Chennai, March 14 – The critically acclaimed Tamil romantic crime drama, "Rasavathi" (The Alchemist), starring Arjun Das and Tanya Ravichandran, has won its seventh international award.
The Tamil film has won the award for Best Cinematography at the London International Filmmakers Festival.
Director Santhakumar posted on his X account: "The London International Filmmakers Festival honors 'RASAVATHI' with the Best Cinematography award. Congratulations to Saravanan Elavarasu and Siva! This marks the seventh international award for #Rasavathi @saranelavarasu."
It may be recalled that the film had been nominated in five categories in the International competition section of the Nice International Film Festival in France last year.
Director Santhakumar had then posted on his X account to share the happy news. He wrote, "Respect and recognition for a Tamil movie “RASAVATHI” from FRANCE. Officially selected for the International competition in five categories. #Rasavathi."
"Rasavathi" has received much praise internationally, winning awards at several festivals around the world.
In fact, the film earned Arjun Das the award for Best Actor at the 15th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival, back in India.
Arjun Das played the role of a Siddha doctor named 'Sadasiva Pandiyan' in the film, which was selected from over 700 movie entries at the 15th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2025.
Earlier, Arjun Das had won the Best Actor award for the same film from the New Jersey Indian and International Film Festival - 2024.
Last year, the critically acclaimed film won the award for Best Sound Design at the London International Film Festival 2025.
Sound engineer Tapas Nayak’s work in “Rasavathi” won the award, defeating nine other films from around the world. The other nominees that competed with “Rasavathi” for that award were “Nobody wants to shoot a woman”, “Black, Queer& Done”, “Perfect Meal - My dear”, “Let's eat together”, “The Chocolate Club”, “Culture Vs War. Liberov”, “The Therapy”, “We will not be silenced”, and “Dawn At Gougane Barra”.
Besides Arjun Das and Tanya Ravichandran, the film also featured a host of actors including Sujith Shankar, Ramya Subramanian, G.M. Sundar, Reshma Venkatesh, Sujatha, and Rishikanth.
The critically acclaimed film was composed by SS Thaman. Interestingly, “Rasavathi” was the third film for which Santhakumar had collaborated with Thaman.
The film had two cinematographers: Saravanan Elavarasu and Sivakumar. V J Sabu Joseph handled the film's editing. Sathish Krishnan was the dance choreographer for the film, which had art direction by Sivaraj and sound effects by Sethu. Tapas Nayak was in charge for sound mixing.