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Elan is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry.
Star is a 2024 Indian Tamil -language coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Elan. The film is jointly produced by B. V. S. N. Prasad and Sreenidhi Sagar under Sri Venkateswara Cine Chitra and Rise East Entertainment. It stars Kavin in the lead role, alongside Lal, Aaditi Pohankar, Preity Mukhundhan and Geetha Kailasam.
Jun 7, 2024 · Star: Directed by Elan. With Kavin, Lal, Aditi Sudhir Pohankar, Preity Mukhundhan. Follows a youngster Kalai and his aspirations of becoming a 'Star' in the Tamil Film Industry.
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Sree is an innocent and fun-loving IT employee from Chennai who lives with his parents. He has a crush on Sindhuja, a beautiful and independent modern-day girl who works in the office opposite his. Sindhuja eventually joins Sree's office and invites him to hang out with her at the club, to which Sree happily agrees. At the club, he realises that, S...
In late October 2017, musician Yuvan Shankar Raja revealed that he would produce his first feature film, which would be a co-production with Rajarajan of K Productions. The film was announced as a romantic comedy to be directed by Elan, who debuted with Graghanam with Harish Kalyan and Raiza Wilson chosen to play the lead roles. The lead pair had r...
The soundtrack album of Pyaar Prema Kaadhal was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, which features 12 tracks, the most ever in his album. The lyrics were written by Niranjan Bharathi, Vivek, Madhan Karky and Mohan Rajan, Malaysian singer-songwriter Oviya Oomapathy, and Elan himself. Sid Sriram, Sanjith Hegde, Al Rufian and Teejay Arunachalam recorded f...
Trident Arts, acquired the Tamil Nadu theatrical rights of the film for ₹3 crore. Pyaar Prema Kaadhal was released on 10 August 2018. It was initially brought forward to 9 August 2018, to avoid a box office clash with Vishwaroopam II, but out of respect to the former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi who died on 7 August 2018, it was pushed ...
The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Tamil.The television premiere of the film took place on 25 November 2018.
Critical reception
The film received positive reviews from critics. The Times of India gave 3 out of 5 and stated "A little more emotional connect would have worked wonders for the film, which however managed to stay away from a clichéd climax." Behindwoods rated the film 2.75 out of 5 and stated "Pyaar Prema Kaadhal is high on love and music to entertain the youth!" Sify gave 3 out of 5 and stated "Pyaar Prema Kaadhal also has all these elements but what works in favor of the film is a fresh new pair and sensi...
Box office
At the end of three days, the film grossed ₹9.29 crore(US$1.2 million).
Following its success, director Elan announced that the film will be remade in Hindi, with Sandeep Singh bankrolling the project. The film was remade in Telugu as Urvasivo Rakshasivo(2022).
May 7, 2024 · ‘Pyaar Prema Kaadhal’ filmmaker Elan talks about what made him cast Kavin in ‘Star,’ how writing a coming-of-age story tests the writer’s skill, and more
May 26, 2024 · With Star, his sophomore Tamil film about a star-struck boy seeking to make a mark in films, failing, and finally picking himself up, director Elan reiterates himself to be a lovely observer of people, and the tiny moments that make up life.
May 10, 2024 · Director Elan dedicates his latest movie Star to his father Stills Pandian, a former actor. The film, starring Kavin and Aditi Bohankar, explores the struggles of a budding actor in the industry.
