Friendship (2020 film)

Friendship is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language romantic sports comedy film written and directed by John Paul Raj and Sham Suriya. The film stars Harbhajan Singh, Arjun, Losliya and Sathish in the lead roles.[1] It marks the film debut for former Indian international cricketer Harbhajan Singh and for Sri Lankan news anchor Losliya Mariyanesan.[2] The film will be dubbed in Hindi, Kannada and Telugu languages.[3]

Friendship
Directed byJohn Paul Raj
Sham Suriya
Starring
Production
company
Seantoaa Films
Cinemass Studio
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast

Production

The principal photography of the film began in March 2020.[5]

Casting

Harbhajan was chosen to play the main lead role in the film after becoming popular in the state of Tamil Nadu ever since playing for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He often interacted with Tamil audience while playing for CSK franchise in IPL and apparently received the role to play as a college student from Punjab in the film.[6] It is also the first time that an Indian high profile cricketer is set to play the main lead role in an Indian film.

Sri Lankan news anchor Losliya Mariyanesan who rose to prominence after taking part in the Bigg Boss Tamil 3 reality television show aired on Star Vijay was signed in for the female lead role opposite Harbhajan Singh.[7] In February 2020, Arjun Sarja signed in to play a negative role in the film while Satish was chosen to play a supporting role as the friend of Harbhajan Singh.[8][9]

Release

The film is expected to be released in August 2020 despite uncertainty over COVID-19 pandemic in India.[10]

Soundtrack

Singles from Friendship

  1. "Superstar Anthem"
    Released: 3 July 2020

The first single of the film titled Superstar Anthem which was sung by actor Silambarasan was released in July 2020.[11]

It was released on YouTube coinciding with the birthday of Harbhajan Singh on 3 July 2020.[12] It was revealed that the single was crooned as a tribute to Rajnikanth.[13]

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References
  1. Desk, The Hindu Net (2020-06-05). "Harbhajan Singh's debut Tamil film 'Friendship' first look out". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  2. "Cricketer Harbhajan Singh to Make Acting Debut with Tamil Film Friendship, See Poster". News18. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  3. "Harbhajan Singh to make his debut as a lead actor in Tamil movie Friendship". The Indian Express. 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  4. "JSK Corporation to produce three new films". dtNext. 14 June 2020.
  5. "Harbhajan Singh on the sets of Friendship - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  6. Desk, India com Education (2020-04-22). "Harbhajan Singh on South Debut: 'Let Khans do Bollywood Films, I am Happy Doing Tamil, Punjabi Movies'". India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News | India.com. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  7. "Bigg Boss Tamil 3 fame Losliya Mariyanesan to make her film debut with cricketer Harbhajan Singh; see post - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  8. "Action King Arjun joins Harbhajan Singh's 'Friendship' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  9. Subramanian, Anupama (2020-02-19). "Arjun joins Harbhajan Singh in friendship". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  10. "Harbhajan Singh shares poster of his Tamil debut, Friendship; film set to release in August - Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  11. "Superstar Anthem sung by Simbu for Harbhajan Singh's Friendship out". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  12. Subramanian, Anupama (2020-07-07). "Simbu croons for Friendship". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  13. www.thenewsminute.com https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/watch-superstar-anthem-song-harbhajan-s-friendship-tribute-rajnikanth-128036. Retrieved 2020-08-01. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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