Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Crew
4 Soundtrack
5 Box office
6 External links
7 References
Plot
There is the innocent Brahmin-boy Satya (Navdeep) who comes from Nagercoil to Chennai to join an engineering college. And then his problems begin one by one when he encounters the dreaded don Adhi Narayanan (Prakash Raj), who is actually Satya's father and his hot-blooded son Kutty (Arya). Satya's girlfriend Sandhya (Samiksha) is accidentally wounded in a shootout between Adhi's gang and his rivals. Satya, on the prodding of ACP Thiagarajan (Adithya) is all set to identify Kutty as the culprit.
Intimidated and threatened by the gang, and in a state of confusion, Satya is shocked when Adhi suddenly changes track, makes friendly overtures to Satya, claiming kinship with him. With Kutty too going overboard with his brotherly overprotective attitude, Satya's life takes a comical and a drastic turn.
Cast
Arya as Kutty
Navdeep as Sathya
Prakash Raj as Adhi Narayanan
Samiksha as Sandhya
Adithya as ACP Thiyagarajan
Krishna as Krishna
Yog Jappi as Mani
'Punnagai Poo' Geetha as Collector(cameo role)
Crew
Story, Screenplay, Direction: Vishnuvardhan
Production: 'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography: Nirav Shah
Editing: A. Sreekar Prasad
Art direction: Remiyan
Stunts: Thiyagarajan
Choreography: Kalyan
Dialogues: N. Ramana Gopinath & S. Neelan @ Neelan.K.Sekar
Costume design: Anu Vardhan
Lyrics: Pa. Vijay & Snehan
Banner: SG Films
Soundtrack
Arinthum Ariyamalum
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released
10 April 2005 (India)
Recorded 2003
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label AVM Audio
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Raam
(2005) Arinthum Ariyamalum
(2005) Daas
(2005)
The soundtrack and film score were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, joining again with director Vishnuvardhan after Kurumbu (2004). The soundtrack was released on 10 April 2005 and features 5 tracks with lyrics penned by Pa. Vijay and Snehan. Yuvan Shankar Raja garnered high praise for the "racy" and "peppy songs", the album becoming one of the most successful albums of 2005, while Behindwoods placed "Yuvan's music in Arindhum Ariyamalum" on the fifth spot in the list of Top 5 Innovations of the year in Tamil cinema. The song "Theepidika", in particular, gained cult status, becoming the "anthem of the season". The album features the singers Mahua Kamat and Anushka Manchanda, former members of the Filmi pop girl group Viva!, foraying into the Tamil Music industry.
Track Song Singer(s) Duration Notes
1 "Yela Yela" Ranjith, Sujatha Mohan 4:13
2 "Konjam Konjam" Mahua Kamat 4:54
3 "Theepidika" Anushka Manchanda, Premji Amaran 4:35 Incorporates elements of the song "Bhoomiyil Maanida" from the 1941 Tamil film Ashok Kumar, featuring the voice of M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar; composed by Papanasam Sivan
4 "En Kannodu" Yuvan Shankar Raja, Nidesh Gopalan 3:25
5 "Sil Sil" Sathyan, Chinmayi 3:53
Box office
The film was a commercial success.It went successfully went on box office for 175-days.vishnuvardhan gains a lot of praise for this film
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 Trivia
5 External links
Plot
Satya (Arya) is told to meet five friends at their old college at Valentine's Day, when his dad comes in a van. Unfortunate Satya in coma. In a physcho test, conducted by doctor (Charuhasan), it turns out that he`s in love with Jothi (Sonia Agarwal) for five years, but never confesses it to her during college days. On the last day of college, his friends and he decided to meet there again after 5 years. But his friends are shocked to see him, his mind is not completely sound. What happen to Satya, does he become alright, and where does Jothi fit in all, this is what this movie is about..
Cast
Arya as Satya
Sonia Agarwal as Jothi
Jaivarma as Chandru
Santhanam
Charuhasan as Doctor
Pyramid Natarajan
Mouli as Principal
Charlie
Sasi
Raja
Nizhalgal Ravi
Thalaivasal Vijay as Taxi driver
Manju
Sai Madhavi
Soundtrack
Oru Kalluriyin Kathai
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released 4 August 2005
Recorded 2005
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 32:06
Label Five Star
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Daas
(2005) Oru Kalluriyin Kathai
(2005) Kanda Naal Mudhal
(2005)
The music, including film score and soundtrack, was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The soundtrack released on 4 August 2005 and features 8 tracks with lyrics penned by Na. Muthukumar.
Track Song Singer(s) Duration Notes
1 "Kadhal Enbathu" Chinmayi, Harish Raghavendra 5:25
2 "Kangal Kalangida" Karthik 4:54
3 "Kangal Kandadhu" KK, Sujatha Mohan 4:50
4 "Pangu Podu" KK, Ranjith 4:04
5 "Unakku Endru Oruthi" Unni Menon 1:07
6 "Dhalappa Kattuda" Sriram 3:03
7 "Kangal Kandadhu" Ganga, Ranjith 4:48
8 "Geetha Mela" Devan, Ranjith, Sounder Rajan 3:55
Trivia
Named by Deepam TV as a top 10 film of 2005.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Critical reception
5 Soundtrack
6 References
7 External links
Plot
A sister in law (Akshaya) falls in love with her brother in law Akhilan (Arya). But he refuses her because he adores his wife (Renuka Menon) and he never would cheat on her. He hides all facts to his wife in order to protect her. Finally the sister in law commits suicide after a tragedy that becomes the climax of the film.
Cast
Arya as Akilan
Renuka Menon as Anbarasi
Akshaya (actress) as Kanmani
Pawan
Ilavarasu
Production
The film, produced by Vishnu Talkies, is scripted and directed by Iger, who has directed some commercials and worked with directors like Velu Prabhakaran, Narayanamurthy and Nanda Periyasami. The film has been shot at locations in Chennai, Nagercoil, Tenkasi, Kutralam and Mahabalipuram.
The film introduces a new music director in Iru, who is based in France and has released many Tamil music albums there. Wielding the camera is R Mathi, with art-work by Milan, and dialogue penned by Balakumaran.Critical reception
Nowrunning wrote:"Kalaba Kadhalan explores relationships, marriage, romance and sex.Importantly, this lurid subject matter is handled subtly where no one gender being offended. Debutant director Igor has made this movie honestly, convincingly and believably. The plot, details, characterization and dialogue are good".
Thiraipadam wrote:"The most surprising thing about Kalaaba Kaadhalan is how boring it is, a poorly-paced screenplay and a weak climax make the film a surprisingly sedate affair"
Indiaglitz wrote:"Igor shows a skill for handling a difficult subject. He traverses the tightrope of seduction and vulgarity quite nicely. Something you don't expect a debutant to do. On the whole, Kalaba Kadhalan is watchable despite some glitches
Soundtrack
Music is composed by newcomer Igor. The soundtrack contains five songs. The audio launch was held on December 12, 2005 at the Satyam complex. The audio was launched by Vikram and received by SJ. Suryah. Producer Council President Mr.Thiagarajan also took part in the function. Along with them the film's hero Arya, director Ighor, producer Nandagopal and many other dignitaries took part in the event. Two songs were screened during the release
Chellame Idhu - Karthik, Sunitha Sarathy
Pattuselai - Krishnaraj, Sriram, Nithyasree
Manmeethu Aangal - Haricharan
Thogai Virithu - Chinmayee
Urugudhe - Andrea
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Music
5 External links
Plot
Burma (Arya) is the son of a driver (Nassar) in a rich man Gurupadom’s (Napoleon) house. Gurupadom is Burma’s role model and his dream is to be like him. But soon his father is framed by Ayra alias Ayravadham (Kadhal Dandapani) the right-hand man of Gurupadom, and unable to bear the humiliation, he commits suicide. Burma grows up in the mean streets to be a gun dealer and waits for an opportunity to enter Gurupadom’s house and take revenge.
Soon he wins over Gurupadom and his only daughter Sangeetha (Kirat Bhattal). But Ayra and Veeravel, Gurupadom’s elder son are tooth and nail opposed to him and fear that he will take over their empire. However Burma uses tact and cunningness to overcome their resentment and wins over Gurupadom’s trust. Slowly, he starts to understand the machinations of the power play in the underworld. He uses Gurupadom’s bitter foe A.K.Swamy (Avinash) to his advantage and causes havoc which leads to a gripping climax.
Cast
Arya as Burma
Napoleon as Gurupadam
Kirat Bhattal as Sangeetha Gurupadam
Kadhal Dandapani as Ayravadam
Avinash as Karuppusamy
Vasundhara as Veena
Ramesh Khanna as Delhi
Ramji as Veeravel Gurupadam
Raaghav as Vetrivel Gurupadam
Srinath
Anoop Kumar as Ramesh
Nassar as Burma's dad
Production
The film was initially titled Veerasagasam, with Vijay entitled to play the lead role.
Music
Title Artist
Naana Idu Naana Kalyani
Mudhal Mudhala Rajesh Krishan & Janani
Ovvoru Pillaiyum Mukesh
Idhu Kadhal Kadhal Rajesh Krishna
Unnai Partha Shalini & Chorus
Yaar Tharuvaar Bharadwaj (Theme Lyric by Saran)
Star Hotel Vendam Kavitha, Mrinalini & Sathyan
Naan Kadavul (English: I am God) is a 2009 Indian Tamil film co-written and directed by Bala. Based on the Tamil novel Yezhaam Ulagam by Jeyamohan—who also penned the dialogues for the film—the film features Arya and Pooja in the lead roles.
The film revolves around Rudran (Arya), who in his childhood was left in Varanasi by his parents only to become an aghori. Years later he is brought back to Tamil Nadu, his homeland where he encounters a new world of physically and mentally challenged beggars. Rudran happens to meet Amsavalli (Pooja), a blind girl being controlled by Thandavan, a local thug and his henchmen. In the end, Rudran kills Thandavan and joins his mentor in Varanasi.
