Vaanchinathan

Vaanchinathan
Directed by Shaji Kailas
Written by Liyakath Ali Khan
Starring Vijayakanth,
Sakshi Shivanand
Ramya Krishnan
Prakash Raj
Music by Karthik Raja
Release dates
  • January 14, 2001
Country India
Language Tamil

Vaanchinathan (2001) is a Tamil action film directed by Shaji Kailas in his Tamil debut. The script was written by Liyakath Ali Khan. It stars Vijayakanth, Sakshi Shivanand Ramya Krishnan and Prakash Raj in pivotal roles.[1] The film received mixed reviews.The character of Prakash raj is heavily inspired from the bond villain Elliot carver played by Jonathan Pryce in Tomorrow never dies.[2][3][4]

Plot

Vanchinathan(Vijayakanth) is naturally the supercop who has been transferred from Gujarat. He is someone who is not averse to using the law in his own ways by killing someone and picking a suitable alibi, as long as the person is evil and will not be punished by the law. Chidambaram(Prakashraj) is a newspaper magnate who thrives on chaos and confusion which will help him boost sales of his paper. Their enmity becomes personal when Chidambaram challenges Vanchinathan to arrest him when he cleverly commits a murder in broad daylight in front of Vanchi's own eyes.

Cast

Production

Vijaykanth watched shaji kalidas aaram thampuram and liked it very much and asked director to remake it in tamil.But however it was not made do to busy schedules of Vijaykanth and shaji.however in 2000 shaji decided to make film in tamil but he felt that aaram thampuram script became old and he wrote new script keeping Vijaykanth in mind which became vanchinathan.

The team had initially agreed terms with Suresh Gopi to feature in a pivotal role, but his unavailability led to team casting Prakash Raj.[5] Shilpa Shetty had also signed on to star in the film, but later opted out due to other commitments.[6] A fight scene involving Vijayakanth, Ramya Krishnan and rowdies was shot in a set erected at AVM studios.[7] The song sequences was shot at New Zealand.[8]

Release

Distributors who have bought this film had incurred heavy losses.[9] Post release it was rumoured that footage of two heroines have been deleted to reduce the timing which earned criticism.[10][11]

Critical reception

Soundtrack

Music is composed by Karthik Raja collaborated with Vijayakanth for second time after Alexander.[14]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Previews%20-%20Vanchinathan.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/2001/02/09/stories/09090223.htm
  3. ↑ http://lavan.fateback.com/Cinema%20Section/Vanchinathan.html
  4. ↑ http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/2001/vanchi.html
  5. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20041022010429/http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/dec043.asp
  6. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/aug/11ss.htm
  7. ↑ web.archive.org/web/20010309203444/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/vanchi.asp
  8. ↑ http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/sHot%20News%20Just%20for%20U.htm
  9. ↑ http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Hot%20News%20Just%20for%20U771.htm
  10. ↑ http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Hot%20News%20Just%20for%20U031.htm
  11. ↑ http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Hot%20News%20Just%20for%20U888.htm
  12. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2001/jan/25vanchi.htm
  13. ↑ http://www.lolluexpress.com/vanchi.htm
  14. ↑ http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=T0000317

External links