Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Box office
- 4 Soundtrack
- 5 Telugu Tracklist
- 6 References
Plot
Reema Sen showers love and affection on Bharath, her neighbor, since childhood. Bharath happens to be the only son of a rich business tycoon Girish Karnad, who loses his mother at a young age. Reema treats Bharath as her younger brother and spends all her time with him. Meanwhile, Vishal, an income tax officer, turns up at Girish Karnad's house for an IT raid and happens to meet Reema there. They eventually fall in love and after a series of incidents they get wed locked. They settle in Goa then. The trouble begins when Bharath reaches Goa in search of Reema. He manages to kidnap Reema and bring her to Chennai. The reasons for Bharath's obsession and possessiveness towards Reema unfolds as the movie progresses. Vishal who comes back to Goa finds the house deserted. The next door neighbor tells him that Reema eloped with Bharat. He then begins to track her down and finds that the duo had left to Chennai. Vishal reaches Chennai, but is unable to tell his parents the real plight. With the help of Vivek, his colleague, he tries to trace her out. A chance look at the video of their marriage throws light on Bharat’s hatred towards Vishal. Now Vishal is convinced that Reema did not go on her own will. He confronts Bharat’s father but he is of no help. Finally he traces out the location of Bharat’s hideout. Reema on the other hand pleads with Bharat to release her. She explains that she cannot be his wife and can see him only as a son or a little brother. The plea falls on deaf ears. In a racy climax on high seas, the three protagonists fight it out and Reema hits Bharat with the boat oars. He plunges in to the sea in an unconscious condition taking Reema along. Vishal comes at the nick of the time to save her. Even though she had killed him because of his attack on her, she is filled with remorse.Cast
- Vishal as Ragunandan
- Bharath as Vishwa
- Reema Sen as Mythili
- Vivek as Harichandra
- Girish Karnad as Rajasekhar
- Mumtaj as Herself (Special Appearance)
- Bhanupriya in a Special Appearance
Box office
- The film grossed $1 million at the box office.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack and background score was composed by Harris Jayaraj. All Lyrics are written by Vairamuthu.| Chellamae | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Harris Jayaraj chronology | ||||
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| Song title | Singers |
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| "Vellaikaran Mutham" | Mahathi |
| "Aariya Udhadugal" | Hariharan, Swarnalatha |
| "Kummiyadi" | Sandhya |
| "Chella Kiliyum" | Ranjith, Anuradha Sriram |
| "Kadhalikkum Asai" | Kay Kay, Chinmayi, Timmy, Mahathi |
Telugu Tracklist
Lyrics are written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Chandrabose, Sahathi.G| Song title | Singers |
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| "Pettadey Oh Muddu" | Mahathi |
| "Aaryula Hrudayapu Sannidhi" | Unnikrishnan, Swarnalatha |
| "Gummadamma Kanne Gummadamma" | Sandhya |
| "Muddula Chilaka" | Devi Sri Prasad, Anuradha Sriram |
| "Venditeralo Bulliteralo" | Chakri, Chinni, Chinmayi, Timmy, Mahathi |
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Crew
- 4 Production
- 5 Soundtrack
- 6 Box office
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Plot
The story is about Balu (Vishal), who on a visit to his friend’s town, takes on the local dada Kasi (Lal). Balu, an engineering student, also falls in love with his friend’s sister Hema (Meera Jasmine).Kasi, after being at the receiving end of Balu’s macho ways, is smarting under the rebuff. He thirsts for revenge. So when Balu goes back to his own city, Kasi also goes there to extract blood for blood. But Balu is from no ordinary family. His father Dorai (Raj Kiran) is himself a powerful leader in his domain. So taking out Balu is not such an easy task. But Kasi wants revenge at any cost. He befriends a local goon(Thalaivaasal' Vijay) who is made an outcast by Dorai and they together plan to exact revenge. Meanwhile Balu's friend and his family visits his city as they are on a pilgrimage they meet Balu at the temple and accept his apology. He proposes to Hema and their love is accepted by their parents. The goons plan to exact revenge during the annual temple festival as they reason that it will be crowded and that Dorai and his henchmen will not be able to defend themselves .They attack but the events do not turn out in their favor. Finally Balu fights with Kasi and triumphs in the end.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Vishal Krishna | Balu |
| Meera Jasmine | Hema |
| Rajkiran | Dorai |
| Lal | Kasi |
| Suman Setty | Ilango |
| Ganja Karuppu | |
| Shanmugarajan | |
| Thennavan | |
| Raja | Sathya |
| 'Thalaivaasal' Vijay | |
| 'Kaadhal' Thandapani | |
| Monica | |
| Shridhar Kumar | |
| Manochithra Vedi | |
| Vidharth |
Crew
- Story, Screenplay & Direction: N. Linguswamy
- Production: Vikram Krishna
- Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Cinematography: Nirav Shah & Jeeva
- Editing: G. Sasikumar
- Art direction: V. Selvakumar
- Stunts: Kanal Kannan
- Audiography: H. Sridhar
- Choreography: Raju Sundaram, Tharun Kumar, Rekha Chinni Prakash & Dinesh
- Stills: Ranga Rao D.
- Lyrics: Pa. Vijay, Na. Muthukumar, Yuga Bharathi & Thamarai
- Dialogue: S. Rama Krishnan
- Co-Direction: Kanagu
- Production executive: K. Balakrishnan
- Banner: GK Films Corporation
Production
Meera Jasmine-Lingusamy duo, after successfully teaming up together for 'Run', come together again in 'Sandai Kozhi', shortly set to hit the theaters. The film gives scope for Meera and Vishal to dominate the first and second half respectively. For Vishal it's his second release after 'Chellamey', and for director Lingusamy it's his fourth film after 'Anandam', 'Run' and 'Ji'. Title is named after the song from Aayutha Ezhuthu which also featured Meera Jasmine.Playing the villain in the film is popular Malayalam actor and producer Lal, who'd played a dual role in the Vijaykanth-starrer 'Engal Anna'. Rajkiran plays the village chief.
A fight scene involving hero Vishal and Lal was picturised in Dindigul for seven days. The songs have been shot at locations in Australia, New Zealand and Chennai. An introduction song for Rajkiran was shot at Theni.
