'Rendu' marks R Madhavan and Reema Sen's second collaboration; Read trivia

The Tamil film, Rendu, released in 2006, featured actor R. Madhavan in dual roles and also marked the debut of Anushka Shetty in the industry. The movie was also the second collaboration of R. Madhavan with Reema Sen. Read further to know more about this Sundar C. directed action-comedy of the year 2006. 

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Rendu Movie Trivia

• As per IMDb trivia, Rendu marked the second collaboration of R. Madhavan and Reema Sen after the 2001 movie Minnale in which the two starred together. Minnale became a cult classic over the years, with massive praise directed towards the soundtrack and R Madhavan-Reema Sen's chemistry. It also led to a remake in Hindi, titled Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein, starring R Madhavan and Dia Mirza in the lead roles.
• Rendu also marked actor Anushka Shetty’s Tamil debut.

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More about Rendu

Rendu was an action rom-com film directed by Sundar C with Kushboo bankrolling it under the production banner Avni Cinemax. Madhavan plays dual roles of Kannan and Shakthi, Reema Sen plays Velli and Anuskha Shetty portrays Jothi. The supporting cast of the movie includes Vadivelu, Santhanam and Bhagyaraj among others. Music of the film was composed by D.Imman while cinematography was done Prasad Murella and editing by Kasi Viswanathan.

The film’s principal photography took place in Chennai, while a short portion of flashback was shot at Karaikudi. A set that resembled Courtallem was erected by art director Jana at the Island Gardens of Chennai. The set used up as much as 20 truckloads of water for the sequence. The filming had begun in July 2006.

Back in 2006, Sundar C approached R. Madhavan and asked for the actor to give him 50 days from his schedule in order to produce a comedy entertainer, and the actor agreed to this. Madhavan had shot for this film alongside filming fro his role in Mani Ratnam’s 2007 movie Guru. The actor who played a dual role in the movie worked out to make one of his characters look more built than the other.

Hariraj made his comeback with the movie and portrayed the role of the move’s lead antagonist, Rakesh. He was seen in this movie after his debut project, the Rajnikanth starrer Valli released in 1993. The film was able to perform well at the box-office and has 4.8 out of 10 ratings on IMDb.

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