The Longest running film in India
- Haridass

First pirate free movie
- BOYS

Shankar's much-awaited film Boys has many firsts to its credit. Here's a look at the highlights of the movie.

The state-of-the-art computer generated effects created by Mark Kolbe who had done Hollywood films like Independence Day, Godzilla, Spy Kids to name a few. For the first time a computer generated 3-D animated beautiful girl was created for a song "Enakkoru Girlfriend Venam" sung by Karthik, Timmy and Tipu.

The only romantic number "Ale...Ale" sung by Karthik and Chitra Sivaraman was picturised in Tasmania in Australia with ace cameraman Ravi.K.Chandran (Dil Chahta Hai and Koi Mil Gaya fame) linking 62 cameras using time freeze technique with Mark Ruff (Lord of The Rings-Two Towers). The song was shot in the lavender gardens in full bloom.

For the fast paced "Maro..Maro" number by Karthik, Kunal, George, Anupama and Sunitha, producer A.M.Ratnam hired the GCDA floodlit stadium in Kochi where one-day matches are normally held and picturised the song among the crowds with cricket providing the background. More than 500 trained dancers (from Andhra, Karnataka, Tamilnadu) were used for this song. All of them used huge drums made of fibreglass. According to Ravi.K.Chandran, "A glossy look has been given to the song."

The award winning art director Sabu Cyril had created a Caribbean style beach resort with pure white sand, swimming pool, water volleyball and disco. For another scene he has used waste materials like tins, sheets, wood waste, soft drink cans and steel. Said Sabu: "I have paid attention to the minute detail as I want the audience to think that everything is real. Boys is one of my most challenging works."

A host of celebrities including singers Hariharan.Vasundhara Das and Lucky Ali, danseuse Anita Ratnam, compere and singer A.V.Ramanan, and Patti Mandram fame Solomon Pappaya make cameo appearance in the film.

Siddharth runs in the nude to impress the heroine, Harini. The police arrest him for indecent exposure and keep him in the lockup for the night. But, his father comes to know of it only after reading the newspapers the next day. Could this happen in real life? The son was away all night and his father wasn't even aware of the fact that the police had arrested him!

After getting married, Siddharth and Harini along with their friends suffer together. Would parents bear to see their children suffer in front of their eyes?

In the climax of the film, Vivek simply walks into a court in proceeding and starts speaking to the judge. This something that could never happen in real life.
They live in her girlfriend's house's motor room, in hiding. Is this possible at all?