Vidayutham

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Vidayutham
Directed byN. Nakamaneci
Written byN. Nakamaneci
Produced byR. N. Sreeja
Starring Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar
Ram Saravanan
N. Nakamaneci
CinematographyGopal
Edited byShebin Sebastian & Pradeep
Music byMithun Eshwar
Production
company
Sree Nagaraja Sarpayashi Films Pvt Ltd
Distributed bySree Nagaraja Sarpayashi Films Pvt Ltd
Release date
  • 18 March 2016 (2016-03-18)
Running time
138 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Vidayutham is a 2016 Indian Tamil film directed by Nagamaneci. The film stars Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Kaushik Ram and Nagamaneci in the lead roles. This film is produced by Sree Nagaraja Sarpayaakshi Films and Nagamaneci Entertainments Private Ltd. The film was theatrically released on 18 March 2016. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

The film unfolds through a journey where one faces the consequence when two people meet each other. Devathai, who is the daughter of the ex-minister Chitravel, comes across her first love Kaushik at her grandmother's death. She starts her love adventure to know more about Kaushik. Meanwhile, her elder sister Nithya develops a relationship with her father's rival Paddi Alandhan's son Prakash. A special investigating officer Nagaraj is set to unravel the clues and in his investigation, he gradually realizes that it is not any man behind this, but it is the power of the demon force (ghost) that was leading to these gruesome murders, which cannot been seen or heard.

While getting deeper into the investigation, Nagaraj gets to know the reason behind the ghost doing this and from where and why has this ghost been originated. Trying to find a solution to this problem, he gets to know the Nagraja temple in Nagarcoil and the power behind that. In the temple, there is a five-headed snake, and the mud that comes out from the snake is the "prasadam" for that temple. The prasadam is so powerful that if anyone applies it on their forehead, then no evil, sprit, or ghost will touch or come near them, and using the power of this temple, he is able to destroy the demonic force (ghost), thus succeeding making it flee.

Cast

Production

An ad-film maker, Nakamaneci, made his directorial debut through the project, announcing that he was set to make a "ghost thriller laced with youthful romance". Ram Saravana, who had earlier worked as a child actor in Thangar Bachan's Azhagi (2002) was selected to play the lead role. Through a common friend, the makers signed on actress Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, who had earlier appeared in the English film Slumdog Millionaire (2008), to play the female lead role. Tanvi signed the film citing her interest in using the Tamil film industry as a platform to break into bigger films in Bollywood, citing the examples of actresses Asin and Genelia D'Souza. Tanvi learned Tamil to shoot her scenes. [2] The actress's inclusion in the film was widely covered by the media. [4] [5]

Soundtrack

Vidayutham
Soundtrack album to Vidayuthamby
Mithun Eshwar
Released27 November 2015
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Label Naga B Music
Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Whatsapp il Neeum"NagamaneciMithun Eshwar, Saptaparna Chakraborty 5:00
2."Alli Poo"Nagamaneci Sooraj Santhosh,Sraswathy,Roshni Roopesh,Latha Krishna5:02
3."Engaio"Nagamaneci Karthik, Shweta Mohan 5:02
4."Cinna Cinna Aasai"NagamaneciNagamaneci, Roshine.I.S.3:45
5."Aaeram Aaeram"Nagamaneci Velmurugan, Jassie Gift, Nagamaneci, Sunil Kumar4:25
6."Ottai Sollai"NagamaneciLatha Krishna4:00
7."Whatsapp il Neeum (Male Solo)"NagamaneciMithun Eshwar5:00

Reception

The film had a theatrical release across Tamil Nadu on 18 March 2016. [6] [7] A review from the newspaper Thinnai gave the film a negative review and criticised the film's screenplay. [8] The film was also reviewed by newspaper Maalai Malar . [9]

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