The film produced by K. S. Sreenivasan and jointly distributed by Vasan Visual Ventures and Pyramid Saimira, had background score and soundtrack composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Arthur A. Wilson handled the cinematography while Suresh Urs looks after the editing. The film had been in making for over three years, finally released on 6 February 2009. Upon release the film received rave reviews and critical acclaim, winning two National Film Awards, including the Best Director Award for Bala, four Vijay Awards, three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and one Filmfare Award. It was equally successful at the box office.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Releas
6 References
7 External links
Plot
For astrological reasons, a father leaves his son Rudran (Arya) in Kasi. Fourteen years later, repenting his act he goes with his daughter in search of him. He finds him there but is shocked to learn that he has become an Aghori, a cannibalistic character who gives moksha and prevents the soul from getting rebirth. Nevertheless he brings him back to Tamil Nadu. The story takes a turn here and introduces us to the world of physically and mentally challenged beggars. A world controlled by the cruel Thandavan (Rajendran). Hamsavalli (Pooja Umashankar) a blind girl is forcefully separated from her troop and made to join the beggars. Soon she becomes another victim of Thandavan's cruelty. Meanwhile, Rudran leaves his house to find his place on a small cave, and soon meets Hamsavalli, who tries her best to convince him to return home, but fails. Thandavan then takes a deal with a Malayali man of the same profession to sell some of the beggars.The Malayali guy forcefully takes the beggars away,although they want to stay with the rest of the beggars. He returns again,but this time to force Hamsavalli to marry an ugly, deformed man for 10-lakhs worth of money. Thandavan orders his men to bring Hamsavalli but they take Hamsavalli to Rudran to help her. Rudran kills the Malayali guy and is also arrested by the local Police. This agitates Thandavan and he orders the Police man to release Rudran so that he can kill him. In the mean time Thandavan also finds Hamsavalli and on one incident, Hamsavalli refuses to marry the deformative,which angers him and he runs away without marrying her. This angers Thandavan, who deeply wounds her. Rudran is shown wounded in his forehead with blood oozing out. Flashback opens where Thandavan appears face to face with Rudran. In the fight between the two, Rudran kills Thandavan. Rudran's wound in the forehead is caused due to the fight. She later goes crying to Rudran to somehow free from this curse and also prevent her from rebirth. The aghori then kills her and grants her moksha. In the final scene Rudran returns to Kasi.
Cast
Arya as Rudran
Pooja as Hamsavalli
Rajendran as Thandavan
Krishnamoorthy as Murugan
Azhagan Thamizhmani as Rudran's father
Singampuli
Aacharya Ravi
Rasaiya Kannan
Production
After the release of Pithamagan (2003), Bala began to work on a script for a film that would star Ajith Kumar in the lead role and produced by A. M. Rathnam.Ajith signed a contract for the film stating that he would work in the film for 150 days, and the project was titled Naan KadavulHowever Ratnam, the producer of the film dropped out in December 2004, opting to concentrate on his Telugu film Bangaram and his son's venture, Kedi. Early sources indicated that Cleeny, sister of actress Gopika, would play the lead role in the film although this later proved to be untrue and Meera Jasmine was selected. As pre-production work continued, Ajith grew his hair for the role and subsequently appeared in a song in the much-delayed film, Varalaru with the long hair he grew for Naan Kadavul, when doing patchwork. The film was briefly shelved in August 2005 and Ajith moved on to sign other films such as P. Vasu's Paramasivan, which was initially set to be produced by Bala, and Perarasu's Thirupathi. The film then re-emerged and in April 2006, Bala announced the technical crew of the film revealing that Arthur A. Wilson would be cinematographer, Krishnamoorthy as art director and that Ilaiyaraaja would score the film's music. Pre-production on the film began in early 2006, with Bala's assistants already scouting for ideal filming locations in the city of Varanasi.Ajith announced that the shoot of the film would start in the city in May 2006, with the actor refusing to speculate the story of the film However as the film yet again failed to take off, Ajith finally pulled out of the project in June 2006 stating he could wait no longer for Bala.
Suriya was named as a potential replacement, but the actor was committed to several other films during the period. It was reported that Narain, who also made his debut with Chithiram Pesuthadi, would do the role but producers wanted a more saleable name, and hence Arya was signed up. Arya was eager to appear in the film but had already given dates to Saran for Vattaram, and unsuccessfully attempted to drop out of that film to allott dates for Naan Kadavul. Saran's refusal meant that Arya had to wait and complete the film before joining Bala's team. Bhavana was signed for the film after the success of Chithiram Pesuthadi, replacing Meera Jasmine. Ravi, director of Vignesh starrer Aacharya and Kannan, director of Raasaiyya, made their debuts as actors with this film. Rajendran, a fight master who earlier appeared in a small role in director Bala's previous film Pithamagan was selected to play main villain thus making his debut as full-fledged actor.The film was consequently launched in June 2006 at Hotel Green Park, Chennai with P. L. Thenappan's Sri Rajalakshmi Films as producers.
The photo shoot of the film was held in August 2006 with Arya and Bhavana and images of Arya were released showing him in different postures of Yoga including Sirasasanam and Padmasanam. The film's first schedule began later that month in Nazarethpettai, near Chennai. Reports suggested that Arya was ousted from the film in November 2006 and replaced with Vikram, but this proved untrue.Shoots continued in Kasi and Varanasi in January 2007, with Arya opting against working in any other films til Naan Kadavul was complete. Producer Thennapan also backed out of the film in early 2007 but Srinivasan of Vasan Visual Ventures took over swiftly.
Bhavana also walked out of the film in early 2007 as she was unable to allot dates for the film and a search for another new cast member began. Meenakshi, Anjali and Parvathi Menon were heavily linked to the role to replace Bhavana, but Bala opted against selecting either. Subsequently Karthika, who had been seen in small budget films such as Thootukudi and Pirappu, was booked as heroine and she was made to beg in the streets of Periyakulam during an audition. However Bala was still unimpressed. Hindi actress, Neetu Chandra, was flown down to Theni for a test shoot but Bala felt she did not have the looks for the role of a beggar girl. Actress Pooja was later finalised as lead actress in September 2007 and joined the sets of the film in Periyakulam in late 2007 She revealed that she went to the audition of the film only after being compelled by director Seeman and thought twice about accepting the film due to her commitments in a Sinhalese film, before the producer of that film released her from her contract Soundtrack
This film features 7 songs composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The audio was released on 1 January 2009. Lyrics have been penned by Vaali except for the track Pitchai Paathiram which has been penned by Ilayaraja himself and the title song "Maa Ganga" written by Bharath Achaarya.
Maa Ganga - Kunal Ganjawala
Om Sivoham - Vijay Prakash
Kannil paarvai - Shreya Ghoshal
Matha un kovilil - Madhumitha
Amma un pillai naan - Sadhana Sargam
Oru kaatril alaiyum - Ilayaraaja
Pitchai paathiram - Madhu Balakrishnan
Release
Critical response
Rediff wrote:"Naan Kadavul is definitely worth a watch for its superb secondary characters, setting and music. Now, if only the screenplay had provided the missing punch". Behindwoods wrote:"Naan Kadavul is not a movie that everyone can digest. It shows reality in such brutality that you wonder whether such things really do happen. It cannot be called violent; the word ‘brutal’ has to be repeated often to describe the movie. One feels the director could have toned it down a bit, it leaves one very disturbed". Sify wrote:"It's a much darker film than the director’s previous works. Watch Naan Kadavul, because it's one of those films that won't easily get out of your head long after the film is over". Indiaglitz wrote:"In one word, Naan Kadavul is a movie to cherish and celebrate". Actor Rajinikanth was in full praise of Naan Kadavul, citing it as an extraordinary work on screen and congratulated them for their meticulous efforts.Accolades
Award Category Nominee Outcome
56th National Film Awards Best Director Bala Won
Best Make-up Artist U.K. Sasi Won
57th Filmfare Awards South Best Tamil Actress Pooja Won
Best Tamil Director Bala Nominated
Best Tamil Actor Arya Nominated
Best Tamil Film K. S. Sreenivasan Nominated
Best Tamil Supporting Actor Rajendran Nominated
Best Tamil Lyricist Ilayaraja for "Pitchai Paathiram" Nominated
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards Best Female Character Artiste Pooja Won
Best Villain Rajendran Won
Best Cinematographer Arthur Wilson Won
Vijay Awards Best Director Bala Won
Best Actress Pooja Won
Best Villain Rajendran Won
Best Make up U.K. Sasi Won
It was later dubbed into Telugu and released in Andhra Pradesh as 1947: A Love Story.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
6 Reception
7 Awards
8 References
9 External links
Plot
An elderly English woman Amy Wilkinson (Carole Trangmar-Palmer), almost at her deathbed in London, wants to come down to Madras in search of a young man Ilam Parithi (Arya) whom she last saw on 15 August 1947 to return a thali (traditional wedding threads) of his mother, which he gave her as a sign of stating that she belongs to India and nobody can separate them. However, after a turn of events, she had married another man from her hometown and thus felt that the thali was no longer her property.
Amy Wilkinson arrives in Madras with her granddaughter Catherine (Lisa Lazarus), equipped only with a picture of Parithi that was taken sixty years ago. Wilkinson interrogates various people about Parithi's whereabouts. In the process, she recalls the events when she had first visited Chennai, and the chain of events that took place:
A young Amy (Amy Jackson), the daughter of the Madras Presidency Governor, visits Chennai (then called Madrasapattinam) along with her translator Nambi (Cochin Hanifa) and encounters Parithi, whom she calls "brave man". Parithi, a member of the dhobi (launderer) clan is also an experienced wrestler who trains under Ayyakanu (Nassar). He openly opposes the British officials who attempt to build a golf course in the dhobi clan's dwelling place. He challenges a cruel racist officer named Robert Ellis (Alexx O'Nell), who is also Amy's suitor, to a wrestling match to decide the fate of his clan's home. Parithi is successful, and Ellis vows revenge.
Following a series of secret meetings between Parithi and Amy, love blossoms between them, and Parithi affectionately calls her "Duraiyamma", a polite term of addressing British women. However a major threat comes in the form of independence for India on August 15, 1947, which means that all White officials and their families, including Amy, would have to leave India. On the eve of independence, all of India is celebrating. However Amy and Parithi, determined to be together, run away and are hunted by an angry Ellis and his force. An Indian policeman helps the two of them by hiding them in a clock tower on top of the Madras Central Railway Station, but they are discovered by Ellis. After a fierce fight, Ellis is killed and Parithi is badly wounded. Amy helps Parithi to escape by casting him with a life-raft into the Coovum river, before she is captured and taken back to London. She had never known if Parithi survived, or what his fate was.
