- Veyil
Infobox_film
name = Veyil
director =Vasanthabalan
producer = Shankar
starring =Bharath
BhavanaSriya Reddy Pasupathy
music =G.V. Prakash Kumar
language = Tamil
released date =December 8 2006 "Veyil" is a 2006 Tamil film directed by
Vasanthabalan .Bharath andPasupathy are the heroes where Bhavana, Priyanka andSriya Reddy plays the female leads.Plot
The story is told through the protagonist Murugesan (
Pasupathy ) who recalls his childhood inVirudhunagar town. His father is a butcher who works hard to bring up his four children - two boys and two girls, and has a happy family.Murugesan dotes on his younger brother Kathir and his weakness, like any other adolescent is love for movies (especially MGR films) that are screened in a local theatre. But one day life changes for him when his father catches him red-handed from the theatre after he bunks school. The child is severely punished. He runs away from home taking money and jewels.
Along the way Murugesan gets sidetracked from his intended destination of Chennai by an MGR Movie poster. He's shown watching several MGR shows, buying a change of clothes and eating a hearty meal with his ill-gotten money. After spending the night at local temple, he wakes up to find his money and other possessions missing. Murugesan is then taken under the wings of a theatre projectionist in a nearby town and slowly the theatre becomes his home. As an adult, he falls in love with Thangam (Priyanka), a beautiful girl who lives opposite the theatre but their love story does not have a happy ending. Murugesan is crestfallen after Thankam’s death and takes to the bottle. Sometime later the theatre is demolished, the owner citing loss of business.
He decides to return home after 20 years. The rest of the film is all about Murugesan’s mental turmoil, as he is caught between the deep love showered by his younger brother Kathir (
Bharath ) who runs a successful advertising agency and his guilt of not being a responsible son or elder brother. There is a parallel love story between Meenakshi (Bhavana ), an innocent girl and Kathir. Then there is Pandi (Sriya Reddy ) who is Murugesan's childhood sweetheart.The rest of the story is about what happens to Murugesan and Kathir.Trivia
*It is the first Tamil language film screened at Cannes as part of the
2007 Cannes Film Festival under the 'Tous les Cinemas du Monde’ section. [ [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14421280 `Veyil` to shine in Cannes! - Sify.com ] ]
*Sandhya was supposed to play the female lead but was replaced by Bhavana
*G.V. Prakash Kumar who has scored the music for the movie is the nephew of the famous music directorA.R.Rahman Festivals
*Cannes International Film Festival 2007 - Screened under [TOUS LES CINEMAS DU MONDE] [ [http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/event/4438667 Cannes Festival ] ]
*Shanghai International Film Festival 2007 - Nominee under [Asian New Talent Award] [zh icon [http://www.siff.com/Articleen/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=332 第十一届上海国际电影节 ] ]
*Habitat International Film Festival 2007 - Screened [ [http://www.habitatworld.com/events-film.asp Habitat World - Events - Films At Members ] ]
*Pune International Film Festival 2007 - Screened under [INDIAN BIOSCOPE] [http://www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com/story/2007/3/1/1951/95664]Awards
*Best Film(Tamil) Regional- 54th National Film Awards,India
*Elemec's 3rd Amrita Film Awards - Won Best Other Language Film [ [http://www.amritatv.com/html/afanominees.php Welcome to Amrita TV - AFA NOMINEES ] ]
*South Indian Filmfare Awards - Best Tamil Film - Shankar
*South Indian Filmfare Awards - Best Director - Vasantha Balan
*State Award-2006 - Best Film-2007
*MGR Sivaji Academic Award-2006 - Best Film
*Bravo (Spell Found) -2006 - Best Director, Best Film, Best Actor
*Kerala (Other Language Film Award) - Best FilmReferences
External links
* [http://www.imayam.org/songs/radio/index.jsp?action=playlist&artist=Veyil Listen to Veyyil Songs]
* [http://www.imayam.org/movies/suntv.jsp Vasantha Balan KTV Interview]
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