''Vanthaan Vendraan'' () is a 2011 Indian
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
-language
action thriller film written and directed by
R. Kannan that stars
Jiiva
Amar Choudary (born 4 January 1984), known professionally as Jiiva, is an Indian actor and film producer who works mainly in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi films. He is the youngest son of film producer R. B. Choudary. He began his career as a ch ...
,
Nandha and
Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards.
After a brief modelling career, Pannu ventured into acting with the Telugu film ''Jh ...
in the lead roles. Principal photography began on 27 August 2010, and the film released on 16 September 2011 to mixed reviews.
Plot
The film opens to a school in a village where a boy recites a national anthem before all the staff and students of the school. Another boy is seen running to school as he is late. His teacher punishes him while comparing him to the boy who recited earlier, who is revealed to be his younger half-brother. An enmity grows in the older brother as he is always compared to his younger brother. The younger brother burns the photo of the older brother's father as he was the reason for his defeat in the school's kabbadi match. In retaliation, the older brother throws the younger brother into a well. Watching him get drowned in the well, the older brother runs away from the village.
The film then opens to Mumbai, just a few years after the incident. The older brother grows up to become Ramana, who is an underworld don doing smuggling business with the help of the local police and political support. He tries to kill Govardhan, who is a rival to him, but he fails. Arjun tries to see him for many days but is not able to. Finally, with the help of Ramana's cook Delhi, he manages to see him and tells him about his life story. Arjun is a boxer and accidentally meets Anjana while going to a boxing selection match. He could not attend the match because he spoils the miniature that Anjana was carrying for her interview the same day.
He helps her out, and in turn, Anjana travels to Kerala to meet the person in charge of the boxing selection match so that Arjun can get a second chance. However, it turns out that Arjun has come with her to Kerala to express his love for her, which she does not reciprocate. Finally, she agrees on the condition, if her father agrees. When Arjun meets Anjana's father, he rejected Arjun's marriage proposal to his daughter before being accidentally shot and killed by Ramana when he tries to kill Govardhan. Anjana proposes a deal to Arjun that if he makes Ramana surrender to the police, she will marry him, which he accepts. Arjun has come to Ramana to make him surrender, but Ramana and his gang thrash Arjun and throw him out.
Anjana pesters Arjun, as he is taking a long time to make Ramana surrender. In order to speed things up, Arjun demolishes Ramana's smuggling business and leaks about him to the press. Ramana's business is sealed by the police, and they plan to kill him in an encounter. Since all this happened because of Arjun, a fight ensues between both of them where Arjun is stabbed fatally by Ramana at the end. Delhi comes in and reveals to Ramana that Arjun is the latter's younger brother whom he threw in the well in their childhood. It is also revealed that what he told him about Anjana and her revenge for her father's death was all a fake and imaginative story so that Ramana will have compassion for their love, as Ramana's love was a failure. Arjun has thought Ramana would succumb to Arjun's plea and surrender to the police so that he would escape from the police's encounter and he can return to their family.
Ramana realizes himself and surrenders to the police, but not before admitting Arjun to a hospital, saving his life. Arjun goes back to his home and reunites with his family. Ramana writes to his family in a letter, while he is in jail, promising them that he will come back and will be more responsible for now. His parents were touched by this. Ramana is set to be married to a girl his family set him up with. In the end, a girl identical to Arjun's imaginary, fake girlfriend, Anjana, meets Arjun, similar to their meeting in his story. The film ends with the note that "THE LOVE IN HIS IMAGINATION BECOMES TRUE".
Cast
*
Jiiva
Amar Choudary (born 4 January 1984), known professionally as Jiiva, is an Indian actor and film producer who works mainly in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi films. He is the youngest son of film producer R. B. Choudary. He began his career as a ch ...
as Arjun
*
Nandha as Ramana
*
Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards.
