New (film)

New (film)
New
Directed by S. J. Surya
Produced by S. J. Surya
Written by S. J. Surya
Starring S. J. Surya
Simran
Manivannan
Devayani
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography K. V. Guhan
Editing by Anthony
Studio Annai Mary Madha Creations
Release date(s) July 16, 2004
Country  India
Language Tamil

New (Tamil: நியூ) is a 2004 Tamil language directed, written and produced by S. J. Surya, who also features in the lead role. Simran, Kiran Rathod and Devayani play supporting roles, while A. R. Rahman composes the music. New is about an 8-year-old boy who is turned into a 28-year-old man by a scientist and is loosely inspired by the Hollywood film Big.

New was released on July 16, 2004 and became a commercial success and became embroiled in a series of controversies post-release.

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Cast

Production

The film was first announced by S. J. Surya in 2000, where he reported that Ajith Kumar and Jyothika would play the lead roles in the film, with Kareena Kapoor in a guest appearance.[1][2] Surya noted that script-writing began in 2001, while production with the final cast began in 2002.[3]

Release

The critic from The Hindu claimed that "belonging to a genre that is rare to our cinema, "New," however, gets bogged down in a mire of duets and double entendres", but hinted at potential success citing that director "seems to have hit the bull's eye."[4]

The film was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Naani, starring Mahesh Babu and Amisha Patel in the lead roles with the Telugu version releasing two months earlier than New.[5][6] However Naani, also directed by Surya, became a colossal failure at the box office and earned negative reviews.[7]

Controversy

Women activists in the state of Tamil Nadu demanded a ban on a film after release, which they say contained obscene sex scenes. S. J. Surya responded by claiming that the sex scenes are there because the story line requires them and described his film as "fiction laced with sex and comedy".[8]

In August 2005, the Madras High Court revoked the censor certificate for the film and directed the Chennai Commissioner of Police to investigate two criminal complaints registered against S. J. Surya. They ruled that the film did not provide a "clean and healthy entertainment" and that it would be failing in its duty if it did not revoke the censor certificate of the film, claiming it originally attained an "A" certificate "under questionable circumstances". Surya was arrested by city police on August 22, 2005 in connection for allegedly throwing a mobile phone at a woman censor board official in a fit of anger during the post-production of the film. According to the complainant, Vanathy Srinivasan, Surya was denied permission to add a song to the film New due to excessively obscene scenes and as a result he allegedly threw a mobile phone at her.[9] He was late released without charge.[10] A fresh case was launched in March 2006, with the Censor Board filing a complaint against Surya for using stills from scenes that were deleted from the film, with a poster which showed S.J. Surya resting on Simran’s cleavage resurfacing.[11] He was subsequently arrested for the second time before being released.[12]

Soundtrack

New
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released 9 July 2004 (India)
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn
Genre Film soundtrack
Length 36:50
Producer Annai Mary Matha Creations
A. R. Rahman chronology
Aayutha Ezhuthu
(2004)
New
(2004)
Naani
(2004)

The soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman and with lyrics by Vaali, was critically well received.[13][14] In an interview in 2001, Surya earlier stated that Deva had composed ten songs for the film, but he was later replaced by Rahman.[15] Rahman remixed the 1964 hit Tamil song "Thottal Poo Malarum" from the movie Padagotti with completely modified orchestration, tune and singers.

Song Artist(s)
"New New" Blaaze, Karthik, Vijay Prakash, Sunitha Sarathy, Tanvi
"Sakkarai" S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha
"Thootal Poo Malarum" Hariharan, Harini
"Kalayil Thinamum" Unnikrishnan, Sadhana Sargam
"If You Wanna" Chinmayee, Anupama, Aparna
"Spiderman" Kunal Ganjawala, Sadhana Sargam
"Kumbakonam" Nithyasree Mahadevan, Manicka Vinayakam

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