Vetri Vizha
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வெற்றி விழா is a 1987 Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan
in the lead role of the protagonist. Prabhu Ganesan
, Amala
, Sasikala
and Kushboo Sundar
played supporting roles. The story was of an amnesiac who struggles to find his past after memory loss. Salim Ghouse
played the Villain role.Dubed in Telugu as Vijethalu realesed in 1989
unconscious and is rescued by (Sasikala
) who brings him to her doctor aunt (Sowcar Janaki
).
When he wakes up, he realizes that he is suffering from Amnesia and has a few flashes of a sculptures, karate class etc. but doesn’t recognize them. Meanwhile, the local rowdy has been harassing the doctor and her niece. Kamalhassan and Sasikala are again harassed by the rowdy but kamal manages to thwart the attack easily which makes him believe that he might be trained in martial arts. Since kamal has enraged the rowdy, the doctor pleads with him to marry her niece for her own protection. He does so and thwarts another attack from the rowdy during their wedding.
Right after, he decides to leave for Madras to find his identity with his new wife in tow. Soon they find out that the earlier flashes he had are of the sculptures in Connemara
Hotel and he used to be a regular there. After getting the bank account number he has used previously in the Hotel, he visits the bank and is once again surprised to find out that he was a regular to the bank too and has a locker with a large amount of money, multiple passports of him and a hand gun.
While leaving the bank, he is attacked by an unknown assailant in the lift
but he once again successfully maims the assailant and escapes but leaves a shocked witness. His bank locker contents along with his martial arts skills make him believe that he might have been involved in gangs before and decides to surrender to police but is talked out it by his wife.
We are then introduced to Vijay (Prabhu Ganesan
) and Kushboo Sundar
who are part of a wedding band. Kamal decides to uncover another one of his image flashes and tries to locate the karate class. In One such class, the instructor recognizes him but guides him towards a singer Disco Shanti and tells his that he might be in danger. Another group of assailants attack him and Vijay and his wife are caught in the chaos. Believing Vijay to be helping Kamal, they kidnap his wife and demand the surrender of Kamal but Vijay and Kamal team up to rescue Vijay’s wife which makes Vijay pledge to help Kamal in his quest.
Kamal, then goes to talk to the singer but is soon recognised and is shot at. Shanti helps him escape and gives him a phone number to contact but is seriously wounded. He contacts the number and barely escapes another attempt on his life but manages to meet the person Shanti referred who happens to be the Police commissioner.
He finally learns of his true identity. His name is Vetri and that he was a happily married, to Lalitha (Amala), Police officer who teamed up with the commissioner to bring down a notorious hitman Zinda Salim Ghouse
.Unable to find any information about Zinda’s whereabouts, they device a plan to make Vetri go undercover and make him a bigger and more dangerous hitman than Zinda, hoping Zinda would get in touch with his fiercest competitor. The plan works and soon Zinda and Vetri become friends. But soon, Zinda learns about an undercover police officer in his gang thro’ a spy and kidnap Lalitha to oust the spy. Vetri breaks his cover to protect Lalitha but she is shot and killed in the shooting that ensues and Vetri is chased (this is the opening in the movie) but escapes barely.
Vetri put the pieces back together and uncovers a plot by Zinda to assassinate a very popular priest, when he went to visit the singer. Vijay and Vetri thwart the plot but Zinda still manages to escape. In order to avenge this Zinda kidnaps both Vijays and Vetris wives and send them a photographic evidence of the kidnap. But Vetri and Vijay soon find the location with the background signboard in the photo and rescue their wives and arrest Zinda.
