Nivin Pauly slowly becoming a saleable star in Tamil Nadu as well with the success of his last film Premam there. It was not just a success nut a big one there as well. The film had completed 185 days yesterday at Tamil Nadu in Sathyam Cinemas. Now because of his raising star value there, his Malayalam films were all set to be dubbed in Tamil and release there. As a first step to that his Malayalam film named The Metro which was financed by Dileep is already dubbed to Tamil language and will be releasing there on December 11 this year. They are presenting him as the Premam fame Young star Nivin Pauly in the movie posters of the dubbed film and in Tamil version the film is titled as Thennindian.
The Metro was an action thriller which was released in Malayalam in 2011 directed by Bipin Prabhakar and financed by actor Dileep under his banner of Grand production. It was written by Vyasan Edavanakkadu and it had a great star cast including Kollywood star Sarath Kumar, Nivin Pauly, Bhagath Manuel, Biyon, Suraj Venjarammoodu, Arun, Bhavana etc. But after all this great team the film was financial flop in Kerala box office. Nivin Pauly was only in the beginning stage of his career at that time. The presence of Sarath Kumar also prompted the Tamil financers of the film to release it in Tamil as it can also add to the attraction of Tamil audience.
In Tamil it is financed by Maruthi Films International owned by N Muthu Kumar and it is getting releasing centers in all major places like Salem, Trichy, Chennai, Madhurai, Kovai etc as well. It was Alphonse Puthren’s first film named Neram which given the first opportunity for Nivin Pauly to shine in front of Tamil audience as the film was made both in Malayalam and Tamil. It was received well in Tamil Nadu.
Later the Anjali Menon film Bangalore days which has Fahad Fazil and Dulquer Salmaan along with Nivin also made an impact in Tamil Nadu and thereby Nivin Pauly become popular there.
