Tamil Movie Review Silukkuvarpatti Singam - Cast & Crew

Regina Cassandra is a film actress, who is noticeable in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada movies. She rose to fame in the film, Kanda NaalMudhal directed by V. Priya at the age 16. Regina was born on 13 December 1988. Her birthplace is Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her mother is from Karnataka, and her father is from North-India.

Oviya has proved that she is more than a pretty face by taking her talent to the big screen. The fashion world has been buzzing since she did some catwalk and even appeared in some commercials. She made her debut in Malayalam cinema and worked in three Mollywood movies and even since she had made her acting debut in Kollywood, the excitement has been approaching at an unbearable level. Oviya  is now a busy actress in Tamil cinema having a half-a-dozen projects in her hand, and she is working now in a Hindi film "Yeh Ishq Sarfira" which is almost nearing completion. Before starring in "Kalavani" and appearing in hit movies like Pandiraj's ‘Marina’, and Sundar C.'s ‘Kalakalappu’, the actress had been a gifted modeler. She wants now to try different characters in various languages.

Chella Ayyavu is a director working in the Tamil film industry. He started his career as an assistant director to A Venkatesh. After working on a few films with him, he joined the director “Ezhil” as an associate director. While working on the script of Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaran, Vishnu Vishal was impressed with his work and decided to work with Chella. As a result, Silukkuvarpatti Singam happened, and Vishnu Vishal produced it under his banner, Vishnu Vishal Studios. The film, directed by Chella with Vishnu Vishal as the lead actor, has Regina Cassandra as the lead actress and “Oviya” in a special role. Yogi Babu, “Livingston,” P Ravishankar, “Karunakaran,” and Mansoor Ali Khan are in the cast playing supporting roles. In his debut as a director, Chella Ayyavu has directed a big team of experienced actors. After the success of Silukkuvarpatti Singam, Chella Ayayvu joined Vishnu Vishal once again for a sports drama. 

An Indian actor, he was born with the name “Vishal”, and later changed his name to Vishnu Vishal. He is a South Indian actor, known for his work in Tamil movies, or more commonly known as Kollywood. Born on 17th July, 1984, in Vellore, the 31-year-old started his career as a cricketer, and after that, he became a part of the film industry for the past 7 years. Vishal made his debut in 2009 through “Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu”, and won the Edison Awards for Best Debut Actor. 

Soundararaja is a movie actor in the Tamil Film Industry. He has also produced some short films to increase his horizon of work. He was born on August 11 of the year 1983. His hometown is Usilampatti in the district Madurai.

Ravi Shankar Pudipeddi a.k.a Sai Ravi is a popular face in the world of the South Indian cinema, or rather a popular voice, as he’s noted for his extensive dubbing work which covers nearly 2600 films. He’s also been an actor and director as well, working for the Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam film industries in all  the three fields.

Karunakaran is an Indian movie actor and writer who has worked in Tamil film Industry. He has appeared in various roles. He debuted in the cinema industry in 2012 with Kalakalappu as Kumar. He is known for Soodhu Kavvum (played the role of Arumai Pragasam) which got released in 2013. Other films credited to him are Jigarthanda and Yaamirukka Bayamey. He lived and grew up in New Delhi, India. His father was a RAW agent. After residing in Delhi, he moved to Trichy with his family. He met Nalan Kumarasamy, a friend, who is a short filmmaker. He did his schooling from Sri Akilandeswari Vidyalaya Tiruchirappalli. He did his graduation from Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology& Research Academy (SASTRA) University in chemical engineering.

Yogi Babu is one of the famous actors in Indian films. His appearance is there in only Tamil movies. At present, he is a regular comedy actor in Tamil films. Babu was born in Chennai, Tamilnadu. His acting career started from 2009 onwards. He was famous for his outstanding movie called Maan Karate (2014); a fantasy oriented Tamil film under the direction of Thirukumaran. There are some prominent stars in this movie namely Sathish, Vamsi Krishna, Soori, Hansika Motwani and Sivakarthikeyan. Famous writer Murugadoss wrote the entire script for this movie and went on to screens under the production of Escape Artists Motion Pictures. Anirudh Ravichander gave an outstanding music for this movie. Mr. Babu was also notable for his famous film Yaamirukka Bayamey (2014), a comedy horror movie under the direction of debutant Deekay. It was under the production of Elred Kumar with casting by Anaswara Kumar, Oviya, Kreshna and Rupa Manjari.

