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Vandae Maatharam is a 2010 Malayalam action film
directed by T. Aravind. The film features Mammootty
, Arjun
and Sneha in the lead roles, whilst Sharada Arya, Rajkapoor, Nassar
, Jai Akash, Jagadish
, Deepak J. D., and Rajan P. Dev
play supporting roles. The film was simultaneously made and released in Tamil with same title and was later dubbed in Telugu
and Kannada. The film was released overseas on 10 September 2010 and later in India on 17 September 2010..
and Arjun are tough police officers. They analyse farmers struggle and related social violence to put forward an amicable solution to have lasting harmony. They are highly disturbed by the terrorists' infiltrations. Sneha, an Aviator
, is Mammootty
's wife and they are sad that they don't have a child. The rest of the story deals with how they counter act against the terrorists and save the land.
and Arjun play the role of cops while Sneha is playing as a pilot. Then the story revolves around the investigation and how the heroes eradicate the terrorists from being entering the border. The audio launch was held on July 3, 2010 and the movie was all set to release on the eve of Ramzan
, 10 September 2010 in both Tamil
and Malayalam. But at the last moment, it couldn't make it to the theatres. Then, it was released on 17 September 2010.
Amitabh Bachchan
was approached to do a pivotal role in the movie, but as he was not able to allocate the call sheets, Nassar
played the role. In 2007, A.R.Rahman was approached to score the music of the film. But during that time, he was busy with the composing work of Jodhaa Akbar. After deciding among composers like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
, Harris Jayaraj
, Vidyasagar
; the crew signed in D. Imman. A patriotic song penned by Vairamuthu
and the song rendered by ten singers. They are D. Imman, Harish Raghavendra
, Vijay Yesudas
, Haricharan, Naresh Iyer
, Krish
, Pop Shalini
, Mathangi, Srilekha Parthasarathy
and Chinmayi
. Stunts director for this movie is the renowned stunt director Allan Amin
.
The budget of the movie has been stated to be 14 crores
for the Malayalam version and Vairamuthu
, Snehan
, Nandala and Viveka for the Tamil version. The album was released on July 3, 2010.
Malayalam
Tamil
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
directed by T. Aravind. The film features Mammootty
Mammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
, Arjun
Arjun Sarja
Arjun Sarja is an Indian film actor and director. Son of Kannada film star Shakti Prasad, he has primarily acted in Tamil films, and also appeared in Kannada and Telugu films. The title "Action King" has been given to Arjun by fans, for the numerous roles he has portrayed in action films. He is...
and Sneha in the lead roles, whilst Sharada Arya, Rajkapoor, Nassar
Nassar
Nassar is a Tamil actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist, and singer. He has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English films. He is often cited as part of India's specialist character actors, along with the likes of Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Nana Patekar...
, Jai Akash, Jagadish
Jagadish
P. V. Jagadish Kumar , popularly known as Jagadish, is a Malayalam film actor and script writer. He became popular through performances in films such as Mukhachitram, In Harihar Nagar, Godfather, Welcome to Kodaikanal, Thiruthalvaadi, Mantrikacheppu, and Hitler...
, Deepak J. D., and Rajan P. Dev
Rajan P. Dev
Rajan P Dev was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi . He had acted in over 140 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. He was noted for his villain roles laced with a touch of humour...
play supporting roles. The film was simultaneously made and released in Tamil with same title and was later dubbed in Telugu
Telugu language
Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...
and Kannada. The film was released overseas on 10 September 2010 and later in India on 17 September 2010..
Plot
MammoottyMammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
and Arjun are tough police officers. They analyse farmers struggle and related social violence to put forward an amicable solution to have lasting harmony. They are highly disturbed by the terrorists' infiltrations. Sneha, an Aviator
Aviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
, is Mammootty
Mammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
's wife and they are sad that they don't have a child. The rest of the story deals with how they counter act against the terrorists and save the land.
Cast
- MammoottyMammoottyMammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
as Gopikrishnan - Arjun as Anwar Hussain
- Sneha as Nandini
- Sharada Arya
- Rajkapoor
- NassarNassarNassar is a Tamil actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist, and singer. He has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English films. He is often cited as part of India's specialist character actors, along with the likes of Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Nana Patekar...
