Style (2002 film)

Not to be confused with Style (2006 film).

Style is a 2002 Tamil language drama film, written and directed by Sibi Chakravarthy. It stars Raghava Lawrence and Gayathri Raguram, while Ramana and Vadivelu portray supporting roles. The music for the film was composed by Bharani and the film opened to mixed reviews in December 2002.^[1][2]

Style
Directed by	Sibi Chakravarthy
Written by	Padmamagan
Produced by	K. Thirugnanam
Starring	Raghava Lawrence Ramana Gayathri Raguram
Cinematography	Dinesh
Edited by	K. Pazhanivel
Music by	Bharani
Production company	Thiru films
Release date	20 December 2002 (2002-12-20)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Raghava Lawrence as Vetrivel
• Ramana as Vetri
• Gayathri Raguram as Viji
• Vadivelu as Manmadhan
• Anandaraj as Marthandam
• Ilavarasu as Pandithurai
• Vaiyapuri as Manikkam
• Chaplin Balu as Nathan
• Nalini as Vetrivel's mother
• Jyothi as Viji's mother
• Kuyili as Selvi's mother
• Junior Silk as House owner's daughter
• Sonia as Anjamma
• Payal as Selvi
• Sri Latha
• Singamuthu as House owner
• Kumarimuthu
• Thalapathy Dinesh
• Scissor Manohar
• Kovai Senthil as Swamy

Production

Raghava Lawrence worked on Style after completing work on Arputham (2002), and appeared in two Tamil films in quick succession.^[3] Arul, who had earlier written the script for Aranmanai Kaavalan (1994), was announced as the film's director, while Padmamagan wrote the dialogues for the film. The film was shot at Pollachi, Nellaiyampatti at Kerala, SRM College, Hindustan College and at AVM and Film City.^[4]

Soundtrack

Lyrics written by Pa. Vijay and Bharani (Pottu Eduthu).^[5]

• "Kadhalithal Anandham" — Hariharan
• "Kadhalithal Anandham" — K. S. Chithra
• "Varuiral En" — Unnikrishnan
• "Pottu Eduthu" — Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Swarnalatha
• "Style Style" — Tippu
• "Unakku Enna" — Unnikrishnan
• "Kadithamillai" — Unnikrishnan
• "Muzhu Nila" - Hariharan

Release

The film had a low-key release during December 2002. The director of the film, Sibi Chakravarthy, later attempted to make a film with Dhanush and debutant Mamta Zaveri titled Raghava, but financial troubles stopped the production.^[6]