Awaiting Zindas presence in the courtroom for his trial, they are surprised to see an unknown man being presented in the trial as Zinda. This makes them think that the commissioner may be the spy who swapped Zinda out and rushes to his house to confront him but finds him murdered in the arms of his crying wife. Suspicions still exist and Vetri and Vijay find that the real spy is the commissioners’ wife and confront her. She shows them a lot of cash and asks them to let her go. Vijay sees this and shoots and kill Vetri for the money and asks her to give his the money and leave. She believing that, Vetri is finally dead rushes back to Zinda. But Vetri is alive and this was a plan to make her lead them to Zindas location. Vetri and Vijay follow her to a Ship docked on the port and goes in to arrest Zinda. Zinda and his men are soon overpowered by the 2 man fighting machine but before he dies he arms a bomb in the ship. Vetri and Vijay collaborate once again to disarm the bomb.
, though the story deviates from Ludlum's plot in the second half of the movie.
Many artistes made cameos in the film :
Hindi actor Salim Ghouse
debuted as villain Jindha and dubbed his own voice.
Vetri Vizha is first of 2 Tamil film made in 70mm format, the other was Amaran (1992).
Kamal Haasan wore a false moustache throughout the film since he was filming Indhiruddu Chandiruddu (Telugu) and Chanakyan (Malayalam) at the same time, in which both film required non-moustached roles.
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...
in the lead role of the protagonist. Prabhu Ganesan
Prabhu Ganesan
Prabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.-Personal life:A native of Tamil Nadu, Prabhu was born to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan. He has an elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan who is a film producer, and two sisters, Shanthi and Thenmozhi. He did his...
, Amala
Amala (actress)
Amala Akkineni is an Indian film actress and Animal welfare activist. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films.-Biography:...
, Sasikala
Rajani
Rajani also known as Sasikala in Kollywood is a famous South Indian film actress. Her birth name was Sashi Malhotra[1], and she is introduced with her popular name Rajani in Telugu, and as Sasikala in Tamil movies. She was born to V. N. Malhotra, a Punjabi and Sulochana, a Kanada Brahmin. She was...
and Kushboo Sundar
Kushboo Sundar
Nakhat Khan , better known by her stage name Kushboo is an Indian actress, television hostess and producer.-Early life:...
played supporting roles. The story was of an amnesiac who struggles to find his past after memory loss. Salim Ghouse
Salim Ghouse
Salim Ghouse is a film, television and theater actor, theater director and martial artist. He has acted in several Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam....
played the Villain role.Dubed in Telugu as Vijethalu realesed in 1989
Plot
The film opens with a Man (Kamal Hasan) being chased by heavily armed men. He takes out a couple of them with his superior skills but is shot down from a hanging ladder in the helicopter trying to rescue him. He washes up on the shore of GoaGoa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
unconscious and is rescued by (Sasikala
Rajani
Rajani also known as Sasikala in Kollywood is a famous South Indian film actress. Her birth name was Sashi Malhotra[1], and she is introduced with her popular name Rajani in Telugu, and as Sasikala in Tamil movies. She was born to V. N. Malhotra, a Punjabi and Sulochana, a Kanada Brahmin. She was...
) who brings him to her doctor aunt (Sowcar Janaki
Sowcar Janaki
Sankaramanchi Janaki , popularly known as Shaukar Janaki , is a south-Indian actress who has acted in over 385 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and Malayalam films. She also performed on stage in over 300 shows, and performed for TANA all over the United States in 2 Telugu plays created by actor...
).
When he wakes up, he realizes that he is suffering from Amnesia and has a few flashes of a sculptures, karate class etc. but doesn’t recognize them. Meanwhile, the local rowdy has been harassing the doctor and her niece. Kamalhassan and Sasikala are again harassed by the rowdy but kamal manages to thwart the attack easily which makes him believe that he might be trained in martial arts. Since kamal has enraged the rowdy, the doctor pleads with him to marry her niece for her own protection. He does so and thwarts another attack from the rowdy during their wedding.
Right after, he decides to leave for Madras to find his identity with his new wife in tow. Soon they find out that the earlier flashes he had are of the sculptures in Connemara
Connemara
Connemara is a district in the west of Ireland consisting of a broad peninsula between Killary Harbour and Kilkieran Bay in the west of County Galway.-Overview:...