Back in the present, Wilkinson is urgently called back to London to have a life-saving operation. But she is determined to find Parithi and, by chance, encounters a taxi driver who assumes that she would want to visit a charitable trust named Duraiyamma Foundation. The driver shows her around the foundation, which has organisations providing free housing, education and medical care (which were all promised to the dhobi children by the young Amy several years ago). She realizes that the Duraiyamma Foundation was established by Ilam Parithi, and named after her.
Then When she asks the driver what became of Parithi, he leads her to his tomb, and reveals that he died twelve years ago. She kneels before the tomb and claims the thali (nuptial threads) as her own. She declares "It's mine!" before quietly passing away on Parithi's tomb. Her granddaughter mourns for her, and the taxi driver is dumbfounded to learn that the old woman was "Duraiyamma" herself. The epilogue shows Parithi and Amy (as they were in their younger days) in the afterlife, depicted as a 1940's-style Madrasapattinam. As the credits roll, a series of montage images are shown, illustrating the transformation of Madrasapattinam of the 1940s to modern-day Chennai.
Cast
Arya as Parithe
Amy Jackson as Amy Wilkinson/Duraiammal
Nassar as Ayyakanu
Cochin Hanifa as Nambi
Carole Trangmar-Palmer as Aged Amy Wilkinson/Duraiammal
Lisa Lazarus as Catherine
Alexx O'Nell as Robert Ellis
M. R. Kishore Kumar as Rengan
Omar Lateef as Kabir
N. L Srinivasan as Karna
Sathish as Pacha
M. S. Bhaskar as Vengappan
Bala Singh as Duraisamy
Balaji Venugopal as Veerasekhara Murali
Elango Kumaravel as taxi driver
T. M. Karthik as Painter
M. A. George as English teacher
Ajayan Bala as Station master
Production
Development
Vijay revealed that Madrasapattinam was supposed to happen later in his career, but the intervention of producer Kalpathi S. Aghoram helped realise the viability of the film earlier. Vijay had first explored the script in his college days and drew inspiration from an English professor who used to talk to us about the freedom movement a lot, furthering Vijay's interest in history. He visualizes about the people who lived in the pre-independence period of India and explored the concept of how it would have been if an English girl fell in love with an Indian boy, laying the foundations for the script.[5] The script took six months to write, with leading Tamil writer Prabanjan and visits to see independence veterans being helpful in understanding the history of the city of Madras between 1945 and 1947Casting
Arya was finalised to play the lead role and English Miss Teen World winner Amy Jackson was selected after Vijay found a picture of her on the internet and tracked her down.Filming
Despite being a period film, the film was finished in eight months and released in July 2010Soundtrack
Madrasapattinam
Soundtrack album by G. V. Prakash Kumar
Released 4 April 2010
Recorded 2009
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Think Music (Tamil)
Aditya Music (Telugu)
Producer G. V. Prakash Kumar
G. V. Prakash Kumar chronology
Irumbu Kottai Murattu Singam
(2009) Madrasapattinam
(2009) Darling
(2010)
The soundtrack of Madrasapattinam was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar and was released on April 4, 2010 by Kamal Haasan and Allu Arjun. Lyrics were penned by Na. Muthukumar. The songs received positive reviews and became a hit.
Tamil Tracklist
All lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar.
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Pookal Pookum" Harini, Roop Kumar Rathod, Andrea Jeremiah, G. V. Prakash Kumar 06:37
2. "Vaama Duraiyamma" Udit Narayan, V. M. C. Haneefa, Amy Jackson 04:47
3. "Feel Of Love" Navin Iyer, Seenu 03:42
4. "Meghame O Meghame" M.s.V, Vikram, Nassar, Na. Muthukumar, Ajayan Bala 06:05
5. "Aaruyire" Saindhavi, Sonu Nigam 06:12
6. "Kaatrile" Hariharan, Zia 04:45
7. "The Dance Theme" Navin Iyer 01:33
Total length:
33:41
Telugu Tracklist
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Meghama" Sahithi Manikka Vinayagam, Tippu 06:02
2. "Meghama - Instrumental" 01:26
3. "O Prema" Sahithi Sonu Nigam, Saindhavi 06:10
4. "O Prema - Instrumental" 03:37
5. "Poolu Pooyu" Chandrabose Roop Kumar Rathod, Harini 06:40
6. "Ramma Dorasani" Chandrabose Udit Narayan 04:52
7. "Swechage" Chandrabose Haricharan 04:44
Total length:
33:31
Release
The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Kalaignar. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.
Reception
Critical response
Madarasapattinam received generally positive reviews in Tamil Nadu. Indiaglitz wrote: "Away from the madding crowd of commercial cliches, Madarasapattinam is a film that would send positive vibes among those who love meaningful films." Galatta.com wrote: "With a brilliant crew consisting of talents from India and abroad, Madrasapattinam transcends the language boundaries and takes Tamil cinema to the world arena!" Sify stated that the film was a "brave attempt on the part of its makers"
The film's Telugu dubbed version 1947 A Love Story has received positive reviews from critics, who have added that it might not do well at the box office. Fullhyd.com rated it 5.5 out of 10, calling it a film that looks as beautiful as the erstwhile Madras town in which it is set, but also said that despite being a near-perfect concoction of romance, action, drama and comedy, it is a little too slow and sober for the festive season (during which it was released). 123telugu.com rated the movie 3 out of 5, appreciating its art direction, but saying that it doesn't aim too high in terms of its content. Haricharan item Pudipeddi of nowrunning.com gave it 3 stars out of 5, and said that succeeds in painting one of the cutest love stories of the recent past.Box office
The film opened and stayed at No.1 in Chennai box office charts for 3 weeks.Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Nominated: Best Film
Nominated: Best Director - A. L. Vijay
Nominated: Best Actor - Arya
Nominated: Best Supporting Actress - Carole Palmer
Nominated: Best Music Director - G. V. Prakash Kumar for Pookal Pookum
Nominated: Best Male Singer - Udit Narayan for Vaama Duraiyamma
Nominated: Best Lyricist - Na. Muthukumar for Vaama Duraiyamma
Vijay Awards
Best Costume Designer - Deepali Noor
Best Art Director - Selva Kumar
Nominated: Best Film
Nominated: Best Director - A. L. Vijay
Nominated: Best Actor - Arya
Nominated: Best Cinematographer - Nirav Shah
Nominated: Best Music Director - G. V. Prakash Kumar for Pookal Pookum
Nominated: Best Debut Actor Female - Amy Jackson
Nominated: Best Male Singer - Roop Kumar Rathod for Pookal Pookum
Nominated: Best Female Singer - Harini for Pookal Pookum
Nominated: Best Visual effects - Karthik Kotamraju (EFX)
Edison Awards
Best Patriotic Movie - A. L. Vijay
Best Music Director - G. V. Prakash Kumar
Mirchi Music Awards
Nominated: Best Music Director - G. V. Prakash Kumar for Pookal Pookum
Won: Best song of the year for Pookal Pookum
Boss Engira Bhaskaran (English: Boss alias Bhaskaran) is a 2010 Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh who earlier directed Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009). Starring Arya, Nayantara and Santhanam in lead roles, the film is produced by K. S. Sreenivasan and features music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by Sakthi Saravanan.
The film revolves around a young happy-go-lucky man, Bhaskaran, who is unemployed and lives an easygoing life, neglecting his career and future. When he meets a young girl, Chandrika, in whom he falls in love, he is bound to change his lifestyle, in order to marry her eventually. The film released on 10 September 2010 to positive reviews and also became commercially successful. The tagline Nanbenda turned viral after release.
The film was eventually dubbed into Telugu as Nene Ambani which released on 17 December 2010.The Telugu film’s audio was released on September 7th 2010 at Prasads Labs in Hyderabad.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
6 References
7 External links
Plot
Bhaskaran (Arya) is a happy-go-lucky youth who is yet to complete his B. A. Degree, writing arrear examinations for years. His only friend is Nallathambi (Santhanam) who owns a Hair saloon named Thala-Thalapathi Saloon (named after the titles of actors Ajith and Vijay) which he received as dowry for marrying a woman who was two months pregnant. Bhaskaran, during an arrear exam, happens to meet a young lecturer Chandrika (Nayantara) and instantly gets attracted to her, though she disapproves of him because he attempted to copy during the exam.
Bhaskaran lives with his mother, Sivakami (Lakshmi Ramakrishnan), brother Saravanan (Panchu Subbu) who is a successful veterinarian and sister, Nithya (Monisha). When his brother marries Nandhini (Vijayalakshmi), he finds out that Nandhini's younger sister is Chandrika, and wishes to marry her. When he approaches his family for the alliance, everyone talks of his unemployed status which rankles him and causes him to leave his house to prove himself.
With the support of Nallathambi, he establishes a tutorial for Class X students. Despite early setbacks, he makes a very heavy profit on the deal, while also convincing Chandrika, who eventually reciprocates his love. However, Chandrika's father Shanmugasundaram (Chitra Lakshmanan) is against the marriage as he had once been insulted by a drunk Nallathambi, who also gave him the nickname "Mongoose Mandaiyan" (Mongoose Head). Shiva (Jiiva), a supposed "teetotaler", is introduced as Chandrika's prospective groom. Bhaskaran then confronts Shiva, explaining to him that he loves Chandrika. The two get into a fight soon after, but when Shanmugasundaram arrives at the spot, he learns the truth: Shiva was hired by Bhaskaran to fool everyone about his identity. Under Shiva and Bhaskaran's orders, a disappointed Shanmugasundaram finally is forced to unite Bhaskaran and Chandrika.
