Chennai Singapore (2016)

Original title

சென்னை 2 சிங்கப்பூர்

Directed by

Abbas Akbar

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

India

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

U

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young filmmaker from Chennai goes to Singapore hoping for better career prospects. He loses his passport there and ends up traveling with a cameraman and a woman who has cancer, leading to unexpected situations.

lightheartedbittersweetromanticcomedictravelmildly dramaticupbeatfeel-good

What happens

Chennai 2 Singapore is a 2017 Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Singaporean filmmaker Abbas Akbar in his maiden Indian feature film. Jointly produced by the Media Development Authority of Singapore along with Comicbook Films, Gate Production, Vrobal and MM2 Entertainment, as a collaboration between the Indian Tamil and Singaporean film industries, the film stars Gokul Anand, Anju Kurian, and Rajesh Balachandiran in the lead roles. In the film, a young filmmaker who leaves from Chennai to Singapore for better opportunities, loses his passport in the country and navigates with a cameraman and a girl who is suffering from cancer, leading to unexpected circumstances. Abbas Akbar developed the script during early-2010s and narrated it to his friend and composer Ghibran, who also expressed his interest in producing the film as well. The film initially began production with Sathya and Hebah Patel in September 2014, but due to creative differences between the lead actors, the film was scrapped midway and later revived the following year, with the lead actors being recast. Principal photography took place in Chennai and Singapore, and was completed by early-2016. The cinematography was handled by Karthick Nallamuthu and editing handled by Praveen K. L. Chennai 2 Singapore was noted for its unique promotional music launch as a cross-country road trip beginning with Chennai (India) to its final destination at Singapore, as the film's title. The film premiered at Singapore and Malaysia, on 7 and 8 December 2017, and was theatrically released in India on 15 December. The film received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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