Vettaikaaran (2009 film)
| Vettaikaaran | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Babu Sivan |
| Produced by | M. Balasubramanian B. Gurunath Meiyappan |
| Starring | Joseph Vijay Anushka Shetty Salim Ghouse |
| Cinematography | Gopinath |
| Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
| Music by | Vijay Antony |
| Distributed by | AVM Productions |
Release date | October 17, 2009 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | Rs. 30 crores |
Vettaikkaaran (Tamil: வேட்டைக்காரன்) is a forthcoming Tamil film being directed by Babu Sivan, who directs his first feature film. The film is produced by M. Balasubramanian and B. Gurunath Meiyappan and will be distributed by AVM Productions. The film will star Joseph Vijay and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles. The film's background score and soundtrack will be composed by Vijay Antony while Gopinath will be the film's main cinematographer and V. T. Vijayan as the film's editor. The film was launched in February 2009 and is expected to begin its initial filming schedules the following month.
Cast
- Joseph Vijay as vettri
- Anushka Shetty as keerthi
- Salim Ghouse as
Production
Development
During the filming of Kuruvi, which also starred Joseph Vijay and was directed by Dharani, Babu Sivan served as one of his prominent assistant directors in the film and wrote the dialogues.[2] Sivan was later prompted to begin his maiden directorial venture with Vijay in the lead role. He was eventually chosen as the director for the next feature film to be produced AVM Productions. The project was announced in August 2008 with the title Vettaikkaaran taken from the 1964 Tamil film starring M. G. Ramachandran.[3]
Until after the Vijay-starrer Villu released in January 2009, Vettaikkaaran was formally launched the next month at the Vinayagar Temple, a privatized Hindu temple located in one of the studios of AVM Productions. The film's director Babu Sivan, producers M. Balasubramaniam and B. Gurunath Meyyappan, Vijay and his wife, Vijay Antony, S. A. Chandrasekhar and director Dharani were present at the film's inaugration.[4] The film was also regarded to have a storyline similar to Vijay's previous film Thirupaachi directed by Perarasu.
Casting
AVM Productions was on the look out for a director at first, with commercial value. Perarasu and Hari were mentioned, but later, AVM Productions chose Babu Sivan to be the director of the film.[5][5]
Several actresses were approached to essay the lead female role with Tamanna Bhatia,[6] Ileana D'Cruz,[6] Bhavana Balachandran,[7] Asin Thottumkal,[8] Nayantara[6] and Anushka Shetty[9] being considered for the role. Afterwards, Anushka Shetty was finalized to portray the role. Yuvan Shankar Raja was first approached[10] as the film composer but backed off due to other existing projects.[11]. Vijay Antony was later favoured for the position, who recently scored for the film Kadhalil Vizhunthen and received many accolades for the peppy number "Nakka Mukka," which was regarded as one of the best songs composed in 2008. Cinematographer Gopinath was choosen to be the lead cameraman in the film after Ravi Varman had dropped out from the film.[12] V. T. Vijayan was also signed as the film's editor while Milan has been signed to serve as the film's art director.
Filming
Filming for Vettaikkaaran began on March 9, 2009, the same day Sivaji Productions' Asal began its filming.[13] The filming took place in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh where film's title song was choreographed and filmed with Vijay and 100 junior artists.[14]
References
- ^ "Ilayathalapathi Vijay's, AVM's Vettaikaran pooja was held today (22nd February 2009) at AVM Film Studios famous Pillayar Kovil (Vinayagar Temple)". Find Near You. 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
Vettaikaaran has started his hunt.
- ^ http://www.nantucketdowntowntrafficstudy.com/2008/08/vijays-next-director.html?widgetType=BlogArchive&widgetId=BlogArchive1&action=toggle&dir=close&toggle=YEARLY-1199174400000&toggleopen=MONTHLY-1220252400000
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/40978.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/45228.html
- ^ a b Karthick ((2009-02-25)-Wednesday). "Wishes to Babu Sivan, all the best in his first film". Naive Expressions. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help)CS1 maint: year (link) Cite error: The named reference "babusivanchoosen" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ a b c "Race for heroins in Vettaikaran has begin". MirchiGossips. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-16. Cite error: The named reference "ileanaandnayantaraandtamanna" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Bhavana and Asin Thottumkal could star in Vettaikaaran". Wikibin.
- ^ "Asin to act in Vijay's Vettaikkaran Movie". TamilWire. 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ "Anushka Vijay`s Lady Love". TamilWire. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ Podaskie (2008-11-20). "Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing muisc for Vettaikaaran". Mayyam. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Thulasidasan (2008-02-28). "Yuvan Raja was dropped from composing music in Vettaikaaran". Thulasidasan's Blog. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "Ravivarman dropped from Vettaikaran". Poochandi. 2009. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
- ^ Podaskie (2009-02-25). "Vettaikaaran shooting is to begin in March". Times of India. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/45526.html