This movie was remade in Kannada as "Parijatha" in 2012, starring (Diganth) and (Aindrita Ray)
Cast
Arya as "Boss" Bhaskaran
Nayantara as Chandrika Shanmugasundaram
Santhanam as "Thala Thalapathy" Nallathambi
Panchu Subbu as Saravanan
Chitra Lakshmanan as Shanmugasundaram alias Mongoose Mandayan
Rajendran as Velpandi
Ashwin Raja as Paalpandi
Vijaylakshmi as Nandhini Shanmugasundaram
Lakshmi Ramakrishnan as Sivakami
Monisha as Nithya
Poorni as Annapoorani
Jiiva as Shiva (Special appearance)
Shakeela as Parimala (Guest appearance)
Production
The film was officially launched on 19 November 2009 at the AVM Studios, with the film starting shooting in December first week. Rajesh, following his sleeper hit Siva Manasula Sakthi, decided to make another comedy film and to cast Arya, who appeared in a cameo role in Siva Manasula Sakthi, in the titular role,while Jiiva in return will make a cameo appearance in the film. As the film's backdrop is set to be both village as well as city, the film was shot at various location including Thanjavur, Mysore and Trichy. A major part of the film was filmed at Kumbakonam, while a few scenes were shot in Chennai as well.Shooting was also carried on in the Swiss Alps, where some song sequences were picturized. The shooting was finished on 3 August 2010 with completing the last song that was canned at a set erected at Binny Mills near Chennai.
While Vasan Visual Ventures that produced Arya's Naan Kadavul, produced this film as well, Arya purchased the rights in the midst to release it under his own production banner "The Show People". The film's distribution rights, however, were again acquired by Red Giant Movies, led by Udhayanidhi Stalin, who would enact the lead role in Rajesh's next project.Soundtrack
Boss Engira Bhaskaran
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released 27 August 2010
Recorded 2009 - 2010
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 23:03
Label Think Music
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Naan Mahaan Alla
(2010) Boss Engira Bhaskaran
(2010) Pathinaaru
(2010)
Following the success of Siva Manasula Sakthi, Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the musical score and soundtrack of Boss Engira Bhaskaran, too. The soundtrack album, which was released on 27 August 2010 at Sathyam Cinemas, contains 5 tracks, featuring lyrics penned by Na. Muthukumar.
Tracklist
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Ada Boss Boss" Sathyan 3:58
2. "Yaar Intha Penthan" Haricharan 5:01
3. "Thathi Thaavum Paper Naan" Karthik 4:44
4. "Iyley Iyley" Vijay Prakash 5:04
5. "Mama Mama" Vijay Yesudas, Shweta Mohan 4:16
Release
The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Kalaignar. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.
Box office
Boss Engira Bhaskaran sold 7.3 million tickets worldwide. It released on Eid day, the end of Ramadan, opening across 240 screens in Tamil Nadu with reportedly 95.5% average theatre occupancy, which, according to trade sources, was the best ever first day opening for Arya then, which resulted in an increase of the number of shows and screens. In its opening weekend, the film was said to have earned INR58 lakh in Chennai, as reported by Behindwoods, while according to Sify.com, it grossed INR65 lakh. At the end of the second weekend, the film had netted INR10 crore from 275 screens.Critical response
The film opened up to positive reviews. Sify stated that "Rajesh has pulled off the impossible, making a family comedy work a second time armed with nothing more than a few situational gaffes and couple of funny dialogues. It’s pure escapist fare and will work big time, as there is paucity of healthy entertainment for the family audiences. Indiaglitz wrote "Rajesh has made spoof of some contemporary Tamil films in an enjoyable manner." and "Boss Engira Baskaran is right there oozing with abundant energy and unlimited fun. Kudos to Udhayanidhi for choosing quality films with varied stories that leave an impression with the masses."Chennai Online specially pointed out the plus points of the film "The comic scenes aided by dialogues and the bonding between the two friends are a huge plus and reason enough to see the movie. The casting of each character has been aptly done with no room for excess anywhere making for one smooth ride all through. Nayan and Arya make an adequate pair though there are no great sparks of chemistry between them. However Nayan does make a pretty picture throughout."
Behindwoods gave 2.5 out of 5 and expressed that "Director Rajesh might just pull it off this time too because he’s got everything right for a comic caper. He also efficiently camouflages the saggy little portions in both the halves of his movie with crisply written dialogues. Perfect for a weekend in which you decide not to give your brain much work." A critic from the Times of India gave 3 out of 5 and praised the film saying "When the director shows Boss watching 'Annamalai' on TV and getting inspired, you are not surprised. But his excuses, when facing various career options, make Boss an original. The tutorial college angle may be predictable, but soon humour is back on track, and it is enjoyable. You will also come away with some amazing performances."Awards
Year Award Category Character Cast
2011 Vijay Awards Best Comedian Nallathambi Santhanam
Vettai (English: Hunt) is a 2012 Tamil coming-of-age action film written and directed by N. Linguswamy.The film star Arya, R. Madhavan, Sameera Reddy and Amala Paul in the lead roles while Ashutosh Rana, Thambi Ramaiah and Nassar played supporting roles. The film score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while cinematography is by Nirav Shah and editing handled by Anthony Gonsalves. The film became announced shortly after the release of Lingusamy's Paiyaa, with Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies agreeing to produce the film, following a successful collaboration during the director's previous film.During a lengthy pre-production phase, the film underwent major changes in its main cast and Cloud Nine Movies stepped out of the project, with Linguswamy's own banner, Thirupathi Brothers, taking up the film.Filming was initially planned to begin by mid-2010, but was delayed until March 2011. The film was remade into Telugu as Tadakha, directed by Kishore Kumar, starring Naga Chaitanya, Tamannaah, Sunil, and Andrea Jeremiah.
The film revolves around two brothers, the elder being sensitive to violence and the younger being a jobless rogue, settled in Thoothukudi. After the death of their father, a police officer, the elder brother takes on the same job by request of the younger. The older brother rises to fame in his job by having his younger brother secretly punish suspects and save victims for him. This angers two of the village's biggest mob bosses, who begin to seek revenge on the elder brother. After getting severely beaten by them, the elder brother loses his fear and becomes physically stronger through training from his younger brother. How the brothers get back at two gangs and protect their families form the rest of the story.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
6 Remake
7 Awards
8 References
9 External links
Plot
Thirumurthy and Gurumurthy are two brothers in Thoothukudi, with Thirumurthy being the elder. He is however sensitive to violence and his younger brother is brave and rogue. Whenever Thirumurthy is beaten by anyone, he has Gurumurthy to finish them. However, Gurumurthy gets frequently punished by his policeman father (Nagendra Babu) for beating up the local people, while Thirumurthy only feels for him.
After the death of their father, the now grown-up Thirumurthy (R. Madhavan) takes on the same job by request of Gurumurthy (Arya), who remains a jobless rogue. Meanwhile, Thirumurthy falls for Vasanthi (Sameera Reddy) and Gurumurthy falls for her younger sister Jayanthi (Amala Paul). Subsequently, Thirumurthy marries Vasanthi and both the brothers shift to Vasanthi and Jayanthi's house. A number of humorous incidents follow, such as Jayanthi's to-be husband is actually revealed to be a clumsy NRI Gautham, who she disapproves of. She openly expresses her love for Gurumurthy, and hence he subsequently marries her. After this, the NRI takes leave.
Thirumurthy rises to fame in his job by having his younger brother secretly punish suspects and save victims for him. Everyone believes that Thirumurthy actually fought the criminals himself, but in reality took credit for Gurumurthy's doings, unknown to them. One of the village's biggest mob bosses Annachi (Ashutosh Rana) finally discovers the truth via a CCTV showing Gurumurthy's face. Enraged, he has his men to severely beat up Thirumurthy, making the latter confident that his brother will continue his job. Gurumurthy, now enraged, proclaims that he made his elder brother a policeman not for fake, but to overcome the fears he had and to become stronger. Thus, he begins training up his elder brother, who subsequently overcomes his fear and manages to defeat a few of Annachi's men.
Eventually, Annachi and his men break into the brother's house and cause havoc. Thirumurthy and Gurumurthy arrive and defeat all of Annachi's men, however they seem to be no match for Annachi. Finally after Annachi falls for a trap set by the brothers, he is defeated but the two brothers quarrel whether to kill him or arrest him. Thus, Gurumurthy declares that they will role a gun and when the gun stops rolling at the brothers, they will arrest Annachi. Bu if it stops at Annachi, he will be killed. The gun stops rolling at Annachi and Thirumurthy shoots him dead.
As the credits roll, scenes show that Thirumurthy is again congratulated by the local police, but gives equal credit to his brother as well. Through this praise, Gurumurthy also gets to join the police force.
Cast
Arya as Gurumurthy
R. Madhavan as Thirumurthy
Sameera Reddy as Vasanthi
Amala Paul as Jayanthi
Ashutosh Rana as Annachi
Nassar as DGP
Thambi Ramaiah as Constable
Sreejith Ravi as Surulai
Nagendra Babu as Gurumurthy and Thirumurthy's father
Muthukumar
Rajeev Ravindranathan as NRI Gautham
Shanmugarajan as Kulasekara Pandian
N. Linguswamy in a special appearance
Raju Sundaram in a special appearance
Production
Development
In April 2010, following the success of Paiyaa, Cloud Nine Movies, who had distributed the film, announced a successive collaboration with the film's director N. Linguswamy, who would make a romantic action film with Silambarasan in the lead role. For pre-production works, the crew of the team subsequently headed to Macau to work out the script, following which Lingusamy moved to the Orange County resort in Coorg, Karnataka to finalise the script. Later that month a photo shoot was completed, with Silambarsan sporting the get up of an NCC cadet, However, in July 2010, reports suggested that Silambarasan was dropped from the project, since he suddenly, without informing Lingusamy and Dhayanidhi, signed himself up and began working in Vaanam (2011). Silambarasan, in return, revealed that he had not officially signed Cloud Nine Pictures' film, and only decided to work on Vaanam, since Lingusamy was not able to narrate the complete script, despite making him wait for over 100 days. Controversially, Silambarasan later signed another film in September 2010, which was similarly titled as Vettai Mannan.
Eventually in September 2010, the film was official announced at a press meet with the title Vettai, with Arya replacing Silambarasan. At the press meet, he revealed that he worked for over three months on the script, keeping his editor Anthony Gonsalvez and cinematographer Nirav Shah updated about the developments.The film's principal photography was initially supposed to commence in June 2010, but due to pre-production works, it got delayed further and was postponed to December. The film was announced as a bilingual project, to be shot separately in Tamil and Telugu. The Telugu version was supposed to be produced by Tirupati Prasad of Mega Supergood Films and feature Mahesh Babu in the lead role,[12] with Madhavan reprising his role. In March 2011, Cloud Nine Movies stepped out of the project, which prompted Linguswamy to produce Vettai, too, under his home banner Thirupathi Brothers along with his brother Subash Chandra Bose.Casting
After Silambarasan's exit, Vijay was expected to enact the lead role, who had earlier agreed to star in a Lingusamy film in future and was subsequently approached by the team. He, however, declined the offer, not willing to play a role that was "originally written keeping in mind the image of another actor".Only in September 2010, during the official announcement, it became apparent that Arya was signed on to reprise the lead role. Furthermore, Linguswamy was trying to rope in Madhavan for another leading role, while, several days later, sources reported that Madhavan definitely had rejected the offer. The next month, however, it was confirmed that Madhavan was roped in to enact the role as a police officer and brother of Arya's character.[4] Madhavan accepted the film as he was 'blown' away by the story.
