Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal (2022 film)

Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal (transl. Some people at some moments) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language hyperlink drama film written and directed by debutant Vishal Venkat and produced by AR Entertainment and Trident Arts.^[1] The film stars Ashok Selvan in lead role with Nassar, K. Manikandan, Abi Hassan, Anju Kurian , Reyya, K. S. Ravikumar, Riythvika and Sivamaran in supporting roles.^[2] The film's music is composed by Radhan, with cinematography handled by Meyyendiran and editing done by Prasanna GK.^[3] The film was released in theatres on 28 January 2022.

Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vishal Venkat
Written by	Vishal Venkat K. Manikandan
Produced by	Ajmal Khan Reyaa
Starring	Ashok Selvan Nassar K. Manikandan
Cinematography	Meyyendiran
Edited by	Prasanna GK
Music by	Radhan
Production companies	AR Entertainment Trident Arts
Release date	28 January 2022 (2022-01-28)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

A road accident connects four youngsters from different walks of life: Vijay, a youth with anger management issues, Pradheesh, an aspiring actor whose audio launch speech turns controversial, Praveen, a rich IT professional, and Rajasekhar, a housekeeping supervisor at a hotel.

Cast

• Ashok Selvan as Vijaykumar
• Nassar as Selvaraaj
• K. Manikandan as Rajasekar
• Abi Hassan as Pradeesh
• Reyya as Malar
• K. S. Ravikumar as Arivazhagan
• Riythvika as Kayal
• Anju Kurian as Rithu
• Praveen Raja as Praveen
• Bhanupriya
• Ilavarasu
• Anupama Kumar
• George Vijay Nelson
• Abhishek Kumar as Srivatsu
• Rishikanth as Murali
• Sivamaran

Production

Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal was the late writer Jayakanthan's award-winning novel, which was adapted later into a film of the same name in 1977 by A. Bhimsingh.^[4] In July 2021, the title of Ashok Selvan's new project was announced by Kamal Haasan as Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal (with a different story) in Twitter. In December 2021, the children of Jayakanthan had appealed to Haasan to avoid reusing the title since the title was synonymous with their father's name.^[5] But still the title was unchanged.^[6] Filming began in January 2021 and was completed by that December.^[7]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack is composed by Radhan. The audio rights were acquired by Sony Music India.^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vizhi Pesum"	RJ Vijay	Chinmayi, Haricharan	05:11
2.	"Yaar Vazhiyil"	Snehan	Dhanush	05:07
3.	"Unakkaagave"	Maathevan	Sathya Prakash	05:21
4.	"Un Pirivu"	RJ Vijay	Sarath Santosh	02:24
5.	"Aatam"	Rakendu Mouli, MC Chetan	Andrea Jeremiah, MC Chetan	04:51
Total length:				22:54

Release

Theatrical

The film was released in theatres on 28 January 2022.^[9]

Home media

The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film were bought by Aha. It began streaming there from 25 February 2022.^[10]

Reception

Logesh Balachandran of The Times of India who gave the film 3 out of 5 stars stated that "Regret can make all of us feel an implacable bitterness like no other emotions. When every character in the film goes through a similar emotion, we are forced to be a part of their journey and introspect our own tales. Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal is a heartwarming film with some takeaways for all generations."^[11] Avinash Ramachandran of Cinema Express rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stating that "This film is an example of the talent Tamil cinema has at its disposal; let’s hope then that they too get well-utilised before it is too late."^[12] Vishal Menon of Film Companion stated that despite its flaws and "generally flat making style, Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal is a nicely-written drama about screwed-up people and how a singular event presents all four of them with a chance at redemption."^[13] Hindu Tamil Thisai lauded the cast performances, especially that of Nassar despite his limited screen time, but was mildly critical of the background music and felt some scenes were too long.^[14]