| Kuselan | |
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| Directed by | P. Vasu |
| Screenplay by | P. Vasu |
| Story by | Sreenivasan |
| Produced by | G. P. Vijay Kumar Pushpa Kandaswamy C. Ashwini Dutt |
| Starring | Rajinikanth Pasupathy Meena |
| Cinematography | Arvind Krishna A. D. Karunamoorthy (Additional cinematography) |
| Edited by | Saravana |
| Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
Production companies | Kavithalayaa Productions Seven Arts Films Production |
| Distributed by | Ayngaran (Worldwide) Pyramid Saimira (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 159 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹15 crores[2] |
| Box office | ₹8 crores[2] |
Kuselan is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language dramedy film directed by P. Vasu. An official remake of the Malayalam film Kadha Parayumbol (2007), it was produced by Pushpa Kandaswamy, Aswani Dutt and G. P. Vijayakumar in two languages. Kuselan stars Rajinikanth in an extended guest appearance with Pasupathy and Meena. It also stars Vadivelu and Livingston in supporting roles. The film was simultaneously made in Telugu as Kathanayakudu.
The plot revolves around a villager, who had shared a strong friendship with a popular cinema actor in his youth. However, due to their different careers, they were forced to part ways, one becoming a national figure, the other, a village barber. Decades later, the actor returns to the village to participate in his film's shooting. Whilst the entire village becomes excited about the prospect of seeing the actor, the barber fears that his old friend would have forgotten him and would neglect him.
Kuselan opened to audiences on 1 August 2008, taking the third-largest opening for a Tamil film up until the date of release. Despite the hype before release, the film ended up evoking negative reviews and was a flop at the box office.[3][4] Prior to release, the film was heavily marketed by the producers as a Rajinikanth-starrer, although Rajinikanth himself had made it clear that he was only playing a guest role.[5][6]
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- ^ "Kuselan". The Hollywood Reporter. 3 August 2008.