Hotel and he used to be a regular there. After getting the bank account number he has used previously in the Hotel, he visits the bank and is once again surprised to find out that he was a regular to the bank too and has a locker with a large amount of money, multiple passports of him and a hand gun.
While leaving the bank, he is attacked by an unknown assailant in the lift
Lift
Lift may mean:* Lift , a mechanical force generated by an object moving through a fluid* Lift , rising air used by soaring birds and glider, hang glider and paraglider pilots for soaring flight...
but he once again successfully maims the assailant and escapes but leaves a shocked witness. His bank locker contents along with his martial arts skills make him believe that he might have been involved in gangs before and decides to surrender to police but is talked out it by his wife.
We are then introduced to Vijay (Prabhu Ganesan
Prabhu Ganesan
Prabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.-Personal life:A native of Tamil Nadu, Prabhu was born to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan. He has an elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan who is a film producer, and two sisters, Shanthi and Thenmozhi. He did his...
) and Kushboo Sundar
Kushboo Sundar
Nakhat Khan , better known by her stage name Kushboo is an Indian actress, television hostess and producer.-Early life:...
who are part of a wedding band. Kamal decides to uncover another one of his image flashes and tries to locate the karate class. In One such class, the instructor recognizes him but guides him towards a singer Disco Shanti and tells his that he might be in danger. Another group of assailants attack him and Vijay and his wife are caught in the chaos. Believing Vijay to be helping Kamal, they kidnap his wife and demand the surrender of Kamal but Vijay and Kamal team up to rescue Vijay’s wife which makes Vijay pledge to help Kamal in his quest.
Kamal, then goes to talk to the singer but is soon recognised and is shot at. Shanti helps him escape and gives him a phone number to contact but is seriously wounded. He contacts the number and barely escapes another attempt on his life but manages to meet the person Shanti referred who happens to be the Police commissioner.
He finally learns of his true identity. His name is Vetri and that he was a happily married, to Lalitha (Amala), Police officer who teamed up with the commissioner to bring down a notorious hitman Zinda Salim Ghouse
Salim Ghouse
Salim Ghouse is a film, television and theater actor, theater director and martial artist. He has acted in several Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam....
.Unable to find any information about Zinda’s whereabouts, they device a plan to make Vetri go undercover and make him a bigger and more dangerous hitman than Zinda, hoping Zinda would get in touch with his fiercest competitor. The plan works and soon Zinda and Vetri become friends. But soon, Zinda learns about an undercover police officer in his gang thro’ a spy and kidnap Lalitha to oust the spy. Vetri breaks his cover to protect Lalitha but she is shot and killed in the shooting that ensues and Vetri is chased (this is the opening in the movie) but escapes barely.
Vetri put the pieces back together and uncovers a plot by Zinda to assassinate a very popular priest, when he went to visit the singer. Vijay and Vetri thwart the plot but Zinda still manages to escape. In order to avenge this Zinda kidnaps both Vijays and Vetris wives and send them a photographic evidence of the kidnap. But Vetri and Vijay soon find the location with the background signboard in the photo and rescue their wives and arrest Zinda.
Awaiting Zindas presence in the courtroom for his trial, they are surprised to see an unknown man being presented in the trial as Zinda. This makes them think that the commissioner may be the spy who swapped Zinda out and rushes to his house to confront him but finds him murdered in the arms of his crying wife. Suspicions still exist and Vetri and Vijay find that the real spy is the commissioners’ wife and confront her. She shows them a lot of cash and asks them to let her go. Vijay sees this and shoots and kill Vetri for the money and asks her to give his the money and leave. She believing that, Vetri is finally dead rushes back to Zinda. But Vetri is alive and this was a plan to make her lead them to Zindas location. Vetri and Vijay follow her to a Ship docked on the port and goes in to arrest Zinda. Zinda and his men are soon overpowered by the 2 man fighting machine but before he dies he arms a bomb in the ship. Vetri and Vijay collaborate once again to disarm the bomb.