Soundtrack
| Sandakozhi | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||||
| Released |
25 November 2005 (India)
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| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | New Music | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration | Lyricist | Notes |
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| 1 | "Dhavanipotta Deepavali" | Vijay Yesudas, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:23 | Yuga Bharathi | |
| 2 | "Ennamo Nadakkirathe" | Shaan | 5:01 | Na. Muthukumar | |
| 3 | "Gumthalakkadi Gana" | Karthik, Ranjith | 5:03 | Na. Muthukumar | |
| 4 | "Ketta Kodukkira Boomi" | Chinmayi, Ganga, Jassie Gift, Sujatha Mohan | 4:26 | Thamarai | |
| 5 | "Mundasu Sooriyane" | Karthik, Sriram | 3:44 | Pa. Vijay |
Box office
- The film was a commercial success grossing $3.5 million at the box office.
The film was subsequently dubbed into Telugu, releasing as Pogaru and was a runaway hit in Andhra Pradesh, too. It was later remade by director Vishal Raj in Kannada as Minchu but eventually failed to repeat the success of its original version.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Soundtrack
- 4 Box office
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Plot
The movie is about Ganesh (Vishal), who comes from Madurai to continue his medical course in Chennai. A group of baddies is in pursuit. Meanwhile Srimathy (Reema Sen), daughter of Ganesh's professor, wants to meet him and thank him for helping her escape from the clutches of some vile elements.When Ganesh and Srimathy meet they are surprised, for they know each other. The gangsters, on spotting both, vow to kill them. Why? Well, it is flashback time.
Eswari (Shreya Reddy) is a shrewish, arrogant 'kattapanchayat' woman. She lends money at usurious rates and then goes after those families who fail to repay. Srimathy’s family falls afoul of Eswari. Ganesh helps Srimathy’s folks. Eswari falls for Ganesh’s bravery and boldness: She wants him to marry her. But the hero doesn’t.
She ends up kidnapping Ganesh's parents and threatens Ganesh to come to them and marry her. However, Ganesh thwarts all her plans. Eventually, in a freak mishap, Eswari meets her fate. Mistaking Ganesh to be the reason for their sister's death, Eswari's brothers Periya Karuppu (Manoj K Jayan) and Veerasamy (Vijayan) resolve to kill him.
Ganesh, who reaches Chennai for safety, is eventually forced to go back to his old ways to fight the baddies and restore order.
Cast
- Vishal Krishna as Ganesh
- Reema Sen as Srimathy
- Vadivelu as Warden Vallaran
- Sriya Reddy as Easwari
- Manoj K. Jayan as Periya Karuppu
- I. M. Vijayan as Chinna Karuppu
- Vinayakan
- Manikka Vinayagam
- Neelima Rani
- Banuchander
- Meera Krishnan
- Sriranjani
- Bhawan as Bhavani
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Principal
- Mayilsamy in a cameo
- Aarthi in a cameo
- Kiran Rathod in a special appearance in the song 'Maana Madura'
- Kanal Kannan in a special appearance in the song 'Oppurane Oppurane'
Soundtrack
| Thimiru | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||||
| Released | 21 July 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Sa Re Ga Ma | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration (min:sec) | Lyricist | Notes |
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| 1 | "Kattikko Rappa Rappa" | Kunal Ganjawala, Shreya Ghoshal | 4:43 | Pa. Vijay | |
| 2 | "Maana Madurai" | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:47 | Na. Muthukumar | |
| 3 | "Mani Mani" | Anushka Manchanda | 4:27 | Pa. Vijay | |
| 4 | "Oppurane Oppurane" | Gangai Amaran | 3:29 | Yugabharathi | |
| 5 | "Thithikkara Vayasu" | Anupama | 5:02 | Na. Muthukumar | |
| 6 | "Theme Music" | Instrumental | 1:41 | - |
Box office
The film was a commercial success grossing $3 million at the box office.
Thaamirabharani was later dubbed into Telugu and released as Bharani. The title is derived from the river of the same name, which flows through Thirunelveli and Thoothukudi, where the film is set.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Critical reception
- 4 Soundtrack
- 5 Box office
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Plot
The story is centred on Bharani (Vishal). This loud, angry young man, who doesn’t mind letting his fist fly furiously, is totally in awe of his uncle Saravanaperumal (Prabhu). Vishal and his mother (Rohini) live with Saravanaperumal and his mother (Manorama). It is a family that is typical of most Tamil movies. The villagers just venerate this big family.Pitted against them is the other big one — PVS family (peopled by Nadhiya, Vijayakumar and Nasser). And then there is Banu, daughter of Nadia and Saravanaperumal (Bhanu). Banu falls in love with Bharani whereas Bharani insults using press, unknowingly. As a revenge for Bharani insulting Banu, Nassar orders Saravanaperumal killed. But Saravanaprumal escapes with a minor cut on the back. Angered, Bharani tries to cut Nassar's hand in a fight. Nassar's youngest brother comes to make a truce and loses his right hand (and his marriage). Bharani comes to know that he has rights to marry Banu as we are told in a fight that Sakunthala (Nadhiya) is the estranged wife of Saravanan. The two had parted ways over Saravanan’s extreme fondness for his sister (Bharani’s mother) and Bharani. The story later is told that they had broken up because of Saravanan's sister's husband who has died, hence she stays with them. Sakunthala did not like this so they were separated.
It all builds towards a heightened climax as the two young lovers try to hammer out peace between the two families. Sakunthala's brother tries to envelope her with a bad guy, the villain and here there is a twist. Vishal goes to jail for killing Karmegam and after the jail term he returns back to village who are waiting for them. Vijayakumar and Nassar tries to kill Vishal by hiding, Nadhiya confesses that she killed Sampath and that Vishal took the blaming for the murder inorder to save her, Vishal refuse to marry Bhanu as he wnats her to marry Akash her relative. Vijaykumar and Nassar who heard this comes and forgives Vishal for the wrongs and make him accept Vishal to marry Banu thus two families unite.
Cast
- Vishal as Bharaniputhiran
- Muktha(Bhanu) as Bhanumathy Saravanaperumal
- Prabhu as Saravanaperumal
- Nadhiya as Sakunthaladevi Saravanaperumal
- Nassar as Vellathurai
- Vijayakumar as Vellathurai's father
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Thangapaandi
- Rohini as Pechchikani (Bharani's mother)
- Ganja Karuppu as Muthu
- Manorama as Thangapazham (Saravanaperumal's mother)
- Sampath Raj as Kaarmegam
- Aarthi as Meena
Critical reception
- Rediff wrote:"Hari has managed to put together a fairly redeemable mixture of action, humour and sentiments, making the movie worth a watch".
