‘Naanga’ is a movie of the youth and for the youth

Director Selva's 25th film titled 'Naanga' is touted as a movie of the youth and for the youth. Going by the tagline "WE DO NOT remember days, we only remember memories," the film is seemingly geared toward the youth however the director affirms all age groups can relate to it as most of them have had cherishable memories in their old days back of their educational institutions. It's scheduled for release on March 9.

The story covers the period 1985 2011.It is ready five friends, and the screenplay is in five parts each helmed by all of the five heroes. In step with Selva, it's like five short stories prepare. But the entire stories are connected to each other. The characters are, however, common to all segments.

Interestingly, 'Naanga' has a lot of new faces, all children of film personalities. Those making their debut as lead characters on this film are Santhana Bharathi's son Sanjay Krishna, actor Aditya's son Nivas, music director Vasu Rao's son Muneesh, production executive Gurusamy's son Vinod and picture distributor Chandrasekhar's son Uday. Singer Mano's son Shakir plays the negative role. Producer Swaminathan's son Ashwin Raja is the comedian (he played the gluttonous student within the comedy flick 'Boss Engira Bhaskaran' starring Arya and Santhanam.)

As for the other sex, excepting Kasturi who's the primary character in a single of the five parts, the opposite heroines are debutantes (Vishnupriya, Shivani, Vaidegi and Arasi.).

Balabharathi is the music composer.

'Naanga' has taken quite a very long time to complete, because the story spans 25 years and the heroes had to have the appearance that match their evolving characters, it's explained.

With all of the new faces, Selva has found the promoting of the film a difficult job. He has now planned a weeklong road show in Chennai, Tiruchi, Coimbatore, Salem and Madurai, door-to-door distribution of pamphlets and canvassing for viewership. Looks like he's fighting an election!