page_title: Rhythm (2000 film)
section_title: Production
hierarchical_section_title: Rhythm (2000 film) / Production
caption_attribution_description: English: Tombs in Thar desert near the Jaisalmer. Čeština: Hrobky v Thárské poušti nedaleko Džejsalmeru.
context_page_description: Rhythm is a 2000 Indian Tamil musical drama film written and directed by Vasanth and produced by V. Natarajan. The film stars Arjun and Meena in lead roles with Lakshmi, Nagesh, and Manivannan in supporting ones. Ramesh Aravind and Jyothika also appears in supporting roles in the film. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman, while cinematography was predominantly handled by P. S. Vinod, and Sreekar Prasad edited the film. The film was released in September 2000, receiving positive reviews from critics.
context_section_description: Originally announced with pre-release stills in websites in 1997, the movie was four years in the making, a fairly long production time in the Indian film industry. The film began with Arvind Swamy expected to play the lead role, but later backed out of the project. The final cast of the movie included two leading stars of Tamil cinema of the 1990s, Arjun and Meena, and their director Vasanth, who also carved a niche for himself in the cinema world known for offbeat, character-based storylines at the time. Jyothika, sister of actress Nagma was signed on to make her Tamil debut with the film, although Vaali ended up releasing before Rhythm. A. R. Rahman was signed on to compose the music for the film ahead of Vidyasagar, and worked on the project simultaneously with two other productions of Natarajan, Udhaya and Sangamam. P. S. Vinod was selected to make his debut as cinematographer instead of V. Manikandan , while the team also credited Arthur A. Wilson as an additional cinematographer and R. D. Rajasekhar was also given special thanks in the title card. Early reports suggested the film would be inspired by the 1995 Hollywood film, A Walk in the Clouds, but this proved untrue. It was also rumoured that the film would run along the lines of the 1998 film Pooveli, and this had also caused a delay in the making. During the initial stages of shoot, Vasanth considered renaming the film to Poo Pookkum Osai, but later kept the original title.
  After a 15 days schedule in Bombay, the unit shifted to various locations to picturise a song sequence and the song "Nathiye Nathiye" was shot at the locations of Mysore, the Shivanasamudra dam, and the Thriveni Sangama. The team also shot in South India in Chalakudy and Ooty, before the unit moved North to Haridwar, Badrinath and the Gangotri. Scenes were also shot at Juinagar Station in New Bombay.
  The film languished in development hell after shooting was over, with the producers reluctant to notify what was keeping the release delayed. The delay of the film led to Vasanth directing three other films in between Nerukku Ner, Poovellam Kettuppar and Appu, as he waited for the release. At some point due to the long delay in its release, unconfirmed news was circulating that production had been shelved due to financial constraints. Natarajan blamed A. R. Rahman for the delay and it was reported that the producer had not yet settled the payment for Rahman's work in Sangamam, and therefore he was dragging his feet on completing the work for Rhythm. The producer supposedly toyed with the idea of replacing Rahman with another music director in both Rhythm and his other film Udhaya but ran out of money to even complete the shooting of Rhythm. The producer then persuaded Rahman to complete work on the music of Rhythm so that he could make money from music sales and complete the movie.
caption: The song "Kaatre En Vaasal" was shot at Bada Bagh, Jaisalmer.
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