Villali Veeran

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Villali Veeran
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Official poster
Directed bySudheesh Sankar
Written byDinesh Pallath
Produced by R. B. Choudary
Starring Dileep
Siddique
Namitha Pramod
Suresh Krishna
Kalabhavan Shajon
Cinematography Anil Nair
Edited by V.Jai Sankar
Music by S. A. Rajkumar
Production
company
Distributed byRemya Release
Release date
  • 6 September 2014 (2014-09-06)(India)
Running time
173 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Villali Veeran is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film produced by Super Good Films under the banner of Remya Release and directed by Sudheesh Shanker. [2] [3] The film stars Dileep in the lead role along with Siddique, Namitha Pramod, Suresh Krishna, Kalabhavan Shajon, and Dharmajan Bolgatty in supporting roles. It was initially titled Bhuddhettan. [4]

Contents

Upon release, the film received mixed reviews from critics. [5] [6] [7]

Synopsis

Siddharthan is an ordinary man whose love and care towards his sisters are profound. He spends lavishly and does anything for their satisfaction but is stingy when it comes to his own needs. This changes when Narmada comes into his life.

Cast

Soundtrack

Controversy

The movie was initially titled 'budhettan' this created a controversy specific Buddhist groups were urging for the banning of the film claiming that it depicted Buddha and Buddhist symbols negatively. [4]

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References

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