Vellaikaara Durai

Vellaikaara Durai
File:Vellaikaara durai poster.jpg
Directed by	Ezhil
Produced by	G. N. Anbu Chezhiyan
Written by	Ezhil
Starring	Vikram Prabhu Sri Divya John Vijay
Music by	D. Imman
Cinematography	Sooraj Nallusami
Edited by	Kishore Te.
Production company	Gopuram films
Distributed by	Olympia Movies
Release dates	25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹5 crore (US$740,000)
Box office	₹2 crore (US$300,000)

Vellaikaara Durai is a 2014 Tamil comedy film directed by Ezhil. The film features Vikram Prabhu, Sri Divya and John Vijay in the lead roles. The film commenced shoot from May 2014. The film opened to negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure.

Cast

• Vikram Prabhu as Murugan
• Sri Divya as Yamuna
• Soori as Police Pandi
• John Vijay as Vatti Varadhan
• Singampuli as Balu Dasan
• M. S. Bhaskar as Mahadevan, Murugan's father
• Manobala
• Jangiri Madhumitha
• Aadukalam Naren
• Singamuthu
• Madhan Bob as Malaysia Madhavan
• Vittal Rao as Vatti Varadhan's grandfather
• Vaiyapuri
• Bava Lakshmanan
• Daddy Saravanan as Gopal
• Mippu
• Rajendran
• Mahanadi Shankar
• Cool Suresh
• Vanitha Krishnachandran as Murugan's mother
• Namo Narayana
• Nandhini as Police Pandi's wife
• Subburaj
• Bomb Ramesh as Bomb Bala
• Gnanavel as Yamuna's father (guest appearance)
• Meenakshi in a special appearance

Production

Ezhil and Vikram Prabhu agreed terms to begin a film project in November 2013 for producer Anbu, adding that the shoot would start in early 2014. The shoot of the film began in April 2014 in Thanjavur with Vikram reportedly playing a singer, while Sri Divya, Soori, John Vijay and M. S. Bhaskar were added to the cast. The film was titled as Vellaikaara Durai in June 2014.

Soundtrack

Vellaikaara Durai
Soundtrack album by D. Imman
Released	9 December 2014
Recorded	2013-2014
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	30.58
Language	Tamil
Label	Sony Music India
Producer	D. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Kayal (2014)Kayal2014 Vellaikaara Durai (2014) Kalukkuray Maaplay (2015)Kalukkuray Maaplay2015

Music was composed by D. Imman, collaborating with Ezhil for the third time after Manam Kothi Paravai and Desingu Raja. The soundtrack contains 4 songs. 3 songs were written by Yugabharathi and 1 song were written by Vairamuthu. The album was released on 9 December 2014 at Suryan FM Radio station and received mixed reviews.Behindwoods rated the album 2.5/5 stating "Vellaikaara Durai is a neat album where Imman plays it very safe.". Sify rated the album 2.5/5 stating "Imman has a forgettable outing"

No	Title	Singer(s)	Lyric(s)	Length
1	"Ammadi Un Azhagu"	Sathya Prakash	Yugabharathi	4.29
2	"Kaakkaa Muttai"	Vaikom Vijayalakshmi	Yugabharathi	4.51
3	"Koodha Kaathu"	Haricharan, Shreya Goshal	Vairamuthu	4.55
4	"Nadigar Thilagam"	Krishnamoorthy	Yugabharathi	4.53
5	"Ammadi Un Azhagu (Karaoke)"	Instrumental		4.16
6	"Koodha Kaathu (Karaoke)"	Instrumental		4.53
7	"Brass Band"	Maxwell (Trumpet)		2.37

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Thamizh.

Critical reception

The Hindu wrote, "The film takes a story template and incorporates into it one ridiculous joke after another...To be fair, the film only tries to deliver on what it promises — a laugh riot with all the masala elements to satisfy the B and C centres", with the critic concluding that "Vellaikaara Durai could be the secret pleasure you would never admit to have enjoyed". Sify wrote, "The problem with Vellaikara Durai is that the actors try too hard to be funny but the writing does not offer anything new", going on to call it an "average comedy entertainer which might appeal to audience who never expect logic but only mindless comedies".

External links

• Vellaikaara Durai at IMDb