- B Balaji wrote:"Thaamirabharani is all about conflicts. With a large number of characters on either side, two or more of them seem to be fighting, either verbally or physically, most of the time. Though this makes the movie quite loud, it also gives the movie a lot of energy".
- Hindu wrote:"Hari has a few interesting twists and suspenseful sequences in the narration. The story is not new but it is gripping".
Soundtrack
| Thaamirabharani | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||||
| Released | 22 December 2006 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Sa Re Ga Ma | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration (min:sec) | Notes |
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| 1 | "Karuppaana Kaiyale" | Ranjith, Roshini | 3:28 | |
| 2 | "Kattabomma Oorenakku" | Vijay Yesudas | 4:51 | |
| 3 | "Thaaliyae Thevaiyillai" | Hariharan, Bhavatharini | 4:47 | |
| 4 | "Thiruchendhuru Muruga" | Naveen Mathav | 5:27 | |
| 5 | "Vaartha Onnu" | KK | 5:16 |
Box office
The film was super hit. It was subsequently dubbed into Telugu as Bharani which was also a hit.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Crew
- 4 Production
- 5 Soundtrack
- 6 Release
- 7 Critical reception
- 8 Box-office
- 9 Telegu dub
- 10 References
Plot
Anbu (Vishal) is a happy-go-lucky guy, who lives with his family in Pattukottai and is having a good time singing energetic fast numbers like "Kantha Kadamba" with his friends. One day he gets into a fracas with a local politician ('Kathal' Dhandapani) and his comic henchmen while trying to save a friend and is arrested and a case registered against him. The local court gives him conditional bail, provided he signs the register in a Tiruchi police station!On the way to Trichy police station, he sees a girl on a terrace (Motta Madi) drying clothes and falls for her. It is love at first sight for Anbu as he becomes crazy about Malar (Priyamani) a college girl, which leads to some hilarious situations. The police station, where he has to sign daily, is manned by his Chittappa Kandaswamy (Ashish Vidyarthi), a comic sub-inspector whose ex-lover Kamala (Urvasi) is the constable at the station. Anbu kindles the love life of his uncle and makes merry at Malar’s college, leading to funny situations.
Meanwhile Trichy city is run by a powerful politician Palani (Devaraj) and his brother Guna (Ajay), who have killed the local RDO in cold blood watched by a huge crowd of onlookers. The brothers continue with their ‘dada giri’, till they clash with a brave heart. He is none other than Anbu who, while trying to save Malar from a difficult situation, ends up getting the wrath of the brothers. Anbu, the one-man army, does a good demolition job and cleans Trichy of all its baddies.
Cast
- Vishal as Anbu
- Priyamani as Malar
- Devaraj as Palani
- Ajay as Guna
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Kandasamy
- Urvashi as Kamala
- 'Kadhal' Dhandapani
- Ajay Ratnam
- Deepa Venkat
Crew
- Direction: Boopathy Pandian
- Music: Mani Sharma (Tamil and Telugu)
- Action: Kanal Kannan
Production
Shooting for the film commenced on May 12, 2007, at the Kumbakonam Mahamaham tank with picturisation of a song on Vishal.This was followed by shooting near the Srirangam temple, Tiruchirapalli central bus stand, Kollidam bridge, Thiruvaiyaru court and near the Cauvery bridge in Tiruchirapalli.
The film illustrates the story of a rich and spoilt young man who believes in trying out and choosing the best of everything in his life. When he decides to adopt the same practice in choosing his wife and selects three potential candidates of totally different shades and social stratifications, who he simultaneously woos, problems emerge and he gets into trouble. How he manages to overcome all problems and who he finally chooses to marry forms the crux of the story.
The film, featuring music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Arvind Krishna and editing by T. S. Suresh, was released by Sun Pictures on 12 February 2010, while its dubbed Telugu version, titled Khiladi.
This is loosely based on 2006 Telugu film Chukkallo Chandrudu, starring Siddarth Narayan, Charmme Kaur, Sadha and the similar Telugu film Allari Premikudu starring Jagapati Babu. However the film opened with positive response and was a box office success.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Production
- 4 Soundtrack
- 5 Reception
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Plot
Karthik (Vishal Krishna) is a lazy, jobless, upper middle-class guy and the only son of his father who is a bank manager (T. S. B. K. Mouli), hanging around always with his friends, an auto driver Kumar (Santhanam), a tea-shop owner Shekar (Mayilsamy) and a traffic constable Vishnu (Sathyan). Over-ambitious in his life, he always wants the best of everything in his life, from pens and clothes to every other accessories, and has made it a rule to try out everything before zeroing in on one. Now wanting to choose his best life partner, he applies the same method and decides to select three girls, whom he would romance at the same time and make to fall in love with him, then reject two of them and finally marry the third one.He comes across Jyothi (Tanushree Dutta), an athlete, living in the poorer area of Chennai, who has reservations against men and slaps a guy for touching her inappropriately and is Karthik's first choice. Karthik later attends a marriage, where he meets Priya (Sarah-Jane Dias), a girl, who strongly believes in traditional and cultural values and has the policy of loving and marrying only one boy in her life, Karthik's second candidate. The third one Karthik selects is Tejaswini (Neetu Chandra), a rich and arrogant girl, heir to Rs. 1,500 crores, who once had a failed love attempt in her life. Karthik enters their lives, woos them with lies and finally wins their hearts. The girls don't know the fact that Karthik is romancing three girls simultaneously and entirely trust him.
One day, thanks to her caring and understanding father (Jayaprakash), who doesn't want his daughter to sustain one more love failure, Tejaswini gets to know about Karthik's plans and intentions and confronts him. Karthik dumps her and continues to romance Jyothi and Priya, while Tejaswini vows to take revenge on him. Without revealing her own and Karthik's true identity and intentions, she befriends the other two girls and gives advice to each, how to quicken the progress to get married soon, trying to put Karthik under pressure and blow his cover. Soon Jyothi gets to know the truth, wherefore he also rejects Jyothi and settles down with Priya as his future wife, who was responsible for Karthik's change of mind as he has now learnt the value of true love and realizes his mistakes.
However, as Jyothi's brother, Anbalazhagan (Prakash Raj), a rowdy confronts Karthik that he has betrayed Jyothi, Karthik himself reveals the truth about himself, his intentions and the other girls to Priya, who was with him. Downheartedly she leaves Karthik, who is being beaten up by Anbalazhagan and his gang. Karthik then causes a traffic accident, getting himself tangled and injured in the accident, and gets admitted in a hospital, where Dr.Ramya (Sneha) comes for his treatment. He pretends to have lost his memory due to the accident in order to arouse compassion in Priya, eventually indeed succeeding in his plan as Priya returns and reunites with him, believing that he has forgotten the past and would turn over a new life.
