Vallinam

Vallinam

Film poster
Directed by Arivazhagan Venkatachalam
Produced by Viswanathan Ravichandran
Screenplay by Arivazhagan Venkatachalam
Story by Arivazhagan Venkatachalam
Starring Nakul
Mrudhula Basker
Atul Kulkarni
Music by S. Thaman
Cinematography Bhaskaran K.M
Edited by Sabu Joseph VJ
Production
company
Release dates
 February 28, 2014
Country India
Language Tamil

Vallinam (Tamil: வல்லினம்; English: Hardness) is a 2014 Tamil sports drama film directed by Arivazhagan Venkatachalam and produced by Aascar Ravichandran.[1] The film features Nakul and newcomer Mrudhula Basker in the lead roles. Vallinam opened to positive reviews from critics and audiences.

Cast

Production

The film was earlier titled as Acham Thavir and planned with Arulnithi in the lead role, who later opted out.[2][3] This film revolves around a basketball player and Nakul underwent special training to "ensure that he lived the role rather than act".[4][5]

Telugu actress Bindu Madhavi was initially signed to portray the lead female character.[6] However, reports in November 2011 confirmed that she was dropped from the project since the director and the crew were not impressed with her performance.[7] She was subsequently replaced film by a newcomer Mrudhula,[8] while other reports during production claimed that Nakul had been replaced by Jai, although this proved untrue.[8][9] Latest addition marathi actor Atul Kulkarni is playing a crucial role in this film.[10][11] Siddharth Jonnalagadda who acted in the Telugu film Love Before Wedding was selected to play another villain.[12]

During production, the makers of the film ran into crowd trouble with students attempting to get autographs from Nakul when he was preparing for the shoot, they were subsequently prevented in doing so from the crew of the film prompting a student protest.[13] The team worked for 72 hours without break for a particular scene which was shot near the Chengalpet railway station.[14] film 3.3 million , box office 200 crores

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. Thaman collaborating with Arivazhagan for second time. Kamal Hassan was said to be approached to sing a song in the film which proved false.[15]

Vallinam
Soundtrack album by S. Thaman
Released March 11, 2013
Length 19:10
Language Tamil
Label Sony Music
Producer T. Abdullah
S. Thaman chronology

'Jabardasth
(2013)		 Vallinam
(2013)		 Balupu
(2012)

All lyrics written by Viveka, except where noted [16]. 

No. TitleSinger(s) Length
1. "Maaman Machaan"  Silambarasan, S. Thaman & Mukesh
32
2. "Uyiril Uyiril"  Haricharan 4:48
3. "Nakula" (Parvathi)Nakul & Andrea Jeremiah 3:14
4. "Uyiril Uyiril (Reprise)"  S. Thaman 2:33
5. "Vallinam" (Vaali)Sriram Parthasarathy, Rahul Nambiar, Naveen Madhav & KG Ranjith 3:43

Release

The satellite rights of the film were secured by Jaya TV. The film was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board. Although completed way before in early 2013, the film's theatrical release was delayed due to unknown reasons. It finally released on February 28, 2014.

Critical reception

The film opened to Positive reviews. Baradwaj Rangan wrote, "Arivazhagan, to his credit, is ambitious. But the(se) layers, while interesting on paper, aren’t worked out properly, and the rest of the film — the basic sports drama — suffers as a result".[17] The Times of India gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "It is an idealistic film, yes, but what makes Vallinam a commendable effort is that it doesn't resort to cricket-bashing to drive home its point".[18] Rajasekar of Cinemalead has given a positive review by stating that the Vallinam is a refreshing sports film and rated it with 3.5/5 stars.[19] Behindwoods wrote: Vallinam can dunk you into nostalgia and definitely make you want to take to the court. Watch it for the spirit of the game and for the spirit with which each of Arivazhagan’s team has performed".[20] Sify called it "a decent sport based film" and "a timepass entertainer" but added that, "The trouble with Vallinam is that it goes all over trying to fit in mass commercial elements like fight, songs and unnecessary sentiments. Arivazhagan loses the plot half way through trying to make his hero a super action hero. The songs and the love angle sticks out like a sore thumb. The director should have concentrated only on the sports element it would have been a far better film".[21] The New Indian Express wrote, "Vallinam...follows the predictable track...it depends too much on cliches and fails to add any freshness or novelty to the familiar scenario".[22]

Awards

National Award for Best Editor

References

  1. ↑ "Nakul returns". The New Indian Express. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  2. ↑ "Nakul replaces Arulnidhi in Arivazhagan film". Kolly Talk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  3. ↑ "Nakul thrilled about Vallinam". IndiaGlitz. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  4. ↑ "Eeram Director's Next Vallinam". Behindwoods.com. 2011-06-24. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  5. ↑ "My film will focus on basketball: Arivazhagan". The Times Of India. 2011-01-21. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  6. ↑ "Nakul thrilled about 'Vallinam'". Indiaglitz. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  7. ↑ "Bindu is out of Vallinam!". The Times Of India.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Eeram director returns". NDTV. 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  9. ↑ "வல்லினத்தில் ஜெய்?". Indiaglitz. 2011-11-19. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  10. ↑ "Atul Kulkarni in 'Vallinam'". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  11. ↑ "Dhanush And Madhavan’s Villain Is Back". Behindwoods. 2012-05-10. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  12. ↑ "Sidhu Jonnalagadda, Atul Kulkarni in 'Vallinam'". Nowrunning.com. 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  13. ↑ "Nakul draws students' ire". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  14. ↑ "Nakul shoots non-stop for 72 hours". Indiaglitz. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  15. ↑ "Kamal Haasan To Croon For Vallinam". Behindwoods. 2012-06-25. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
  16. ↑ "Vallinam Lyrics Details". Song2Lyrics. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  17. ↑ Vallinam: Ball is well - The Hindu
  18. ↑ Vallinam movie review: Wallpaper, Story, Trailer at Times of India
  19. ↑ Vallinam Movie Review | Movie Review | Cinemalead.com
  20. ↑ Vallinam (aka) Vallinam review
  21. ↑ Movie Review : Vallinam
  22. ↑ 'Vallinam' Follows the Beaten Path - The New Indian Express

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