Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga
| Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga | |
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| Directed by | M. Rajesh |
| Written by | M. Rajesh |
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| Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
| Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
| Music by | D. Imman |
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Running time | 158 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga (transl. Vasu and Saravanan studied together) also known by the initialism VSOP, is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh. The film stars Arya, Tamannaah Bhatia, Santhanam and Muktha. It revolves around the friendship between Vasu and Saravanan, and the situations they find themselves in due to their romantic entanglements.
Arya produced the film through his studio The Show People, associating with Prasad V. Potluri's PVP Cinema. The soundtrack was composed by D. Imman. Nirav Shah and Vivek Harshan handled cinematography and editing, respectively. The film began production in November 2014 and wrapped in June 2015. It was released on 14 August 2015.
Plot
[edit]Vaasu and Saravanan are best friends. When Vaasu's marriage was going to be fixed with Seema, Saravanan wanted to first interview Seema to see if she is a suitable bride for Vaasu. A series of comedic incidents happen during the interview and during the marriage of Vasu and Seema, which angers and embarrasses Seema. To make matters worse, Saravanan plays a prank during Vaasu's marriage night, which makes Vaasu end up in hospital with a broken disc.
An angry Seema wants Vaasu to break his friendship with Saravanan and declares that nothing between them until then. Vaasu does not want to break his friendship with Saravanan directly as to not hurt Saravanan's feelings. He gets the help of his friend Gautham, who tells him to get Saravanan married. Vaasu helps Saravanan get a girlfriend in the hopes that the girlfriend will be a reason to end the friendship. Saravanan and Vaasu go to happymarriage.com, where Saravanan falls for Aishwarya Balakrishnan, who works there.
Aishwarya, who initially dislikes Saravanan, eventually agrees to his love. As Saravanan had interviewed Seema before she married Vaasu, Vaasu interviews Aishwarya at a café. A fight breaks out between Aishwarya and Vaasu, forcing Saravanan to choose between the two. Saravanan chooses Aishwarya and breaks his friendship with Vaasu. Vaasu later exits the café dramatically but secretly enjoys outside by dancing.
Vaasu reunites with Seema, but minutes later, Saravanan appears, revealing that he was only lying in front of Aishwarya that he had broken their friendship. Seema feels cheated as Vaasu had promised Seema upon their future child that their friendship was cut. Seema is furious and leaves to her mother's place. Vaasu gets irritated and tells Saravanan to leave and never show his face again.
That night, Gautham tells Vaasu that Saravanan had broken up with Aishwarya for him. Vaasu immediately rushes to see him, and they reunite. They decide to start a club of men who have been cheated by their wives or girlfriends. This turns out to be successful. They are also supported by Akila Chechi, the leader of Akila Indian Men Security Club. Then, Assistant Commissioner Vetrivel arrives and tells the trio to join up with their wives by lying that they have their friendship cut.
