| Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu | |
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| Directed by | Gautham Menon |
| Produced by | Manickam Narayanan |
| Written by | Gautham Menon |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan Jyothika Prakash Raj Daniel Balaji |
| Music by | Harris Jayaraj |
| Cinematography | Ravi Varman |
| Editing by | Anthony |
| Studio | Photon Kathaas |
| Release date(s) | August 25, 2006 |
| Running time | 174 minutes |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | 24 crore (US$4.56 million) |
| Box office | 60 crore (US$11.4 million)[1] |
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (Tamil: வேட்டையாடு விளையாடு; English: Hunt and play) is a 2006 Tamil crime-thriller film written and directed by Gautham Menon. Starring Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Prakash Raj and Daniel Balaji in prominent roles, the film featured music composed by Harris Jayaraj. Some of the plot elements of the film have been lifted from the 1997 American thriller film Kiss the Girls, multiple academy award winner Mystic River and The Bone Collector. It was one of the first Indian films to make use of Super 35mm technology.[2] The film was dubbed in Telugu as Raghavan and released on August 17, 2007.
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The film starts with a girl named Rani the daughter of Arokyaraj (Prakashraj) is talking to her father saying that she will back home in 20mins. Rani does not return home until the next morning . Aroikyaraj being afraid goes out of his house .There he sees a finger hanging at his door . He is astonished and he confirm's that it is his daughter Rani's finger . He calls Raghavan (Kamal hassan) his old friend for investigation . Raghavan handles the case and they'll find the body on Rani in a forest like area . The docter's report will say that Rani's body was bisected by the killer with a surgical knife . Then Arokyaraj and Mrs.Arokyaraj after finishing the rituals for her Daughter goes to Newyork selling all their properties in India . After a week Raghvan (Kamal Hassan) gets a news that Mr.&Mrs.Arokyaraj are murdered in Newyork .They create a link between indian police and American police and starts the investigation .Raghavan goes to Newyork . On his way in the flight he thinks about his dear ones who has left him . There he thinks about his wife Kayalvizhi(kamalini Mugharjee)who had been killed by an ganster who hates Raghavan . He reaches Newyork . There he starts his investigation with Anderson .Raghavan stays in a hotel .Next to his room stays Aradhana (Jyothika).Once he sees Aradhana trying to sucide . Raghavan finds it out and saves her . Then they both introduces eachother and Aradhana says that her husband had divoreced her and thats why she attempted sucide .Raghavan starts investigation there. They'll also handle a case of an indian-american Girl Chandana who's finger also was hanged in her boyfriend's car . By going through lot of difficulties they find the body of Chandana and three more American ladies . They suspect two Indian Medical student who are in Newyork - Amudhan(Daniel Balaji) and Ilamaaran (Salim Baigg). Raghavan and Anderson tries to get into their room where Amudhan(Daniel Balaji) shoots Anderson . Amudhan tell Raghavan that he misbehaved with Rani and Rani told that to her father Arokyaraj. Arokyaraj had kept him in the Police station for a night and torchered him and so he wanted to kill her whole family .Then they both escape from there . Raghavan is admitted in the Hospital.Aradhana takes care of him . Raghavan and Aradhana returns to India . There Raghavan tells to Aradhana that he has fallen in love with her and she is not ready for another life and she has to take care of her 11 month old Daughter Maya . The rest of the film goes with how they kill Amudhan and Illamaran . At the Climax Aradhana accepts his love and they both marry and decide to have Maya as their only daughter.
The film garnered largely positive reviews from critics. National Award winning crtic Baradwaj Rangan summarised it in his review: "The story of a police investigation is detailed in a smart, grown-up movie that gets most things right." He praised the film for "giving us a sense of a day in the life of a cop, as if an invisible camera crew followed him around as he went about his job." He lavished heavy praise on Gautham Menon for mature handling of the relationship between the lead pair, saying, "Gautham continues to dream up for Jyotika parts that no one's imagined her in before, and she contributes to the kind of mature romantic angle we’ve rarely seen before. It’s not just about boy meeting girl and falling in love; it's about boy with baggage meeting girl with bigger baggage and tentatively exploring the practicality of a new relationship after their respective old ones have faded away." [3]
Gautham Menon was then signed on to direct a venture starring Kamal Haasan and produced by Kaja Mohideen, and initially suggested a one-line story which went on to become Pachaikili Muthucharam for the collaboration.[4] Kamal Haasan wanted a different story and thus the investigative thriller film, Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu, was written with Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukerji, Prakash Raj, Daniel Balaji and Saleem Baig added to the cast. The film told another episode from a police officer's life, with an Indian cop moved to America to investigate the case of psychotic serial killers before returning to pursue the chase in India. During the shooting, the unit ran into problems after the producer had attempted suicide and as a result, Kamal Haasan wanted to quit the project.[4] Menon subsequently convinced him to stay on as they had taken advance payments. He has since revealed that unlike Kamal Haasan's other films, he did not take particular control of the script or production of the film. The film however had gone through change from the original script with less emphasis on the antagonists than Menon had hoped and he also revealed that scenes for songs were forced him and shot without him.[4][5]
| Vettaiyaadu Velaiyaadu | |
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| Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj | |
| Released | August 22,2006 |
| Language | Tamil |
The soundtrack of the film consists of 5 songs, composed by Harris Jayaraj. Behindwoods wrote a positive review, stating: "The album has not let down expectations. It is the usual mix by Harris. However, Bombay Jeyashree’s contribution and the beautiful lyrics by poetess Thamarai are the greatest assets to the album. Harris once again proves his mastery in orchestration and the audio will surely be a hit like Minnale or Kaakha Kaakha."[6]
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| 1. | "Karka Karka" | Devan Ekambaram, Tippu, Nakul, Andrea Jeremiah | 4:54 | ||||||
| 2. | "Partha Mudhal" | Bombay Jayashree, Unni Menon | 6:06 | ||||||
| 3. | "Manjal Veyil" | Hariharan, Vijay, Nakul | 5:54 | ||||||
| 4. | "Uyirile" | Mahalakshmi Iyer, Srinivas | 5:13 | ||||||
| 5. | "Neruppe" | Franko, Solar Sai, Sowmya Raoh | 4:50 | ||||||
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