''Vithagan'' () is a 2011

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-language

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directed by

R. Parthiban R. Parthiban (born 14 October 1958) is an Indian actor and filmmaker who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has directed 15 films, produced 13 films and acted in more than 70 films. He started his career as assistant director for K. Bhagyaraj in ...

that features himself in the lead along with Poorna. The film, which has been in making since 2008, released on 18 November 2011. The film was the 50th film of Parthipan, has him in the role of a police officer, who is brainy as well as brawny. With an innovative tagline 'With the gun', 'Vithagan' has Poorna as heroine and music has been composed by

Joshua Sridhar Joshua Sridhar (born 1974 in Chennai, India) is an Indian composer. He made his debut on the runaway hit Tamil film ''Kaadhal'' which was released on 8 December 2004. Early life and education Joshua Sridhar was born in Chennai on 9 March 1974 ...

of 'Kadhal' fame. The film opened to extremely negative reviews and bombed at the box office.

Plot

Rowdran (

) is an upright cop who is fighting not only the scums of the society but also his seniors who are hand-in-glove with the goondas. For this, he takes law into his hands and goes on an unstoppable killing spree wiping out the wanted criminals in police files, one by one in carefully planned operations. But soon, the film goes from a legitimate thriller to a typical revenge drama without much warning. In a flashback, we are told that our orphan cop had a picture-perfect family which was wiped out by Badri ( Milind Soman). And now to bring the don back from a foreign destination and take revenge, Rowdran who is put behind bars turns a goonda and joins Sena (another don) and takes on Badri.

Cast

as ACP Rowdhran * Poorna as Mercy * Milind Soman as Badri * Vincent Asokan *

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M. J. Shriram M. J. Shriram is an Indian singer and actor who has worked in Tamil films. He is best known for his songs in ''Pachchak Kuthira'' (2006) and his role in '' Sivakasi'' (2005). Career Shiram began singing when he was five-years-old. His talent ...

Lakshmi Ramakrishnan Lakshmy Ramakrishnan is an Indian actress, director and philanthropist. She made her debut in the Malayalam film ''Chakkara Muthu'' (2006), and has since appeared primarily in supporting roles in Tamil films. Personal life Lakshmy was born an ...

* Sampath Ram * Krishnamoorthy *

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 ...

Mahanadhi Shankar Mahanadi Shankar is an Indian stage, film and television actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films and serials as supporting actor and negative roles. He has appeared in films including ''Mahanadi'' (1994), ''Baashha'' (1995), ''Ratchagan ...

*Raaki Parthiban (Special appearance)

Production

Two years after his last venture ''

Pachchak Kuthira ''Pachchak Kuthira'' () is a 2006 Tamil-language film written and directed by Parthiban. The film stars himself and Namitha. The film was released on 14 April 2006 to negative reviews. Plot Pachchamuthu (R. Parthiban), by his own confession, is ...

'' bombed at the box office, Parthiban commenced his next directorial titled as ''Vithagan'' in 2008, while also playing the lead role in the film - that of an intelligent assistant commissioner who is "crooked and cunning at the same time". He added that he would have two different looks in the film. Poorna was selected to portray the female lead as a Christian girl named Mercy. Hindi character actor Milind Soman, who was last seen in ''

Paiyaa ''Paiyaa'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action-adventure film written, produced and directed by N. Linguswamy. It stars Karthi and Tamannaah, with Sonia Deepti, Milind Soman and Jagan appearing in supporting roles. The film, produced by ...

'' was finalized for the main antagonist role. In October 2010, reports claimed that director-producer Gautham Vasudev Menon would provide his voice for Milind Soman. Parthiban's son Radhakrishnan (Raaki) would appear in a one-minute cameo role during a song sequence. Vadivelu was supposedly considered for a comedy role in the film, which did not materialize eventually. While

was roped in to compose the film's score, M. S. Prabhu was signed as the cinematographer and Nalini Sriram as the costume designer. A

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set was constructed in an 18-storey building in

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as well as a

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where the climax fight sequence was to be filmed. Parts of the film were shot in

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and the

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Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Joshua Sridhar and lyrics for all songs written by Parthiban. *Gappu Aappu - Benny Dayal *Ikkuthe - Hariharan, Shreya Ghoshal *Thanana - Swetha Mohan *Un Zone La - Sayanora Philips,

Suchitra Suchitra Ramadurai, known by the mononym Suchitra, is an Indian radio jockey, popular playback singer, songwriter, composer, voice artist, dubbing artist and film actress. She has sung in multiple languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada ...

*Kadalirandu -

Chinmayi Chinmayi Sripaada is an Indian playback singer, working mainly for the South Indian film industry. She is also a voice actor, television presenter, radio jockey, and an entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company ...

*Vegamaai - Benny Dayal, Sunitha Sarathy

Critical reception

Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning rated it 1.5/5 stating that "The experience feels like chewing on coarse, indigestible cud." Pavithra Srinivasan of rediff rated it 1.5/5 stating that "Vithgan is a silly movie."

References

External links

Vithagan Movie Review
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