''Vaitheeswaran'' is a 2008
Tamil language film. It starred
Sarath Kumar,
Meghna Naidu and
Pooja Gandhi.
Plot
When a young boy Saravanan is killed by rowdy — and aspiring politician — Dhanasekaran (
Sayaji Shinde), his distraught mother (
Vinaya Prasad) is ready to kill herself. She is stopped by Mani Shankar (
Vijayakumar), who promises her that her son will be reincarnated and meet her 30 years hence. The only condition is that the mother must remain inside Vaitheeswaran temple, praying to be reunited with her son. 30 years later, her wait catches the attention of the public, who are curious to see if Saravanan shows up. Dr. Bala (
Sarathkumar
Sarathkumar Ramanathan (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, politician, filmmaker, and singer. He has acted in more than 130 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He has won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards S ...
), who has no belief in reincarnation, wishes to treat her while Dhanasekharan, who is now a politician and eyeing the CM seat, knows that Saravanan's arrival could derail his plans. Armed with a computer-generated photo of how Saravanan would look like now, Dhanasekharan and Bala go looking for him, when Bala realises that he is indeed the
reincarnation of Saravanan. What happens next forms the climax of the story.
Cast
*
Sarath Kumar as Saravanan / Dr. Bala
*
Meghna Naidu as Roopa
*
Pooja Gandhi as Sanjana a Journalist
*
Sayaji Shinde as Dhanasekaran
*
Vijayakumar as Mani Shankar
*
Riyaz Khan as AC Shakthi
*
Suja Varunee
Suja Varunee is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam language films. She is the winner of ''BB Jodigal (season 2)''.
Career
Aged fourteen, Suja was selected to portray the leading role in the coming-of-ag ...
as Dr. Sharmila
*
Santhanam as Madan
*
Mayilsamy
Mayilsamy (born October 2, 1965) is an Indian actor and comedian who prominently plays supporting roles. Appearing in many Tamil films, he is also a regular guest judge on '' Asathapovathu Yaaru'' on Sun TV in Chennai.
Career
He is a popular ...
*
Vinaya Prasad as Saravanan's Mother
*
Manobala
Manobala (born 8 December 1953) is an Indian film director, producer, actor and comedian who predominantly plays supporting roles in Tamil-language films.
He started his career in Tamil cinema in the early 1970s and with Kamal Haasan's referen ...
as Dhanasekaran's Henchman
*
Chitra Lakshmanan as Dhanasekaran's Henchman
*
Thyagu
*
Poovilangu Mohan
*
Ponnambalam
Ponnambalam or Ponnampalam ( ta, பொன்னம்பலம்) is a Tamil male given name. Due to the Tamil tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females.
Given name
* Ponnambalam (actor) (born 1963), ...
*
Munnar Ramesh as Kasi
*
Delhi Ganesh
*
Mohan Raman
Soundtrack
Critical reception
''Sify'' wrote "The trouble with Vaitheeswaran is that it is predictable, story is stale and there are no twists in the tale". ''Rediff'' wrote "Everything is connected'. That's the tagline of Annamalai Production's latest, Tamil film Vaitheeswaran starring action star Sarathkumar, and directed by R K Vidhayadharan. You only wish the team had managed to connect the screenplay, acting and plot all together!". ''Behindwoods'' wrote "The pre-interval session of the film proceeds linearly on track, but the first twenty minutes post interval is a little grueling for the audience. However, the film picks up momentum soon after. Reincarnation is a widely debated issue, evincing varied opinions. But this aspect has been discussed in the film back and forth and the director's apprehension on which side to fall is clearly evident."
References
2008 films
Films about reincarnation
2000s Tamil-language films
Films scored by Srikanth Deva
{{2000s-Tamil-film-stub