'Anandaraj' was born in the Pondicherry district of Tamil Nadu. He was the second son among his eight siblings and his parents had big hopes for him right from his childhood. Anandaraj’s father was a business man and wanted his son to become a police officer.

Mansoor Ali Khan was born in the small village called Pallapatti in Tamilnadu. He is the popular villainy actor in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies. Mansoor made his debut to the cinema industry through the movie Captain Prabhakaran in the year 1991. He acted as an antagonist in the movie opposite Vijayakanth. This movie gave him a good name and he got opportunities frequently. Rudra is his next movie with Bhagyaraj, Gouthami and Lakshmi.

In the year 1992, he took a hero Avatar through the film, Rajadhi Raja Raja Kulothunga Raja Marthanda Raja Gambeera Kathavaraya Krishna Kamarajan. This movie was directed by Balu Anand and Mansoor Ali Khan composed the music too. As the name was very different, the movie became popular. Most of the roles he did was villainy, and in between, he did some character roles too. Mansoor Ali Khan was naturally a humorous person. So, his movies were filled with humor. In some of the movies, he has acted as a comedy villain. In certain movies like Padayappa, he did some different characters. In the Vikram movie Kandhasamy, he acted as a Police Inspector.

In the year 2013, he again acted as a hero in the movie Lollu Dhada Parak Parak. He was the music director for that movie. But the movie did not hit the theatres as expected. He also appeared in the movies Singam 2 with Surya, Tenali Raman with Vadivel, Kaaviya Thalaivan with Prithviraj Sukumaran and Pulan Visaranai 2 with Prashanth. Mansoor Ali Khan is very famous for his controversial speeches. Some controversies about him rise, as and when. Overall, he is a talented actor, who wants to trial out all the fields in the cinema, like directing, music composing and acting. He also got committed in the politics and he belongs to the Patali Makkal Katchi, led by Dr. Ramadas.

Leon James was born on December first, 1991 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is a music composer and also a singer, who is a true master of playing the Organ and the guitar, which he started learning at the age of three. His interest in music was fuelled by his father Noel James, who was then working as the manager of the legendary musician A.R.Rahman. During his college days, he was lucky enough to befriend another legend in the industry- Anirudh Rravichander, with whom he performed in the college band- ‘Zinx’. Together, they even bagged the envied Oooh La LA Award for best keyboardists in 2009.Apart from several awards that the band received in various performances, it was these performances that gave him the courage to create his own music which was well received by the few listeners who had access to it at that time- like his friends, and close relatives.

Madhan Karky Vairamuthu was born on March 10, 1980. He lives in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He completed his education from College of Engineering, Guindy and University of Queensland. He is an Indian lyricist, software engineer, a professor, research associate, and a film dialogue writer. His parents are Vairamuthu and Ponmani; his father is a poet and a lyricist.

Naresh Iyer is once again a popular face, but mainly due to his singing talent. This 34 year old singer hails from Mumbai. There is no end the number of hit songs he has produced over the years. Likewise, he owns a series of awards that have been rightfully given to him. His contribution to Bollywood has been tremendous.

In spite of having a degree in Commerce, Iyer decided to study Carnatic music and Hindustani classical music. His career has just looked forward from then on.

He got recognition from A.R. Rahman in the reality talent show which was called Channel V’s Super Singer.  His beautiful rendition of Roobaroo, which was an A.R.Rahman composition for the movie, Rang De Basanti, won his a lot of accolade. He went on to win the national award for the Best Male Playback.

He then worked on a number of projects including Raanjhaana and Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na and a number of praiseworthy Tamil projects.  The former is a story about a boy who fell in love with a girl since his school days whereas the latter is a love story again between two friends who realise that they actually love each other towards the climax of the movie. He has been appreciated for his work with the R.D. Burman award for Best Male Debut which is a very prestigious honour in the country.

He is also the vocalist in Mumbai based fusion band that goes by the name of Dhvani.

