Villu (film)

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Villu
C. Arunpandian
StarringVijay
Nayanthara
CinematographyRavi Varman
Edited byKola Bhaskar
Music byDevi Sri Prasad
Production
company
Distributed byAyngaran International
Release date
  • 12 January 2009 (2009-January-12)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Villu (transl. The bow) is a 2009 Indian

Khushbu appear in item numbers. The film is produced and distributed by Ayngaran International and composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Cinematography was done by Ravi Varman, while editing was handled by Kola Bhaskar. The film received negative reviews from critics and became an average at the box office.[1]

The film was released on 12 January 2009.

slap-stick humor in the film.[6]

Media outlets reported that, the film Villu became an average domestic venture as Vijay and Vadivelu comic-timing was the only saving grace of the film, since the screenplay, dialogues and dubbing were extremely ordinary.[1] The movie was partially based on the 1998 Hindi movie Soldier.[7][8]

Plot

Pugazh "Villu" is an

Oxford alumnus with a master's degree in chemical engineering. With the help of his relative Inspector Joseph, he succeeds in tracking down a wanted criminal named Raaka and trapping him to Joseph. The scene then shifts to a village, where Pugazh is attending the wedding of a Tahsildar
's daughter. He meets Janavi, a friend of the bride, and instantly falls in love with her. After persistent wooing, he succeeds in winning her heart.

Janavi takes Pugazh to Munich (Germany) to introduce him to her father J. D., a wealthy businessman and covert arms smuggler. During his stay in Bern, he encounters J. D.'s gang, consisting of Shaan, a hotel pimp named Max, and another henchman. After initial confrontations with the three of them, he starts eliminating them one after another, and then J. D. becomes his remaining target. Janavi soon finds out that Pugazh is plotting to kill her father and warns Pugazh's mother about her son. On the contrary, Pugazh's mother not only knows and supports what Pugazh is doing, but she also reveals that she is not his real "mother" and tells her why Pugazh is after her father.

Pugazh's father Major Saravanan was a patriotic Indian Army officer. During a peacekeeping mission, he noticed J. D., Shaan, Raaka, and their two henchmen, who were then army officers working in his team, accepting money from terrorists in exchange for allowing them to carry out their activities. When he confronted them, they killed him and fabricated a story claiming that he accepted money from terrorists to help them, they killed him considering the safety of the other soldiers and themselves. He was stripped posthumously of his titles honours, and badges. During his funeral, his family, consisting of his wife and a young Pugazh, were humiliated as the military withdrew his honours and the villagers banished them from their village. The villagers also barred Pugazh from performing his father's last rites and threw the dead body into a sand pit, where it got lost in a sand storm. The villagers, mainly through J.D. also brandish the forehead of Pugazh's mother with the title "wife of a traitor". She sends her son away with Shaan's estranged wife as she does not want him to grow up carrying the stigma of being the son of a disgraced army officer.

In the present day, J. D. takes Pugazh to India to retrieve a Blu-ray containing J. D.'s secret information, which Pugazh had earlier received from Shaan and given to Joseph. Pugazh soon finds out that Raaka has escaped. Pugazh manages to flee from J. D.'s and Raaka's clutches, and after a thrilling chase, he reaches an abandoned temple outside his village where he reunites with his mother, who had been living there since being banished from the village. J. D., Raaka and their henchmen arrive there. They kill Joseph and injure Pugazh. Pugazh kills Raaka and fights with J. D., weakening him. With all of the villagers assembled around the abandoned temple, Pugazh forces J. D. to reveal the truth about his father to them. After his confession, Pugazh kills J. D. in revenge for his father's death. With the truth about Saravanan finally revealed, the army reinstates his titles, honours, and badges and also returns his army badge and uniform to his widowed wife.

