram, is also a software engineer and wrote the script based on real-life power issues in villages.
- The young lead actor, Master Dhruvan, was selected from over 500 children during auditions in Chennai.
- The movie's special effects for the science fiction elements were done on a very low budget.
- It was one of the few Tamil films of its time to focus entirely on a child protagonist solving a social issue.
- The film was not widely released in theaters and gained more attention through television broadcasts later.
- Some scenes were shot in actual villages near Madurai to show real power cut problems.
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