Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu

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Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
Directed by Gautham Menon
Produced by Manickam Narayanan
Written by Gautham Menon
Starring Kamal Haasan
Jyothika
Kamalinee Mukherjee
Prakash Raj
Music by Harris Jayaraj
Distributed by Photon Factory
Release date(s) August, 25 2006
Running time 150 minutes
Language Tamil
Budget Rs. 24 crores ($ 5.2 million)
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Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006) is a Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Prakash Raj and music composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film is directed by Gautham Menon and produced by Manickam Narayan.The movie is one of the biggest hits of kamal Haasan.

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[edit] 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 her 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.

[edit] Cast

Nayantara and Nila rejected roles in th film.[1]

[edit] Crew

The film grossed Rs. 39.26 lacs in UK after 13 weeks.[2]

[edit] Alternate releases

This film was dubbed into Telugu as Raghavan.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tamil movies : Nila says no to Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu
  2. ^ Adarsh, Taran (November 22, 2006). 'Vivah' rock-steady in U.K.!. Bollywood Online on IndiaFM. Retrieved on 2007-05-26.

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