Velayudham
Velayudham
Directed by M. Raja
Produced by V Ravichandran
Written by M. Raja
Starring Vijay
Genelia D'Souza
Hansika Motwani
Saranya Mohan
Pasupathy
Santhanam
Pandiarajan
Music by Vijay Antony
Cinematography Priyan
Editing by Mohan
Studio Aascar Films
Release date(s) 14 Apr 2011
Country India
Language Tamil
Velayudham (Tamil: வேலாயுதம்) is a forthcoming Tamil film directed by M. Raja with Vijay, Genelia D'Souza, and Hansika Motwani playing the lead roles, while Saranya Mohan, Pasupathy, Santhanam, and Sathyan portray supporting roles. The film was formally launched on July 15, 2010 with its photo shoots taken earlier during the month.[1][2] Produced by V Ravichandran's Aascar Films, the film is currently in its filming stage and expected to release in early 2011.
Cast
Vijay
Genelia D'Souza
Hansika Motwani
Saranya Mohan
Santhanam
Sathyan
Pandiarajan
Omi Vaidya
Kaavalan
Kaavalan is an upcoming Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by Siddique. Starring Vijay and Asin Thottumkal in lead roles, the film is the remake of the director's previous Malayalam film Bodyguard. The film began its principle shoot in April 2010 Previously titled as Kaavalkaaran and Kaaval Kaadhal, the film will feature music composed by Vidyasagar. It was slated for release on the day of the Festival of Lights, which is November 5th for 2010, but continued production and the release of Endhiran, led to a delay until sometime in December to avoid yet another flop for Vijay.
Cast
Vijay as Arjun
Asin Thottumkal as Meera
Rajkiran
Roja Selvamani
Mithra Kurian
Vadivelu
Plot
As described by the New Indian Express writer, R Richard Mahesh,[7]
The film is about a youngster Arjun (Vijay), who adores the most powerful people and wants to be their bodyguard. Somehow, he manages to become the trusted aide of a leading industrialist (Raj Kiran), his wife (Roja) and his college-going daughter Meera (Asin).
The industrialist wants Arjun to accompany Meera to college. After lot of hilarious moments, the film begins to take its twists and turns and ends with an unexpected twist.
Production
Development
During the post-production stages of Bodyguard, Siddique had the idea of remaking the film in Tamil. He later announced his decision to remake the film with enhancements in the script to better suite the Tamil audience. The film was initially referred to as "Kaavalkaaran," which transliterally means "bodyguard" in Tamil. After rumours of the title being changed to Kaaval Kaadhal, the film was officially confirmed to be titled as Kaavalan in August 2010 The reason for the name confusion and its eventual permanent change was due to the complications in obtaining the rights to the title of "Kavalkaran" from M. G. Ramachandran's producers. They refused to sell the title to Vijay, leading to the rechristening of the title to Kaavalan
Casting
With the announcement of the remake, Siddique had finalized Vijay to play the lead role, reminiscent to their previous venture Friends (2001), which was aiso a remake of Siddique's own Malayalam film. Asin Thottumkal was signed up to pair with Vijay for the third time after their previous pairings in Sivakasi (2005) and Pokkiri (2007), also giving Thottumkal a comeback in Tamil cinema after her last appearance in Dasavathaaram (2008). Vadivelu, Rajkiran, and Roja Selvamani were also signed up for supporting characters. The film's principal shoot began in April at Kumbakonam.
Filming
An incident occurred on sets in April, where Asin, her father, and her make up assistants had fainted in their caravan after being exposed to a gas leak. They were treated in hospital the same day and were eventually discharged. The second shoot schedule occurred in Vellore. Vijay and Asin, along with director Siddique and rest of crew had taken part in the shooting at the Vellore Institute of Technology. A song was shot at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, making it Vijay's second trip to the country for a film shoot after Kuruvi.
Kaavalan
Directed by : Siddique
Produced by : Ramesh Babu
Written by : Siddique
Starring
Vijay
Asin Thottumkal
Rajkiran
Roja Selvamani
Vadivelu
Music by
Vidyasagar
Cinematography
N. K. Ekambaram
Editing by
Gowri Shankar
Studio
Geetha Chitra International
Distributed by
Cinema Paradise
Release date--- December 24, 2010 (2010-12-24)
Langugea
Tamil
Budget
38 crores
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