''Veera Sivaji'' () is a 2016 Indian

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-language

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

directed by Ganesh Vinayak, starring

Vikram Prabhu Vikram Prabhu is an Indian actor working in Tamil language films who made his debut in Prabhu Solomon's '' Kumki'' (2012). He also played the protagonist in ''Ivan Veramathiri'' (2013) and ''Vellaikaara Durai'' (2014). He is the son of actor Pr ...

and

Shamili Shamlee, also known as Baby Shamili/Shamlee, (born 10 July 1987), is an Indian actress who has worked in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam films. Her roles include the mentally challenged child Anjali in the 1990 film '' Anjali'', for which ...

. The film began production during July 2015. Released worldwide on December 16, 2016, it met with extremely negative reviews and was a disaster at the box office.

Plot

Shivaji, a taxi driver, has to arrange money for his niece's surgery. Things go awry when he gets entangled in a web of deceit.

Cast

as Sivaji *

as Anjali *Manisha Shree as Anjali's friend *

G. Marimuthu G. Marimuthu is an Indian film director and actor, who has worked in the Tamil film industry. After making his debut as a director with '' Kannum Kannum'' (2008), he has gone on to make other ventures including '' Pulivaal'' (2014) and feature ...

as Anjali's father *

Rajendran A. Rajendran,(born 1 June 1957) credited as Motta Rajendran or ''Naan Kadavul'' Rajendran, is an Indian stunt double and actor working mainly in Tamil cinema. He debuted in 2003 with the Tamil film '' Pithamagan'' and has worked as a stunt doub ...

as CBI Officer *

VTV Ganesh Ganesh Janardhanan, also known by his stage name VTV Ganesh is an Indian actor, comedian and film producer. He is best known for his hoarse voice, and his appearances in films featuring Silambarasan. He had made his debut in Tamil movie ''Red'' ...

as Security Officer *

Yogi Babu Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. A three time Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award winner, he performed in '' Aandavan Kattalai'' (2016), ''Kolamavu Kokila'' (2018) and '' Pariyerum Perumal'' (2 ...

as Ramesh *

Robo Shankar Robo Shankar is an Indian standup comedian who has appears in character roles in Tamil films. He made his breakthrough with STAR Vijay's ''Kalakkapovathu Yaaru'', performing standup comedy. He is a now cast as regular on several shows on Sta ...

as Suresh *

Andreanne Nouyrigat Andreanne Nouyrigat is a French actress, who lives and works primarily in India. She has appeared in supporting and leading roles in Tamil cinema.contestant of Cooku with comali Season 4 Career Andreane Nouyrigat was born in France, but settle ...

as Foreign Lady *

Mahanadi 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 ...

as Prisoner *

John Vijay John Vijay (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor who plays supporting roles in Tamil films. He has also worked in a few Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. Career John Vijay did his M.Sc. in Visual Communication from Loyola College ...

* Mansoor Ali Khan *Baby Sathanya as Yazhini *Babu G as Businessman *Kaavya Sha as Soppana Sundhari (song appearance)

Production

Producer Nandagopal announced that he had signed on

to star in his film during July 2015 and that Ganesh Vinayak, who had made ''

Thagaraaru ''Thagaraaru'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil action mystery drama film written and directed by newcomer Ganesh Vinaayac and produced by Cloud Nine Movies. The film stars Arulnithi and Poorna in the lead roles while Jayaprakash, Pawan, Sulile Kum ...

'' (2013), would direct the film. The film also marked the return of former child actress

, who had taken a sabbatical after a brief foray into films in 2009. Featuring an ensemble cast including

and

, the first schedule of ''Veera Sivaji'' was shot in

Pondicherry Pondicherry (), now known as Puducherry ( French: Pondichéry ʊdʊˈtʃɛɹi(listen), on-dicherry, is the capital and the most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the sout ...

from September 2015. A song choreographed by Dinesh was pictured on the beaches of the town, later that month. The film's first schedule was finished in November 2015, with the makers revealing that the film would focus on a relationship around Vikram Prabhu's character and a child. A second schedule for the film was filmed across Chennai from mid November 2015.

Music

Music has been composed by D Imman which contains totally 6 songs in this movie including the theme music. Imman later reused some of the songs from the film in Kannada film '' Hyper'' (2018) also directed by Ganesh Vinayak.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt6127254, Veera Sivaji 2016 films 2010s Tamil-language films Indian action thriller films Films scored by D. Imman Films shot in Chennai Films shot in Puducherry 2016 action thriller films