Vetri Vizha

Infobox Film
name = Vetri Vizha


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caption = DVD cover of "Vetri Vizha"
director = Pratap Pothan
producer = Sivaji Productions
writer = K.Rajeshwar, Shanmugapriyan
narrator = Pratap Pothan
starring = Kamal Haasan
Prabhu
Amala
Kushboo
Sasikala
music = Ilayaraaja
cinematography = Ashok Kumar
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released = 1989
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country = India
language = Tamil
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preceded_by = Apoorva Sagothargal
followed_by = Indhirudu Chandirudu
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imdb_id = 0140677

"Vetri Vizha" is a 1989 Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. Prabhu, Amala, Sasikala and Kushboo played supporting roles. The story was of an amnesiac who struggles to find his past after memory loss.

Plot

Police officer Vijay(Kamal Hasan) has been chasing villain (Fepsi Vijayan) and loses his memory in a fight. He was saved by a doctor (Shavukaru Janaki) and her niece (Sasikala) in Goa. He falls in love with Sasikala and marries her after saving her from local rowdy. He wants to find out his identity and travels to Chennai. He meets D.S.P. (Radha Ravi) and comes to know about his past including marriage to Lalitha(Amala). When he lost memory, he was acting as bad person as an underground officer. Kamail is joined by Vetri(Prabhu) and Khushboo and they hunt gangster Vijayan with success this time.

Related

This film is later dubbed into Telugu as Vijethalu. The film is heavily inspired by The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum, though the story deviates from Ludlum's plot in the second half of the movie.

Cast

* Kamal Haasan
* Prabhu
* Amala
* Kushboo
* Sasikala
* Sowkar Janaki
* Fepsi Vijayan

Credits

* Story - K.Rajeshwar and Shanmugapriyan
* Direction and screen play - Pratap Pothan
* Music - Illayaraja
* Cinematography - Ashok Kumar
* Choreography - Prabhu Deva. This is debut movie for him.

oundtrack

This movie is also famous for its songs composed by Illayaraja
* Marugo Marugo - voice by S. P. Balasubramanyam and Chitra
* Pungatru Un Peru Solla - voice by S. P. Balasubramanyam and Chitra
* Thathom Talangu - voice by S. P. Balasubramanyam and S. Janaki
* Vanam Enna - voice given by S. P. Balasubramanyam and Malaysia Vasudevan
* Seevi Sinukkeduthhu - voice by Malaysia Vasudevan and S. Janaki