The lead female role was reported to be essayed by Tamannaah Bhatia, who had been part of Linguswamy's Paiyaa as well. In an interview later, she disclosed that she was not approached earlier and though she liked the script, she could not take the offer due to her prior commitments.Anushka Shetty then accepted the offer,[26] while Sameera Reddy was signed to play Madhavan's pair in the film, as a village girl. In late November 2010, Anushka pulled out and Amala Paul, following her critically acclaimed performance in Mynaa, was roped in to essay a leading character, as the love interest of Arya's characterFilming
Originally planned to commence in June 2010, the filming was postponed several times either due to pending pre-production works and unavailability of the artists After Arya had finished shooting and dubbing for Avan Ivan, the first schedule was planned to begin on 2 March, which however, was also cancelled as Dhayanidhi wanted the filming to be pushed by another two months, which supposedly was the reason for Linguswamy's decision to produce the film himself. Shooting eventually started on 16 March 2011 in Karaikudi, with Madhavan, Arya, Sameera Reddy and Amala Paul participating. A song "Dumma Dumma Dummaa", choreographed by Brindha, was shot first, with nearly 2000 people being part of the shoot along with the four lead actors. A fight sequence, involving Arya and Madhavan, was shot in the Pondicherry University sports complex on 24 April. In June 2011, other key action sequences were filmed at Madurai, Thoothukudi, Thanjavur and Aruppukottai. The introduction song of the film was also shot in Thanjavur. Some action sequences were shot in Madanapalle, a town located in the Chittor district, Andhra Pradesh, while the climax was shot at Binny Mills in Chennai under the supervision of stunt director Silva.Soundtrack
Vettai
Soundtrack album to Vettai by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released 12 December 2011 (Single release)
16 December 2011 (Soundtrack release)
Recorded 2010–11
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 24:13
Language Tamil
Label Sa Re Ga Ma
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Rajapattai
(2011) Vettai
(2011) Mr. Nookayya
(2012)
Following successful collaborations with director Linguswamy in Sandakozhi (2005) and Paiyaa (2010), Yuvan Shankar Raja was signed up to produce the film score and soundtrack for Vettai as well. In November 2010, the duo along with lyricist Na. Muthukumar left for Malaysia to compose the first tunes. The soundtrack album was launched on 16 December 2011 at the Anna Centenary Auditorium in Kotturpuram, Chennai, with several lead actors and directors from the Tamil film industry attending the event. Four days prior to the soundtrack release, the song "Pappappa" was launched as a single track at the studios of Radio Mirchi, with a making-of video of the recording being simultaneously uploaded on YouTube. The song, which was sung by Yuvan Shankar Raja himself along with Renu Kannan, a finalist of the second season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer, quickly gained attention and became very popular.
All lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar.
Track listing
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Dham Dham" Karthik, Krish 4:35
2. "Damma Damma" Haricharan, Shweta Mohan 4:51
3. "Kattipidi Enna" Vijay Prakash, Shweta Pandit 5:09
4. "Pappappa" Yuvan Shankar Raja, Renu 4:07
5. "Thaiya Thakka" Harini, Saindhavi 5:22
Total length:
24:13
Reception
Behindwoods said "Vettai has some peppy likeable soundtracks to its credits. Even if it’s not Yuvan's best, Vettai packages all genres of folksy music well. With songs like 'Pappa Pappa' and the romantic 'Kattipudi', the album is all set to turn out to be a commercial winner".Release
Produced on a budget of INR250 million (US$4.2 million), The satellite rights of the film were bought by STAR Vijay for INR75 million (US$1.3 million) and audio/DVD rights were sold for INR45 million (US$750,000)The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board. It released on the Pongal weekend on 14 January 2012. Vettai was released in 650 screens worldwide on 15 January 2012 including 300 screens in Tamil Nadu, 250 screens in the rest of India, and about a 100 screens overseas. Vettai sold 4.3 million tickets worldwide,Critical reception
Vettai received mixed to positive reviews. Behindwoods rated the film 2.5/5 and called it a "light hearted film for the holiday season". Sify's critic wrote: "Lingusamy's Vettai is a racy mass entertainer with all the ingredients mixed in the right proposition. No doubt that the director understands the pulse of the common man and has beautifully packaged it with all the essential commercial elements to suit the taste of the masses" Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff gave 2.5/5 and noted: "Vettai is no classic, but it is good fun."The Times of India wrote: "Though there is nothing new in terms of the story or screenplay, the movie is a fun ride as long as it lasts". Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com rated it 3/5 stating that "Vettai is regular Kollywood stuff superiorly packaged with insurmountable energy.". Deccan chronicle wrote:"The first half moves fast with unlimited entertainment, while the post-interval portions falls along predicted lines and pace suffers".Hindu wrote:"The story isn't out of the ordinary, but Lingusamy knows where to place twists and how. From Run to Sandakkozhi and now to Vettai, his action ventures, with the exception of Bheema and Ji, have screenplays that sustain the interest of the viewer"
Rachel Saltz of The New York Times wrote: "Vettai partakes of the something-for-everyone formula, mixing the serious — corruption, evil gangs and limb-threatening fights — with the less so: songs, romance and comedy. It entertains without breaking any new ground, though it can also surprise"Remake
The film's remake rights were sold for INR30 million (US$500,000) to Bellamkonda Suresh. The Telugu version was titled Tadakha, directed by Kishore Kumar, casting Naga Chaitanya (playing Arya's role) and Tamannaah (playing Amala's role). The film is also planned to be remade in Hindi by Linguswamy himself with Shahid Kapoor (playing Arya's role).
Awards
Ceremony Category Nominee Result
2nd South Indian International Movie Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role R. Madhavan Won
Best Actor in a Negative Role Ashutosh Rana Nominated
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
6 References
7 External links
Plot
The story revolves around three roommates, journalist J K Boss(Arya), photographer Nagaraj(Santhanam) and Cheenu (Premji) leading an unkempt and debt-ridden life in a shoddy apartment. J K's ditsy fiancée, Madhumita, is an air hostess who agrees to deliver a package for Vladimir Dragunsky (Kim Bodnia) to Nassar, without realizing its contents or that Nassar is a gangster. Madhumita asks J K to deliver the package. JK, in turn, asks Nagaraj to do so. But Nagaraj is unable to do so as he is experiencing 'Chennai Belly'. Nagaraj hands Madhumita's package to Cheenu for delivery to Nassar, along with a package containing his stool sample for delivery to Nagaraj's doctor. Cheenu mixes up the two packages which makes Nassar furious and he starts the investigation by interrogating Vladimir. Meanwhile, Nagaraj photographs his landlord with a prostitute. He sends an envelope with the photographs to his landlord to blackmail him. JK is with Madhumita, and his colleague Shakthi (Anjali) calls him on the pretext of work. When he reaches the place he realizes that it is just a party and Shakthi called him just to have fun.Rajeev who was supposed to be Shakthi's husband, sees them together and gives JK a black-eye in a fit of jealousy. JK retaliates and knocks Rajeev out. As JK and Shakthi leave they are chased by a furious Rajeev and his friends who shoot at them. The duo barely manages to escape. Vladimir informs Somayajulu that the mix-up must have been caused by Madhumita as she didn't know what she was carrying in the package. Somayajulu calls Madhumita, informs her about the mix-up and asks her to give him the address of the person who had delivered the package. When JK arrives into his apartment, he walks into Somayajulu who has cheenu standing on a stool with a noose around his neck. On hard interrogation, Somayajulu discovers the mix-up and realizes that the package must be with Nagaraj's doctor. Nagaraj gets the package from his doctor's office, wherein Somayajulu finds his thirty diamonds hidden inside. Upon recovering his booty, he orders his henchmen to kill the three roommates. One of them is about to shoot JK, when another kicks the stool on which cheenu was standing to hang him. Luckily for the roommates, the ceiling of the apartment caves in, since it can't take Cheenu's weight. The cave-in injures and knocks-out Somayajulu and his men. JK,cheenu and Nagaraj escape along with the diamonds and spend the night at Shakthi's place. The next day they sell the diamonds to a local jewellery store. As the roommates prepare to get out of town with the money, they get a call from Somayajulu who has kidnapped Madhumita. He threatens to kill her if they don't return the diamonds. The trio, try to buy back the diamonds from the jewellery store, who demands double the sale amount. Without the money, JK comes up with a plan. Najaraj, Cheenu, JK and Shakthi disguise themselves in burqa and go back to the jewellery store. They con the owner, gag him and forcefully take back their diamonds and return his money. They make their get-away in JK's car with the police on their tail and make their way to the hotel where Somayajulu is holding Madhumita. As they are about to make the exchange with Somayajulu, the police arrive at the hotel room. There is a shoot-out between the police and Nassar's gang. Najaraj, Cheenu, JK and Madhumitha, who had hit the floor during gunfight,are left as the only survivors. Shakthi is upset to learn about JK's engagement and walks away from him. JK breaks off his engagement to Madhuitha. Later, it is revealed that Nagaraj did not return the cash to the jewellery store owner, and had kept the money for himself. The film ends when Shakthi comes to the roommates' apartment to return JK's car's hubcap lost while escaping from Rajeev. JK jumps into her car through the open window and kisses her passionately.
