Walter Vetrivel

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Walter Vetrivel
File:Walter Vetrivel DVD cover.svg
DVD cover
Directed by P. Vasu
Produced by Shanthi Vasudevan
Written by P. Vasu
Starring
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography M. C. Sekar
Edited by P. Mohanraj
Production
company
Kamalam Movies
Distributed by Kamalam Movies
Release dates
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  • 14 January 1993 (1993-01-14)
Running time
 150 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Walter Vetrivel is a 1993 Indian Tamil film, directed by P. Vasu, starring Sathyaraj, Sukanya and Ranjitha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 14 January 1993.

It completed a 150 day run on theaters and became one of the highest grossing films for Sathyaraj during 90's in terms of revenue.[1][2][3] The movie released to extremely positive reviews and became a blockbuster. The film was later remade in Telugu as S. P. Parasuram with Chiranjeevi, in Hindi as Khuddar with Govinda and in Kannada as Dalavayi with B. C. Patil.

Plot

Walter Vetrivel (Sathyaraj) is an I.P.S. officer. Sumathi (Sukanya) is a thief and a witness to a gang who film people being raped. The villains make her blind. Walter Vetrivel and Sumathi get married as the villains plan to seek revenge on them. How Walter Vetrivel stops the villains forms the crux of the story.

Cast

Production

After the success of Rickshaw Mama, P. Vasu decided to make another project with Sathyaraj under his production banner "Kamalam films" named after Vasu's mother. Vasu narrated three stories and asked Sathyaraj to select any one story. Sathyaraj selected the story with Police backdrop as he was impressed with the story. At the launch of the film, Rajinikanth clapped the shot, Vijayakanth directed the first shot and Prabhu switched on the camera.[4]

Soundtrack

Walter Vetrivel
Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja
Released 1993
Recorded 1993
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 25:09
Producer Ilaiyaraaja

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1993, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali.[5][6][7][8]

Track Song Singer(s) Duration
1 "Chinna Raasaavae" Mano, S. Janaki 4:57
2 "Mannava Mannava Nee Mannadhi" Sunanda 5:02
3 "Ovvoru Pakkam" Swarnalatha 4:59
4 "Pattu Nila" S. Janaki 5:08
5 "Poongaatru" Mano, Uma Ramanan 5:03

Reception

Walter Vetrivel received positive acclaim from the critics[9] as well as the audience. The film had a slow opening initially, but then went on to become one of the biggest blockbusters in Sathyaraj's film career at that time. It has developed the status of a cult classic among Tamil audience over the years.[10]

References

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  4. ↑ http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/08/08232231/vasu-director-film-walter-vetr.html
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  9. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19930117&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
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