Mutthirai to hit screens on June 5th

Srinath's directorial debut Mutthirai (also spelt as Muthirai, Muthirhai) produced by ASA Productions and Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. will hit screens on 5th June 09. Srinath, who earlier assisted late director and cinematographer Jeeva in 12B, is very enthusiastic about this project. Vision Jeeva Studios headed by Anees Tanveer, wife of Jeeva, is the executive producer along with Ayesha Sultana and Mathangi. Anees also handles the story, screenplay and creative direction of Mutthirai. She is trained in the advertising film industry with Mr. Jayendra and renowned cinematographer P.C. Sreeram. This is her first foray into commercial feature films. She has also assisted Jeeva in story and screenplay development for his films and has vast experience in designing costumes for some of the biggest stars in the Tamil industry. The complete creative design of the film has been conceived and executed by Anees.

Yuvanshankar Raja, who needs no introduction, has given some of his best tunes for this film and his background score is�said to be excellent. Saleem, a gold medallist from Film Institute, Chennai is the cinematographer. He assisted Jeeva in more than�eight films including the recent Dhaam Dhoom. Art direction is by Padma Shri Thotta Tharani. He has given the film a different feel with his interesting props and sets.

Antony, a popular editor in Bollywood today as well, after the recent success of Ghajini, is a great asset to Mutthirai with his advanced editing techniques. Kumaran, an upcoming dialogue writer, has brought the essence of the story with his hard-hitting and humorous dialogues, said Srinath during an recent interview with Galatta. The dance choreography of Mutthirai is by Rekha Chinniprakash, Kalyan, Piyush Mishra and Shanthi. Lyrics is by Na. Muthukumar, Pa. Vijay and Snehan. Stunts are by Stun Shiva and Rajasekhar while costume design is by Anees Tanveer and Chaitanya Rao.