Vettaikaaran (2009 film)

Vettaikaran
Directed by	Babu Sivan
Produced by	M. Balasubramanian B. Gurunath Meiyappan
Starring	Vijay Anushka Shetty Srihari Salim Ghouse Srinath
Cinematography	Gopinath
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Vijay Antony
Distributed by	Sun Pictures AVM Productions
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vettaikkaaran (Tamil: வேட்டைக்காரன்) is a forthcoming Tamil film directed by Babu Sivan, who directs his first feature film. The film is produced by M. Balasubramanian and B. Gurunath Meiyappan and will be distributed by Sun Pictures. 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. The film is most likely going to be released in October during the Diwali period.

Cast

• Vijay
• Anushka Shetty
• Salim Ghouse
• Srinath
• Sanchitha Padukone
• Srihari

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.

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.

Casting

AVM Productions was on the look out 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.

Several actresses were approached to essay the lead female role with Tamanna Bhatia, Ileana D'Cruz, Bhavana Balachandran, Asin Thottumkal, Nayantara, and Anushka Shetty 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 the peppy number "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. 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 film's title song was choreographed and filmed with Vijay, his son and 90 junior artists. The tight first schedule was completed in Andhra. The second schedule of shooting of the film was in Chennai. 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.

Songs

Music: Vijay Antony

• Naan Adicha (Introduction Song. Sung By Vijay Antony & Sanjay)
• Yetho Naanum
• Karikalan Kalara
• Varatti Thattum