Eli (English: Rat) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language spy comedy film written and directed by Yuvaraj Dhayalan. The film features Vadivelu and Sadha in the lead roles. Vidyasagar composed the film's music. Eli was released on 19 June 2015 to negative reviews
| Directed by | Yuvaraj Dhayalan |
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| Produced by | G. Sathis Kumar S. Amarnath |
| Written by | Yuvaraj Dhayalan |
| Starring | Vadivelu Sadha |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Cinematography | Paul Livingstone |
| Edited by | V. T. Vijayan, T. S. Jay |
Production
company |
City Cine Creations
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| Distributed by | City Cine Creations |
Release dates
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Running time
| 154 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Cast[edit]
- Vadivelu as Elisamy @ "Eli" / Jolly
- Sadha as Julie
- Pradeep Rawat as Nagarajan
- Adithya as IG Mohanraj
- Santhana Bharathi as Jail Warden Ezhumalai
- Raj Kapoor as Police Inspector
- Rajendran as Kuruvi Manda Kumaru
- Kitty as Retired IG Rangarajan
- Mahanadi Shankar as Padagu Babu
- Bose Venkat as Inspector Karunakaran
- Shanmugarajan
- Bava Lakshmanan as Eli's partner
- Vengal Rao as Eli's partner
- Nellai Siva
- King Kong as convict
- Muthu Kaalai as terrorist
- Besant Nagar Ravi as Kuruvi Manda Kumaru's brother
- Boys Rajan as Padmanabhan
- Krishnamoorthy as Bank clerk
- Sakthivel as Jail Warden
- Poochi Murugan as Minister Poochi Muthu
- Amirtha Lingam
- Pei Krishnan
- Kottai Perumal as smuggler
- Jayakumar as Police officer
- Aarivaya Shaik as Dumb convict
Production
Eli is the second film of Vadivelu with Yuvaraj Dhayalan after Tenaliraman (2014).[2] In March 2015, Sadha was confirmed to play the female lead in the film.[3] Pradeep Rawat plays the film's antagonist.[4] In an interview with Sudhir Srinivasan of The Hindu, Dhayalan said that the inspiration for the film's title came from the repeated usage of the word "rat", which is a term used to denote a spy, in the Martin Scorsese film The Departed (2006).[5]
Principal photography commenced with the filming of a song sequence on the outskirts of the city,[6] from the same day as the first look poster was released. The shooting is reported to continue for 60 days at a stretch.[7] A stunt sequence was shot at a specially erected set in early April 2015 over a period of eight days. According to Dhayalan, this sequence features Vadivelu evading the villain's henchmen instead of fighting them.[8]
Soundtrack
| Eli | ||||
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| Soundtrack album Eli by Vidyasagar | ||||
| Released | 11 May 2015 | |||
| Recorded | Varsha Vallaki Studios | |||
| Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 12:48 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Saregama | |||
| Producer | Vidyasagar | |||
| Vidyasagar chronology | ||||
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Vidyasagar composed the film's soundtrack and score while Pulamaipithan and Viveka wrote the lyrics. The music rights were purchased by Saregama.[9] The launch of the soundtrack was held on 11 May 2015.[10] During the audio launch, Vadivelu revealed that the Hindi song "Mere Sapno Ki Rani" from Aradhana (1969) would be reused in the film and that the sequence would feature himself and Sadha.[11]
| Tracklist | |||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Kollai Azhagu" | Mukesh, Manjari | 4:35 |
| 2. | "Kannameya" | Vadivelu | 3:34 |
| 3. | "Engalukkum" | Hariharasudhan | 4:29 |
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