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'{{short description|2009 Indian Tamil film by B. Babusivan}} {{for|the 1964 film|Vettaikaaran (1964 film)}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Vettaikaaran | image = Vettaikaaran 2009 poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[B. Babusivan]] | producer = M. Balasubramanian<br />[[Gurunath Meiyappan]] | writer = [[B. Babusivan]] | starring = [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]<br />[[Anushka Shetty|Anushka]]<br /> [[Srihari]]<br />[[Salim Ghouse]]<br />[[Sayaji Shinde]]<br />[[P. Ravi Shankar|Ravi Shankar]] | music = [[Vijay Antony]] | cinematography = Gopinath | editing = [[V. T. Vijayan]] | studio = [[AVM Productions|AVM Productions & Entertainment]] | distributor = [[Sun Pictures]] <small>(India)</small><br/>[[Ayngaran International]]<small>(UK)</small><br/>Thameens<small>(Kerala)</small><br/>[[Lotus Five Star|FiveStar]]<small>(Malaysia)</small><br/>Sri Sai Ganesh Productions<small>([[Telugu language|Telugu]])</small> | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2009|12|18}} | runtime = 166 minutes | country = India | language = Tamil | budget = <!--Must be attributed to a reliable published source with an established reputation for fact-checking. No blogs, no IMDb.--> | gross = }} '''''Vettaikaaran''''' ({{literal translation|Hunter}}) is a 2009 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by debutant [[B. Babusivan]] and produced by [[AVM Productions]]. The film stars [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] and [[Anushka Shetty|Anushka]], with [[Srihari]], [[Salim Ghouse]], [[Sayaji Shinde]] and [[Ravi Shankar]] in supporting roles. Gopinath handled [[cinematography]] while [[V. T. Vijayan]] was the film's editor. This was Vijay's first film with AVM Productions. This was the one and only film [[B. Babusivan|Babusivan]] had directed in his entire career until his death on 16 September 2020. The film released to mixed reviews but was a commercial success.<ref name="Nair 2016">{{cite web | last=Nair | first=Sree Prasad | title=From Ghilli to Theri: 10 Ilayathalapathy Vijay action blockbusters one should know! | website=CatchNews.com | date=19 May 2016 | url=http://www.catchnews.com/regional-cinema/list-of-ilayathalapathy-vijay-action-packed-films-actor-vijay-filmography-theri-movie-box-office-records-top-south-indian-action-films-from-ghilli-to-theri-movie-news-1463648578.html | access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> The film has collected $1,399,911 at the overseas box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1570732/credits/?ref_=bo_tt_tab|title=Vettaikaran (2009)|website=www.boxofficemojo.com|access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> The story is a tale of unexpected events in the life of auto rickshaw driver due to conspiracy by a crime boss, and how he manages to escape from him. ==Plot== Ravi is a youth from [[Thoothukudi]]. He aspires to become a policeman like his [[role model]], Encounter Specialist [[Deputy commissioner of police (India)|DCP]] Devaraj [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]. After completing his [[Twelfth grade|Twelfth standard]] in his fifth attempt, he joins a college in [[Chennai]] and also earns a living by driving an auto rickshaw. During the course, he meets Suseela, an [[Information Technology|IT]] professional and falls in love with her instantly. Although Suseela rejects Ravi's advances at first, with the help of her grandmother, Ravi succeeds in winning Suseela's heart. Meanwhile, Chella, a rowdy and a [[Promiscuity#Male promiscuity|womaniser]], meets Ravi's friend Uma in a public place, where she is taking donations for some cause, and immediately develops an attraction to her. When Uma asks Chella to contribute money, he willingly donates, but violates her modesty by placing the money between her [[breast]]s. When Ravi finds out what had happened to Uma, he comes to her defense and beats up Chella, hospitalising him. His troubles start from there as Chella's father, a powerful [[crime boss|don]] named Vedanayagam, with the help of his right-hand man, a corrupt police officer