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Lathika (film)

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Lathika
Directed byR. Bharathan
Screenplay byR. Bharathan
Story byR. Bharathan
Produced bySrinivasan
StarringSrinivasan
Meenakshi Kailash
Rahman
CinematographyT. Ari Pazhani
Music byR. Bharathan
Production
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Release date
  • 18 March 2011 (2011-03-18)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Lathika is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Bharathan starring Srinivasan and Meenakshi Kailash in the lead roles and Rahman in a pivotal role. The film marked the lead film debut of Srinivasan, who also produced the film.

Cast

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  • Srinivasan as Eashwar
  • Meenakshi Kailash
  • Rahman as Antony
  • Shanmuga Sundaram
  • Pooja
  • Sahan Fathima
  • Avanthi
  • N. Ramanathan
  • Baby Lathika

Production

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Dr. Srinivasan began production on a film starring himself in the lead role. He named the film Lathika after his daughter.[1]

Controversy

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Through his financial company, Baba Trading Company, Srinivasan obtained Rs. 7 crore rupees from unsuspecting businessmen and used the money to begin a career in films through this film.[2]

Srinivasan reportedly hired force fans to attend the movie at a single cinema in North Chennai for publicity sake.[1] The film ran for 200 days at a single theatre.[3]

Reception

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A critic from Dinamalar wrote that Ra. Bharathan could have put more focus into the story, screenplay, dialogues, songs and music.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rise & fall of Powerstar". Deccan Herald. 14 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Power Star Srinivasan arrested for fraud!". Sify. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Srinivasan in the shoes of Rajini - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 29 June 2015.
  4. ^ "லத்திகா - விமர்சனம்". Dinamalar.
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