Vettaikaaran (2009 film)
| Vettaikaran | |
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| File:Vettaikkaran.jpg | |
| Directed by | B. Babusivan |
| Produced by | M. Balasubramanian B. Gurunath Meiyappan |
| Starring | Vijay Anushka Shetty Srihari Salim Ghouse Sayaji Shinde Sanchitha Padukone |
| Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Vijay Antony |
| Distributed by | Sun Pictures |
Release date | December 18, 2009 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | 15 crores |
Vettaikaran (2009) (Tamil: வேட்டைக்கரன்; English: Hunter) is a Tamil feature film directed by B. Babusivan who with Vettaikkaaran makes 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 background score and soundtrack, composed by Vijay Antony, was released on September 23, 2009. Vettaikaran was released on December 18.
Cast
- Vijay as Ravi
- Anushka Shetty as Susheela
- Srihari as Devaraj
- Sayaji Shinde as Kattabomman
- Salim Ghouse as Vedanayagam
- Sanchita Padukone as Uma
- Sathyan as Suku
- Ravishankar as Chella Vedanayagam
- Srinath as Valayapatti
- Jason Sanjay in a Special Appearance
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 announced in August 2008 with the title Vettaikkaaran taken from the 1964 Tamil film starring M. G. Ramachandran.[1]
Until after the Vijay-starrer Villu released in January 2009, Vettaikaran 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 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 later, AVM Productions chose B. Babusivan to be the director of the film.[2][3]
Several actresses were considered to essay the lead female role with Shriya Saran, Tamanna Bhatia,[4] Ileana D'Cruz,[5] Bhavana Balachandran, Asin Thottumkal,[6] Nayantara,[4][5] and Anushka Shetty[7] 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.[8] 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 Vettaikaran 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 100 junior artists.[9] A stunt sequence was filmed in Alwarpet and adjacent areas. An action scene involving Vijay was choreographed along with stunt artists. The song "Puli Urumudhu" was filmed in the south side of Chennai and Madurai.
Soundtrack
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The film's soundtrack was released September 23, 2009 at Lady Andal School.[10]It was released by S. Shankar and K. S. Ravikumar, while the function was attended by K. Bhagyaraj, Sibiraj, Srikanth, Nakul, Karunas, S. Dharani, Karthi, Vishal and Perarasu. 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 | |
| 2 | Oru Chinna Thamarai | Krish, Suchithra | 4:36 | Vivega | Extras: Dinesh Kanagarathnam, Bone Killer, Ramya |
| 3 | Nan Aadicha | Shankar Mahadevan, Ashwath Ajith | 4:37 | Kabilan | Intro song featuring Vijay and Jason Sanjay |
| 4 | Karigalan Kala | Surchith, Sangeetha Rajeshvaran | 4:17 | Kabilan | |
| 5 | Oru Chinna Thamarai Remix | Krish, Suchithra | 4:36 | Vivega | |
| 6 | En Uchimandai | Krishna Iyer, Shoba Chandrasekar, Charulatha Mani, Sakthi Sree | 4:12 | Annamalai |
Box office
The movie had mixed reports all over Tamil Nadu and a very poor opening overseas.
References
- ^ 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.
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{{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
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