Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga
| Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga | |
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| Directed by | M. Rajesh |
| Written by | M. Rajesh |
| Produced by | Arya |
| Starring | Arya Tamannaah Santhanam Bhanu Vidyullekha Raman Karunakaran |
| Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
| Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
| Music by | D. Imman |
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Running time | 158 minutes and 12 seconds |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga (English Translation: Vasu and Saravanan Studied Together) is an Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh. It features Arya and Tamannaah in lead roles while Santhanam plays a prominent role. Actor Vishal made a cameo appearance in this film. Arya himself is producing the film under his production company 'The Show People' associating with Prasad V Potluri's PVP cinema.
The soundtrack was composed by D. Imman. Nirav Shah and Vivek Harshan handled cinematography and editing, respectively. The film began production in November 2014 and was released on 14 August 2015.
Plot
Vasu and Saravanan are best friends. Vasu's wife wants Vasu to break his friendship with Saravanan. Vasu does not want to break his friendship with Saravanan directly as to not hurt Saravanans feelings. He gets the help of Gautham who tells him to bring a girl into Saravanan's life. Vasu helps Saravanan to get a girlfriend in the hopes that the girlfriend will be a reason to end the friendship.Saravanan and Vasu goes to Happy Marriage.com where saravanan falls for Aishwarya.
Cast
- Arya as Saravanan
- Santhanam as Vasu
- Vishal as Assistant Commissioner Vetri Vel (Cameo)
- Tamannaah as Aishwarya Balki
- Bhanu as Seema
- Karunakaran as Gautham
- Vidyullekha Raman as Kausalya
- Sayaji Shinde as Ashok
- Pattimandram Raja as Balakrishnan
- Siddharth Vipin as Ashwin
- Renuka as Kamatchi
- Brindha Das as Sudha
- Venniradai Moorthy as Moorthy
- Swaminathan as Point to Point Padmanabhan
- Surekha as Ambujam
- Heera as Pooja
- Jyothi Lakshmi as Lakshmi
- Shakeela as Akila Cheichi
- 'Mahanadhi' Shankar as Police Officer (Cameo)
- Supergood Subramani as Museum Security
- Ratheesh Nambiar as Rahul Varma
Production
In November 2013, Arya agreed to finance and star in the lead role of director M. Rajesh's next venture, with Santhanam also brought in to the project to play a supporting role. Nayantara was also reported to be a part of the film and an official press statement was released during the same month, stating that filming would begin in late 2014 after Arya had finished his ongoing commitments.[1] In March 2014, Rajesh revealed that it would be a sequel to their successful comedy film Boss Engira Bhaskaran (2010) and that Tamannaah would also play a new character in the franchise.[2] Nayantara later opted out of the film, and Rajesh began re-working the script.[3] In October 2014, Rajesh then announced that the film would not be a sequel to his previous film and that it would be a new script.[4]
A launch event was held on 21 November 2014 and the team began production on the same day, with scenes involving Arya and Tamannaah shot.[5] The cast and crew list was also revealed with Bhanu, Karunakaran and Vidyullekha Raman also included in the film.[6] The movie title has been revealed as Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga on 24 November.[7] The logo took on the theme of alcoholic beverages, as the logo was an image of a beer bottle cap and the title itself was a play on its contraction "VSOP", which normally abbreviated to its description of certain types of brandy, "very superior old pale". It was known that Prasad V Potluri is also producing the film under his banner PVP cinema along with Arya's 'The Show People'.[8]
Soundtrack
D. Imman, composed the musical score and soundtrack of this movie. Behindwoods rated 2.5 out of 5 and stated "VSOP is sorta catchy but lacks the Fizz".[9]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adada Onnum Solladha | Benny Dayal, Shakthisree Gopalan | 04:26 |
| 2 | Lucka Maattikkichi | Dholak Gana Jagan, Senthildass, Palaniammal | 04:40 |
| 3 | Naa Romba Busy | Santhosh Hariharan, Neeti Mohan, Sharanya Gopinath | 04:36 |
| 4 | Sona Sona | Armaan Malik, Varun Parandhaman, Maria Roe Vincent | 04:30 |
| 5 | Vasuvum Saravananum | Sooraj Santhosh, Kailash Kher | 04:31 |
Release
The satellite rights of the film were sold to STAR Vijay.[10] The official teaser released on 22 July 2015.[11]
Reception
The film received mixed reviews but was praised for the comedy. Rediff gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote that "the offending script make Rajesh’s Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga a silly and tasteless film that does not deserve your time."[12] Indiaglitz gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "This film has many rib tickling, entertaining and engaging moments. But when can we expect an entertainer from Kollywood that does not pass demeaning judgments on women and tease someone for their looks to make others laugh?."[13] The Times of India gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "What Rajesh has done is [..] taking bits and pieces from his previous successful films and giving us a new film that feels familiar. The only difference is that he manages to succeed... to an extent".[14] India Today rated 1 star and criticised that "Rajesh's two-and-half-hour script has nothing, but female bashing, making fun of plus-sized women, double-meaning-ed, innuendo-ed dialogues and absurd one-liners, which are sweet-coated as humour".[15]
References
- ^ "Arya-Rajesh-Santhanam combo is back?". Sify. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ http://m.newindianexpress.com/tamil/281747
- ^ "Arya and Tamannaah in Rajesh's Next — Silverscreen.in". Silverscreen.in. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Arya-Tamannah pair up for Rajesh". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Arya-Tamannaah film kick starts in Chennai". Sify. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Rajesh assures a killer with Arya and Tamannah!". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "VSOP title for Arya, Tamannah project".
- ^ "Tamanaah wants more of Arya". indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga (aka) Vaasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga songs review". Behindwoods. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "VSOP Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Movie Review Rating Collection". Dekh News. 14 August 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "'Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga' (VSOP) Teaser Released; Arya-Santhanam Combo Rocks [VIDEO]". International Business Times, India Edition. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Review: Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga makes you cringe". Rediff. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga review. Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Tamil movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz.com". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "VSOP review: Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga is a U-rated obscenity". intoday.in. Retrieved 17 September 2015.