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According to an interview with director [[Babu Sivan]] published by Vikadan Magazines, he claimed that this time the story will have a fresh new plot. Vijay is said to have the role of a normal boy from a village who goes to the city to bring injustice towards the evil lurking around. Vijay will also don the role of the comedian with some other actors, and Babu Sivan himself claims that it will have some of the most funniest moments this year. All stunt sequences had been recorded until they were perfect, and all the tunes were composed according to the situations and atmosphere by [[Vijay Antony]] (which has become a great success ever since the album was officially released). The film will definitely have a new style with plenty of comedy, romance and realistic stunts as well as over-the-top action to create one of the most enjoyable mass masala hit film this year, claims the confident director. |
According to an interview with director [[Babu Sivan]] published by Vikadan Magazines, he claimed that this time the story will have a fresh new plot. Vijay is said to have the role of a normal gay boy from a village who goes to the city to bring injustice towards the evil lurking around. Vijay will also don the role of the comedian with some other actors, and Babu Sivan himself claims that it will have some of the most funniest moments this year. All stunt sequences had been recorded until they were perfect, and all the tunes were composed according to the situations and atmosphere by [[Vijay Antony]] (which has become a great success ever since the album was officially released). The film will definitely have a new style with plenty of comedy, gay romance and realistic stunts as well as over-the-top action to create one of the most enjoyable mass masala hit film this year, claims the confident director. |
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Revision as of 19:01, 16 October 2009
| Vettaikaran | |
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| File:Vettaikkaran.jpg | |
| Directed by | Babu Sivan |
| Produced by | M.Balasubramaniam B.Gurunath Meiyappan |
| Starring | Vijay Anushka Shetty Srihari Salim Ghouse Srinath |
| Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Vijay Antony |
| Distributed by | Sun Pictures AVM Productions |
Release date | January 14, 2010 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | 40 Crores |
Vettaikkaaran (Tamil: வேட்டைக்காரன்) is a forthcoming Tamil feature film directed by débutante film director Babu Sivan. The film is produced by M. Balasubramanian and B. Gurunath Meiyappan. The film will star Vijay and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles. The film's background score and soundtrack will be composed by Vijay Antony while Gopinath will be the film's main cinematographer and V. T. Vijayan as the film's editor. The film was launched in February 2009 and the shooting for the film commenced the following month.
Cast
Production
Development
During the filming of Kuruvi, which also starred Joseph Vijay and was directed by Dharani, Babu Sivan 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 announced in August 2008 with the title Vettaikkaaran taken from the 1964 Tamil film starring M. G. Ramachandran.[5]
Until after the Vijay-starrer Villu released in January 2009, Vettaikkaaran was formally launched the next month at the Vinayagar Temple, a privatized Hindu temple located in one of the studios of AVM Productions. The film's director Babu Sivan, 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 inaugration.[6]
Casting
AVM Productions was on the lookout for a director at first, with commercial value. Perarasu and Hari were mentioned, but later, AVM Productions chose Babu Sivan to be the director of the film.[7][8]
Several actresses were approached to essay the lead female role with Tamanna Bhatia,[9] Ileana D'Cruz,[10] Bhavana Balachandran, Asin Thottumkal,[11] Nayantara,[9][10] and Anushka Shetty[12] 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", which was regarded as one of the best songs composed in 2008. Cinematographer Gopinath was chosen to be the lead cameraman in the film after Ravi Varman was dropped out from the film.[13] V. T. Vijayan was also signed as the film's editor while Milan has been signed to serve as the film's art director.
Filming
Filming for Vettaikkaaran began on March 9, 2009 The filming took place in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh where the film's title song was choreographed and filmed with Vijay, his son and 90 junior artists.[14] A stunt sequence was filmed a couple of days back in Alwarpet and adjacent areas. An action scene involving Vijay was choreographed along with stunt artists.[15]
Plot
According to an interview with director Babu Sivan published by Vikadan Magazines, he claimed that this time the story will have a fresh new plot. Vijay is said to have the role of a normal gay boy from a village who goes to the city to bring injustice towards the evil lurking around. Vijay will also don the role of the comedian with some other actors, and Babu Sivan himself claims that it will have some of the most funniest moments this year. All stunt sequences had been recorded until they were perfect, and all the tunes were composed according to the situations and atmosphere by Vijay Antony (which has become a great success ever since the album was officially released). The film will definitely have a new style with plenty of comedy, gay romance and realistic stunts as well as over-the-top action to create one of the most enjoyable mass masala hit film this year, claims the confident director.
Soundtrack
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The film's soundtrack was released September 23, 2009 at Lady Andal School.[16]It was released by Shankar and K.S.Ravi Kumar. Many other actors and actresses as well as directors, producers and music directors were present at the function.
| Track | Song | Singers | Length (Min:Sec) | Lyrics | Notes |
| 1 | Puli Urumudhu | Ananthu, Mahesh Vinayakram | 4:18 | Kabilan | A gritty song synced in with a dramatic and violent scene |
| 2 | Chinna Thamarai | Krish, Suchithra | 4:36 | Vivega | Extras: Dinesh Kanagarathhinam, Bone Killer, Ramya |
| 3 | Nan Adicha | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:37 | Kabilan | Intro song with BGM vocals from Ramya |
| 4 | Karigalan | Surchith, Sangeetha Rajeshvaran | 4:17 | Kabilan | A peppy folk song with a nice beat |
| 5 | Chinna Thamarai Remix | Krish, Suchithra | 4:36 | Vivega | Slow, melodic piece with extra harmonic fill ins |
| 6 | Uchi Mandai | Krishna Iyer, Shoba Chandrasekar, Charulathamani, Sakthi Sree | 4:12 | Annamalai | A modern pop song |
References
- ^ "Vijay gets more salary after Rajni". Yahoo. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/apr-09-02/vettaikaran-10-04-09.html
- ^ http://www.movies.nanbargal.com/news/actor-vijay-got-vettaikaaran-distribution-rights-in-chennai.html
- ^ http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14882719
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/40978.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/45228.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".
{{cite web}}: Text "year" ignored (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/45526.html
- ^ "Vijay's Fights song release on sep 14 chief guest super star rajinikanth and kamal hasaan". Behindwoods. 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- ^ http://www.ayngaran.com/frame.php?iframepath=home.php