Vandae Maatharam

Vandae Maatharam
Directed by	T. Aravind
Produced by	Henry
Written by	Henry R. N. R. Manohar
Starring	Mammootty Arjun Sneha Sharada Arya Rajkapoor Nassar Jai Akash Jagadish Deepak J.D Rajan P. Dev
Music by	D. Imman
Cinematography	Rajesh Yadav M. V. Panneerselvam
Editing by	G. Ramrao V. M. Udhayashankar
Distributed by	Pangaj Productions
Release date(s)	September 10, 2010 (2010-09-10)
Language	Malayalam Tamil
Budget	14 crores[1]
Box office	4.1 crores[1]

Vandae Maatharam is a 2010 Malayalam action film directed by T. Aravind. The film features Mammootty, Arjun and Sneha in the lead roles, whilst Sharada Arya, Rajkapoor, Nassar, Jai Akash, Jagadish, Deepak J. D., and Rajan P. Dev play supporting roles. The film was simultaneously made and released in Tamil with same title and was later dubbed in Telugu and Kannada. The film was released overseas on 10 September 2010 and later in India on 17 September 2010.^[2].

Plot

Mammootty and Arjun are tough police officers. They analyse farmers struggle and related social violence to put forward an amicable solution to have lasting harmony. They are highly disturbed by the terrorists' infiltrations. Sneha, an Aviator, is Mammootty's wife and they are sad that they don't have a child. The rest of the story deals with how they counter act against the terrorists and save the land.

Cast

• Mammootty as Gopikrishnan
• Arjun as Anwar Hussain
• Sneha as Nandini
• Sharada Arya
• Rajkapoor
• Nassar
• Jagadish
• Jai Akash
• Deepak J.D
• Rajan P. Dev

Production

The shooting started by the middle of 2007 and later on the story was modified due to some personal problems. It took 100 days of shooting and ten schedules to complete the movie. Mammootty and Arjun play the role of cops while Sneha is playing as a pilot. Then the story revolves around the investigation and how the heroes eradicate the terrorists from being entering the border. The audio launch was held on July 3, 2010 and the movie was all set to release on the eve of Ramzan, 10 September 2010 in both Tamil and Malayalam.^[3] But at the last moment, it couldn't make it to the theatres. Then, it was released on 17 September 2010.^[4]

Amitabh Bachchan was approached to do a pivotal role in the movie, but as he was not able to allocate the call sheets, Nassar played the role. In 2007, A.R.Rahman was approached to score the music of the film. But during that time, he was busy with the composing work of Jodhaa Akbar. After deciding among composers like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Harris Jayaraj, Vidyasagar; the crew signed in D. Imman. A patriotic song penned by Vairamuthu and the song rendered by ten singers. They are D. Imman, Harish Raghavendra, Vijay Yesudas, Haricharan, Naresh Iyer, Krish, Pop Shalini, Mathangi, Srilekha Parthasarathy and Chinmayi. Stunts director for this movie is the renowned stunt director Allan Amin.

The budget of the movie has been stated to be 14 crores^[1]

Reception

Sify and nowrunnig give the film 2/5 saying, "The done to death patriotic theme receives no fresh makeover in the film. If only it had paid more attention to that feeble script instead of raking up all that clatter and clamor on screen, would it have made more sense".^[1]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features six songs composed by D. Imman and lyrics penned by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan and Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma for the Malayalam version and Vairamuthu, Snehan, Nandala and Viveka for the Tamil version. The album was released on July 3, 2010.

Malayalam

No.	Song	Singers	Length	Lyrics
1	Saaragiyil	Kalyani	5:00	Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma
2	Gala Gala Gala Gaaley	Jassie Gift, Roshini	4:24	Mankombu Gopalakrishnan
3	One Two Three	Ramya, Farazuddin, D. Imman	4.39	Mankombu Gopalakrishnan
4	Chirichonnurangum	Jyotsna	5:01	Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma
5	Vande Maatharam	D. Imman, Harish Raghavendra, Vijay Yesudas, Haricharan, Naresh Iyer Krish, Pop Shalini, Mathangi, Srilekha Parthasarathy, Chinmayi	4:12	Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma
6	Intelligence Is The Keyword	D. Imman on keyboard	2:02	(Instrumental)

Tamil

No.	Song	Singers	Length	Lyrics
1	Vandhe Maatharam	D. Imman, Harish Raghavendra, Vijay Yesudas, Haricharan, Naresh Iyer Krish, Pop Shalini, Mathangi, Srilekha Parthasarathy, Chinmayi	4:12	Vairamuthu
2	Sanjeevana	Kalyani	5:00	Snehan
3	One Two Three	D. Imman, Ramya, Farazuddin	4:39	Nandala
4	Thirumbi Thirumbi	Suchith Suresan	5:01	Viveka
5	Gala Gala Gala Gaaley	Jassie Gift, Roshini	4:24	Snehan
6	Intelligence Is The Keyword	D. Imman on keyboard	2:02	(Instrumental)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Aruvudai". Sify. http://sify.com/movies/imagegallery/galleryDetail.php?hcategory=13733818&hgallery=14681567. 
2. ^ Sampurn Wire. "Vande Mataram releases first in overseas". Thaindian. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/vande-mataram-releases-first-in-overseas_100429160.html. Retrieved 15 September 2010. 
3. ^ Moviebuzz. "Vande Mataram on Ramzan". Sify. http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14954177. Retrieved 22 August 2010. 
4. ^ "Vande Matharam fails to turn up at theatres!". Sify. 

External links

• Vande Mataram movie audio launch on July 3, 2010
• Vande Mataram from July 15
• http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/4057/malayalam/vande-matharam/index.htm
• http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/1429/vandematharam.html
• http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/1492/vande-mataram.html
• http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14947351