Cast
- Vishal Krishna as Karthik
- Neetu Chandra as Tejaswini
- Sarah-Jane Dias as Priya
- Tanushree Dutta as Jyothi
- Santhanam as Kumar
- Sathyan as Vishnu
- Mayilsamy as Shekar
- T. S. B. K. Mouli as Karthik's father
- Rathna as Karthik's mother
- Jayaprakash as Ranganathan
- Prakash Raj as Anbalazhagan
- Sneha as Dr. Ramya (Special appearance)
- Mallika Kapoor as Interviewer (Special appearance)
Production
Development
In February 2009, it was reported, that Thiru, who assisted director A. Rajasekhar in the 2008 police story Sathyam, that also starred Vishal Krishna would direct Vishal after the actor had completed his Thoranai. The film was to be produced by Ramesh Babu, who earlier produced Vijay's blockbuster film Pokkiri. However, as the producer later walked out of the project, Vishal's brother Vikram Krishna along with his wife Sriya Reddy eventually took up the project and decided to produce it under their home banner G. K. Films Corporation.The film, during pre-production was billed up to be a remake of the 2007 Hindi film Bachna Ae Haseeno, which also starred three actresses in lead roles, but the claim proved to be false. Vishal also denied this, stating that the script is original. In January 2010, the film's distribution rights were acquired by Sun Pictures, which started its promotion campaign on 2 February 2010, ten days prior to the film's theatrical release.
Casting
After Vishal was confirmed as the lead actor in the film, Thiru and Vishal were looking for three actresses to play the lead female roles. Several actresses including Bipasha Basu, Reemma Sen, Priyamani, Tamannaah Bhatia and Shriya Saran were approached or even confirmed, before ultimately opting out again. Finally, Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra, who starred in the horror film Yavarum Nalam opposite Madhavan and another Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta, a former Miss India Universe, making her debut in the Tamil film industry, were confirmed for the roles. For the third female role, a newcomer Sarah-Jane Dias, a former Miss India World, was signed. Additionally, reports claimed that the film would also have two lead actresses appearing in guest roles as well. In December 2009, Sneha was roped in to appear in one of the two cameo roles, whilst the other actress' identity was not revealed until the film's release.Filming
The shooting started on August 3 and was held in several locations as Hyderabad, the Maldives and Kochi. The title song of the film was shot in Mumbai at sets and choreographed by Bosco-Caesar, a popular choreographer duo that has worked for over 300 films in Bollywood, made their debut in Tamil with this film. For the same song, which was picturized in Vishal and the three leading actresses, Neetu Chandra is said to have soaked in a bathtub full of red chillies, which is considered one of the highlights of the entire film. Other songs were filmed in Australia and New Zealand. Furthermore, other songs were shot across Australia, in both urban and natural backgrounds.Soundtrack
| Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||||
| Released | 16 December 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 25:12 | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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The album features five songs plus one introduction track by composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, while an additional song, not included in the soundtrack release, featured in the film as part of the film score. Lyrics were penned by Pa. Vijay and Vaali.
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| 1. | "Introduction" | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Yuvan Shankar Raja | 1:14 | ||||||
| 2. | "Poo Mudhal Pen Varai" | Pa. Vijay | Yuvan Shankar Raja | 4:35 | ||||||
| 3. | "En Jannal Vandha" | Pa. Vijay | Roshini, Priya, Divya Vijay & Pan Bundy (Rap) | 4:44 | ||||||
| 4. | "Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai" | Vaali | Andrea Jeremiah, Tanvi Shah, Vinaitha & Ranjith | 4:55 | ||||||
| 5. | "En Aasai Ethiraliye" | Pa. Vijay | Vijay Yesudas & Vinaitha | 5:04 | ||||||
| 6. | "Oru Punnagai Thane" | Pa. Vijay | Ranjith | 4:40 | ||||||
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- Not in the soundtrack
- Theriyamale, composed and performed by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Reception
The general consensus was that the character of Karthik displayed male chauvinism. Santhanam's comedy track was well appreciated in the movie. Sify Movies gave the movie a more lenient review,.
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Production
- 4 Soundtrack
- 5 Release
- 6 Reception
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Plot
Walter Vanangamudi (Vishal Krishna) and Kumbudren Saamy (Arya) are half-brothers, who constantly fight and try to outdo each other. Both brothers are pickpockets and get encouragement from their respective mothers. Walter's mother Maryamma (Ambika) encourages her son to steal and continue their "family tradition". However, Walter, an aspiring actor with an effeminate touch, is rather interested in arts than committing crimes. The Zamindar (G. M. Kumar), referred to as 'Highness' by the community, takes an affinity towards Saamy and Walter and treats them as his own family. He constantly encourages Walter to take up acting seriously and to be friendly towards his brother. Walter is smitten by a Police Constable Baby (Janani Iyer) from whom he attempts to steal after being dared by his brother to prove himself. She finds him completely amusing and eventually falls for him. He returns several stolen goods from his home and from Kumbudren Samy to rescue her from being dismissed and goes to great lengths to impress her. Kumbudren Samy falls for a college student Thenmozhi (Madhu Shalini) who is intimidated by his rough ways at first but reciprocates his love later on.One day, a police inspector (Chevvalai Rasu) who had insulted the Zamindar is tracked down and punished by Kumbudren Samy and Walter. While Walter takes the police truck and dumps it in the forest, Kumbudren Samy is caught by the police inspector. He acts like he swallowed a blade so he can see Thenmozhi once before going to jail. He is rushed to the hospital sees her and fools the entire police force even though Baby is quite suspicious. Kumbudren Samy tries to bribe the doctor to lie but she tells the police constable who only pleads with the him but later gives up and releases him. Actor Suriya attends a school function in the town to promote educational awareness through his Agaram Foundation. Just as he is about to leave the Zamindar requests him to stay and witness Walter's acting skills, who shows off his depictions of the nine emotions (Navarasas) and impresses everyone, including Kumbedren Samy. The drunk Kumbredren Samy then reveals to the drunk Zamindar that he actually does love his brother and that all the anger and hate it is just an act.
