Bommalattam gets Hollywood premiere

By: Settu Shankar
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
For the first time in the history of Tamil Cinema, a Tamil film will be premiered in Hollywood. The lucky film is director Bharatiraja's Bommalattam. The film has Nana Patekar and action star Arjun in lead roles. Actress Kajal Agarwal is making her debut in this film. The films distribution and audio rights have been bought by an industrialist Nag Ravi who has decided to promote this film like no other film before.

He plans to give the film an international release. After looking at rushes of the movie, he was very impressed with the outcome of the film so far - that he has planned for the film to have Hollywood premiere. When he suggested this to the director, he was given the green signal to ahead with his plans.

He said, " I am proud to be the one distributing the film worldwide. The film is a great example of the advancement of Tamil Cinema. All the necessary arrangements for the films premiere in Hollywood is being made." This will be the first Tamil film to ever have a premiere in Hollywood.