Sembattai

Sembattai is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by I. Ganesh and starring Dhileepan (previously credited as Bala), Sreejit and Gowri Nambiar. The film's lead actor, Dhileepan died a week after the film's release.

Cast

 * Dhileepan as Sembattai
 * Sreejit as Kayamboo
 * Gowri Nambiar as Anandi
 * Kandasamy as Ayyavu
 * George Rajan as Irulandi
 * Cheranraj as Shankaralingam

Production
The film's director I. Ganesh worked under Fazil and Siddique. This film marks the debut of Gowri Nambiar, cousin of Karthika Nair.

Soundtrack
Music by Sreeraghav.
 * "Kattumaram" sung by Mahalakshmi Krishnan
 * "Kadalodu" sung by N. Srinivasan, Deepank, G.J. Siva, Sreeraghav and Chandrayee
 * "Thaiyara Thaiya"
 * "Muthe Muthe" sung by Vijay Yesudas
 * "Uthu Uthu" sung by Maya Sricharan and Chandrayee
 * "Sumaithangi" sung by Madhu Balakrishna
 * "Nenjil" sung by Ganeshraghu
 * "Ariyaamal" sung by Chandrayee
 * "Adhisayam" sung by Prasanna (written by Palani Bharathi)
 * "Takara Takara" sung by Mukesh and Chinnaponnu (written by Palanibharathi)
 * "Sembattai" sung by Mukesh and Feji (written by Seergazhi Sirpi)

Reception
Malini Mannath of The New Indian Express wrote that "'Sembattai' at the most is a promising effort of a debutant maker". A critic from The Times of India gave the film a rating of two out of five and opined that "Had the director not beaten around the bush, Sembattai could have been a much better watch".