- JagadishJagadishP. V. Jagadish Kumar , popularly known as Jagadish, is a Malayalam film actor and script writer. He became popular through performances in films such as Mukhachitram, In Harihar Nagar, Godfather, Welcome to Kodaikanal, Thiruthalvaadi, Mantrikacheppu, and Hitler...
- Jai Akash
- Deepak J.D
- Rajan P. DevRajan P. DevRajan P Dev was an Indian film and stage actor. He was born in Cherthala in the Alappuzha district of the former state Thiru-Kochi . He had acted in over 140 films in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada language films. He was noted for his villain roles laced with a touch of humour...
Production
The shooting started by the middle of 2007 and later on the story was modified due to some personal problems. It took 100 days of shooting and ten schedules to complete the movie. MammoottyMammootty
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films, and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles...
and Arjun play the role of cops while Sneha is playing as a pilot. Then the story revolves around the investigation and how the heroes eradicate the terrorists from being entering the border. The audio launch was held on July 3, 2010 and the movie was all set to release on the eve of Ramzan
Ramadan
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which lasts 29 or 30 days. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours and is intended to teach Muslims about patience, spirituality, humility and...
, 10 September 2010 in both Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
and Malayalam. But at the last moment, it couldn't make it to the theatres. Then, it was released on 17 September 2010.
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
was approached to do a pivotal role in the movie, but as he was not able to allocate the call sheets, Nassar
Nassar
Nassar is a Tamil actor, producer, writer, director, lyricist, and singer. He has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and English films. He is often cited as part of India's specialist character actors, along with the likes of Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri and Nana Patekar...
played the role. In 2007, A.R.Rahman was approached to score the music of the film. But during that time, he was busy with the composing work of Jodhaa Akbar. After deciding among composers like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy are an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. Record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists, they have composed music for over fifty soundtrack across four languages...
, Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj is an Indian film composer. He has written scores and soundtracks for Tamil, Telugu and Hindi films.- Early life :Harris Jayaraj hails from a pious Christian Nadar family and was born and brought up in Chennai. Harris studied at Krishnaswamy Matric School, Nungambakam. His father,...
, Vidyasagar
Vidyasagar (music director)
Vidyasagar is an Award-Winning Indian film music director and music composer in the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industry. He is very popular in South Indian music industry and best known for his soulful melodies. His fast numbers to many films have earned him much fame too. He has...
; the crew signed in D. Imman. A patriotic song penned by Vairamuthu
Vairamuthu
Vairamuthu Ramaswamy Thevar is an award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist.Debuting in the film Nizhalgal with the lyrics for the song "Ponmalai Pozhudhu", he has now about 5800 songs to his credit as of January 2009. His partnership with the composers Ilaiyaraaja, and later A. R...
and the song rendered by ten singers. They are D. Imman, Harish Raghavendra
Harish Raghavendra
Harish Raghavendra is an Indian vocalist and actor from Chennai, India. His real name is Harish Ram Srinivas & son to a photographer P.V Raghavendran...
, Vijay Yesudas
Vijay Yesudas
Vijay Yesudas Kattassery , commonly credited as Vijay Yesudas, is an Indian playback singer, who has sung songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Tulu and Telugu.-Early life:...
, Haricharan, Naresh Iyer
Naresh Iyer
Naresh Iyer is a playback singer from Chennai, India. Naresh Iyer has rendered film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won...
, Krish
Krish (singer)
Vijay Balakrishnan popularly known by his stage name, Krish, is a Tamil playback singer. Other than working with reputable Indian film composers, including Harris Jayaraj, A. R...
, Pop Shalini
Pop shalini
Shalini Singh popularly called as Pop Shalini is a singer from Tamil Nadu, India.Shalini Singh popularly known as Pop Shalini was one of the first teenagers to release an album when she was only 13. She has sung over 500 songs in various Indian languages for Indian films...
, Mathangi, Srilekha Parthasarathy
Srilekha Parthasarathy
Srilekha Parthasarathy is a Tamil singer who is commonly referred to by her first name Srilekha...
and Chinmayi
Chinmayi
Chinmayi Sripada is an Indian playback singer, singing predominantly in Tamil. She is also a voice actor in Tamil and Telugu films, and has worked as a television presenter and a radio jockey as well. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company called Blue Elephant.-Early life and...
