Sembattai

Sembattai (transl. Red) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by I. Ganesh and starring Dhileepan (previously credited as Bala), Sreejit and Gowri Nambiar.

Sembattai
DVD cover
Directed by	I. Ganesh
Written by	I. Ganesh
Produced by	I. Ganesh
Starring	Dhileepan Sreejit Gowri Nambiar
Cinematography	Saleem
Edited by	Mahavishnu
Music by	Sreeraghav
Production company	G. S. Studios
Release date	5 October 2012 (2012-10-05)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

The film's lead actor, Dhileepan died a week after the film's release.^[1][2]

Cast

• Dhileepan as Sembattai
• Sreejit as Kayamboo
• Gowri Nambiar as Anandi
• Kandasamy as Ayyavu
• George Rajan as Irulandi
• Cheranraj as Shankaralingam

Production

The film's director I. Ganesh worked under Fazil and Siddique.^[3] This film marks the debut of Gowri Nambiar, cousin of Karthika Nair.^[4][5]

Soundtrack

Music by Sreeraghav.^[3]

• "Kattumaram" sung by Mahalakshmi Krishnan
• "Kadalodu" sung by N. Srinivasan, Deepank, G.J. Siva, Sreeraghav and Chandrayee
• "Thaiyara Thaiya"
• "Muthe Muthe" sung by Vijay Yesudas
• "Uthu Uthu" sung by Maya Sricharan and Chandrayee
• "Sumaithangi" sung by Madhu Balakrishna
• "Nenjil" sung by Ganeshraghu
• "Ariyaamal" sung by Chandrayee
• "Adhisayam" sung by Prasanna (written by Palani Bharathi)
• "Takara Takara" sung by Mukesh and Chinnaponnu (written by Palanibharathi)
• "Sembattai" sung by Mukesh and Feji (written by Seergazhi Sirpi)

Reception

Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express wrote that "'Sembattai' at the most is a promising effort of a debutant maker".^[6] A critic from The Times of India gave the film a rating of two out of five and opined that "Had the director not beaten around the bush, Sembattai could have been a much better watch".^[7]