Cast
[edit]- Arya as Saravanan
- Tamannaah Bhatia as Aishwarya Balakrishnan, Saravanan's love interest
- Santhanam as Vaasu
- Muktha as Seema, Vaasu's wife
- Karunakaran as Gautham
- Vidyullekha Raman as Kausalya
- Sayaji Shinde as Ashok
- Pattimandram Raja as Balakrishnan
- Siddharth Vipin as Ashwin
- Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Moorthy
- Swaminathan as Point to Point Padmanabhan
- Shakeela as Akila Cheichi
- Jyothi Lakshmi as Lakshmi
- Renuka as Kamatchi
- Surekha as Ambujam
- Supergood Subramani as Museum Security
- Brindha Das as Sudha
- Heera as Pooja
- Ratheesh Nambiar as Rahul Varma
- C. Ranganathan as Doctor
- Cameo appearance
- Mahanadi Shankar as Police Officer
- Vishal as Assistant Commissioner Vetrivel
- Lakshmi Menon as Lakshmi, Vetrivel's wife (voiceover only)
Production
[edit]In November 2013, Arya agreed to finance and star in the lead role of director M. Rajesh's next venture, with Santhanam also brought in to the project to play a supporting role. Nayanthara was also reported to be a part of the film and an official press statement was released during the same month, stating that filming would begin in late 2014 after Arya had finished his ongoing commitments.[1] In March 2014, Rajesh revealed that it would be a sequel to their successful comedy film Boss Engira Bhaskaran (2010) and that Tamannaah Bhatia would also play a new character in the franchise.[2] Nayanthara later opted out of the film, and Rajesh began re-working the script.[3] In October 2014, Rajesh then announced that the film would not be a sequel to his previous film and that it would be a new script.[4]
A launch event was held on 21 November 2014 and the team began production on the same day, with scenes involving Arya and Bhatia shot.[5] The film's title was revealed as Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga later that month,[6] along with the initialism "VSOP". Rajesh denied that the initialism was chosen after Very Special Old Pale, calling it coincidence.[7] Filming wrapped in June 2015.[8]
Music
[edit]D. Imman composed the soundtrack. This is his 75th film as music composer.[citation needed]
| Title | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Length |
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| "Adada Onnum Solladha" | Benny Dayal, Shakthisree Gopalan | Na. Muthukumar | 04:26 |
| "Lucka Maattikkichi" | Dholak Gana Jagan, Senthildass Velayutham, Palaniammal | Rokesh | 04:40 |
| "Naa Romba Busy" | Neeti Mohan, Santhosh Hariharan, Sharanya Gopinath | Na. Muthukumar | 04:36 |
| "Sona Sona" | Armaan Malik, Varun Parandhaman, Maria Roe Vincent | 04:30 | |
| "Vasuvum Saravananum" | Sooraj Santhosh, Kailash Kher | 04:31 |
Release and reception
[edit]Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga was released on 14 August 2015.[9] S. Saraswathi of Rediff.com gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote that "the offending script make Rajesh's Vaasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga a silly and tasteless film that does not deserve your time."[10] The Times of India gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "What Rajesh has done is [..] taking bits and pieces from his previous successful films and giving us a new film that feels familiar. The only difference is that he manages to succeed... to an extent".[11] Kirubhakar Purushothaman of India Today rated 1 star and criticised that "Rajesh's two-and-half-hour script has nothing, but female bashing, making fun of plus-sized women, double-meaning-ed, innuendo-ed dialogues and absurd one-liners, which are sweet-coated as humour".[12] Baradwaj Rangan wrote in The Hindu, "With such a premise, and with these overgrown adolescents in every frame, why isn't the film a series of Dumb and Dumber-style physical-comedy sketches? Why the flabby romantic passages, with mood-killing songs during which everyone in the theatre returns to whatever game they were playing on their phones?"[13]
References
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- ^ "'Boss Engira Bhaskaran' Team Reunites for Sequel". The New Indian Express. IANS. 20 March 2014. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "Arya and Tamannaah in Rajesh's Next". Silverscreen.in. 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Arya-Tamannah pair up for Rajesh". The Times of India. 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Arya-Tamannaah film kick starts in Chennai". Sify. 22 November 2014. Archived from the original on 23 November 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Kolly Buzz [@KollyBuzz] (24 November 2014). "Correction: #Arya, @tamannaahspeaks movie title is "Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga" #VSOP" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025 – via Twitter.
- ^ Karthik, Janani (28 November 2014). "VSOP has no connection with liquor". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Shooting of Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga comes to an end". LiveChennai. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ "Arya-Santhanam 'VSOP' Starrer Gets U Certificate". The New Indian Express. 1 August 2015. Archived from the original on 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ Saraswathi, S (17 August 2015). "Review: Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga makes you cringe". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Suganth, M (15 August 2015). "Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Movie Review". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Purushothaman, Kirubhakar (15 August 2015). "VSOP review: Vaasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga is a U-rated obscenity". India Today. Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (14 August 2015). "VSOP: Where are the laughs?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