Kattabomman, begin to create havoc in Ravi's life. Ravi is soon thrown into jail on a false case of [[illegal drug trade|drug smuggling]] and is expelled from college. Only Suseela is willing to help him. She goes to Devaraj and pleads with him to help Ravi, but Devaraj initially refuses to help as his entire family had died at the hands of Vedanayagam and he himself was blinded by him because he had taken action against him and his gang. However, with the help of his henchmen, he saves Ravi from being killed in a fake encounter led by Kattabomman. It is at this stage that Ravi takes up a new persona called "Police" Ravi to clean up the illegal activities of Vedanayagam and instill hope in the public, something that Devaraj was unable to do. In the process however, Vedanayagam kills Ravi's close friend Sugu, prompting Ravi to kill Chella in retribution. Vedanayagam decides soon after to become a minister to prevent Ravi from targeting him and his activities. As Ravi finally plans to kill the newly sworn-in minister Vedanayagam, the police arrive to arrest Ravi. However, Ravi sees Devaraj in the crowd and announces Vedanayagam's location to him just as he is being arrested, allowing Devaraj to [[assassination|assassinate]] Vedanayagam, effectively taking his revenge. In the end, Devaraj is reinstated into the police force and offers to make Ravi a police officer. However, Ravi refuses, stating that he has found the police officer within himself and that is all he needs to succeed in life. ==Cast== {{colbegin}} *[[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] as "Police" Ravi *[[Anushka Shetty|Anushka]] as Susheela aka Susi *[[Sanchita Padukone]] as Uma, Ravi's friend *[[Sathyan Sivakumar|Sathyan]] as Sugu, Ravi's close friend *[[Srihari]] as ACP Devaraj [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], Ravi's role model *[[Salim Ghouse]] as Vedanayagam, the main antagonist *[[Sayaji Shinde]] as ACP Kattabomman, a corrupt police officer *[[Srinath (actor)|Srinath]] as Valayapathi, Ravi's friend *[[P. Ravi Shankar|Ravi Shankar]] as Chella Vedanayagam, Vedanayagam's son *[[Delhi Ganesh]] as Ravi's father *[[Lakshmi Ramakrishnan]] as Ravi's mother *[[Sukumari]] as Susheela's grandmother *[[Manikka Vinayagam]] as Uma's father *[[Ravi Prakash]] as Police Commissioner of Chennai *[[Cochin Haneefa]] as Complex Owner *[[Bala Singh]] as Rajasekhar *[[Jeeva (Telugu actor)|Jeeva]] as Sandi *Jayashree as Chella's wife *B. Jayalakshmi as Jaanu *[[Manobala]] as Reporter *[[Kalairani]] *Niya Renjith *[[Imman Annachi]] *Jason Sanjay (special appearance in the song "Naan Adicha") *Madalasa Sharma (special appearance) *Ashok Raja (special appearance in the song "Puli Urumudhu") {{colend}} ==Production== ===Development=== During the filming of ''[[Kuruvi]]'', directed by [[S. Dharani]], [[B. Babusivan]] served as one of his assistant directors in the film and wrote the dialogues. Sivan was later prompted to begin his maiden directorial venture with Vijay in the lead role. He was eventually chosen as the director for the next feature film to be produced [[AVM Productions]]. The project was originally titled as ''Police Ravi'' but in August 2008 it was re-titled as ''Vettaikkaaran'', taken from the [[Vettaikaaran (1964 film)]] starring [[M. G. Ramachandran]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/40978.html |title=Vijay to turn 'Vetaikkaaran' after loading 'Villu' |publisher=IndiaGlitz |access-date=2 March 2011}}</ref> ''Vettaikaran'' was formally launched the next month. The film's director Babusivan, producers M. Balasubramaniam and B. Gurunath Meyyappan, Vijay and his wife, [[Vijay Antony]], [[S. A. Chandrasekhar]] and director [[Dharani (director)|Dharani]] were present at the film's inauguration. ===Casting=== Commercial directors [[Perarasu]] and [[Hari (director)|Hari]] were mentioned, but AVM Productions chose [[B. Babusivan]] to be the director of the film.