Santosh Hariharan is an Indian playback singer and has been a contestant of singing reality shows. He was born on 5 September 1987 and is 29 years old presently. He was born and brought up in Chennai, India. His hometown is in Palghat. He started his schooling at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Hyderabad, and went to St. Joseph Higher Secondary School, Cuddalore, to complete his 10+2 education. Santosh pursued Biotechnology from SRM University of Ramapuram, Chennai. He is an alumnus of Soundtech Media Institute of Audio Technology. He shifted to Mumbai after his musical career started attaining success. The languages spoken by him are Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and, English.

Livingston is a noteworthy supporting actor and comedian of Tamil cinema. His work as a solo lead in the flick Sollamale, where he played the role of a low confident lover, got him much acclaim. Apart from acting, Livingston has also tried his luck in penning scripts. During his early stages of his career his screen name was Ranjan. 

Livingston is active in the industry since 1988. Sundara Purushan, Kanni Rasi, Engalukkum Kaalam Varum and Sollamale are the works for which he is known for lead roles. He penned screenplay for Kaaki Sattai and Kanni Rasi by joining hands with G M Kumar of Avan Ivan fame. The flick Thandachoru introduced him as a music composer (he had aspired for it for a long time) and director. This movie is yet to be released. The 1988 flick Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran is the first film in which he got a starring role. Initially Livingston was into singing by perfoming star shows. He also had the aspiration of becoming an actor. Right from his childhood days Livingston was a huge fan of MGR. He worked in several shows before venturing into acting. Eventually he sang a number for the flick Moonram Powrnami and Athey Manithan. Sundara Purushan, Poomagal Oorvalam and Sollamale are the successful films of Livingston as a hero. He is in the industry for many years through his sheer patience. 

The comedy of Livingston has an innocence in it. Initially Livingston was working in roles with gray shades, and supporting roles. Then only he got prominent roles. He was a fan of K Bhagyaraj’s flicks and hung around his home for almost a year. Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal and En Uyir Thozhan are landmarks in this talented actor’s career. On the personal front Livingston is married to Jacintha and is blessed with two children.

“Laughing kills diseases,” is a famous line that everyone knows about, and Singamuthu is the person who makes us primarily obey the above statement in an indirect fashion. Though it’s obvious from the introduction, it’s not a muck to mention that, Singamuthu is a South Indian comedian, Tamil being his most fluent language. Comedy is the most entertaining thing that induces every one of its prey in a jovial manner. Singamuthu had his feet on this world on Monday, 8th December 1958, Monday.

Antony Ruben or Livingston Antony Ruben (by birth), is a film editor in the Tamil film industry. He acquired a degree in Visual Communication from the Loyola College in Chennai. Gautham Menon advised him to visit Anthony for further help. Ruben had visited Anthony earlier as well. He approached ace director, Gautham Menon, to become his assistant, but the latter redirects him to director Anthony, to work as his assistant editor. Under Anthony’s mentorship, he worked on the film Vettaiyadu Vilaiyaadu, which was a hit. He was given a bright chance to work on film trailers, which ultimately helped him work on films like Thoranai, Avan Ivan and Vedi. His debut as a full-fledged editor was in the film, Kandaen in 2011.

Laxman Kumar is an Indian screenplay writer, cinematographer, story writer, and producer. He is mainly associated with the Tamil movie industry. He is one of the alumni of Rajiv Menon’s Mindscreenfilm institute. Starring Bobby Simha and Shiva in the lead roles, he directed an experimental movie Masala Padam in 2016 after working for many years as a cinematographer.

G. Marimuthu is a very well known Indian Film director as well as an actor. He has mostly directed Tamil Films. He made his entrance film in the year 2008, which is KannumKannum. He also enacted in a movie, Pulivaal in the year 2014.

Nikkil Murugan is one of the leading PROs in the Tamil film industry. He has been the PRO for legends including Rajinikanth and Kamal haasan. He was acclaimed as the best communication man by India Today. Nikil, as he is also called, has also taken the role of media manager of Kamal Haasan for several years. The wide coverage of Kollywood movies throughout the world is done by him. He is also closely associated with music director A R Rahman. Nikkil Murugan is regarded as very media friendly. He believes in the efficient application of technology for his PR communications. He has been associated with more than 200 movies. Born on 1967, Nikkil Murugan also had close association with ace directors Shankar and Maniratnam. He can communicate in over 5 languages.