Pathinaaru (Tamil: பதினாறு; English: Sixteen) is a Tamil romantic drama film written and directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy, who earlier directed films like V.I.P (1997), Punnagai Poove (2003) and A Aa E Ee (2009). It stars Shiva and Madhu Shalini in lead along with musician Darbuka Siva and television artist Abhishek in pivotal roles. The film's background score and soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. After being launched in October 2008 under the title 16, the film was shot for over one year, getting finished in early 2010 only. One year after its completion, Kalaipuli S. Thanu bought the distribution rights and released the film on 28 January 2011 under his V. Creations banner.
Directed by D. Sabapathy
Produced by A. Sivasankar
Written by D. Sabapathy
Starring Shiva
Madhu Shalini
Abhishek
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography Arul Das
Editing by Rama Rao
Studio Passion Movie Makers
Distributed by V. Creations
Release date(s) January 28, 2011
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