. Stunts director for this movie is the renowned stunt director Allan Amin
Allan Amin
Allan Amin is an action director in India's Bollywood, Tollywood and Mollywood film industries. He received the Filmfare Award for Best Action in 2001, 2004 and 2006 for Mission Kashmir , Qayamat: City Under Threat and Dus ....
.
The budget of the movie has been stated to be 14 crores
Reception
Sify and nowrunnig give the film 2/5 saying, "The done to death patriotic theme receives no fresh makeover in the film. If only it had paid more attention to that feeble script instead of raking up all that clatter and clamor on screen, would it have made more sense".Soundtrack
The soundtrack features six songs composed by D. Imman and lyrics penned by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan and Vayalar Sarath Chandra VarmaVayalar Sarath Chandra Varma
Vayalar Sarathchandravarma is a noted Malayalam film lyricist. His lyrics have proved that he has inherited his father, Vayalar Ramavarma’s gift of poetry. He is a youthful entertainer by penning soothe romantic songs. All his recent contribution has got a large amount attention among Malayalam...
for the Malayalam version and Vairamuthu
Vairamuthu
Vairamuthu Ramaswamy Thevar is an award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist.Debuting in the film Nizhalgal with the lyrics for the song "Ponmalai Pozhudhu", he has now about 5800 songs to his credit as of January 2009. His partnership with the composers Ilaiyaraaja, and later A. R...
, Snehan
Snehan
Snehan is a Tamil poet, lyricist. Debuting in the film Putham Pudhiya Poove, he has written lyrics for more than 600 songs.-Career:...
, Nandala and Viveka for the Tamil version. The album was released on July 3, 2010.
Malayalam
| No. | Song | Singers | Length | Lyrics |
| 1 | Saaragiyil | Kalyani | 5:00 | Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma Vayalar Sarathchandravarma is a noted Malayalam film lyricist. His lyrics have proved that he has inherited his father, Vayalar Ramavarma’s gift of poetry. He is a youthful entertainer by penning soothe romantic songs. All his recent contribution has got a large amount attention among Malayalam... |
| 2 | Gala Gala Gala Gaaley | Jassie Gift Jassie Gift Jassie Gift is a Malayalam film music composer and singer from Thiruvananthapuram, India. He became famous after his song "Lajjavathiye" in the film 4 the people.-Biography:... , Roshini Roshini Roshini is an Indian playback singer who originally hails from Tamil Nadu. She was brought up in Trichy and Chennai and she is very famous for her playback singing in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam[1] [2].-Early life:... |
4:24 | Mankombu Gopalakrishnan |
| 3 | One Two Three | Ramya, Farazuddin, D. Imman | 4.39 | Mankombu Gopalakrishnan |
| 4 | Chirichonnurangum | Jyotsna Jyotsna Radhakrishnan Jyotsna Radhakrishnan is a playback singer in Malayalam cinema. She is based in Thrissur, Kerala.-Persosnal Life:... |
5:01 | Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma Vayalar Sarathchandravarma is a noted Malayalam film lyricist. His lyrics have proved that he has inherited his father, Vayalar Ramavarma’s gift of poetry. He is a youthful entertainer by penning soothe romantic songs. All his recent contribution has got a large amount attention among Malayalam... |
| 5 | Vande Maatharam | D. Imman, Harish Raghavendra Harish Raghavendra Harish Raghavendra is an Indian vocalist and actor from Chennai, India. His real name is Harish Ram Srinivas & son to a photographer P.V Raghavendran... , Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas Kattassery , commonly credited as Vijay Yesudas, is an Indian playback singer, who has sung songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Tulu and Telugu.-Early life:... , Haricharan, Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer is a playback singer from Chennai, India. Naresh Iyer has rendered film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won... Krish Krish (singer) Vijay Balakrishnan popularly known by his stage name, Krish, is a Tamil playback singer. Other than working with reputable Indian film composers, including Harris Jayaraj, A. R... , Pop Shalini Pop shalini Shalini Singh popularly called as Pop Shalini is a singer from Tamil Nadu, India.Shalini Singh popularly known as Pop Shalini was one of the first teenagers to release an album when she was only 13. She has sung over 500 songs in various Indian languages for Indian films... , Mathangi, Srilekha Parthasarathy Srilekha Parthasarathy Srilekha Parthasarathy is a Tamil singer who is commonly referred to by her first name Srilekha... , Chinmayi Chinmayi Chinmayi Sripada is an Indian playback singer, singing predominantly in Tamil. She is also a voice actor in Tamil and Telugu films, and has worked as a television presenter and a radio jockey as well. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company called Blue Elephant.-Early life and... |
