''Vanna Jigina'' is a 2015

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, written and directed by

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. The film stars

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and

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in the lead roles while

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and

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among others form an ensemble cast. Music for the film was composed by John Peters and the film opened to mixed reviews in August 2015.

Cast

as Pavadai *

as Angel Priya *

* Doubt Senthil * Sugu Venkat as Kishore Kumar * Ansanpal * Sridevi as Karugamani * Dev Anand * Sai Bharath * A. Roshan * George * Saicharan * R. Balakrishnan * P. Balaji * Preethi * Pavithra * Rasiya

Production

The film was launched under the title ''Jigina'' in July 2014, and carried on using that title through production, before being christened as ''Vanna Jigina'' before the film was censored. The project received further media attention after director

N. Linguswamy Nammalvar Lingusamy, (born 14 November 1967), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and film producer in Tamil cinema based in Chennai. Lingusamy made his directorial debut with ''Aanandham'' in 2001 and followed by ''Run'' (2002), ''Sandak ...

chose to buy the rights of the film and distribute it under his production studio's banner,

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. Featuring a theme involving social media, ''Jigina'' was promoted online through a series of memes, describing scenes from older Tamil films.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by John Peter. The film's audio launch happened in July 2015, with Vignesh and Ramesh from the film ''

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'' (2015) in attendance as the chief guests. *"Rosapoo" - Hariharasudhan *"Kaathoda" - Surjit, Vinayetha *"Ayyo En Idhayuthula" - Jayamurthy

Release

The film opened to mixed reviews upon release in August 2015, with a critic from

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labelling it as "backward" and criticizing the theme of portraying people with dark skin tones as inferior. Likewise, the critic from the

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noted the film is "funny for all the wrong reasons". A reviewer from the Deccan Chronicle gave a more favourable report, citing "the director has made a good attempt with a novel idea and even sends out a strong message", but "where he errs is in its execution" and adds had "he concentrated on an interesting screenplay with few more meaningful dialogues, the film would have been an engaging fare".

References

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