Kanchivaram: Indian premiere on October 30

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India's leading commercial filmmaker Priyadarshan's National award winning offbeat film Kanchivaram will hit theatres across India on October 30. Starring Prakashraj and Shriya Reddy in the lead roles, the film had its formal release last year at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2008.



Set in the pre-independence era, Kanchivaram is the tale of an aging silk weaver named Vengadam (Prakashraj) and his conflict between his communist ideals and his dreams. "Kanchivaram is not an anti-communist film, it's an analysis of communism, of how it fails when people who preach it don't practise it because they are then worried about their own personal objectives," Priyadarshan said.

In fact, the lead role of Kanchivaram was first offered to Malayalam superstar Mohanlal some nine years ago, but because of lack of willing producers, the project was shelved. The film was revived years later, and by then, Mohanlal didn't have any dates. Eventually Tamil star Prakashraj essayed the role.