Meanwhile, the Zamindar exposes the illegal activities of a cattle smuggler (R. K.). The smuggler loses his animal farm and is taken into custody by the police amid media fare. Kumbudren Samy brings Thenmozhi to the Zamindar's house to introduce them to each other. Thenmozhi is identified to be the Zamindar's enemy's daughter, which Kumbudren Samy was unaware of. When the Zamindar tells him to break up with her, Saamy refuses and attacks him verbally, telling that he doesn't have a family and no one loves him so he would never understand. An angered Zaminder throws out Kumbudren Samy and Walter as well who tried to defend his brother and gets extremely drunk. Later that evening, both brothers make up with the Zamindar and invite him to their home. The Zamindar even signs over his land to Thenmozhi's father who was trying to get a hold of the land and organises for their marriage. Few days later, the smuggler returns, kidnaps the Zamindar and flogs him into unconsciousness, before hanging him to death from a tree. Walter and Kumbudren Samy are devastated and almost collapse with grief. While Kumbudren Samy fails in his attempt to take revenge, getting flogged and injured severely, Walter manages to bash up the smuggler and his men. The smuggler has been tied down under the platform with the Zamindar's body and is burnt to death along with the Zamindar, while both brothers dance madly.
Cast
- Arya as Kumbudren Saamy
- Vishal Krishna as Walter Vanangamudi
- G. M. Kumar as Zamindar Thirthapathi (Highness)
- R. K. as the smuggler
- Madhu Shalini as Thenmozhi
- Janani Iyer as Constable Baby
- Ambika as Maryamma
- Ramaprabha as Kumbudren Saamy's mother
- Ramaraj as Police Inspector
- Ananth Vaidyanathan as Srikanth
- Vimalraj Ganesan as Kannan
- Chevvalai Rasu as Inspector who insults Highness
- Suriya as himself (guest appearance)
- Bala as auto driver (cameo)
Production
Development
After finishing and releasing his magnum opus Naan Kadavul in February 2009, Bala, whose previous feature films had all been tragedy drama films dealing with serious and dark subjects, announced that for his next directorial, he would be moving away from such films and make a full-length light-hearted comedy film. He was working on its script in the following months, whilst declaring that it will be a double hero subject. Allegedly Bala had come to this decision, since his earlier films, despite receiving critical acclaim, garnered poor or only average box office returns. During the post-production phase, Bala disclosed that the film was "fun till the last 15 minutes, after which it turns serious", adding that he decided to "change tracks", after several people including his mentor Balu Mahendra advised him to do so.Though initially Soundarya Rajinikanth's Ocher Studios were reported to be the producer of the film, Kalpathi S. Agoram finally took up the project and decided to produce it under the banner of AGS Entertainment. On 25 January 2010, an official press meet was held, where the film's official title was finally revealed and the film's lead female actress as well as the technicians were announced, with which the project official commenced. During the launch, Bala told that unlike his earlier films, Avan Ivan would have an "extra dose of comedy, besides action and family sentiments." He had also disclosed that, unlike his earlier films, he will complete Avan Ivan within eight months of time and be ready for a release in late 2010. According to sources, Bala intended to name the film as Avana Ivan first, but as it was already registered by director Bharath, who was not willing to give away the title, he changed the title to Avan Ivan.
Casting
For the two lead male characters, who play step brothers in the film, several actors from the Tamil film industry were considered. Real-life siblings Surya and Karthi, as well as Jeeva and Githan Ramesh were considered for the roles, which were at last bagged by Arya, renewing his association with Bala after Naan Kadavul, and Vishal Krishna. Vishal later creditted Arya, who were friends even before entering the film industry, for becoming part of the project. Both actors had to change their looks; they reportedly tonsured their heads for their roles, and kept their looks secretive, avoiding public appearances. Reports further suggested that Vishal played a transgender in the film, which he went on to deny, while clarifiying that he sports a squint and wore braces throughout the film. He reportedly became the first ever actor to attempt a squint look in a feature film, which was considered for an entry in The Guinness Book of World Records.Regarding the lead female roles, Bala and his close associates had travelled across entire Tamil Nadu, searching for the right person, who should be preferably a new face and fluent in Tamil language. In late November 2009 in association with Indiaglitz.com, a "heroine hunting" program was conducted through the internet, where women, who were 18-year old and could understand Tamil, could apply for the role. In November 2009, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, daughter of actor Sarath Kumar, who will debut in Podaa Podi alongside Silambarasan Rajendar, was reportedly roped in for the role. However, at the official press meet in late January 2009, it was revealed that Janani Iyer, a Chennai-based model, who had appeared in several television advertisements, was chosen for the role. For another lead female character, Pooja Umashankar, who was also part of Bala's Naan Kadavul, and Nivedhitha, who had starred in small-budget films Kadhai and Porkkalam were initially considered. Eventually, former Telugu VJ, model and actress Madhu Shalini was finalised, to portray the role of a college student and the love interest of Arya's character, while she was also made by Bala to dub for herself. Meanwhile, businessman-turned-actor R. K. was roped in for to play a villainous role. In May 2010, Suriya was signed to appear in a guest role as himself. Reemma Sen was also reported to perform a cameo role, however shortly before release, this was revealed to be a false news.
Furthermore, Yuvan Shankar Raja was announced as the music director of the film, joining Bala again after the successful Nandha in 2001. About replacing his usual music director Ilaiyaraaja by his son, Bala said that since it was a youth-centric film, Yuvan Shankar Raja can "bring the right feel". Suresh Urs, who had worked on all Bala films since Nandha, was roped in as the film's editor, while Arthur A. Wilson remained the cinematographer. S. Ramakrishnan was assigned to write the dialogues, after J. S. Ragavan and professor Gnanasambanthan were approached.
