Veera Sivaji

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Veera Sivaji
Veera Sivaji.jpg
Poster
Directed byGanesh Vinayak
Written byGanesh Vinayak
Gnanagiri (dialogues)
Produced byS. Nandagopal
Starring
CinematographyM. Sukumar
Edited byRuben
Music byD. Imman
Production
company
Madras Enterprises
Distributed bySri Thenandal Films
Release date
December 16, 2016
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Veera Sivaji (transl. Courageous Sivaji) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Ganesh Vinayak, starring Vikram Prabhu and Shamili in the leading roles. The film began production during July 2015.[1][2] It was released worldwide on December 16, 2016 and met with extremely negative reviews and was a disaster at the box office.

Plot[]

Shivaji, a taxi driver, has to arrange money for his niece's surgery. Things go awry when he gets entangled in a web of deceit.

Cast[]

Production[]

Producer Nandagopal announced that he had signed on Vikram Prabhu to star in his film during July 2015 and that Ganesh Vinayak, who had made Thagaraaru (2013), would direct the film.[3] The film also marked the return of former child actress Shamili, who had taken a sabbatical after a brief foray into films in 2009.[4] Featuring an ensemble cast including Rajendran, John Vijay and Robo Shankar, the first schedule of Veera Sivaji was shot in Pondicherry from September 2015.[5][6] A song choreographed by Dinesh was pictured on the beaches of the town, later that month.[7] The film's first schedule was finished in November 2015, with the makers revealing that the film would focus on a relationship around Vikram Prabhu's character and a child.[8] A second schedule for the film was filmed across Chennai from mid November 2015.[9]

Music[]

Veera Sivaji
Soundtrack album by
D. Imman
Released31 August 2016
Recorded2016
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length24:30
LanguageTamil
LabelSony Music India
ProducerD. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Maaveeran Kittu
(2016) 		Veera Sivaji
(2016) 		Bogan
(2017)

Music has been composed by D Imman which contains totally 6 songs in this movie including the theme music.[10] Imman later reused some of the songs from the film in Kannada film Hyper (2018) also directed by Ganesh Vinayak.

Track-List
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Thaarumaaru Thakkaalisoru"RokeshSilambarasan, Maria Roe Vincent4:17
2."Soppanasundari"Arunraja KamarajVaikom Vijayalakshmi4:22
3."Thavazhndhidum Thangapoove"AraviBombay Jayashri5:18
4."Adada Adada"YugabharathiSriram Parthasarathy, Shreya Ghoshal4:06
5."Thaarumaaru Thakkaalisoru" (Version 2)RokeshDeepak, Maria Roe Vincent4:17
6."One Man Show Theme" Instrumental2:10
Total length:24:30

References[]

  1. ^ "Team Veera Sivaji to wrap Pondicherry schedule on October 17th". Behindwoods. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. ^ "John Vijay will be the main villain for Vikram Prabhu in Veera Sivaji". Behindwoods. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Vikram Prabhu's next is an action comedy". The Times of India. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Child star Shamlee from Anjali takes the plunge". The Hindu. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Vikram Prabhu plays a cabbie in Veera Sivaji". The Times of India. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Veera Sivaji: Vikram Prabu's Next is an Action Thriller". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Veera Sivaji starring Vikram Prabhu and Shamlee is shooting a song in Pondicherry". Behindwoods. 3 October 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Vikram Prabu to deal with a child in 'Veera Shivaji'". IndiaGlitz. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Will Madha Gaja Raja release on December 18th?". Behindwoods. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Veera Sivaji Review". MovieTet. Retrieved 12 December 2016.

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