Cast
Arya as Jayaganthan (J K Boss)
Anjali as Shakthi
Santhanam as Nagaraj (Nadupakka Nakki)
Premji Amaren as Cheenu
Hansika Motwani as Madhumitha
Nassar as Somayajulu
Ali as House Owner
Sayaji Shinde
Subbu Panchu
Chitra Lakshman as Murugaraj
Rajee Vijayasarathy
Neetu Chandra in a special appearance
Suja Varunee in a guest appearance
Nakshatra Nagesh as Gayathri
A.R.Manikandan as Hotel Waiter
Production
Casting
After UTV Motion Pictures announced that the studio will be remaking the Hindi film Delhi Belly in Tamil, R. Kannan, who had earlier directed Jayam Kondaan and Kanden Kadhalai, was selected as the director.G. Dhananjayan, South Business chief of UTV, stated that, unlike the original version, which received an adult rating, the remake would be made for a family audience, making clear that the core plot would be retained, while the dialogue would be changed and "risque jokes" be avoided. Dhananjayan further added that he, Kannan and John Mahendran (director of Sachein and son of award winning director Mahendran) would be creditted for additional screenplay and adaption, while the latter would write the new dialogues as well.Varuthapadaatha Vaalibar Sangam and Vai Raja Vai were amongst the suggested titles for the film,with the team eventually zeroing in on Settai. Arya, Santhanam and Premji Amaren were selected to play the three lead roles. Vijay Raaz, who portrayed the main antagonist in Delhi Belly, was approached to reprise his role. His role later went to Nasser. Suja Varunee was cast to appear in a cameo role which was played by Anusha Dandekar in the original. Telugu comedian Ali joined the cast, making his Tamil film debut.Filming
The film was launched on 7 May 2012 in Chennai. Two huge sets resembling a hotel and a bachelor's room were reportedly constructed for the shoot.The first schedule got over after 20 days of shoot in three differently constructed sets. Arya, Hansika and Anjali along with the crew will be leaving for Switzerland on 23 September to shoot two songs over there. According to Kannan, 75% of the film has been shot and the film is gearing up for a December release Soundtrack
Settai
Soundtrack album by S. Thaman
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 19:17
Label Sony Music Entertainment
Producer S. Thaman
S. Thaman chronology
Naayak
(2012) 'Settai'
(2013) Jabardasth
(2013)
The soundtrack album comprises six tracks composed by S. Thaman uniting with director Kannan for second time after Vanthaan Vendraan and with Arya for the first time. The album was released on 30 January 2013.
Tracklist
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Agalathey Agalathey" Madhan Karky Vijay Prakash, Megha 03:48
2. "Nee Thaane Osthi Ponna" Gaana Bala Gaana Bala 02:42
3. "Arjuna Arjuna" Thamarai Karthik, Suchitra 03:35
4. "Laila Laila" Na. Muthukumar Andrea Jeremiah 03:51
5. "Poyum Poyum Indha Kadhalukkulle" Madhan Karky Sricharan & Chinmayi 03:42
6. "Theme music of Settai" Instrumental Devan Ekambaram & Anbu Raju 01:39
Total length:
19:17
Release
The first teaser of the film was released along with Mugamoodi in the cinemas and also simultaneously uploaded to YouTube by the official channel of UTV Motion Pictures. It attracted 2.8 million views on YouTube within three days of its launch.The film released in 535 screens worldwide. The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Sun TV. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.
Critical reception
It got an aggregate review score of 2/5 at reviewbol.com with mostly mixed reviews. S Saraswathi of Rediff gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and said: "Settai is, sadly, a great disappointment. The director has ruined a perfectly good script and has given an absolutely boring version of the exciting and racy Delhi Belly. From beginning to end, the film follows the same pace and all the scenes are so boring and slow, you could actually sleep through the entire movie." NewsTrackIndia gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and issued the verdict, "Settai misses the soul of the original". in.com rated it 2.5 out of 5 and stated "Settai is watered down version of Delhi Belly and lacks the punch of the original". Oneindia gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and delivered a verdict, "The film works only in parts. The adult comedy which made the original film 'Delhi Belly' a blockbuster has been completely toned down in this version". Behindwoods also gave 2.5 out of 5 saying "The first half is slow and the Agalathey number although good in looks and presentation, impedes the proceedings in second half. The scenes evoke smile but not laughter. Santhanam has become repetitive".Shailesh K Nadar of CinemaSpice.in rated Settai as 3/5 mentioning in his review that "It’s not bad, but would have been a better entertainer by following the essence of the original more faithfully. In short, Settai is a joyride – but only if you haven’t seen Delhi Belly."
Box Office
Settai sold 4 million tickets worldwide. The film grossed INR4 crore on Day One - biggest opening then for actor Arya. The film is relatively strong at multiplexes in cities while it is a little weak in single screens. In Chennai, the film grossed over INR5 crore during its lifetime. In Malaysia, the film grossed $280,086 in four weeks. The film grossed worldwide INR 36 crore at the box office.The film declared Hit.
Controversy
RJ Balaji who reviewed the movie on Soundcloud tweeted he got threatening calls from UTV employee.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Release
Plot
The story begins with John (Arya) and Regina (Nayanthara) getting married at a church. John and Regina have agreed to get married just to make their parents happy. When they take their wedding vows Regina utters her lover's name 'Surya.' Upon hearing this,Regina's father faints in the church. Regina feels sorry for her father and ends up marrying John. They live in a flat and John comes home every night drunk deliberately to disturb Regina. Their neighbors are also annoyed by this attitude of John and chides Regina one morning when this nuisance gets worse. They also try to irritate each other in every possible way. Eventually, Regina applies for transfer to stay away from John and he is not affected by this decision.
One fine night Regina falls on the ground with fits. John gets shocked and calls for an ambulance and takes Regina to the hospital, where he sees Regina being treated via electric shocks. The doctor then asks John for Regina's name and whether she had an attack before this. John fails to answer the doctor's question. The doctor then says it is important to know about your wife's health even if you do not like her. The next day John inquires Regina about her health and she reveals she was already attacked twice by fits. She begins telling how she first had fits. In which she reveals her past relationship with Surya (Jai),who is very timid and humorous. Her story begins, One fine day when she is in college, her phone fails to make calls so she calls the customer service to find out what is wrong. Surya who works at the Customer Service Center attends Regina's call. Surya is a new worker so he starts to get nervous and fumbles, irritated Regina starts to scold. Surya later calls her back to scold, listening to his friend's idea and ends up getting scolded. After that, Regina asks all her college-mates to call the customer service and prank Surya if he attends their call. Regina then comes straight to Surya's work place and says it was her fault and apologizes. The next day, Regina sends Surya a text message saying 'I love you'. Surya comes to meet her and Regina confesses her love. Love starts to bloom between the two. Surya gets selected for a cabin-crew training in the USA. They both decide to inform their parents about their relationship. However, Surya feels that his father might not approve of their relationship. Regina's father is more like a friend to her, so she requests her father to talk to Surya's father. Their marriage talks don't go as expected, hence Regina and Surya decide to get married without informing their parents. Regina waits for Surya to get married but he doesn't turn up. Regina's father feels sorry his daughter and takes Regina to Surya's house. There they both learn that Surya has already left to the US. Shocked and devastated, Regina's father has his first heart attack. A few days later Regina gets a call from Surya's friend Iyappan (Sathyan) that Surya has committed suicide in the US. Regina is heart-broken and attacked with fits. Three years later, Regina is still not able to get over her past but decides to marry John only for the sake of her father.
Upon hearing this, John says that he has never come across a girl who can value a relationship so much. John begins to like Regina and now has immense respect for her. But Regina continues to insult John until one day when Sarathy (Santhanam) comes to John's flat and reveals his past. John fell in love with Keerthana (Nazriya Nazim),who is an orphan. For John, it is love at first sight. As he is smitten by the bubbly and energetic Keerthana. John and Keerthana fall for each other and eventually get married. On the first day after their marriage, when Keerthana is crossing the road, a car hits her and she dies in front of John. Four years later,a heart-broken John agrees to marry Regina against his will upon the insistence of Sarathy.
On hearing John's past Regina begins to like John.Though John and Regina like each other, they never reveal it. Finally on John's birthday Regina gives John a gift and insists that he opens it alone, but John never opens the gift as he thinks that Regina is only pretending to be affectionate, in front of her father.
Regina gets a transfer to Australia for 2 years. John finds out and asks her to go ahead with her plans. Hiding his true feelings of wanting her to stay. All the while, Regina wants John to ask her to stay and thereby vocalize his feelings for her.
John agrees to drop Regina at the airport, as neither of them reveal their true feelings. Regina waits at the immigration counter and a frustrated John goes to the parking lot, venting on the phone to Sarathy. While still at the parking lot,John gets a call from Regina to see her at the entrance. Ecstatic John runs to the entrance to meet Regina, who tell him that she saw Surya at the immigration counter. Without listening any further, John runs to meet Surya. Surya says that he was forced to leave by his father and he knew that Regina will never get over him,so he had asked his friend to tell Regina that he committed suicide. Surya says that he is now happily married and asks John to be happy with Regina and leaves. John tries to convince Surya but he refuses and leaves.
Regina who is terribly angry slaps John as she never wanted to get back with Surya and all that she wants now is John. Regina throws the gift that John never opened in which it is written "Let us begin our life". John and Regina realize their love for each other and says the dialogue of their respective former love interest where their past love bloomed and live happily ever after,
Cast
Arya as John
He had to sport two different looks for the same character. About the looks, Arya said "One is the husband John, who is bored and has no interest in his looks. The other is a young and energetic John, who you see in the flashback. He is fit and lively. I had to put on weight and later shed a few kilos for these two looks.
Jai as Surya Muthuraman
Nayantara as Regina, an IT professional
She described the character as "very stubborn. She loses her temper at the drop of a hat, but is also emotionally vulnerable. What I like the most about her is the way she handles each and every phase in her life.
Nazriya Nazim as Keerthana
Sathyaraj as James
In an interview with The Times of India, he said "There are three important reasons why I chose to act in this film — Atlee, Atlee and Atlee. He worked with Shankar in Nanban (my first movie with the director) and he made it so easy for the filmmaker. The story of Raja Rani was so modern in thought and that's why I took it up,"[8]
Santhanam as Sarathy
The crew had announced that Santhanam would not be merely a comedian, but would have "an integral role to play in the development of the story". Speaking to The Times of India, Atlee said, "He will not only keep the audience in splits, but also make them shed a tear or two. His performance in emotional scenes will be refreshing. The audience will see Santhanam, the actor, in the film."
