- Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
Infobox_Film
name = Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
director =Gautham Menon
writer =Gautham Menon
starring =Kamal Haasan Jyothika Kamalinee Mukherjee Prakash Raj
producer = Manickam Narayanan
music =Harris Jayaraj
cinematographer =Ravi Varman
distributor = Photon Factory
released = August, 252006
runtime = 150 minutes
language = Tamil
budget = Rs. 24 crores ($ 5.2 million)
imdb_id = 0455829
website =http://www.vettaiyaaduvilaiyaadu.com/"Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu" (
2006 ) is a Tamil film starringKamal Haasan ,Jyothika ,Kamalinee Mukherjee ,Prakash Raj and music composed byHarris Jayaraj . The film is directed byGautham Menon and produced by Manickam Narayan.The movie is one of the biggest hits of kamal Haasan.Plot
Raghavan (
Kamal Haasan ) is an honest cop in Tamil Nadu. His wife Kayalvizhi (Kamalinee Mukerji ) dies in a violent incident. Arokiyaraj (Prakash Raj ) is his colleague. Raghavan is deputized to investigate Arokiya Raj's daughter Rani's murder in some remote village in Tamil Nadu. Arokiya Raj shifts his base to New York after his daughter's murder.After 9 months, Raghavan receives message about the gruesome murder of Arokiya Raj and his wife. He proceeds to New York to conduct preliminary investigations, with the help of NYPD detective Anderson. There, he saves Aradhana Arun (
Jyothika ) from committing suicide due to problems with her estranged husband. Raghavan unearths a series of murders of young girls murdered in New York. He finds a pattern in those murders and finds resemblance to Arokiyaraj's daughter's murder in India. Based on these clues, he tracks down two Indian medical students studying in New York. The duo escape to India after severely injuring Raghavan and killing Anderson.Raghavan, who reveals that his wife was 5 months pregnant when she died, returns to India, and Aradhana, who reveals that she's a single-mother, follows him. She accepts Raghavan's offer of marriage. In India, culprits chase Raghavan and commit a series of murders, including those of Raghavan's driver and security guards. Meanwhile, Aradhana accedes to Raghavan's proposal to marry her. The serial killers see this and kidnap Aradhana in an attempt to blackmail Raghavan. The rest of the story is a graphic depiction of the culprit's acts and how Raghavan traces and brings an end to the chase. At the end of the movie, 6 months after the chase, Raghavan and Aradhana get married, making Raghavan the stepfather of 17-month-old Maya.This movie turned out to be a record breaking hit at box office. It had 150 successfull days in Tamil Nadu. In august 2007 this movie was dubbed in telugu as Raghavan and met with equal success in telugu also. It can be considered as one of biggest hit of Kamal's career until his rescent flick Dasavatharam which breaked all his previous movies records & turned out to be the most successful movie ever made in Tamil Film Industry.
Cast
*
Kamalhassan as "Raghavan"
*Jyothika as "Aradhana Arun-Raghavan"
*Kamalinee Mukherjee as "Kayalvizhi Raghavan"
*Lev Gorn as "Anderson"
*Ajay Naidu as "Arun"
*Prakash Raj as "Arokiyaraj"
*Daniel Balaji as "Amudhan Sukumaran"
*Saleem Baig as "Ilamaran Ganesan"
*Rajshri Nair as "Chitra Arokiyaraj"Nayantara and Nila rejected roles in th film. [ [http://www.behindwoods.com/features/News/News33/13-10-05/tamil-movies-news-nila.html Tamil movies : Nila says no to Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu ] ]Crew
* Director :
Gautham Menon
* Cinematography :Ravi Varman
* Art Direction :Rajeevan
* Editing : Anthony
* Producer : Manickam Narayanan
* New York Line Producer : Tirlok Malik
* Music :Harris Jayaraj The film grossed Rs. 39.26 lacs in UK after 13 weeks. [cite web | last = Adarsh | first = Taran | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = 'Vivah' rock-steady in U.K.! | work = | publisher = Bollywood Online on IndiaFM | date= November 22, 2006 | url = http://www.indiafm.com/trade/overseas_boxoffice/131.html | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-05-26]
Alternate releases
This film was dubbed into
Telugu as "Raghavan".References
External links
* [http://www.raagangal.com/index.asp?movie=Vettaiyaadu%20Vilaiyaadu Listen to Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu Songs Online]
* [http://www.universalherokamal.com Kamal Haasan Official Fan Club Page]
* [http://www.vettaiyaaduvilaiyaadu.com Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu Official Website]
* [http://kornesh.wetpaint.com/page/Vettaiyadu+Villaiyadu Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu Fan Club Page]
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