Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal (2022 film)

Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal (transl. Some people at some moments) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language hyperlink drama film written and directed by debutant Vishal Venkat and produced by AR Entertainment and Trident Arts.^[1] The film stars Ashok Selvan in lead role with Nassar, K. Manikandan, Abi Hassan, Anju Kurian , Reyya, K. S. Ravikumar, Riythvika and Sivamaran in supporting roles.^[2] The film's music is composed by Radhan, with cinematography handled by Meyyendiran and editing done by Prasanna GK.^[3] The film was released in theatres on 28 January 2022 and received favourable reviews.^[4][5]

Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vishal Venkat
Written by	Vishal Venkat
Produced by	Ajmal Khan Reyaa
Starring	Ashok Selvan Nassar K. Manikandan
Cinematography	Meyyendiran
Edited by	Prasanna GK
Music by	Radhan
Production companies	AR Entertainment Trident Arts
Release date	28 January 2022 (2022-01-28)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Ashok Selvan as Vijaykumar
• Nassar as Selvaraaj
• K. Manikandan as Rajasekar
• Abi Hassan as Pradeesh
• Reyya as Malar
• K. S. Ravikumar as Arivazhagan
• Riythvika as Kayal
• Anju Kurian as Rithu
• Praveen Raja as Praveen
• Bhanupriya
• Ilavarasu
• Anupama Kumar
• George Vijay Nelson
• Abhishek Kumar as Srivatsu
• Rishikanth as Murali
• Sivamaran

Production

Development

Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal was the late writer Jayakanthan's award-winning novel, which was adapted later into a film of the same name in 1977 by A. Bhimsingh.^[6] In July 2021, the title of Ashok Selvan's new project was announced by Kamal Haasan as Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal (with a different story) in Twitter. In December 2021, the children of Jayakanthan had appealed to Kamal Hassan to avoid reusing the title since the title was synonymous with their father's name.^[7] But still the title was unchanged.^[8]

Filming

Filming began in January 2021 and was completed by that December.^[9]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack and score is composed by Radhan and the album featured three songs. The audio rights were acquired by Sony Music India.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vizhi Pesum"	RJ Vijay	Chinmayi, Haricharan	05:11
2.	"Yaar Vazhiyil"	Snehan	Dhanush	05:07
3.	"Unakkaagave"	Maathevan	Sathya Prakash	05:21
4.	"Un Pirivu"	RJ Vijay	Sarath Santosh	02:24
5.	"Aatam"	Rakendu Mouli, MC Chetan	Andrea Jeremiah, MC Chetan	04:51

Release

Theatrical

The film was released in theatres on 28 January 2022.^[4]

Marketing and home media

Actor Kamal Haasan who launched the first look poster of the film released the film's trailer.^[9][2] The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film were bought by Aha.^[10]

Reception

Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India who gave the film 3.0 out of 5 stars stated that "Regret can make all of us feel an implacable bitterness like no other emotions. When every character in the film goes through a similar emotion, we are forced to be a part of their journey and introspect our own tales. Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal is a heartwarming film with some takeaways for all generations."^[11] Avinash Ramachandran of Cinema Express rated the film 4.5 out of 5 stating that "This film is an example of the talent Tamil cinema has at its disposal; let’s hope then that they too get well-utilised before it is too late."^[12] Behindwoods rated the film 2.75 out of 5 stars and wrote that "Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal ends up as an engaging watch due to the good performances and writing."^[13] Vishal Menon of Film Companion stated that "All of this contributes a lot to how we want to overlook an overall lack of finesse that could have been fixed with a bigger budget and a stronger supporting cast. We also want to excuse how underwritten Abi Hassan’s portions feel and the dialogue writing here, even though it deals with a fascinating idea for a separate short film. But despite these flaws and its generally flat making style, Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal is a nicely-written drama about screwed-up people and how a singular event presents all four of them with a chance at redemption."^[14]

References

1. "Ashok Selvan-Vishal Venkat film titled Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal". Cinema Express. 16 July 2021. from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
2. "கமல் அறிமுகம் செய்த அசோக் செல்வன் படம்". Dinamani (in Tamil). 16 July 2021. from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
3. Suganth, M. (28 July 2021). "Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal will be a hopeful slice-of-life drama". The Times of India. from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
4. "Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal' to hit screens on Jan 28". Daijiworld Media. 16 January 2022. from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
5. "திரை விமர்சனம்: சில நேரங்களில் சில மனிதர்கள்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 31 January 2022. from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
6. "Sila Nerankalil Sila Manitharkal' title row: D Jayakanthan's children make an appeal to Kamal Hassan". The New Indian Express. 17 December 2021. from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
7. "Jayakanthan's children make an appeal to Kamal". The Hindu. 16 December 2021. from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
8. பாண்டியன், கல்யாணி (14 December 2021). "'இசை சார்ந்த ஒரு படம் கூட வரவில்லை' - மேடையில் போட்டுடைத்த கமல்!". ABP Live (in Tamil). from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
9. "Kamal launches 'Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal' trailer". The Times of India. 14 December 2021. from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
10. "Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal OTT premiere date out". Cinema Express. 22 February 2022. from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
11. Balachandran, Logesh (26 January 2022). "Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal Movie Review : A heartwarming tale about regret, remorse and realisation". The Times of India. from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
12. Ramachandran, Avinash (28 January 2022). "Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal Movie Review: A heartwarming exploration of guilt, rage, and atonement". Cinema Express. from the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
13. "Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal Movie Review". Behindwoods. 28 January 2022. from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
14. Menon, Vishal (28 January 2022). "Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal Movie Review: A Neatly-Written Multi-Narrative About Mistakes And Second Chances". Film Companion. from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

External links

• Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal at IMDb