'Thani Oruvan' clocks one year, director overwhelmed

Chennai, Aug 28 (IANS) As his Tamil film "Thani Oruvan" completed one year of its release on Sunday, filmmaker Mohan Raja thanked everybody for making the film a huge success.

He says it's been the best year of his life.

"Thanks to each and everyone out there for gifting the best year of my life till now," Raja wrote on his Twitter page.

"Thani Oruvan", about the battle of wits between a suave, conniving entrepreneur and an IPS officer, featured Jayam Ravi and Arvind Swamy in the lead.

Raja also thanked his brother (Jayam Ravi) for being part of the film.

"Thani Oruvan" was one of the biggest blockbusters of last year. It's currently being remade in Telugu as "Dhruva" with Ram Charan.

The project will also be remade in Bengali with Prosenjit Chatterjee and Jeet.

--IANS

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