Brahmadeva (film)

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Brahmadeva
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Directed byV. S. Dharmalinga
Produced byDr. Ram
Starring Dr. Ram
Tejashree
Sanjay
CinematographyRamesh
Music byMuthu Raja
Production
company
The Royal Pentagon
Release date
  • 14 May 2009 (2009-05-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Brahmadeva is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by V. S. Dharmalinga. The film stars Dr. Ram, Tejashree and Sanjay. The film's music is composed by Muthu Raja. [1]

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Cast

Production

The film's director Dharmalinga worked as an assistant to K. Rajeshwar. [2] The film began production in the late 2000s and marks Tejashree's lead debut and Swati Verma's Tamil debut. [3] [4] The film was given an adults certificate without any cuts although at first the film was given a U/A certificate with fourteen cuts. [2] Ramana's father starred in the film. [1] The film explores the concept of the seventh sense. [5]

Reception

A critic from The New Indian Express wrote that "A better focus and clarity in the etching of the script of \'Elisa\', could have worked to the film’s advantage". [6] A critic from the IANS wrote that "Brahma Deva is yet another reincarnation-revenge drama and director Dharmalinga has used decades' old method to narrate it". [7]

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