4:12 | Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma Vayalar Sarathchandravarma is a noted Malayalam film lyricist. His lyrics have proved that he has inherited his father, Vayalar Ramavarma’s gift of poetry. He is a youthful entertainer by penning soothe romantic songs. All his recent contribution has got a large amount attention among Malayalam... |
| 6 | Intelligence Is The Keyword | D. Imman on keyboard Keyboard instrument A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... |
2:02 | (Instrumental) |
Tamil
| No. | Song | Singers | Length | Lyrics |
| 1 | Vandhe Maatharam | D. Imman, Harish Raghavendra Harish Raghavendra Harish Raghavendra is an Indian vocalist and actor from Chennai, India. His real name is Harish Ram Srinivas & son to a photographer P.V Raghavendran... , Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas Kattassery , commonly credited as Vijay Yesudas, is an Indian playback singer, who has sung songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Tulu and Telugu.-Early life:... , Haricharan, Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer Naresh Iyer is a playback singer from Chennai, India. Naresh Iyer has rendered film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won... Krish Krish (singer) Vijay Balakrishnan popularly known by his stage name, Krish, is a Tamil playback singer. Other than working with reputable Indian film composers, including Harris Jayaraj, A. R... , Pop Shalini Pop shalini Shalini Singh popularly called as Pop Shalini is a singer from Tamil Nadu, India.Shalini Singh popularly known as Pop Shalini was one of the first teenagers to release an album when she was only 13. She has sung over 500 songs in various Indian languages for Indian films... , Mathangi, Srilekha Parthasarathy Srilekha Parthasarathy Srilekha Parthasarathy is a Tamil singer who is commonly referred to by her first name Srilekha... , Chinmayi Chinmayi Chinmayi Sripada is an Indian playback singer, singing predominantly in Tamil. She is also a voice actor in Tamil and Telugu films, and has worked as a television presenter and a radio jockey as well. She is the founder and CEO of a translation services company called Blue Elephant.-Early life and... |
4:12 | Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Vairamuthu Ramaswamy Thevar is an award-winning Tamil poet and lyricist.Debuting in the film Nizhalgal with the lyrics for the song "Ponmalai Pozhudhu", he has now about 5800 songs to his credit as of January 2009. His partnership with the composers Ilaiyaraaja, and later A. R... |
| 2 | Sanjeevana | Kalyani | 5:00 | Snehan Snehan Snehan is a Tamil poet, lyricist. Debuting in the film Putham Pudhiya Poove, he has written lyrics for more than 600 songs.-Career:... |
| 3 | One Two Three | D. Imman, Ramya, Farazuddin | 4:39 | Nandala |
| 4 | Thirumbi Thirumbi | Suchith Suresan | 5:01 | Viveka |
| 5 | Gala Gala Gala Gaaley | Jassie Gift Jassie Gift Jassie Gift is a Malayalam film music composer and singer from Thiruvananthapuram, India. He became famous after his song "Lajjavathiye" in the film 4 the people.-Biography:... , Roshini Roshini Roshini is an Indian playback singer who originally hails from Tamil Nadu. She was brought up in Trichy and Chennai and she is very famous for her playback singing in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam[1] [2].-Early life:... |
4:24 | Snehan Snehan Snehan is a Tamil poet, lyricist. Debuting in the film Putham Pudhiya Poove, he has written lyrics for more than 600 songs.-Career:... |
| 6 | Intelligence Is The Keyword | D. Imman on keyboard Keyboard instrument A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... |
2:02 | (Instrumental) |
External links
- Vande Mataram movie audio launch on July 3, 2010
- Vande Mataram from July 15
- http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/4057/malayalam/vande-matharam/index.htm
- http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/1429/vandematharam.html
- http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/1492/vande-mataram.html
- http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=14947351