The Upcoming Web Series Navarasa Cast: All You Need To Know About

Navarasa cast: Mani Ratnam's New Netflix Anthology, Navarasa marks Netflix's second Tamil anthology after Paava Kadhaigal. It's all set for its OTT release on Netflix. The series will feature nine shorts, helmed by nine directors.

The much-awaited Indian Tamil-language anthology web series created by Mani Ratnam, an Indian film director working predominantly in Tamil cinema got together with the celebrated producer, Jayendra Panchapakesan to produce a philanthropic project, Navarasa, to help those in the Tamil film industry who have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic.

Besides, the series will be launched through their banners Madras Talkies and Qube Cinema Technologies respectively.

Navarasa cast

While Ratnam and  Panchapakesan will produce the collection, the short films will be steered by some distinguished directors such as Bejoy Nambiar, Arvind Swamy, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Ponram, R. Rathindran Prasad, Karthick Naren, Halitha Shameem, K.V. Anand and,  Karthik Subbaraj. The directors agreed to come on board with the project, providing their assistance pro-bono.

Oscar-winning music genius A.R. Rahman and music composer Karthik are also a part of the series.

The cast of Navarasa includes renowned actors such as Revathi, Nithya Menen, Aishwarya Rajesh, Siddharth, Suriya, Arvind Swami, Prakash Raj, Gautham Karthik and Ashok Selvan and others.

The series revolves around nine emotions such as anger, compassion, courage, disgust, fear, laughter, love, peace and wonder.

"This time the brainstorming was for the cause of our own industry."

According to a statement given by Ratnam and  Panchapakesan, they said, “We have always loved to brainstorm and come up with unique ideas to raise money for deserving causes. This time the brainstorming was for the cause of our own industry, to soothe and try and alleviate to some extent the agony of our people who had no work for months."

They futhur added that the idea of Navarasa was a spark and the industry had come together to make it glow and give it the soul it required.

Ahead of the film's release, several images from the movie went gone viral after they were shared by Tamil magazine  in a Twitter thread. A sneak peek image featuring actors Suriya and Prayaga Martin listening to music together was circulated widely on social media.