Sathyan as Aiyappan
Manobala as Ramamoorthy, the CEO of Airvoice
Rajendran as Henry
Dhanya Balakrishna as Nevetha
Misha Ghoshal as Madhu
Swaminathan as Flat Secretary Narayanan
Singamuthu as Sarathy's Uncle
Jangiri Madhumitha in a Special appearance
Gaana Bala in a Special appearance
Production
Casting
Atlee Kumar, an assistant director to Shankar, narrated his script to Murugadoss in early 2012 who agreed to finance the film. Atlee revealed he wrote the script with Arya in mind to portray the lead role, and was insistent on signing Nayantara as the female lead as he felt they made a good on-screen pair. Atlee had initially selected Sivakarthikeyan to portray a role in the film, but subsequently chose Jai to appear as Nayanthara's love interest in a flashback segment Priya Anand was considered another leading role, but the opportunity was later offered to Nazriya Nazim who had made her debut with Neram (2013) in Tamil films. Sathyaraj, Santhanam and Sathyan were also signed to play other supporting roles in the film.The film has music by G. V. Prakash Kumar, art direction by T. Muthuraj and cinematography by debutant George, a former associate of Nirav Shah.Filming
The film began its first schedule at a bungalow in Greams road, Chennai. Kamal Haasan switched on the camera and a song picturizing Jai and Nayanthara was canned on the occasion. The sequence involving Jai and Nayantara will be canned first and Arya will join the team after he completes his work on Irandam Ulagam.Soundtrack
Raja Rani
Front cover
Soundtrack album to Raja Rani by G. V. Prakash Kumar
Released 23 August 2013
Genre Feature Film Soundtrack
Language Tamil
Label Think Music
Producer G. V. Prakash Kumar
G. V. Prakash Kumar chronology
Thalaivaa
(2013) Raja Rani
(2013) JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai
(2013)
The soundtrack album for Raja Rani was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar. The lyrics were penned by Na. Muthukumar, Pa. Vijay and Gaana Bala. The single, "Hey Baby" was released on 19 August 2013.The complete album was released on 23 August 2013 at Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai. The audio was released by actors Jiiva and Arya.
Tracklist
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
1. "Hey Baby" Na. Muthukumar, Gaana Bala G. V. Prakash Kumar, Gaana Bala, Aishwarya 05:06
2. "Angnyaade" Pa. Vijay Shakthisree Gopalan 03:37
3. "Chillena" Na. Muthukumar Clinton Cerejo, Alphonse, Alka 05:12
4. "Unnale" Na. Muthukumar Vandana Srinivasan 01:41
5. "Oday Oday" Pa. Vijay Vijay Prakash, Sasha, Shalmali Kholgade 04:32
6. "Imaye Imaye" Pa. Vijay G. V. Prakash Kumar, Shakthisree Gopalan 03:26
7. "A Love For Life" G. V. Prakash Kumar, Navin Iyer, Chennai Symphony 03:17 total_length = 26:50
Behindwoods rated the album 3.5 out of 5, and said "G.V strikes with lively & cheerful melodies. A very pleasant album !" IndiaGlitz rated it 2.5 out of 5 and said, "GV Prakash keeps his promise".Cinemalead.com rated the album with 3.5 out of 5 stars and said the album is Innovative,Interesting and Intriguing
Release
The satellite rights of the film were bagged by STAR Vijay. A first official film teaser showing the lead pair quarreling through their projections in a mirror, was released on 11 May by Fox Star Studios. The teaser went instantly viral garnering a large number of views. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.[26] This film released in many theatres across the USA especially Towne 3 cinemas in San Jose. It is running successfully for the second week.
The official trailer was released along with the music album in a very innovative manner on 23 August 2013.The trailer was released on YouTube earlier in the day and was simultaneously telecast across 12 television channels at 7 PM. The trailer received tremendous response.Critical reception
Raja Rani received generally positive reviews from critics. Rediff rated it 3/5 and stated, "Debutant director Atlee's 'Raja Rani' is a simple refreshing tale about how to cope with life, when we lose someone we love. The film has a lot going for it and definitely succeeds in entertaining the audience." Behindwoods rated it 3/5 and stated "The movie's running time is 2 hours 45 minutes and there are moments in the second half leading to the finale which sag. The end product could have been much tauter. To sum up, though the second half of Raja Rani moves along predictable lines, it's still a promising debut by Atlee". The Times of India gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote "The film does leave you exhausted by the time it ends. Still, it remains always watchable, mainly because the director, like his mentor Shankar, embraces his old school storytelling methods with conviction".
Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu cited "Atlee’s promising debut Raja Rani merits a watch in spite of its fundamentally flawed structure". IndiaGlitz said, "One look at the movie and there might be suspicions of Atlee as a debutant, he gives away a clean family entertainer with no hoopla's. There are two other major contributing factors. George's enchanting cinematography giving a bouncing color to the film, and flows with freshness. And the other is GV's music, if the songs are chartbusters, then the BGM is another success story. They flow well with the scenes right from the start to the end, way to go team."
In contrast, Gautaman Bhaskaran of Hindustan Times rated it 2 stars and said, "At a little over 150 minutes, Raja Rani is a bumpy ride with potholes of songs, with characters who are nothing better than caricatures and with a romance that hardly engages". Sify too gave an unfavourable review stating, "Debutant director Atlee's highly hyped Raja Rani starts off promisingly and keeps us engaged in the first half. But post-interval it loses steam, and turns out to be a cheesy, emotionally manipulative drama with a predictable long drawn out climax that goes on and on for 35 minutes".
Critics have also noted that the film draws similarites to Mani Ratnam's Mouna Ragam and the Kannada film Milana.Box office
The film released in 350 screens in Tamil Nadu. It earned approximately INR 32 million on its first day, which was said to be Arya's best ever opening,and had collected an opening weekend collection of INR 122 million in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.The total collections from overseas market after the opening weekend were estimated at around INR 50 million. According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the film collected about INR 320 million in the domestic market in ten days. The film grossed INR 10 million from Satyam Cinemas in eight days. Raja Rani eventually emerged a huge success after earning over INR500 million (US$8.4 million) from the South Indian box office within four weeks. Raja Rani tamil version collected INR50 crore (US$8.4 million)(Nett in 25 Days) & approximately INR80 crore (US$13 million)(Gross in 100 Days) turned out as a blockbuster with its status of collections.Later Telugu dubbed version of Raja Rani collected INR10 crore (US$1.7 million) in its first weekend at AP Box office.
Irandaam Ulagam (English: Second World) is an Indian Tamil planetary romance film written and directed by Selvaraghavan. Starring Arya and Anushka Shetty, the film features soundtrack composed by Harris Jayaraj, background score by Anirudh Ravichander and cinematography handled by Ramji. The film was dubbed in Telugu (as Varna). After several months of production, the film was released worldwide on 22 November 2013.Opening to mixed reviews, the film was declared as a disaster by trade sources with a loss of almostINR 35 Crore.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Soundtrack
5 Marketing
6 Release
7 See also
8 References
9 External links
Plot
Irandam Ulagam is about two stories which unfold concurrently in two different planets – our Earth and an unnamed exoplanetOn earth a timid medical student Ramya (Anushka Shetty) who has a crush on an academic mathematician Madhu Balakrishnan (Arya). He initially refuses her proposal for marriage as his father is invalid needing his full attention and care. Later, Madhu gradually reciprocate Ramya's love seeing her caring nature and proposes marriage. But, she reluctantly rejects his proposal as her family had already arranged marriage. While on a trip to Goa, Madhu wins Ramya's heart while her fiance abruptly cancels the marriage citing dowry as reason. She instantaneously dies in a freak accident and this is followed by the news of death of Madhu's paralysed father too. Depressed by the sudden twin tragedies, Madhu becomes a vagabond in Goa. He sees an apparition of his dead father that tells him death is an illusion. Later, in one of the tourist spots, he follows an empty car to a hilltop and tries to commit suicide. He gets injured and faints while trying to drive the car.
The story moves parallel in the alternate world in a relatively primitive kingdom which protects the immortal Amma. The son of a noble military commander, Maravan (Arya), falls in love with a working class orphan Varna (Anushka Shetty). Maravan, though fearless, does not take interest in martial arts and roams around the kingdom drinking with his friends. Varna, on the other hand, is interested in a military career though she picks and packs wild mushrooms to eke out a living. She also has the desire to protect Amma from the enemies of the kingdom. While gatecrashing a military admissions exam for Amma's protection, the tyrant king condemns Varna to his harem. Maravan pleads the king to release Varna and the king in return challenges Maravan to get hold of Lion's skin within three days. Maravan, though inexperienced, fights with the lion which was never slain and releases Varna. With the behest of the king, Varna is forced to marry Maravan, which goes against her free will. So, she tries to commit suicide after assaultin the king. But Amma saves her and the riled king exiles her to the forest. Depressed Maravan tries to commit suicide in vain. Taunted by new military recruits, Maravan climbs a sacred mountain called Swamimalai.
Meanwhile, with the special powers of Amma, an inter-planetary portal opens briefly between Maravan in Swamimalai and Madhu in Goa. Maravan rescues the fainted Madhu from the car and takes him to Amma for treatment. People of the kingdom celebrate Madhu mistaking him as angel. Then the enemies lay siege to the kingdom and try to kidnap Amma. But intoxicated Maravana fights them off with the help of Varna who returns from the forest. When Madhu looks at Varna (who looks like Ramya), flowers begin to bloom in the kingdom for the first time. But the timid people force Varna away back to the forests. Later Maravan's bravery is rewarded by his father and king who admits him into the military service. Maravan, with new-found confidence, goes into the forest to meet Varna with food and blankets. But she rejects him again. Madhu too goes into the forest to meet Varna. This time, Varna accepts his friendship. Marvan gets jealous of Madhu. A stormy night forces Varna to eventually return to the kingdom from the forest. The enemies of the kingdom capture Amma while the irate king sends Maravan for execution for illegally housing Varna. Maravan is captured by the enemy troops while abducting Amma. Madhu and Varna set out through forest to find Maravan and Amma. Varna eventually realises that she had fallen in love with her husband Maravan after hearing about Ramya. Maravan bravely wipes out the entire army of the enemy and escapes with Amma on a boat. But Madhu is drowned in combat. Amma stops Varna and Maravan from saving him. Then an inter-planetary portal opens briefly again and Madhu lands in another unnamed exoplanet where he finally meets his soul mate Ramya look-alike again. He earnestly asks her if she is single. Finally he realises that it is his true destiny.