Filming
Bala, whose films usually take several years to get completed and released, disclosed that this film, however, would be finished in eight months time. The film's shooting, which was supposed to commence on 10 February 2010 in Tenkasi and Shenkottah and to be completed in two schedules, started with a slight delay nine days later in Courtallam, where a major portion was shot. Almost the entire film was shot in and across Theni, with minor portions being filmed in Ambasamudram, and Chennai at the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital. The climax part was filmed at the last, which was completed by late January 2011 and with which Vishal had finished his portion. The entire shooting was completed in early February, with Vishal later confessing that he was the sole reason for the delay in completion. The film took almost 200 days to complete, but became Bala's fastest shoot nonetheless. From 10 February 2011, the dubbing and post-production works commenced.Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album to Avan Ivan by Yuvan Shankar Raja | ||||
| Released | 18 April 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010 - 2011 Prasad Studios (Chennai) S.A.S.I Studios (Chennai) |
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 23:56 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | |||
| Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology | ||||
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| Behindwoods |    [51] |
| Rediff | [52] |
The soundtrack album was released exactly one month later, on 18 April 2011 by Bala's mentor Balu Mahendra in a grand event held at the Residency Towers, Chennai. Controversially, the songs had been leaked to the Internet few days before the official release, after Sony Music had sent the master copies to abroad earlier. The album consists of 5 tracks, four songs and an instrumental, with lyrics penned by Na. Muthukumar. The lyrics for the Telugu version of the soundtrack, which was released on 1 June 2011 at Taj Banjara Hotel in Hyderabad, were written by Ananth Sreeram and Chandrabose. The song "Oru Malayoram" featured vocals by children Priyanka, Srinisha and Nithyashree, who were participants in the second season of the reality-based singing-competition Airtel Super Singer Junior. Only one songs from the soundtrack, "Dia Dia Dole", was used in its entirety, along with an altered shorter version of "Rasathi" and parts of "Mudhal Murai", while "Avanapathi" and "Oru Malayoram" were completely left out. The film however featured two additional tracks, not included in the soundtrack, which would be released in a second edition.
All lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar.
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| 1. | "Rasathi" | Haricharan | 4:53 | |||||||
| 2. | "Dia Dia Dole" | Suchitra | 4:02 | |||||||
| 3. | "Oru Malayoram" | Vijay Yesudas, Priyanka, Srinisha, Nithyashree | 5:43 | |||||||
| 4. | "Mudhal Murai" | Vijay Prakash | 3:37 | |||||||
| 5. | "Avanapathi" | T. L. Maharajan, Sathyan | 5:41 | |||||||
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Critical reception
The album received positive reviews from music critics. Richard Mahesh from Behindwoods gave a 2.5/5 rating and said "Yuvan Shankar Raja has experimented with a new-dimensional music that sounds good on the whole. While ‘Avanapathi’ and ‘Rasathi’ turning us irresistibly addictive to its tunes, ‘Oru Malayoram’ will be a melodic hit of this season." describing the album as "different but a laudable show by Yuvan" Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff gave a 3/5 rating and said "When it comes to Avan Ivan, it looks like Yuvan has voluntarily tried to move out of his comfort zone, given up on his template and experimented, particularly with the instrumental arrangement and most times, it works. Go for it." Indiaglitz said "Songs from Bala's films never failed to disappoint us. The director has repeated the magic this time too and the credit goes to Yuvan Shankar Raja."Release
Prior to release, Avan Ivan was given a U/A (Parental Guidance) rating by the Central Board of Film Certification. It was reported to be distributed and marketed by Sun Pictures, however following the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election, 2011 the production studio AGS Entertainment decided to release the film directly. Initially planned to release in January 2011, the release was pushed to April, before eventually releasing on 17 June 2011. The film was released by GK Media in 20 screens in the United States and reportedly became the biggest overseas release for Bala as well as Arya and Vishal . Owing to Vishal's popularity in Andhra Pradesh, Vishal's brother, Vikram Krishna, decided to dub the film into Telugu as Vaadu Veedu and release it under his GK Films Corporation banner simultaneously with the Tamil version.Reception
Critical response
The film received positive reviews from critics. Behindwoods gave two and a half out of five stars citing that the film had a "loose screenplay" but was compensated by a "power packed performance" by the actors. The reviewer compared Arya and Vishal Krishna saying "Unlike Vishal, Arya doesn’t have much scope over performance, but manages to remain under spotlights with his rib-tickling comedy tracks and dialogue delivery. Although we have the signature as ‘A Film By Bala’ during final credits, it’s worth mentioning that the film completely belongs to Vishal." A reviewer from in.com gave three and half out of five and said that the movie is a "definite watch for Bala's followers and to watch the new Vishal emerge as a performer". Further praising Vishal, the critic stats, "there is no doubt that from the beginning of the making of the film, there has been so much riding on Vishal's character as he has been playing the role of a squint and has done a fab job." Rohit Ramachandran of nowrunning.com gave it two out of five stars stating that "Avan Ivan, in the end, is Vishal and Arya battling for recognition in the acting arena." Supergoodmovies also gave three and a half stars and concluded that "Avan Ivan will not let down the audience. Though not a typical Bala film, a feel of joy creeps as we watch the film. It is one of the best technically made movies by Bala so far."Rediff gave two and a half out of five and wrote that "Avan Ivan does have, at its heart, a nice storyline with plenty of comic elements. But director Bala doesn't really capitalize on its strengths, and never pulls you into the story except in parts which is disappointing, as he is among today's trend-setters in Tamil cinema." Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu claimed that "the intermission leaves you wondering at the frivolousness and facileness of the story that's very much unlike Bala. Nothing much happens in the first hour or so. Thankfully, he makes amends with a riveting climax." A critic from Oneindia.in cited: "Watch the film for the expression of ‘Nava Rasas’ just after the interval bang and the climax scene and you will get a feel that it is a 100 per cent paisa vasool." Chennai Online's reviewer stated that Bala had "attempted to provide us with a film that has comical elements as its major strength. He has gone overboard and failed to present it with coherent script. As a result the movie turns out to be a disappointing experience despite having stunning performances", while Indiaglitz commented: "All said, Avan Ivan is not a typical Bala film, and it has its own dull moments, courtesy cliched scenes and dragging second half. But it also has many ingredients to entertain the masses." CNN-IBN wrote: "Overall Avan Ivan suffers from a sloppy script despite having some fine performances. The lack of balance between Bala's emphatic portrayal of different kind of life and his effort to provide fun is the major problem of the movie. The fun becomes farce and the seriousness turns out to be ineffective."
Box-office
Avan Ivan sold 8.7 million tickets worldwide. It had a solo release on 17 June 2011 in almost 700 screens worldwide. The film opened across 350 screens in Tamil Nadu and collected
8.9 million in the opening weekend at the Chennai box office. According to Sify, the film had earned a distributor share of 8.3 million from 18 Chennai screens. At the end of the third weekend, the film had earned 46.5 million in Chennai. Its dubbed Telugu version, Vaadu Veedu released simultaneously with the Tamil version, and grossed an estimated 15 million in the opening weekend in Andhra Pradesh, while collecting around 5 million in Nizam area only, which was considered a remarkable figure for a dubbed release. The dubbed version had reportedly earned 40 million in Andhra Pradesh, outclassing original Telugu ventures. In the United Kingdom, the film was released by Ayngaran International across 14 screens and collected $49,921 in the first three days, opening at 15th place. At the end of the second weekend, the film had earned $80,933 overall in UK. FiveStar distributed the film in Malaysia in 32 theatres, where it grossed $232,781 in the first weekend, opening at fourth.