<ref name="babusivanchoosen1">{{cite web|author=Karthick|date=25 February 2009|title=Wishes to Babu Sivan, all the best in his first film|publisher=Naive Expressions|url=http://www.nantucketdowntowntrafficstudy.com/2008/08/vijays-next-director.html}}</ref><ref name="babusivanchoosen2">{{Cite web|url=https://hamaraphotos.com/bollywood/regional-cinema/%e2%80%98jeyam%e2%80%99-raja-to-direct-vijay%e2%80%99s-50th-flick.html|title=‘Jeyam’ Raja to direct Vijay’s 50th flick|date=2 February 2009}}</ref> Several actresses were considered for the lead female role with [[Shriya Saran]], [[Tamannaah]], [[Ileana D'Cruz]], [[Bhavana (Malayalam actress)|Bhavana]], [[Asin]],<ref name="asinthottumkal">{{cite web |year=2008|title=Asin to act in Vijay's Vettaikkaran Movie |publisher=TamilWire |access-date=21 October 2009 |url=http://www.tamilwire.com/asin-act-vijays-vettaikkaran/ }}</ref> [[Nayantara]] and [[Anushka Shetty|Anushka]]<ref name="anushkashetty">{{cite web |year=2008 |title=Anushka Vijay's Lady Love |publisher=TamilWire |access-date=28 December 2008 |url=http://www.tamilwire.com/anushka-vijays-lady-love/ }}</ref> being considered for the role. Afterwards, Anushka was finalized to portray the role. Cinematographer Gopinath was chosen to be the lead cameraman in the film after [[Ravi Varman]] was dropped from the film.<ref name="ravivarmanout">{{cite web |year=2009 |title=Ravivarman dropped from Vettaikaran |publisher=Poochandi |access-date=16 February 2008 |url=http://www.poochandi.com/movies/tamil/news/ravivarman-dropped-from-vettaikaran-3092.html}}</ref> [[V. T. Vijayan]] was signed as the film's editor. ===Filming=== Vijay experimented with his look in two songs. In "Karigalan", the left half of his body is a man where the right half is a female. The song is also notable for featuring Vijay without a moustache in his career as of date. The look in Karigalan was suggested by [[Dinesh Kumar (choreographer)|Dinesh]] after he watched Aamir Khan in a [[Tata Sky]] advertisement. In "Oru Chinna Thamarai", Vijay sports a long hair wig. Regarding his long hair look, Vijay reveals that he "always wanted to" try long hair.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=14924709&cid=2408|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812192237/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=14924709&cid=2408|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-08-12|title=Welcome to Sify.com|website=www.sify.com}}</ref> ==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | name = Vettaikaaran | type = soundtrack | artist = [[Vijay Antony]] | cover = | released = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|9|23}} | recorded = Audiophiles | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]] | length = 26:33 | label = [[Sony Music India|Sony Music]] | producer = | prev_title = [[Mahatma (film)|Mahatma]] | prev_year = 2009 | year = 2009 | next_title = [[Rasikkum Seemane]] | next_year = 2010 }} Soundtrack was composed by Vijay Antony. ===Tamil=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#cccccf; text-align:center;" | '''No.''' || '''Song''' || '''Singers''' || '''Length (m:ss)''' ||'''Lyrics''' |- | 1|| "Naan Adicha" || [[Shankar Mahadevan]] || 4:37 || [[Kabilan (Lyricist)|Kabilan]] |- | 2|| "Karigalan Kala" || [[Suchith Suresan]], [[Sangeetha Rajeshwaran]] || 4:17 || [[Kabilan (Lyricist)|Kabilan]] |- | 3|| "Puli Urumudhu" || [[Ananthu (singer)|Ananthu]], Mahesh Vinayakram || 4:17 || [[Kabilan (Lyricist)|Kabilan]] |- | 4|| "Oru Chinna Thamarai" || [[Krish (singer)|Krish]], [[Dinesh Kanagaratnam]], Bonekilla, [[Suchitra]] || 4:35 || [[Viveka (lyricist)|Viveka]] |- | 5|| "En Uchimandai" || [[Krishna Iyer]], [[Shoba Chandrasekhar]], [[Charulatha Mani]], [[Shakthisree Gopalan]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] || 4:12 || Annamalai |} ===Telugu=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#cccccf; text-align:center;" | '''No.''' || '''Song''' || '''Singers''' || '''Length (m:ss)''' ||'''Lyrics''' |- | 1|| "Adugesthey" || Tippu || 4:37 || Vennelakanthi |- | 2|| "Karimabbu" || Saketh Naidu, Kavitha || 4:17 || Vennelakanthi |- | 3|| "Pul Vetidi" || Ramu || 4:17 || Vennelakanthi |- | 4|| "Yeda Alapai" || Rakhi, Veena || 4:35 || Bhuvanachandra |- | 5|| "Thikkedo" || R.S. John Vianni, Aishwarya || 4:12 || Bhuvanachandra |} ==Release== ===Critical reception=== [[Sify.com|Sify]] gave the film a 4/5 star rating, and wrote the "major plus for the movie are the five peppy songs tuned by [[Vijay Antony]] which are choreographed well ... The action scenes by [[Kanal Kannan]] are superbly choreographed. Gopinath’s camera is slick and editing is fast-paced".