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This film aided by some massive publicity from Sun Pictures captured the imagination of Vijay fans, but inspite of the publicity it was just an average grosser. It failed to woo the neutrals to the theatres. According to [http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-movies-jan-11/tamil-cinema-topten-movie-vettaikaran.html Behindwoods.com] the film grossed only around 4 Crores in Chennai and was removed from all tres well with in 25 days of release. In last years top 10 blockbusters the film was no where in the reckoning to be top 6 or 7 films according to various media reports, inspite of the hype. |
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Revision as of 06:44, 24 April 2010
| Vettaikaran | |
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| Directed by | B. Babusivan |
| Produced by | M. Balasubramanian B. Gurunath Meiyappan |
| Starring | Vijay Anushka Shetty Srihari Salim Ghouse Sayaji Shinde Sathyan Srinath Cochin Haneefa Sanchitha Padukone |
| Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Vijay Antony |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Sun Pictures[1] |
Release date | December 18, 2009 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | 25 crores |
| Box office | 37 crores |
Vettaikaaran (Template:Lang-ta; Template:Lang-en) is a 2009 Tamil action feature film directed by B. Babusivan marking his debut as a film director. The film is produced by AVM Productions and distributed by Sun Pictures. The film stars Vijay and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles. Gopinath handled cinematography while V. T. Vijayan was the film's editor. The film was launched in February 2009 and the shooting for the film commenced the following month.
The film's plot revolves around a youngster who aims to be a cop just like a local police commissioner whom he idolizes but during the process he is stopped by the evil done to his friends by a local mobster. How he takes revenge on the mob forms the crux of the story. The film's soundtrack, composed by Vijay Antony, was released in September 2009. The film was released in 18 December 2009 across 650 screens along world wide.
Plot
Ravi (Vijay) lives in Tuttukkudi. He aspires to become a cop like police officer Devaraj (Srihari), his role model. After great effort, he manages to pass plus two and he joins a college in Chennai. During the course, he meets Suseela (Anushka Shetty) and falls for her instantly. Thanks to her grandmother, he succeeds in winning Suseela. In Chennai he takes up his studies in a college and also earns his living by riding an auto rickshaw. It is here that his life takes a turn.
He comes across a baddie Chella (Ravishankar) who tries to play spoilsport in the life of his classmate Uma (Sanchita Padukone). Ravi bashes him up. His troubles start as Chella's father Vedanayakam (Salim Ghouse) with the help of Kattabomman (Sayaji Shinde) begin to create havoc in Ravi's life. As Ravi turns to his mentor Devraj for help, he shockingly learns that Devraj's family has died at the hands of Vedanayakam and that Devraj himself has been blinded and is helpless. It is at this stage that Ravi takes up a new persona called "Police" Ravi to clean up the illegal activities of Vedanayakam and instill hope in the public, something that Devraj was unable to do.
In the process, however, Vedanayakam kills Ravi's close friend, prompting Ravi to kill Chella in retribution. Vedanayakam decides soon after to become a minister, knowing that it is the only way to put a stop to Ravi's activities. As Ravi finally plans to kill Vedanayakam, knowing the danger of him becoming a minister, the police arrive to arrest Ravi. However, Ravi sees Devraj in the crowd and shouts Vedanayakam's location to him as he is being arrested, allowing Devraj to shoot and kill Vedanayakam, effectively taking his revenge.
In the end, Devraj is reinstituted into the police force and agrees to make Ravi a police officer. However, Ravi states that he does not need to become one, for he has found the police officer within himself and that is all he needs to succeed in life. The film ends as Ravi happily leaves with Suseela and his friends.
