Tamil Movie Review Unakkenna Venum Sollu - Cast & Crew

Shweta Mohan is a female playback singer in Indian cinema who is also the daughter of playback singer Sujatha Mohan. Like her mother, she also had sung in various languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. She was born on 19 November 1985 in Chennai.  In fact, earlier she was a bit hesitant to take up singing as her career. But as she sung, she enjoyed singing very much. Had not she been in singing, she could have opted for doing MBA and got settled other way. 

Shweta grew up watching her mother sing and eventually looked her as a role model for her life. She has always aspired to be like her. Taking inspiration from her mother’s versatile career in Indian cinema, she eventually made her ground too in film music. She is well...

Jaqlene Prakash is an actress, who is well-known for playing in Tamil movies and short films. She made her film debut in 2015 with Unakenna Venum Sollu, which was earlier titled as Daisy. The film was scripted and produced by Shanmugasundaram and directed by Srinath Ramalingam. Jaqlene Prakash, played the role of Pooja and shared the screen space with Deepak Paramesh, Gunalan Morgan, Anitha and Mime Gopi. In 2018, she worked with actor Suraj Natarajan Nagoji in the award winning short film, Thendral Vandhu Theendum Bodhu. This short film was scripted and directed by Arul Sankar.

Mourhrna Anetha Reddy is a Malaysian model-cum-actress who is seen in Malaysian movies and even TV screen. But she made her Kollywood debut in the silver screen through a Tamil film ‘Unakkenna Venum Sollu' (2015). But earlier, she even made an insignificant impact through a Malaysian Tamil production movie ‘Yamuna’ that was released in 2013 and perhaps earlier to ‘Yamuna’, she featured in a small role in a movie 'Modhi Vilayadu' (2009). Hence, she made her actual screen presence felt in Kollywood is through a movie ‘Unakkenna Venum Sollu’ in 2015 only.

Other projects were too insignificant even for this model-turned-actress. Despite having won pageant title in Malaysia and having walked in ramp in Dubai too, the model was looking for a break in Kollywood.

As a model,...

Khomala Lea is a Singaporean actress, producer and designer of Indian descent. Khomala had always been fond of dancing, and her dance group often performed at various events and shows through which she was introduced to several production teams. As a result, her interest in production amplified over time, and after pursuing her diploma, she started working as an assistant producer at Mediacorp Eaglevision, which produces Malayalam and Tamil programmes for channels in Singapore. While working there, she was introduced to acting. She played certain minor character roles in the company’s productions as well. In 2011, she co-produced the television series “Thee,” which aimed at tackling the social issue of domestic violence in Indian families in Singapore. Afterwards, she enrolled in the Oklahoma State University in the U...

Srinath Ramalingam is a famous Sri Lankan born Tamil filmmaker. He was born in Sri Lanka in the year 1987. He grew up in Florida where he got graduated with a degree in Film and Digital Production at the Full Sail University. Srinath got interested in movies when he was studying in high school. In those days he used to take part in school plays and win a lot of competitions which encouraged him to take it to the next step. Many of his teachers and mentors from his college were a great help in the early stages of his career. They gave Ramalingam an opportunity to handle some of the departments of the Tamil Literary Association.

In the year 2005, while he was still in his position he did a lot of short films in and around Columbia. His biggest victory was when he and his e...

Arun Keerthi is an Indian actor and director of the Tamil movie industry. He has played versatile roles in films like an actor, second unit or associate director, and stunt coordinator. He played the role of an assistant director in the Tamil movie Unakkenna Venum Sollu with director Srinath Ramalingam. The movie released on 24^th September 2015, starring Deepak Paramesh and Jaqlene Prakash in the lead roles. He also did some short films like 'The Light.' He did acting in 'The Light' and also coordinated stunts involved in the movie. He played the supporting role of the protagonist's friend. It was released on 10^th June 2018, directed by Bala Vasanth and featuring Ayaan, Bommu Laksmi, Bala Vasanth in the leading roles. 

Sri Krishna is a Tamil Playback Singer, and he had contributed many of his songs to the Tamil industry. Some of his music were on the top charts, and which made him famous. He was born on 17th August, 1983. After completing his studies, he tried his luck in singing, and everybody loved the way he attracts the audience when he is performing. He was also an actor and sung some of their top hits. He is very hardworking and dedicated to his career and wants to grow more in the music Industry. He believes himself lucky that he got a chance to showcase his talent to the entire world, and also people love him when he sings. In 2015, Mr. Sri Krishna acted as the screenplay writer and playback singer for a movie called 'Unakkenna Venum Sollu' also known as 'Unakenna Venum Sollu'.

The film released on 24th September, 2015...

Manish Murthy is a budding cinematographer in Tamil cinema. He was born in Karaikal but did his schooling in Chennai. He was not formally trained in cinematography but got himself trained in the job when he got a job in Sun TV.

He also became the associate cinematographer in South Indian film industry. When a movie 'Madras' (2014) was announced he bagged this wonderful opportunity to join the cast and crew of the movie and quit his job in Sun TV to further his dream to capture beautiful shots behind the lens.

‘Madras’ was a movie by Pa. Ranjith. He has assisted Mr.Murali (cinematographer) in films like Madras and Andhala Rakshasi. Later, he made his debut as a principal cinematographer for the movie ‘Unakkena Venum Sollu’ which was directed by Srinath Ram lingam.

Srinath also work...

