Siddharth and his year of versatile acting

With Jigarthanda’s success and Kaaviya Thalaivan and Ennakul Oruvan coming soon, he is a star to watch out for this year

September 12, 2014 02:10 am | Updated October 18, 2016 02:16 pm IST

A still from Naapathi Onbadhu O.

A still from Naapathi Onbadhu O.

Actor Siddharth had gone on record a while ago that this year could well be a turning point in his career. With Karthik Subbaraj’s Jigarthanda already striking all the right notes, and Vasanthabalan’s period film Kaaviya Thalaivan waiting in the wings, another film featuring him: Ennakul Oruvan, is also gearing up for release.

The audio and the trailer have been released, and the music by Santosh Narayanan has already become popular. In a first, Think Music has released the lyrics for the song in Tamil in the YouTube video.

The film is a remake of the Kannada film Lucia . The remake is being directed by newcomer Prasad Ramar, one of the co-writers of Pizza . Siddharth appears in two starkly different characterisations in the trailer. Given his unconventional role in ‘ Jigarthanda ,’ his portrayal of a theatre artiste in ‘ Kaaviya Thalaivan ’, and the extreme makeovers in ‘ Ennakul Oruvan ,’ his own prophecy seems all set to be fulfilled.

Come October, and you can watch comedian Goundamani on the big screen again. The actor’s comeback film 49O ( Naapathi Onbadhu O in Tamil) can be watched on not less than 200 screens, says L. Sivabalan, the film’s producer.

The film has been shot in agricultural centres such as Pattukottai, Jayamkondan and Ariyalur. “Goundamani is a farmer’s son, so a story set in a rural background is close to his heart,” says Sivabalan.

He plays the role of a farmer in the film produced by Zero Rules entertainment. “In one scene, where Goundamani had to drive the tractor, it came very easily to him,” says a person associated with the film. The film took about four months to make as they had to time their shoots to coincide with the sowing and the harvest seasons.

The two-hour-fifteen-minute-long film’s message is expected to be delivered through comedy and satire, in true Goundamani style.

(Reporting by Karthik Subramanian and Deepa H. Ramakrishnan)

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