Published 09:37 IST, June 17th 2020

Remember when Tamil film 'Suyamvaram' was filmed within just 24 hours? Read trivia

Tamil film, 'Suyamvaram' features an ensemble cast of Prabhu Deva & others. However, did you know the movie completed its shoot within 24 hours? Read more

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1999 Tamil flick, Suyamvaram, has its own amazing history. multi-starrer film has an ensemble cast of 25 actors. But did you kw that despite having such a huge cast, Suyamvaram was filmed within just 24 hours?  number of filmmakers who came toger to film movie will leave you stumped.

Suyamvaram released in 1999 and as per reports, is only production to date that has mand to pull off a huge number of 25 lead actors in a single frame. cast of film includes Abbas, Arjun, Prabhu Deva, Roja, Prabhu, Karthik, Sathyaraj, K Bhagyaraj, Urvashi, Rambha, Vijayakumar, Parthiban, Senthil, Pandiarajan, Suvalakshmi, Kushboo, Maheswari, Napoleon among ors. Moreover, t only this, according to IMDB, Suyamvaram movie was filmed in less than 24 hours, which is (23 hours, 58minutes).

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movie which was shot, edited and completed within just 24 hours has five wedding scenes, songs and fight sequences too. As per reports, Suyamvaram even won a place in Guinness Book of Records for being fastest-made film with most number of stars.  producer of film, Giridharilal Nagpal, commenced film's launch in March 1999 with Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan in attendance. film released in July, in same year. 

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Reportedly, Giridharilal Nagpal brought toger 19 associate directors, 45 assistant directors, 19 cameramen, 36 assistant cameramen, nine steady-cam operators, 14 actors, 12 actresses, antagonists, comedians, five dance masters, 16 assistants, 140 dancers, stunt coordinators, art directors and so much more. Suyamvaram's cast with help of so many people wrapped up shooting within a day. Moreover, directors, J. Paneer, A. R. Ramesh, Keyaar, E. Ramdoss, Arjun, Guru Dhanapal, Liaquat Ali Khan, R. Sundarrajan, Selva, K. Subash, Sundar C, Siraj, K. S. Ravikumar, P. Vasu, among ors contributed in helming  movie. 

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About Suyamvaram

Kuselan (Vijayakumar) and Suseela (Manjula) have nine children.  film begins with Kuselan's 60th birthday celebrations. However, he gets a heart attack and movie n takes off with how doctors inform  family that he will t live long. story revolves around how family n decides to keep him as comfortable as possible in his last days. twist in tale comes to light when Kuselan's one last favour is to see all his children get married. 

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09:37 IST, June 17th 2020