Siva Saravanan is a Tamil Music Director and Composer. He was initially famous for his music band and its performance. Siva was born and brought up in Singapore. He learned music in his childhood. He has inherited the knowledge of music from his ancestors and family. At the age of seven, he aspired to pursue a career in music. His love for music was evident in his teenage also where he used to perform with various instruments. He has given some amazing performances with drums. Siva was also an Assistant to the famous percussionist ‘Anandan Sivamani’. His inspiration is the music maestro ‘Ilayaraja’ Sir. He wants to emulate his melodies.

Siva made his debut through the movie ‘Sivappu Enakku Pidikkum’ in 2014. The film was produced by JSK Film Corporation and Siva was the music...

Velmurgan is a Play Back Singer in Tamil Film Industry. He was born on 5 March 1980 in Viruthachalam, Tamil Nadu. Velmurgan is a singer, actor, musician, and lyricist. He entered the Tamil film industry in the year 2007. He had sung many folk songs, which include Madura in Subramaniapuram and the Otha Sollala in Aadukalam.

In 2019 he made his place in World Guinness Record; he also got American University Award, best playback singer award (2019, 2018, 2014)Tamil Nadu Government award, and Mirchi award(2020). The list of songs sung by Velmurgan is very long and some of them are Atha Ponnu, Sandalle and Onnam Classile. Velmurgan considers James Vasanthan as one of the turning points in his life.

Harry Haran is a Sri Lankan film editor and graphic designer, known for his work in Srinath Ramalingam’s Tamil supernatural horror movie “Unakkenna Venum Sollu: What Do You Want…” (2015). The film is set around a couple that encounters paranormal activities when they visit Chennai to treat their ill son due to an atrocious decision made by the mother in the past. Harry edited as well as added the animation effects to the film, making the metaphysical scenes seem as real as possible.

Though the film fell short of expectations, Harry was highly commended for his job. He was born in the capital city of Colombo as Ravindrakumar Hariharan.

He attended the Vivekananda College following which he enrolled in the London Business School, both in Colombo. He started his career as the editor and associate p...

Deepak Paramesh is a Tamil actor, whose Hometown is Chennai. Before his entry to the silver screen, Deepak has worked in the short films and many of his works are directed with Karthik Subbaraj. Deepak made his cinema debut in the year 2014 with “Burma” that also features Michael Thangadurai and Reshmi Menon. In 2015, he played in an anthology movie, The First Bench by Bench Talkies of Karthik Subbaraj. He played the lead role in Unakkenna Venum Sollu directed by Srinath Ramalingam. In 2016, he performed once again in an anthology film, “Aviyal.” He played in the Kalam segment directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj. Karthik Subbaraj produces the anthology film. In 2018, Karthik Subbaraj once again called him for his silent picture, “Mercury,” which released in multiple languages. Prabhu Deva played the lead ro...

Boys Rajan is an Indian actor. He is predominantly working for the Tamil movie industry as a supporting actor. He started his work in the early 2000's. Rajan worked in a movie like Mankatha, which hit the theater on 31st August 2011 and was an action, crime, and thriller movie. Venkat Prabhu was the director of the film. Eeram which hits the theater on 9th September 2009. Arivazhagen Venkatachalam was the director of this movie.

This was the crime, mystery, and thriller film and was very liked by the audience. His previous film to hit the theatre was Soodhu Kavvum in 2013.

Three of the films he did in his lifetime became very famous. The earliest one is Gurushetram: 24 Hours of Anger. This movie got created with the joint work of two Tamil and Singaporean individuals, viz. Chong TzeChien and T. T. Dhavamanni. Both wrote the story of the motion picture together. T. T. Dhavamanni also directed the film along with writing the story. Gunalan Morgan secured one of the many title roles in the motion picture. He acted like a person named Karthik. Renowned and talented actors such as Vishnu and Harikrishnan, Sivakumar Palakrishnan, Mathialagan Manikkam and Rajesh Kannan acted alongside Morgan.

The shooting was done particularly in Singapore, and it is a crime thriller. The script goes around a boy who struggles to save his specially- abl...

Mime Gopi’s original name is K.Gopinathan. When he was young, his father passed away and he was taken care of by his sister and brother. He did schooling at a government school and was not very good at academics but he had interest in extra-curricular activity. He always had respect for his teachers and liked two teachers the most, his Tamil teacher Veeraiya and Nagamuthu, because they were a great source of motivation for him. When he was studying in school, he had the opportunity to participate in a fancy dress competition and enacted the role of a mentally challenged person who he had seen on his way, back to home. He had been influenced by the person and replicated the acting on the stage, which rewarded him with a first place in the competition. He was highly appreciated by his teacher Nagamuthu and that’s one reason f...

Haricharan Seshadri is an eminent Carnatic singer who gives his vocal in many Malayalam, Tamil, and other regional movies. He made his debut through the Tamil flick ‘Kadal’, in which he got the chance to sing two solo songs "Unakkena Iruppaen" and the title song "Kaadhal". In the same movie, he also had sung a duet song ‘Thottu Thottu’ with Harini Shankar. 
 

Haricharan was born on March 20, 1987, in Chennai. His early generation proves that they were a typical Palakkad Iyer family, and his father was a B-grade artist in AIR and even a bank employee. Haricharan had taken Carnatic classical musical training since age 7 and then had privileged to learn musical lessons from stalwarts like K. V. Narayanaswamy, T.M.P...