Jaggubhai

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name = Jaggubhai


director = K. S. Ravikumar
writer = K. S. Ravikumar
starring = Sarath Kumar
Shriya Saran
Goundamani
producer = Raadhika Sarathkumar
music = Rafee
camera =
released = 2008
runtime =
language = Tamil
country = India
budget =
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"Jaggubhai" is an upcoming drama Tamil film starring Sarath Kumar and Shriya Saran in the lead. [ [http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37837.html IndiaGlitz - Shriya in Sarath's next - Tamil Movie News ] ] [ [http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37941.html IndiaGlitz - Sneha as Sarath's mother? - Tamil Movie News ] ] The film, launched in early 2008, will be released later in the year.

Production

Development

In mid-2004, K. S. Ravikumar planned a film under the title "Jaggubhai" with the proposed cast including Rajnikanth in the lead role playing a terrorist. Aishwarya Rai was finalized to play the female lead role, after initial expectations that Rani Mukerji or Jyothika Saravanan would portray the role. The film which was set to have music composed by A.R. Rahman, had a photo shoot and was touted to be Rajinikanth's comeback film after the debacle of "Baba" in 2002. However, simultaneously, another Rajnikanth project was announced - "Chandramukhi", directed by P. Vasu. With the progress of "Chandramukhi", "Jaggubhai" was delayed and subsequently shelved. Since it was shelved, Ravi Kumar went to direct "" with Ajith Kumar in 2006 and the high-budget "Dasavatharam" with Kamal Hassan".

During the post-production of "Dasavatharam", Ravikumar announced that he would re-start his shelved project, "Jaggubhai" with a different cast.

Casting

Sarath Kumar was signed to play the dual lead role, becoming the sixth collabaration between the director and the actor. Sneha, who was picked to portray mother in the film, opted out due to her discontent in being the mother of the lead heroine. Despite early indications that Sarath Kumar's real-life step daughter, Rayan, would portray the role of the daughter, Shriya Saran bagged the role. Saran who had met commercial success with "" was then requested to portray dual roles in the film, however she rejected the opportunity, citing that she will only play a single role. After approaching Simran Bagga, Padmapriya, Kamalini Mukerji and Vimala Raman for the role, Bollywood actress Tabu agreed to do the mother's role, demanding a sum of 75 lakhs but later walked out of the role. [ [http://www.chennai365.com/movies/who-wants-to-be-shiryas-mom/ Who wants to be Shirya`s mom?? ] ] Veteran comedien, Goundamani also plays a role in the project. [ [http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/july-08-02/shriya-09-07-08.html Shriya at Binny Mills - Behindwoods.com Hollywood Bollywood Kollywood Kanthaswamy K.S.Ravikumar Jaggubhai Sarathkumar Goundamani hot images picture gallery ] ] Newcomer Rafee has been announced the music director of the film while Sarathkumar's home production company Radaan Mediaworks and Sun TV Network collaborate to produce the film. [ [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14683197 Shriya plays Sarath’s daughter! - Sify.com ] ]

Cast

*Sarath Kumar as...
*Shriya Saran as...

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