Contents
- 1 Cast
- 2 Plot
- 3 Production
- 4 Soundtrack
- 5 Release
- 6 References
Cast
- Vishal as Karaikudi Saravanan
- Aishwarya Arjun as Aishwarya
- Santhanam as Gouravam (Son) / Poongavanam (Father)
- Jagan as Ada Murugesan
- John Vijay as Daya
- Aditya Om as Manna
- Murali Sharma as Marudhamuthu
- Seetha
- Mayilsamy as Jackpot
- Pattimandram Raja as Rajaram
- Subbu Panchu as Collector
- Rajendran
- Vada Poche Sarithiran as Vada Ganesan
- Karthik Sabesh as Pongal Kumar
- Bava Lakshmanan as Andaa
- Chitra Lakshmanan
- Mouli
- Singamuthu
- Shankar as Hotel servant boy
- Nellai Siva as constable
- Badava Gopi
- Muthukaalai
- Lollu Sabha Swaminathan as Doctor
- Crane Manohar
Plot
The story opens in Karaikudi, where Gouravam (Santhanam) is a well-known traditional cook making a living undertaking orders for marriage functions. He is forced into taking an order for a local goon’s wedding and is not happy about it. Saravanan (Vishal) and his four friends, who come to work for him as junior cooks, offer to help him but land him in even greater trouble and they are forced to flee from Karaikudi. The story shifts to Trichy, where Saravanan and his friends have grand plans of opening a restaurant with the help of Gouravam and his money. Here, just like in Malaikottai, it is love at first sight for Saravanan when he sees Aishwarya (Aishwarya Arjun). Things go wrong and as their love deepens we are introduced to two rival gangs, Kasi and Manaa along with a ‘Madurai Anachi’ who are constantly at each other’s throat. In a conflict Manaa forces Aishwarya to marry him and in the process of saving his love Saravanan reveals his past. Saravanan is a jail return who had killed 3 people in Madurai including Anachi's only son to avenge the murder of an orphan kid whom Saravanan considers as his little sister. The rest of the story is how Saravanan protects his love and kill the dark forces.Production
Following a successful collaboration with the 2007 film Malaikottai, Vishal and Boopathy Pandian signed terms to make another film together in 2010. Boopathy Pandian subsequently moved on to make a film titled Vedi with Vikram in the lead role, but the film was cancelled after an initial schedule. In November 2010, it was reported that Pandian and Vishal would make another film under the Vishal's home banner, GK Films Corporation, in a venture titled Pattathu Yaanai and that it would feature the story that Pandian had planned for Vikram in his project Vedi. In a turn of events, the director decided to opt out of the project and do the film instead with Arya and his banner, Show People. The deal took place without the knowledge of GK Corporation who had paid him and advance, with the production house's director Shriya Reddy criticizing the director. But Arya opted out of the project. Boopathy Pandian after opting out of Telugu film Jagan Mohan IPS subsequently agreed again to make the film with Vishal and Michael Rayappan agreed to produce the film under Global Infotainment Ltd.Reports suggested that Amala Paul was set to be signed on to play the lead female role in the film, but this proved to be untrue. Subsequently Aishwarya Arjun, daughter of actor Arjun, was signed on to make her debut with the film. She would be portraying a Plus 2 student in the film, and was signed after being recommended by director Sundar C. Vadivelu was initially announced to be making a comeback with the film but was later replaced by Santhanam who would be seen in three roles, that of a grandfather, father and son. The film began filming in December 2012 with a lunch event at the AVM studios, with a scene shot of Vishal praying at the Muthukumaraswamy temple in the studio premises. The team shot in locations across Karaikudi, Madurai and Trichy as a part of the initial schedule with Seetha, Jagan and Manobala added to the cast. A first look poster was released on April 14, 2013 depicting Vishal and Santhanam in their respective roles.
Soundtrack
| Pattathu Yaanai | ||||
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| Soundtrack album to Pattathu Yaanai by S. Thaman | ||||
| Released | June 23, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2013 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Sony Music India | |||
| Producer | S. Thaman | |||
| S. Thaman chronology | ||||
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- Enna Oru - Karthik
- Poosani Kaai - Gaana Bala
- Raja Naandhane - Haricharan, Udit Narayan
- Thalakaal Puriyala - Shankar Mahadevan, Suchitra
- Thattungada Melatha - Rahul Nambiar, Manasi
Release
The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Zee Tamil.[19] The film was given "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board. The film released on 26 July 2013 in 850 screens.Critical reception
Pattathu Yaanai opened to mixed reviews from critics. S Saraswathi of Rediff said, "Pattathu Yaanai is a disappointing half-hearted effort by both Pandian and Krishna. The film has a poorly written script and has neither the music nor the performances to carry it through. Only the comic elements in the film and Santhanam make it watchable."in.com said, "Pattathu Yaanai is boring! Boopathy Pandian has come up with decade old story again and has stick with the formula of songs, action, sentiment and comedy. The problem is the weak script and lack of strength to integrate all these commercial elements in screenplay properly. He is good at mixing humour at most unexpected circumstances and that’s the only thing that worked to some extent in this film with the help of Santhanam.".
Prashanth Reddy of Desimartini.com said, "Pattathu Yaanai is an action-comedy at heart where momentary spurts of action are just a relief from what would have otherwise been a full-fledged comedy. The film makes more sense when you look at it as a comedy about the exploits of a bunch of wedding caterers who run from trouble and arrive in Tiruchy- only to find more trouble." and added "But because of the film's "mass entertainer" aspirations, it brings in utterly unnecessary characters, like the heroine, who adds no value to the story, besides being heavily detrimental. In spite of it, the film still manages to entertain and how- thanks to the one man who has been consistently delivering time and again: Santhanam,".
Behindwoods said, "Vishal has sincerely delivered what is expected from him. If you were to expect Vishal to showcase his six pack abs, you would be disappointed but the twist in the tale comes from the villain who removes his shirt to flaunt his chiseled torso. Action scenes though well choreographed, offers nothing new." and added "Aishwarya Arjun looks emaciated but fits into her docile role. Pattathu Yaanai is an apt vehicle for the debutante and there is not much for her to demonstrate in the department of histrionics."
