The life of Santhi Soundarajan is being made into a film.
This first film by 888 Productions, will be written and directed by Jayaseelan Dhavaputhalvi. The film is titled as ‘Santhi Soundarajan’.
888 Productions, which has been distributing many films so far, is making its mark in the production industry for the first time.
Jayaseelan Dhavaputhalvi, who worked as the associate to cinematographer Manoj Pillai for the successful M amootty starrer ‘Maamaangam’ and as co & assistant cinematographer in many other films, has written the st ory, screeplay and dialoges and will be making his directional debut with this film. 
Santhi Soundarajan was a track and field athl ete, who won 12 international medals for India and more than 50 medals for her home state of Tamil Nadu. Santhi Soundarajan is the first Ta mil woman to win a medal at the As ian Games. Based on the report of a sex verification test conducted at the 2006 Asian Games, her eligib ility to participate in the women’s competition was disputed and she was stripped of the silver medal she won.
Because of this humiliating test, Santhi Sou ndarajan was made to step down from athle tics forever.
This story is filled with previously unknown incidents and twists from Santhi Soundarajan’s life and the whole story is to be filmed with the approval of Santhi Soundarajan.
In this film, three persons have been selected to play the role of Santhi Soundarajan. The music will be composed by Ghibran, while sound design will be done by ‘Oscar-winner’ Resul Pookutty. Lyrics will be penned by Yuga Bharathi and the dialogues are written by Pon Part hiban.
Also, Cinematography – Gopinath D Dev, Editing – Sangatha mizh an, Art – Kali. Prem Kumar, Makeup – Ranjith Am bady, Costume – James Abraham are the film’s technical crew. The announcement of this film’s heroine will be rel eased on the day of Tamil New Year in April. Preliminary shooting of this film begins in the village of Santhi Soun darajan near Pudukkottai. Further shooting is to be held in Punjab, Qatar and Oman.This film focuses on the eve nts that sho wcase the talent and the strength of women which will be accepted and appreciated not just by wo men but by all.