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140121023329/http://www.sify.com/movies/vettaikaran-review-review-tamil-14924110.html Sify Movies – Review listing]. Sify.com (2 December 2012). Retrieved on 18 April 2015.</ref> Behindwoods rated 4/5 and stated "The charismatic screen presence of [[Vijay(actor)|Vijay]], enjoyable musical tracks, sparkling stunts, fiery punch lines, the signature lighter moments and foot tapping numbers, makes the movie entertain the family audience, and stated that director [[B. Babusivan]] had made a wholesome family entertainer movie.<ref>[http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/vettaikaran-vijay-anushka.html Vettaikaran – Tamil Movie Reviews – Vettaikaran Vijay Anushka Vijay Antony Babu Sivan]. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved on 18 April 2015.</ref> [[The Times of India]] gave 3.5 stars out of 5 criticising Babusivan for failing to properly tell the story in the second half.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/Vettaikaran/movie-review/5359838.cms Vettaikaran Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India]. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com (20 December 2009). Retrieved on 18 April 2015.</ref> === Dubbed versions === The film was dubbed in Telugu as ''Puli Veta'' and released in 2011 and also in Hindi as ''Dangerous Khiladi 3'' in 2014.<ref name="IndiaGlitz 2011">{{cite web | author=IndiaGlitz | title=Anushka's 'Puliveta' in March - Tamil News | website=IndiaGlitz.com | date=23 February 2011 | url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/anushkas-puliveta-in-march-tamil-news-64220 | access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> ==Accolades== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Award ! Category ! Recipient ! Result |- |rowspan="9"|[[Vijay Awards]] |[[Vijay Award for Favourite Hero|Favourite Hero]] |[[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] |{{won}} |- |[[Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine|Favourite Heroine]] |[[Anushka Shetty|Anushka]] |{{won}} |- |[[Vijay Award for Favourite Film|Favourite Film]] |Vettaikaran |{{nom}} |- |[[Vijay Award for Favourite Song|Favourite Song]] |Chinna Thamarai |{{won}} |- |[[Vijay Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] |[[Vijay Antony]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Vijay Award for Best Villain|Best Villain]] |[[Salim Ghouse]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Vijay Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] |[[Krish (singer)|Krish]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Vijay Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] |Kabilan |{{nom}} |- |[[Vijay Award for Best Stunt Director|Best Stunt Director]] |[[Kanal Kannan]] |{{nom}} |- |rowspan="5"|[[Filmfare Awards South]] |- |[[Filmfare Best Lyricist Award (Tamil)|Best Lyricist]] |Kabilan<br>(Karikaalan) |{{nom}} |- |[[Filmfare Best Lyricist Award (Tamil)|Best Lyricist]] |Vivega<br>(Oru Chinna Thamarai) |{{nom}} |- |[[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (Tamil)|Best Male Playback Singer]] |Krish<br>(Oru Chinna Thamarai) |{{nom}} |- |[[Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (Tamil)|Best Female Playback Singer]] |[[Suchitra]]<br>(Oru Chinna Thamarai) |{{nom}} |- |[[Edison Awards (Tamil)|Edison Awards]] |[[Edison Awards (Tamil)#Merit awards|Best Male Playback Singer]] |Krish |{{won}} |- |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{IMDb title|1570732|title=Vettaikaaran}} {{AVM Productions}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vettaikaaran}} [[Category:2009 directorial debut films]] [[Category:Tamil-language films]] [[Category:2009 films]] [[Category:2000s action films]] [[Category:Indian films]] [[Category:Indian action films]] [[Category:Masala films]] [[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]] [[Category:Films scored by Vijay Antony]] [[Category:AVM Productions films]]'