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Kanthaswamy is a forthcoming Tamil feature superhero film currently being directed by Susi Ganesan, who with Kanthaswamy will direct his fourth film. Vikram acts in the lead role, whilst Shriya Saran, Krishna, Ashish Vidyarthi, Indrajith Sukumaran, Prabhu Ganesan and Vadivelu also play roles in the film. The film's soundtrack and background score will be composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film is also to be released as Mallanna in Telugu and also in English, Spanish and Italian.

S. Thanu, the film's producer had initially mentioned that the film would be released by mid-2008, however the filming has taken much longer, mainly because of a few shooting halts; especially because of the sudden death of Raghuvaran, who was given a major role in the film. The film's soundtrack was released on May 17, 2009, with the much-awaited release of the film itself on July 10, 2009, following the 2009 IPL cricket season.The film has been under production since early 2007 with several postponements announced throughout 2008 and 2009.

The inauguration of Kanthaswamy took place on 22 September 2007 at the Devi Paradise theatre in Chennai. For the event, a unique electronic invitation, made in China, was presented to guests who had been invited. The invitation was about the size of a laptop and featured a 8-minute trailer of Kanthaswamy. The invitation cards cost $300 apiece making a new record of sorts in Indian film history. Following the launch ceremony, the team announced they had adopted two villages near Madurai; Sangampatti and Gandhi Nagar, to shoot in initially and then to provide basic amenities like school and proper roads among other things to the villagers for a year. The team, who were praised for their actions, were the first production team to take part in such activity in Tamil cinema.

In November 2007, the shooting was halted temporarily due to an accident that occurred at the shooting spot at the Chennai Boat Club. Cameraman Ekambaram was canning the shots as per director Susi Ganesan's instructions when a pole erected on the sets unexpectedly fell on the director's head resulting in an injury. The film has finished schedules at Italy, where the trailer was filmed as well as schedules in Tanzania, Kenya and Switzerland. A schedule in locations in Mexico was also held, after the team went location hunting there, with a song and several scenes canned. The film, initially described as a "hilarious comedy", was rumoured to be a remake of the Hollywood cult film, The Breakfast Club, however Susi Ganesan has claimed that the film has a more Robin Hood feel to it. Thanks: Wiki

Kanthaswamy Audio Launch

The Audio Launch was held at May 17, Mumaith Khan and Shriya did the dance performance for 'En peru meena kumari' and 'Alegra' songs. They screen the trailer and video song clippings on that occasion.

Susi Ganeshan said, “The story’s theme is about rich people getting richer and poor people getting poorer and how the gap gets reduced forms the story line. We wanted this to be made into practise too. So Kanthaswamy Foundations adopted 30 villages in Tamil Nadu and the necessities of those villagers will be fulfilled by us.”