After a brief modelling career, Pannu ventured into acting with the Telugu film ''Jh ...
as Anjana
*
Rahman
Rahman (Arabic: or ) may refer to:
*Rahman, one of the names of God in Islam
*Ar-Rahman, the 55th sura of the Qur'an
People
*Rahman (name), an Arabic male personal name
**Short form of Abd al-Rahman
*Rahman (actor) (born 1967), Indian actor
*Rah ...
as Mumbai Commissioner
*
Santhanam Santhanam or Santanam ( te, సంతానం) is an Indian name that may refer to:
People
* K. Santhanam (1895–1980), Indian politician
* Madabusi Santanam Raghunathan (born 1941), Indian mathematician
* Maharajapuram Santhanam (1928–1992) ...
as Delhi
*
Azhagam Perumal
Azhagam Perumal is an Indian film director and actor.
Career
Azhagam Perumal hails from the village of Kulasekharapuram in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu. All his family members were working in the government service and his parents wanted h ...
as Arjun and Ramana's father
*
Malavika Avinash
Malavika Avinash (born 28 January 1976) is an Indian spokesperson, actress, television personality and politician who is the current State spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party of Karnataka. She is known for her work in Kannada and Tamil f ...
as Arjun and Ramana's mother
* Raviprakash as Anjana's father
*
Sapan Saran
Sapan Saran is a poet, writer, and an actor based in Mumbai. She is the founding member of the theatre company, "Tamaasha", which aims to explore new theatre ideas in alternative spaces.
Career
Her association with theatre began with a coll ...
as Ramana's lover
*
John Vijay as Training Coach
* Ulhas Tayade as Ashok Tiwari
* Ranjith Velayudhan
*
Nizhalgal Ravi
Ravichandran Samanna (born 16 April 1956), known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films and television series. He st ...
as Police Officer
*
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 Muralidharan
*
Singamuthu
Singamuthu (born 8 December 1958) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films as a comedian.
Career
Singamuthu has primarily appeared in comedy roles in films as a supporting actor debuting in ''Neram Nalla Irukku'' (1987). He ...
as Vegetable Seller
*
G. Marimuthu
*
Maran
Maran () is an honorific title for exceptionally respected rabbis who are considered influential teachers and leaders. The term is more prevalent among Sephardi Jews, but it is also widely used by Ashkenazi Haredi Jews. It is an Aramaic word used ...
* Kamala Krishnaswamy
* Nandha Saravanan as Ramana's gang member
* A. R. Manikandan as Shop Man
* Rail Ravi
* Kadhal Kannan
* Sathya
* Prabhu
* Master Vasanth as Young Arjun
*
Sree Raam as Young Ramana
*
Rachana Maurya in an item number
Production
Reports had claimed that the plot was based on the American film ''
Going the Distance'', which was denied by Kannan. The scenes were shot in
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering (SSN), popularly known as SSN College of Engineering or simply SSN, is a private engineering college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is an autonomous college affiliated with Anna Unive ...
with all lead roles. Later,
Tamannaah was replaced by
Taapsee
Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards.
After a brief modelling career, Pannu ventured into acting with the Telugu film ''Jh ...
in the film.
Critical reception
The film opened to mixed and negative reviews. The critic from
Sify
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rated the film as "average" citing that "the key problem with the film is its script and narration", whilst describing Thaman's music as the "major plus point". Behindwoods gave 2.5 out of 5 with a verdict: "Fairly entertaining with an unexpected twist".
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by
Thaman and
Gopi Sundar. The soundtrack launch was held on 21 May 2011 at Sathyam Cinemas, which was attended by several prominent celebrities.
The soundtrack received mixed reviews. ''Behindwoods.com'' gave a score of two and a half stars out of five and deemed the album as a "Decorous effort by Thamman", further citing "Vandhaan Vendraan has some promising tracks that urge music lovers to hear them over and again. With a couple of songs "Anjana" and "Kanchana Mala" turning to be cherry-picking, the rest of the songs might gain attention with the visuals."
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References
External links
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{{R. Kannan
Films set in Mumbai
2011 action thriller films
2011 crime action films
2011 crime thriller films
Indian action thriller films
Indian crime action films
Indian crime thriller films
2011 films
2010s Tamil-language films
Films shot in Mumbai
Indian nonlinear narrative films
Films scored by Thaman S
Indian gangster films
Films directed by R. Kannan