Baana Kaathadi is the latest production from Sathya Jyoti Films. The Banner has an illustrious past with a distictive filmography that include ‘Moondram Pirai’, ‘Kizhaku Vasaal’, ‘Idhayam’, ‘Parthiban Kanavu’, ‘Em Magan’ and ‘Jeyam Kondan’. T.G Thyagarajan’s latest offing “Baana Kaathadi” is about young kite fliers, their life and their environment.
Adharva son of famed actor Murali debuts in the film, Samantha is his love intrest. Samantha has already done lead roles in Maaskowin Kaveri and Pookadai Ravi. Karunaas is the lead comedian while Prasanna of Anjaathey fame does a strong role. Yuvan shankar raja scores music, Suresh URS takes care of editing, and cinematographer is Richard M Nathan, while Rembon is the art director. P. Rajkumar is the production Executive.
The Film is being written and directed by Badri Venkatesh a product film and TV Institute of Tamilnadu. Badri Venkatesh has a coveted National award for directing a short film “Vidiyalai Nokki” which happens to be the first in Tamil.
The film is being produced by Senthil Thyagarajan and T. Arjun
The shooting is in progress for the film and is being shot in Chennai, Gujarat and Thailand. An Important sequence of the film is to be shot in Gujarat where the International Kite Festival is being held every year with a massive crowd of 3000. The international Kite festival is being re-created in Gujarat for this film.