Bommai Naigal
What it is about…
Baba Cine Films' Bommai Naigal is said to be inspired by an incident which took place 300 years ago. There was a fort in the southern part of Tamil Nadu. Women never came out of the fort and men were never allowed inside. When a little girl was seen peeping out of the fort, she was buried alive. Because of her curse, the birth rate fell and after 300 years there were only ten or more houses left. One last family containing 17 members went on a trip to Kashmir. By mistake, the army bombed the place, where the big family camped. Except a twelve-year-old boy, all the others were killed. What could have happened had the boy decided to avenge the death of his family members forms the crux of the story. He tries to kill the army men using electronic toy dogs controlled by a remote device. The film has Radha Ravi, Nasser, Karunas, Kovai Sarala, Vadivukkarasi, Delhi Ganesh, Pandu, Jaguar Thangam, Suryakanth, Babylona, Chaams, Crane Manohar, Aarthi, V. S. Raghavan, Dhideer Kanniah and Kanaga in important roles. S. V. Udayakumar has handled the camera. The editing is by Anand. The story, screenplay, dialogue and direction are Baba Vikkram, who has also produced the film.
Music highlights
The album has four songs. ‘Naan kudiyiruppathu Nungambakkam' is sung by Malathi. What's interesting about this song is the way the word ‘pakkam' finds mention in every line. ‘Pattuchelai vaangitharen' is a folk-based number rendered beautifully by Pushpavanam Kuppusamy and Swarna. Next comes ‘Mama peththa manjappoove,' written by Andal Priyadharshini and sung by Prasanna and Amritha — the song is sure to go down well with the masses. ‘Nadanthathu ethuvo,' sung by Manikka Vinayagam, is the best of the lot. The highlight is it conveys the essence of the Gita. Producer, director and music director Baba Vikkram: I wanted to share this old story with the people. Initially, I thought of presenting it as a ghost story. Then I wanted to make it with real dogs. However, apprehensions about Censor clearance made me shoot the film with huge toy dogs. These dogs are remote-controlled. There's no hero as such in the film — the toy dogs can be called the heroes. It's a four-crore project and one third of the amount has been spent on animation.