Cast
- Vijay as Ravi
- Anushka Shetty as Susheela
- Srihari as Devaraj IPS
- Sayaji Shinde as Kattabomman
- Salim Ghouse as Vedanayagam
- Sanchita Padukone as Uma
- Sathyan as Sugu
- sai kumar as Chella Vedanayagam
- Srinath as Valayapathi
- Jason Sanjay in a special appearance in Nan Adicha
- Cochin Haneefa as
- Delhi Ganesh as Ravi's father
Production
Development
During the filming of Kuruvi, directed by S. Dharani, B. Babusivan served as one of his prominent assistant directors in the film and wrote the dialogues. Sivan was later prompted to begin his maiden directorial venture with Vijay in the lead role. He was eventually chosen as the director for the next feature film to be produced AVM Productions. The project was originally titled as Police Ravi but in August 2008 it was re-titled as Vettaikkaaran, taken from the 1964 Tamil film starring M. G. Ramachandran.[2]
Vettaikaran was formally launched the next month after the Vijay-starrer Villu released in January 2009, at the Vinayagar Temple, a privatized Hindu temple located in one of the studios of AVM Productions. The film's director Babusivan, producers M. Balasubramaniam and B. Gurunath Meyyappan, Vijay and his wife, Vijay Antony, S. A. Chandrasekhar and director Dharani were present at the film's inauguration.
Casting
Perarasu and Hari were mentioned, but AVM Productions chose B. Babusivan to be the director of the film.[3][4]
Several actresses were considered for the lead female role with Shriya Saran, Tamanna Bhatia,[5] Ileana D'Cruz,[6] Bhavana Balachandran, Asin Thottumkal,[7] Nayantara,[5][6] and Anushka Shetty[8] being considered for the role. Afterwards, Anushka Shetty was finalized to portray the role. Vijay Antony was favoured for the music composer position, who recently scored for the film Kadhalil Vizhunthen and received many accolades for "Nakka Mukka" Cinematographer Gopinath was chosen to be the lead cameraman in the film after Ravi Varman was dropped out from the film.[9] V. T. Vijayan was also signed as the film's editor.
Soundtrack
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Soundtrack listing
| No. | Song | Singers | Length (m:ss) | Lyrics | Picturization |
| 1 | Puli Urumudhu | Ananthu, Mahesh Vinayakram | 4:17 | Kabilan | AVM Studio and Madurai |
| 2 | Chinna Thamarai | Krish, Suchitra | 4:35 | Vivega | Punai |
| 3 | Naan Adicha | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:37 | Kabilan | Raj Mundhir |
| 4 | Karigalan | Surchith, Sangeetha Rajeshwaran | 4:17 | Kabilan | Pollachchi |
| 5 | Uchimandai | Krishna Iyer, Shoba Sekar, Charulatha Mani, Sakthi Sree | 4:12 | Annamalai | AVM Studio |
Box Office
This film aided by some massive publicity from Sun Pictures captured the imagination of Vijay fans, but inspite of the publicity it was just an average grosser. It failed to woo the neutrals to the theatres. According to Behindwoods.com the film grossed only around 4 Crores in Chennai and was removed from all tres well with in 25 days of release. In last years top 10 blockbusters the film was no where in the reckoning to be top 6 or 7 films according to various media reports, inspite of the hype.
SUN Pictures are yet to issue an official statement on the overall gross of this film, the the numbers mentioned by his fan clique are purely hypothetical. Fans are advised to keep Wikipedia page free , maintian the sanctity and restrict their pro hero worshipping and false contents to their fan association websites. Please do not post wrong information here (wikipedia is not a opinionated blog) unless the information comes along with a quote from the distributers concerned from a genuine news website.
References
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1570732/companycredits
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/40978.html
- ^ Karthick ((2009-02-25)-Wednesday). "Wishes to Babu Sivan, all the best in his first film". Naive Expressions. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "Wishes to Babu Sivan, all the best in his first film".
- ^ a b "Race for heroins in Vettaikaran has begin". MirchiGossips. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-16.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Race for heroins in Vettaikaran has begin". MirchiGossips. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-16.[dead link]
- ^ "Asin to act in Vijay's Vettaikkaran Movie". TamilWire. 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ "Anushka Vijay's Lady Love". TamilWire. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ "Ravivarman dropped from Vettaikaran". Poochandi. 2009. Retrieved 2008-02-16.