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Oru Naal Podhuma
Directed by	Madhavan
Written by	K. Rajeshwar
Produced by	Kalaipuli S. Dhanu
Starring	Madhavan
Cinematography	Aravind
Music by	Music: Shankar Mahadevan Ehsaan Noorani Loy Mendonsa Lyrics Vairamuthu
Distributed by	Kalaipuli International
Release date	2008
Language	Tamil

Oru Naal Podhuma (2008) (English: Is One Day Enough?) is a forthcoming high-budget Tamil film to be directed by Madhavan, making his debut as a director and it is set to be produced by Kalaipuli S. Dhanu of Kalaipuli International. Madhavan also plays the lead role however the rest of the cast is yet to be confirmed. The film original soundtrack music and the background score is set to be rendered by musicians, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy trio, who are returning to Tamil language ventures for the second time after Aalavandhan. This film is set in Montreal, Canada and shootings will take place various places in Canada as well as certain parts of South India. The film has gone through several changes since its announcement, rotating three heroines and also the director. Shooting will start in early 2008 heading for a late 2008 release.

Production

The project was announced informally on 18 October 2006 by Pratap Pothan who announced that Madhavan will be essaying the lead role in the film. The film was launched as Arugil initially and Vidya Balan was rumoured to be playing the lead role, reports also claimed that after their on-screen kiss in Mani Ratnam's Guru, Madhavan and Vidya Balan became rather close and Madhavan had persuaded her to act in the film. However Vidya Balan opted out of the film citing other commitments to other films she had signed up previously. Later the film was re-christened as Nee Indri and was set to star Madhavan and Trisha Krishnan but after two days of the original announcement, Trisha opted out of the film citing problems with call sheets as she was booked to play the lead female roles in Vikram's Bheema, Vishal's Sathyam and Ajith Kumar's Kireedam. On 26 February 2007, Galatta.com came out with the news that a newcomer from Boston University called Rukmani has been chosen to play the lead role opposite Madhavan.. However the film has been re-christened for the third time as Oru Naal Podhuma. The film takes its name from "Oru Naal Podhuma" - a song performed by the Carnatic vocalist Balamuralikrishna in A.P. Nagarajan's classic film Thiruvilayadal. The film was set to start rolling from April 15, 2007 and was expected to be shot in one shift for sixty days for a September release.

However, problems arose when the crew could not obtain visas to Canada leaving the film shelved temporarily. In June 2007, several sources came out with the news that Madhavan would be re-launching the project as director himself, therefore making his debut. The heroine, Rukmani was sacked and other heroines were approached. The recently retired actress, Shalini was approached but she declined citing that she was pregnant with Ajith Kumar's and her first child.