#BIGG BOSS SEASON 9 18TH DECEMBER 2015 MOVIE#

When the film was postponed, the team were still waiting to hear back from actors Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth who were approached to play guest roles. Om Puri pulled out of the film in mid-1998 due to prior commitments and Sathyaraj replaced him in the film. The original cast included veteran Kannada actor Vishnuvardhan playing the role of Wajid Khan, with supporting actors Nassar, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Amrish Puri also given pivotal roles. The music for the trailer of the film was composed by Karthik Raja in late 1997, when Kamal Haasan and he were working together in Kaathala Kaathala. In November 1997, it was reported that the film would cost almost ₹85 crores to make and would subsequently become the most expensive Indian film production till then. A teaser was shown at the launch, with a pilot video consisting of a battle scene which would feature for a few minutes in the film, with the production of the particular scene costing Kamal Hassan ₹1.5 crores alone. Moopanar, journalist Cho Ramaswamy and veteran actors Sivaji Ganesan and Amrish Puri also in attendance. The Queen spent 20 minutes on the sets of the film, with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Through discussion with the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai, the producers brought in Queen Elizabeth II to appear as the chief guest at the launch of the project, which took place in the MGR Film City on 16 October 1997. In order to widen the potential business of the film into the Hindi-speaking regions of India, Kamal Haasan chose to spend most of mid-1997 directing the Hindi film Chachi 420 (1997), his first straight Hindi film in twelve years. In April 1997, Kamal Haasan confirmed that he had begun finalising work on Marudhanayagam, suggesting it would be the most expensive Indian film ever made. Muthiah and poets Puviarasu and Gnanakoothan. French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière and Haasan's mentor Ananthu were also involved in readying the screenplay for the film, as were historian S.

#BIGG BOSS SEASON 9 18TH DECEMBER 2015 MOVIE#

For the first time in India, the team planned to use a computer for screenplay writing, using a particular software called the Movie Magic Screenwriter with Sujatha working as a screenplay doctor. The team continued their research and developed the script of the film for four years. Sujatha revealed that nearly 80% of the film would be adapted from Samuel Charles Hill's biography of Khan, also known as Marudha Nayagam, and to only use imagination where no solid or substantial information was available, such as on matters concerning his conversion to Islam. Haasan agreed to the prospect and felt that the story had the potential to make a good historical film, with the appeal of depicting the rise from the nadir to the top of Khan's life. Writer Sujatha then suggested Haasan to look at Khan Saibu Sandai (The War of Khan Sahib), a folk ballad edited by Tamil scholar Vanamamalai, which introduced them to the historical figure of Muhammed Yusuf Khan, an 18th-century warrior. įollowing the release of Gunaa (1991), Kamal Haasan had considered directing a historical film and contemplated doing a period musical on the lines of Ambikapathy (1937), with the idea of making a film which had only verses for dialogue.

After becoming delayed in 1999, the film has not continued production despite numerous attempts at reviving the project. Chandran.ĭespite beginning it shoot in 1997, the film went through various production troubles and eventually an international company, that had been co-producing the film, backed out. The music for the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja with cinematography handled by Ravi K. The film had originally pulled together several prominent names across Indian cinema as its principal cast and crew, including Vishnuvardhan, Amrish Puri and Naseeruddin Shah. Touted to be the most expensive film to be produced in India during that period, the film had a proposed budget of ₹80 crores. Following a test shoot in mid-1997, the film was officially launched at a ceremony held at MGR Film City, Chennai during October 1997, with Queen Elizabeth II appearing as the chief guest. The script was co-written by Haasan, along with novelist Sujatha, and the pair started work on the project in late 1991. Marudhanayagam is an unfinished Indian historical drama film directed and produced by Kamal Haasan under his Raaj Kamal Films International banner.

Bigg boss season 9 18th december 2015