Indiaglitz.com said, "Pattathu Yaanai' is the same old wine. If you have to consider the exclusion of Chennai city in the story, casting the heroine as a high school girl, instead of a college student and villain gang with a light sense of humour, then it is old wine in new bottle."
Contents
- 1 Plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Production
- 4 Choreography
- 5 Release
- 6 Soundtrack
- 7 Track listing
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Plot
Sivakumar (Vishal) is an ordinary guy who owns a mobile sales and service center in Madurai who falls for a school teacher Malar (Lakshmi Menon). His father Kalyanasundaram (Bharathiraja), a retired government employee shows much care on Sivakumar's elder brother. Meanwhile there is big mafia gang led by Simmakkal Ravi (Sharath Lohitashwa), who rules Madurai with an iron fist. Sethu (Vikranth), a friend of Siva helps him woo Malar. Sethu helps his ex-lover amudha (krithi shetty) to escape from the chief henchmen of Ravi. Sivakumar's brother, an honest government officer gets into Ravi's bad books and is killed by Ravi. Siva learns that Sethu is also killed by Ravi and is infuriated. Now, the helpless father and the meek son draw up separate plans to eliminate Ravi. Kalyanasundaram hires a hit-squad to do his bidding while Sivakumar monitors Ravi's activities closely, biding his time for the right moment. The hit squad makes a failed attempt at Ravi and he in turn tracks the source down to an 'old man' (Kalyanasundaram). Just as Kalyanasundaram is about to be 'found out' in a trap set by Ravi, Sivakumar interferes and manages to secure his father out without his knowledge. Sivakumar continues to be on Ravi's heels but he too gets exposed and the story culminates with Sivakumar mustering up all his courage strength out of his survival instinct and kills all of Ravi's associates and Ravi himself. Sivakumar also manages to retrieve the cash his father had paid to the hit-squad; this let's Kalyanasundaram know that Sivakumar was the one responsible for Ravi's death.Cast
- Vishal as Sivakumar Kalyanasundaram
- Bharathiraja as Kalyanasundaram
- Lakshmi Menon as Malarvizhi Chidambaram
- Soori as Ganesan/Doubt
- Vikranth as Sethu (Guest appearance)
- Sharath Lohitashwa as Simmakkal Ravi
- Harish Uthaman as Bharani
- Guru Somasundaram as Nagaraj (Sivakumar's brother)
- V. I. S. Jayapalan
- Muthuraman as Raasu
- Tulasi as Sivagami Chidambaram
- Krithi Shetty as Amudha
- Soumya Satish as Amudha Kalyanasundaram
- Baby Rakshana as Pooja
- Bava Lakshmanan
Production
In March, 2013 Vishal Krishna announced that he is going work with Suseenthiran in a film, tipped to be a commercial action entertainer and the crew will be more or less the same that worked in Suseenthiran’s Naan Mahaan Alla, which was of the same genre. After that Suseenthiran confirmed that Vishal will act and also produce this movie under his home banner Vishal Film Factory. After some days they announced the title as Pandianadu and the cast and crew. Lakshmi Menon was selected to play love interest of Vishal and D. Imman was signed to score the music. Vikranth was cast in a pivotal role along with Soori and Aaranya Kaandam Soma Sundaram. Bharathiraja was signed to play Vishal's father in the film. Shooting started on 15 May 2013 in parts of Madurai, Virudhunagar, Coonoor, Pollachi and Tiruchirappalli. The major shooting took place in Virudhunagar for nearly 20 days. Further action plots were taken in the town. It was the third film to be shot in Virudhunagar, after Veyil and Renigunta. The film was said to be shot in 4k resolution making it the second Tamil film after Sivaji.Choreography
The songs have been choreographed by Dance Master Shobi.Release
The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Raj TV for 10 crore, though Vishal's films were generally brought for 6 – 7 crore as an average. The film was initially given a "U/A" certificate by the Indian Censor Board, but later it was given a "U" certificate. Pandiya Naadu released on November 2 alongside All in All Azhagu Raja. It released in 350+ screens in Tamil Nadu and its Telugu Dubbed version (Palnadu) released in 450 screens, while overseas it released in 70 screens adding up to 870+ screens worldwide. The film was released in 80 screens in Kerala on November 8, 2013.Critical Reception
The film received positive reviews. Rediff gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and said "What makes Pandianadu remarkable is the director’s realistic approach and the right amount of commercialism supported by a well-written script, good dialogues, great music and excellent all–round performances". Sify wrote, "The jaded revenge formula in commercial cinema is reinvented by Suseenthiran with Pandiya Nadu. The story is the tried and tested revenge theme, but the impact it is able to create is terrific. The film keeps you hooked till the end due to Suseenthiran’s script, fabulous performances from the lead actors and believability factor". IANS wrote, "Pandiya Naadu unarguably is a better film compared to other two Diwali releases. It's a quintessential revenge drama supported by taut narration and wonderful performances. The film is a winner because of Suseenthiran, who knows exactly how to use his craft and never let goes off an opportunity to pleasantly surprise the audience". Indiaglitz rated 3/5. Behindwoods gave 3.25 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Pandianadu is a well written commercial film backed by remarkable performances and lives up to its dark-horse label prior to its release". Cinemaead gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, " Pandianadu is the perfect diwali outing and it is an edge of the seat entertainer which engages you from the start till the end.".Times of AP rated 3.5/5 and stated "Edge of the seat revenge action thriller". Rohit Penumatsa rated 3.5/5 and stated "tightly scripted and has some of the best action sequences in recent times". Sulekha.com rates 3/5 and states "Suseenthiran has played it to Vishal's strength. Pandiyaa Naadu makes it big thanks to the package".
The film also received positive feedback from fans as well.
Box office
The film collected ₹38.12 lakh from 156 shows in its opening weekend in Chennai and opened behind the other releases Arrambam and All in All Azhagu Raja. After seven weeks, the total collections at the Chennai box office were estimated at ₹3.81 crores and the film was termed a "hit" by Behindwoods.com.Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by D. Imman collaborating with Suseenthiran for the first time. It was also the first Vishal film he worked on. The audio release function was held on October 13 at Chennai's Satyam Cinemas. The single Track "Othakkada Machaan" was released in September. Behindwoods wrote:"Trademark Imman sounds packed with some amount of punch". Indiaglitz wrote:"Imman score again".Sources from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishal
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