Lathika (film)

Lathika is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language film directed by R. Bharathan starring Srinivasan and Meenakshi Kailash in the lead roles and Rahman in a pivotal role. The film marked the lead film debut of Srinivasan, who also produced the film.

• Srinivasan as Eashwar
• Meenakshi Kailash
• Rahman as Antony
• Shanmuga Sundaram
• Pooja
• Sahan Fathima
• Avanthi
• N. Ramanathan
• Baby Lathika

Dr. Srinivasan began production on a film starring himself in the lead role. He named the film Lathika after his daughter.^[1]

Through his financial company, Baba Trading Company, Srinivasan obtained Rs. 7 crore rupees from unsuspecting businessmen and used the money to begin a career in films through this film.^[2]

Srinivasan reportedly hired force fans to attend the movie at a single cinema in North Chennai for publicity sake.^[1] The film ran for 200 days at a single theatre.^[3]

A critic from Dinamalar wrote that Ra. Bharathan could have put more focus into the story, screenplay, dialogues, songs and music.^[4]

In 2015, Srinivasan expressed interest in creating a sequel to the film titled Lathika 2.^[5]

• Lathika at IMDb

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