Vettaikaran Movie Blog

The first schedule of Vijay’s upcoming Vettaikaran is over at Rajahmundry in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

The grapevine is abuzz that Vijay is spotting a new look for the film, which will not be revealed immediately.

The film produced by A V M Balasubramaniam and directed by Babu Shivam, has Anushka as heroine. The buzz is that the film is an action packed family entertainer laced with comedy and sentiment.

As per sources in the unit, the hero introduction song was picturised in which Vijay’s son Sanjay has danced with his dad against an Ayyanar temple background. Then hero meeting heroine for the first time in a very comic manner was shot in a Railway Station. Added to that some talkie portions were also canned in and around Rajahmundry.

The second schedule of the film is to start in Chennai in the second week of April, and it will be shot mostly at AVM studio including a set song. Vijay Antony is composing the second song likely to be a duet

Vettaikaran has a special cameo appearance from Vijay’s family. If the buzz is to be believed, Vijay’s son Sanjay shook his leg with his quicksilver-legged dad for his upcoming flick Vettaikaran, produced by AVM. Vijay junior appeared in a song scored by Vijay Antony (for the first time in a Vijay movie) penned by Kabilan, which is reportedly Vijay’s introductory song in the movie. The shooting of this song has been going on in Rajamundhry since the 9th of the month; this is the first schedule of the movie’s shooting. The song has been shot lavishly with 90 junior artistes and dancers being used.

Vettaikaran is directed by Babu Sivan and has Anushka in the lead. The movie also has Vivek in a significant role.

Vijay’s Vettaikaran began rolling at Rajamundhry on Monday the 9th of March. The first schedule is devoted entirely to the shooting of Vijay’s introduction song in the movie. Reports from the sets are that the song is being shot on a grand scale with 90 support dancers (45 boys and 45 girls), the choreography is by Shoby. The song will be shot until the 18th of the month after which the crew will move onto the next location. The introduction song is being touted as one of the best of Vijay Anthony’s character.

Now, one wonders whether you have noticed the ‘nine’ sentiment running throughout this schedule. Ninety dancers - 45 girls and 45 boys - all multiples of nine. Shooting began on the 9th and will go on up till the 18th; again multiples of nine. Now, this is not an idiosyncrasy that we generally associate with the present day cinema. But this is something that has come to the notice of some keen observers. Let’s see whether this sentiment works well for the movie.

Vettaikaran is being directed by Babu Sivan, will have Anushka opposite Vijay for the first time and is being produced by AVM Balasubramaniam.

Vettaikkaran (Tamil: வேட்டைக்காரன்) is a forthcoming Tamil film being directed by Babu Sivan, who directs his first feature film. The film is produced by M. Balasubramanian and B. Gurunath Meiyappan and will be distributed by AVM Productions. The film will star Ilaya thalapathy Vijay and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles. The film's background score and soundtrack will be composed by Vijay Antony while Gopinath will be the film's main cinematographer and V. T. Vijayan as the film's editor. The film was launched in February 2009 and the shooting for the film started simultaneously. Umaraj will be dancing with Vijay in a blockbuster song with Chi Chi.

Vettaikaaran Directed by Babu Sivan Produced by M. Balasubramanian B. Gurunath Meiyappan Starring Vijay Anushka Shetty Salim Ghouse Music by Vijay Antony Cinematography Gopinath Editing by V. T. Vijayan Distributed by AVM Productions Release date(s) October 17, 2009 Country India Language Tamil Budget Rs. 30 crores