Cast
Arya as Madhu Balakrishnan/Maravan
Anushka Shetty as Ramya/Varna/The third world girl
Venkatesh Harinathan as Venky
Ashok Kumar as Madhu Balakrishna's Father
Padu Raman as Chief Doctor
Selva
Production
Development
In October 2006, the film was reported to be in planning with Karthi, whose first film was yet to release at the time, and Sandhya being signed on. The film titled Idhu Maalai Nerathu Mayakkam consequently began its shoot in November 2006 and was produced by R. Ravindran and White Elephants, Selvaraghavan's new production house in collaboration with cinematographer Arvind Krishna and music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja. However after a brief filming schedule, the film failed to progress.
The film was relaunched on 7 November 2008 and filming started with a new cast of Dhanush and Andrea Jeremiah in the leading roles. Ramji and G. V. Prakash Kumar had taken over as the cinematographer and music director respectively. The film was described to be a quick project with Selvaraghavan and Dhanush's sister, Vimalageetha taking up the production reins. However, filming was stalled for unknown reasons.
In August 2009, the film was launched again for the third time with a first schedule planned in Hyderabad. However the film was yet again abandoned in October 2009.
The film began shoots for the fourth time on 27 June 2010 with the same cast, but a changed title of Maravan. Filming was held at Jeppiaar Engineering College in Chennai. The title later was changed to Irandaam Ulagam and in a turn of events, Yuvan Shankar Raja replaced Prakash Kumar as music composer. However, in a sensational turn, Prakash Kumar was assigned again as composer after Yuvan Shankar Raja moved out of the project. The film ran into trouble yet again after lead actress Andrea Jeremiah pulled out of the film.
Meanwhile, Harris Jayaraj was confirmed to be a part of the project as the music director, again replacing Prakash Kumar.Filming
"No one has really attempted a mystical film. There is a lot of Sufism and a Zen feel to the film. I have made a romantic film that uses these elements in the background. There is a reality in mysticism"
Selvaraghavan, on the making of Irandaam Ulagam
The film shooting took off on 24 December 2011, in Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad. The next schedule was filmed in Goa, inside the BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, following which the team shot few scenes in Rio de Janeiro and the forests of Brazil. It was reported that Arya and Anushka will play double roles. Selvaraghavan reported that the film will have CGI scenes. Some portions were shot in Hyderabad.Arya worked out to build a huge frame and six-pack abs to fit the muscular lead role. The team returned from Georgia after almost two months of continuous shoot under extreme conditions. Chinmayi dubbed in Tamil for Anushka. The unit after shooting at Ramoji Film City moved to the holy town of Srisailam situated in Nallamala Hills of Kurnool district. Scenes crucial for the story were shot in this last and final schedule.The talkie portions of the project were completed by April 2013.
In October 2013, all post-production work including computer generated imagery which took weeks was finally over and the content was locked This, at the side of many different aspects of the production, had apparently led to a extravagant budget is INR 60 crores.Soundtrack
Irandaam Ulagam / Varna
Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj
Released August 3, 2013
Recorded 2012
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Telugu
Label Sony Music India
Producer Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Thuppakki
(2012) Irandaam Ulagam / Varna
(2013) Endrendrum Punnagai
(2013)
Irandaam Ulagam marks Harris Jayaraj's first collaboration with director Selvaraghavan.Vairamuthu was signed as the lyricist for all songs in the soundtrack. Jayaraj said that the songs would feature breezy romantic and situation based tracks as per the film's central theme. The song En Kaadhal Thee sung by S. P. Balasubramaniam was recorded in late October 2012.
A single track sung by Dhanush, "Pazhangkalla" was released on 2 August 2012. The full album was released on 4 August 2012, and received highly positive reviews from critics. The album was mastered and made available for iTunes on 13 August 2012 and within a week of its release, topped the iTunes India Charts.Background score was completed by Anirudh after Harris left the project due to other commitments.No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "En Kaadhal Theeye" S. P. Balasubramaniam 05:03
2. "Vinnathaandi Anbe" Vijay Prakash 06:53
3. "Pazhangkalla" Dhanush 04:22
4. "Kanimozhiye" Karthik, Megha 05:50
5. "Raakkozhi Raakhozhi" Hariharan, Palghat Sreeram 05:29
6. "Mannavane En Mannavane" Gopal Rao, Shakthisree Gopalan 05:28
7. "Irandaam Ulagam Theme" Madras Chorale Group 02:23
8. "Penne Naa Enna Solla" Anirudh Ravichander 02:14
9. "Iravinil Oruvanai" Chinmayi 02:03
10. "Un Kaadhal Ingu Unmaiya" Anirudh Ravichander -
The Telugu version of the album (Varna) was released on 26 October, also receiving positive critical reception. It also had the same set of vocalists except for Dhanush, who was replaced by Karthik and Vijay Prakash for the Telugu version of "Pazhangkalla" which was titled Paalalle. All lyrics were written by Chandrabose.
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Oka Kaavyam" S. P. Balasubramaniam 05:03
2. "Nuvva Nuvva" Vijay Prakash 06:53
3. "Paalalle" Karthik, Vijay Prakash 04:22
4. "Tholi Merupa" Karthik, Chinmayi 05:50
5. "Raakkaasi" Hariharan, Palghat Sreeram 05:29
6. "Chandravanke" Gopal Rao, Shakthisree Gopalan 05:28
7. "Varna Theme" Madras Chorale Group 02:23
Total length:
35:28
Marketing
The official high-definition theatrical trailer published on YouTube attracted 1.2 million viewsA week after its release, the soundtrack topped the iTunes India charts by claiming the No.1 spot. A huge 70-feet cut-out of Anushka was erected at Shilpa Kala Vedika in Madhapur on the eve of audio launch. The launch event was streamed live on YouTube, MAA Movies, Vanitha TV and NTV.
Release
The film was initially announced to release in Diwali 2013, but was later postponed to November 22 along with its dubbed versions in Hindi, Georgian, Russian, Uzbek, and Turkish, placing it among the highly anticipated films of the year. "Irandam Ulagam" (Second World) has received a clean "U" certificate with no cuts from the censor board and the film runs for 2 hours 40 minutes and 9 seconds. The censor board members are reportedly in awe after watching the final product of the film which is directed by Selvaraghavan. According to reports the film's producers, PVP Cinema, will release the fantasy thriller in more than 1,200 screens worldwide which is biggest release ever in Arya's career. Apart from India, "Irandam Ulagam" will release in overseas markets including US, UK, Malaysia, Singapore, Switzerland and France[54]
The advance bookings for the film, which started on Wednesday (20 November), has received good response. Bookings were high in Chennai city, particularly in multiplexes, said entertainment industry tracker Sreedhar Pillai . As there was a good pre-talk for the Tamil movie, multiplexes in the city decided to open the counters to sell tickets of the movie two days before its release. The bookings had a slow start, and till the afternoon, the response was not high. But post noon, tickets started selling like hot cakes. According to reports, the multiplexes have sold over 15,000 tickets for the first weekend The film had a grand worldwide premiere on November 21 all over USA where it was released in more than 100 screens.
Box Office
The good pre-talk around the movie helped the Tamil flick to garner good collectionsThe Tamil version has earned around INR 16.46 crore in its opening weekend in Chennai. The film witnessed average theatre occupancy of 79 percent during the first weekend, reported Behindwoods. As of now, the collection figure from the UK is out. In the opening weekend, Irandam Ulagam has earned 19,024 £ (19.28 lacs) at the Box Office. It got released on 14 screens. It faced a stiff competition from a host movie of movies. .[58] Varna also opened well collected INR 11.6 crore at the box office. The film was a disaster in box office. It unexpectedly flopped in box office due to weak storyline.
Critical reception
The film received mostly negative reviews from critics. The Hindu wrote, "With just a handful of movies, Selvaraghavan has announced himself a major filmmaker, and it falls on us to look at his latest venture, Irandaam Ulagam, as the (worthy) next instalment in a thematically connected oeuvre as well as a (problematic) standalone film. It’s a love story without a shred of genuine passion". The Times of India gave the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The disjointed way in which the scenes play out in this world at times makes one wonder if we are seeing the film version of a feverish dream Selvaraghavan might have had".[61] Behindwoods rated it 3 out of 5 and stated "If you do not question the concept and enjoy the fantasy you will like Irandam Ulagam". Oneindia gave 2.5 out of 5 stated "Full marks to the technical brilliance of Irandam Ulagam. But the decision to watch Irandam Ulagam lies between whether you love watching abstruse movies or purely entertainment flick. If you love to see the former, don't miss it".[2] Sify wrote, "Irandam Ulagam is not everybody’s cup of tea, but film is made with a lot of passion and sincerity. However, like all his previous films, this one too is ahead of its time" Rediff gave 3 out of 5 and wrote, "Irandam Ulagam is a visually stunning fantasy story set in an imaginary world that describes a love that transcends human understanding of time and space. (It) is an ambitious project by a director who always strives to give a different and unique experience to his audience".
IANS gave 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Selva complicates a simple love story in his attempt to merge romance and fantasy genres, only to give the audience an unbearable experience. The film is ruined by an abstract and complicated screenplay". India Glitz rated 2.75/5 stated "'Irandam Ulagam' is a complete experience. It doesn't have the usual high amounts of action, romance, comedy and masala as a normal Kollywood film would have; though it has all of it, everything is in moderation. A love story beyond one this world, the film is not a thoroughbred strictly Indian flavour, but is meant for the world audience at large. Savouring tastes of global interests, the film is a fair choice of being a multilingual international movie. In all 'Irandam Ulagam' is for the wise audience". Bangalore Mirror wrote, "Selva needs to be commended for having chosen such a challenging theme, though he should have taken a little more care to distinguish between the behavioral traits and life styles of the inhabitants of the two worlds". Deccan Herald gave 2 out of 5 and wrote, "Irandam Ulagam, twin worlds, both of which disappoint given that the narrative makes the audience totally disoriented and disinterested in its dour, dull drama that unfolds in spectacular fashion". The New Indian Express wrote, "Brilliantly conceived, the film, however, falls short on execution".
See also
Planetary romance
Science fiction films in India
Fantasy
Sources from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arya
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