Vadakku Vaasal

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Vadakku Vaasal
Directed byB. M. Sundar
Written byB. M. Sundar
Produced byN. Vijay Muralee
StarringKarthik Kumar
Rithana
CinematographyT. Sai Natraj
Edited byM. Sai Krishnan
Music byS. P. Venkatesh
Production
company
Maha Movie Makers
Release date
  • 10 October 2003 (2003-10-10)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Vadakku Vaasal (transl. North side door) is a 2003 Indian Tamil romantic drama film directed by B. M. Sundar. The film features newcomers Karthik Kumar and Rithana in lead roles, with Livingston, Pandiarajan, Anandaraj, Alex, Kamalesh, Pandu, Shakeela, Nalini, Nithya Ravindran and Sethu Vinayagam playing supporting roles. The film, produced by N. Vijay Muralee, had musical score by S. P. Venkatesh and was released on 10 October 2003.[1][2][3][4]

Plot[]

In a remote village, the carefree college student Murali (Karthik Kumar) lives with his parents, his sister and his brother-in-law who run a liquor shop. Murali befriends his college mate Priya (Rithana) and they eventually fall in love with each other. Priya's brother Pandian (Kamalesh) and Priya's father Ramasamy (Sethu Vinayagam) are against their love. The situation degenerated as Murali gets arrested by the police for being in love with Priya. Thereafter, Pandian and Ramasamy arrange Priya's marriage in a hurry with a poor man belonging to their caste at the village temple. Murali kidnaps Priya just before the marriage and the lovers elope from the village. The matter sparks riots between villagers. The local politician Annamalai (Livingston) and the police inspector Alex Pandian (Anandaraj) try their best to calm the situation.

The two lovers arrive in Chennai and live with Murali's friend Ramakrishna (Pandiarajan), a man crippled by debt. Murali starts working in a petrol bunk while Priya stays alone at home all day. To support Murali, Priya decides to find a job but a pimp tries to misbehave with her and she is mistakenly arrested for prostitution by the police. The kind-hearted Bhai (Alex) comes to her rescue thus Priya gets released. Bhai decides to help the lovers and finds them another place to live. Later, Bhai convinces them to return to their native village. In their village, Bhai, Annamalai and Alex Pandian convince the villagers to put their caste fanaticism aside and to support the young lovers. Murali and Priya first want to finish their studies and find a decent job then they will get married.

Cast[]

  • Karthik Kumar as Murali
  • Rithana as Priya
  • Livingston as Annamalai
  • Pandiarajan as Ramakrishna (guest appearance)
  • Anandaraj as Alex Pandian
  • Alex as Bhai
  • Kamalesh as Pandian, Priya's brother
  • Pandu as Professor
  • Shakeela as Omanakutty
  • Nalini as Priya's mother
  • Nithya Ravindran as Murali's sister
  • Sethu Vinayagam as Ramasamy, Priya's father
  • S. V. Thangaraj as Annamalai's personal assistant
  • Bayilvan Ranganathan as Omanakutty's husband
  • Anoop Kumar
  • C. Madurai Shanmugam
  • P. Raghunath
  • Kadhira Nassar as Roopa
  • Leena Gopinath
  • Thiraineedhi Selvam
  • Madurai Selvam
  • Kovai Senthil as Panchayat member
  • Chelladurai as Nattamai
  • Bhaskar
  • Arul

Soundtrack[]

Vadakku Vaasal
Soundtrack album by
S. P. Venkatesh
Released2003
Recorded2003
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length30:46
LabelSony Music India
ProducerS. P. Venkatesh

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Srikanth Deva. The soundtrack features 6 tracks written by Piraisoodan and Kamakodiyan.[5][6]

Tracklist
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Vadakaalae"Prabhakar4:52
2."Thandhana Thaana"Tippu, Ganga5:56
3."Ettuthikkum Vetri"Pushpavanam Kuppusamy5:45
4."Arangeram"Prabha, Uthra Jayaraj5:27
5."Thunivudan"Krishnaraj, Manju Sri5:20
6."Ella Madhangalumae"Manikka Vinayagam3:26
Total length:30:46

References[]

  1. ^ "Find Tamil Movie Vadakku Vasal". jointscene.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Vadakku Vaasal (2003) Tamil Movie". spicyonion.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Vadakku Vaasal (2003)". gomolo.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Vadakku Vaasal (2003)". filmibeat.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Vadakku Vasal - S. P. Venkatesh". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Vadakku Vaasal by S. P. Venkatesh". jiosaavn.com. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
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