Varmam (film)
| Varmam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | A. S. Lawrence Madhavan |
| Written by | A. S. Lawrence Madhavan |
| Produced by | S. Hanifa S. Arunachalakumar |
| Starring | Akilan Anaka |
| Cinematography | W. Paul Gragory |
| Edited by | J. Jaishankar |
| Music by | Meeralal |
Production company | Crescent Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Varmam is a 2011 Indian Tamil language vigilante film directed by A. S. Lawrence Madhavan. The film features Akilan and Anaka in the lead roles, with Mohan Kumar, Neelakandan, Bhuvana, Soori, Nizhalgal Ravi, Bala Singh and Meera Krishnan playing supporting roles. The film had musical score by Meeralal and was released on 11 February 2011.
Plot
The film begins with a person dressed as a transgender killing a pimp in the middle of the night. A beauty parlour owner is then killed in her parlour. In the meantime, Vidya (Anaka) falls in love with the hardware engineer Siva (Akilan). One day, the textile shop owner Kishore peeps at Siva's neighbour in the change room of his shop, he then blackmails her and forces her to come at his home the same night. That night, Siva saves her and kills the shop owner. The police find out that the killer is Siva and Siva is now on the run. The police find Siva's parents in a remote village and they tell them everything.
In the past, Siva lived happily with his parents and his sister Nandhini. For her studies, Nandhini left her village and stayed in a hostel in the city. Her roommate and her boyfriend Kishore found Nandhini attractive and sold her to the pimp Swamy (Bala Singh). Siva came to the hostel with gifts to celebrate her birthday, but he was disappointed that Nandhini wasn't there and left the place. Meanwhile, Nandhini was raped multiple times by various customers and Swamy decided to sell her to a politician. That night, in a car, Nandhini escaped from there half-naked and the customer was killed. Siva who was on the bus noticed her and Swamy and the car driver followed her but she ended up impaled on spikes. A heartbroken Siva incinerated her body that night. A vengeful Siva then killed the car driver (the pimp), her roommate (beauty parlour owner) and Kishore.
Siva's next target is none other than Swamy who is now a corrupt politician. The police arrest Swamy for pimping but he is soon released by the court. Siva then kidnaps Swamy and takes him at the place where his sister was cremated. The film ends with Siva killing Swamy.
Cast
- Akilan as Siva
- Anaka as Vidya
- Mohan Kumar
- Neelakandan
- Bhuvana as Nandhini
- Soori as Guna
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Chidambaram, Siva's father
- Bala Singh as Swamy
- Meera Krishnan as Siva's mother
- Neelu
- Hema
- Lalitha Paatti
- Crane Manohar as Muniswamy
- Scissor Manohar as Auto rickshaw driver
- Muthukaalai as Deliveryman
- C. Ganesan
- Kumarbala
- Mullai
- Cheyyar Selvadurai
- R. Umadevi
- Dhyana as Journalist
- Telephone Raj as Asari
- Risha in a special appearance
Production
After directing the film Prathi Gnayiru 9.30 to 10.00 (2006), M. S. Anbu started his new project Mittai in 2008 under the banner of B Team Players.[1] Kadhal Seiya Virumbu fame Santhosh, Pirappu fame Prabha and Unni Maya were chosen to play the lead roles.[2][3][4] The poster of the film showing the heroine getting married to both the heroes had stirred a controversy. The poster had evoked protests and the film director M. S. Anbu received murders treats. Speaking about the controversy, the film director said, "The poster had my heroine striking a pose with the heroes in wedding costume. While some people praised me for the concept, some others from certain organisations felt offended. These people felt that a girl getting married to two people is against Tamil culture. But I told them it was inappropriate to come to a conclusion without even seeing the film".[5][6][7]
https://www.tamilnow.com/magazine/varmam-a-suspense-thriller-462.html https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/2591/cinema/Kollywood/Varmam-movie-preview.htm https://www.dinamani.com/cinema/2010/aug/27/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-232362.html
Soundtrack
| Varmam | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Meeralal | |
| Released | 2011 |
| Recorded | 2011 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 17:26 |
| Producer | Meeralal |
The soundtrack was composed by film composer Meeralal. The soundtrack, released in 2011, features 4 tracks.
All lyrics are written by Kavimukil
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Excuse Me Da" | 4:33 |
| 2. | "Thathom Thadikinathom" | 3:38 |
| 3. | "Anbe Engal" | 5:04 |
| 4. | "Kichchu Thambulam" | 4:11 |
| Total length: | 17:26 | |
Release
Kungumam praised the performance of Akilan.[8]
https://web.archive.org/web/20140813224227/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/63848.html http://kungumam.co.in/VArticalinnerdetail.aspx?id=171&id1=45&issue=20110214 https://cinema.dinamalar.com/movie-review/516/varmam/
References
- ^ "டைரக்டர்களையும் விட்டுவைக்கவில்லை நியூமராலாஜி!" [mittai director MS Anbu changes his name] (in Tamil). Dinamalar. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "A heroine with two husbands!". behindwoods.com. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "MITTAI MOVIE PREVIEW". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Mittai - fresh and sweet". indiaglitz.com. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "1 பெண், 2 கணவர்கள்! மீண்டும் சர்ச்சை" [Controversy over Mittai posters] (in Tamil). filmibeat.com. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "மிட்டாய் பட டைரக்டருக்கு கொலை மிரட்டல்" [Murder threat to Mittai movie director] (in Tamil). Dinamalar. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "Mittai is a beautiful love story". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ^ "மிட்டாய்" [Mittai] (in Tamil). Kungumam. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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