Cast

  • Vijay in a dual role as:
    • Pugazh (son)
    • Major Saravanan (father)
  • Nayanthara as Janavi, JD's daughter (Voice Dubbed By Renuka Kathir)
  • Ranjitha as Saravanan's wife and Pugazh's mother
  • Prakash Raj as Jai Dev "JD", Janavi's father who killed Saravanan
  • Vadivelu as Maadaswamy "Maada", the audiographer
  • Manoj K. Jayan as Inspector Joseph, Saravanan's relative
  • Devaraj
    as Shaan, JD's friend who was involved in Saravanan's murder
  • Adithya
    as Raaka
  • Anandaraj as JD and Shaan's henchman
  • Sriman as Max alias Gandy
  • Geetha as Shaan's wife and Pugazh's adopted mother
  • Vaiyapuri as Pugazh's friend
  • Raj Kapoor
    as Village Head
  • Dhamu as VJ
  • Aarthi as Janavi's friend
  • Jyothi as Jyothi, Janavi's friend
  • Pandu as Jyothi's father
  • T. P. Gajendran as Marriage Guest
  • Kumarimuthu as Eyewitness
  • Mumaith Khan (special appearance in the song "Daddy Mummy")
  • Zabyn Khan
    (special appearance in the song "Daddy Mummy")
  • Khushbu
    (special appearance in the song "Rama Rama")
  • FEFSI Vijayan (special appearance in the song "Jalsa")
  • Ashok Raja (special appearance in the song "Rama Rama")
  • Ravi Varman (special appearance in the song "Rama Rama")
  • A. C. Mugil (special appearance in the song "Rama Rama")
  • Sunil Babu (special appearance in the song "Rama Rama")
  • Prabhu Deva (special appearance in the song "Rama Rama")

Production

Development

Villu crew shooting at Pollachi

Telugu film. Suryah, with the negotiation of Vijay, later changed his film's title.[11] The title Villu subsequently became the film's official name.[12]

Casting and filming

Actress Ranjitha was selected to play Vijay's mother.[13] Director Prabhu Deva started shooting for Villu with the team's first location being Palani, Tamil Nadu.[11] The team's second location was set to be in Karaikudi. Prabhu Deva had reportedly planned two song sequences to be shot in European countries.[14] Another song sequence was shot in Bangkok, Thailand. Later, reports claimed that the film's script and story would deal with a majority of the film taking place in Italy. Prabhu Deva had reportedly planned two song sequences to be shot in European countries.[15] In an interview with Prabhu Deva, a month prior to the film's release, Prabhu Deva stated the film will be a "Tamil version of a James Bond film."[16] It was reported that Prakash Raj was missing from shooting when the crew was shooting the climax.[17]

The story was already made as a movie in Tamil during 1989 titled Thaai Naadu starring Sathyaraj in dual roles. Then this film was remade in Dhallywood as Jamin Nai by Syed Harun starring Shabnur, Shakti Kapoor & Miju Ahmed in lead roles in 2000 and Tamil as Villu By Prabhu Deva starring Vijay & Nayanthara in lead roles in 2009. Bobby Deol Starrer Soldier in 1998 has a similar story line.

composer, editor, and cinematographer respectively while FEFSI Vijayan was chosen as the stunt coordinator.[11]

Khushbu, and Kovai Sarala
were also said to be given roles in the film. However, Khushbu was later confirmed an item number appearance while Sarala was to sing a song in the film.

Music

Villu
Feature film soundtrack
LabelAyngaran Music
An Ak Audio
Think Music
Devi Sri Prasad chronology
King
(2008) 		Villu
(2008) 		Current
(2009)

The soundtrack for this film was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Three of the songs, "Jalsa Jalsa", "Dheemthanakka Thillana", and "Daddy Mummy" had their beats reused from three Telugu songs DSP had previously composed: the eponymous song from Jalsa ,"Om Namaste Bolo" from Ready, and "Akalesthey" from Shankar Dada Zindabad respectively.

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Hey Rama Rama" (introduction song, pictured
Savitha Reddy
03:34

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Kalaignar TV.[20] Villu had a limited Blu-ray DVD release in United Kingdom and Japan.[21]

Reception

This film was released on 12 January 2009, on the same day as Prabhu Deva and Vijay's 2007 film

Rediff reviewed the film "Leave your brains behind and prepare to enjoy the adventures of a Tamil James Bond." and rated 2.5/5.[22][23][24] Ananda Vikatan rated the film 37 out of 100.[25]

References

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  19. ^ "Kuruvi average grosser at BO". Sify. 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
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  21. ^ "Villu (2009)". Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  22. ^ "Review: Villu". Rediff. 12 January 2009. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  23. ^ Villu Indiaglitz Review. Indiaglitz.com (12 January 2009). Retrieved on 25 October 2015.
  24. ^ "Welcome to nginx!". Sify. Archived from the original on 19 December 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  25. ^ சார்லஸ், தேவன் (22 June 2021). "பீஸ்ட் : 'நாளைய தீர்ப்பு' டு 'மாஸ்டர்'... விஜய்க்கு விகடனின் மார்க்கும், விமர்சனமும் என்ன? #Beast". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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