Related
This film is later dubbed into Telugu as Vijethalu. The film is heavily inspired by The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumRobert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum was an American author of 23 thriller novels. The number of his books in print is estimated between 290–500 million copies. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.-Life and...
, though the story deviates from Ludlum's plot in the second half of the movie.
Many artistes made cameos in the film :
- Sowcar Janaki(Extended cameo, in the beginning of the film)
- Amala (Extended cameo, plus a song sequence)
- Disco Shanti (Extended cameo, plus a song sequence)
- V.K Ramasamy (Cameo)
- Palaivana Solai Thyagu (Cameo)
- S.S Santhiran (Extended Cameo)
- Janakaraj (Extended Cameo),
- Vikram Dharma (Elevator Fight Sequence)
- Chinni Jayanth (Cameo)
- Mayilsamy (Cameo)and
- Ponnampalam (Cameo)
Hindi actor Salim Ghouse
Salim Ghouse
Salim Ghouse is a film, television and theater actor, theater director and martial artist. He has acted in several Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam....
debuted as villain Jindha and dubbed his own voice.
Vetri Vizha is first of 2 Tamil film made in 70mm format, the other was Amaran (1992).
Kamal Haasan wore a false moustache throughout the film since he was filming Indhiruddu Chandiruddu (Telugu) and Chanakyan (Malayalam) at the same time, in which both film required non-moustached roles.
Cast
- Kamal HaasanKamal HaasanKamal Haasan is an Indian film actor, screenwriter and director, considered to be one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema. He is widely acclaimed as an actor and is well known for his versatility in acting...
- Prabhu GanesanPrabhu GanesanPrabhu Ganesan is a Tamil film actor and producer. He is the son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan.-Personal life:A native of Tamil Nadu, Prabhu was born to Sivaji and Kamala Ganesan. He has an elder brother Ramkumar Ganesan who is a film producer, and two sisters, Shanthi and Thenmozhi. He did his...
- AmalaAmala (actress)Amala Akkineni is an Indian film actress and Animal welfare activist. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films.-Biography:...
- Kushboo SundarKushboo SundarNakhat Khan , better known by her stage name Kushboo is an Indian actress, television hostess and producer.-Early life:...
- SasikalaRajaniRajani also known as Sasikala in Kollywood is a famous South Indian film actress. Her birth name was Sashi Malhotra[1], and she is introduced with her popular name Rajani in Telugu, and as Sasikala in Tamil movies. She was born to V. N. Malhotra, a Punjabi and Sulochana, a Kanada Brahmin. She was...
- Sowkar Janaki
- Salim GhouseSalim GhouseSalim Ghouse is a film, television and theater actor, theater director and martial artist. He has acted in several Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam....
Credits
- Story - K.Rajeshwar and Shanmugapriyan
- Direction and screen play - Pratap Pothan
- Music - Illayaraja
- Cinematography - Ashok Kumar
- Choreography - Master Sundaram. Both Raju Sundaram and Prabu Deva served as uncredited dance assistants for the film
Soundtrack
This movie is also famous for its songs composed by Illayaraja- Marugo Marugo - voice by S. P. Balasubramanyam and K. S. ChithraK. S. ChithraK. S. Chithra often credited as Chithra , is an Indian playback singer who has made her mark in the Indian music playback industry. Popularly known as Chinna Kuyil of South India, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Badaga and Punjabi films...
-Featuring Kamal Hassan and Sasikala - Pungatru Un Peru Solla - voice by S. P. Balasubramanyam and Chitra -Featuring Kamal Hassan and Amala
- Thathom Talangu - voice by S. P. Balasubramanyam and S. JanakiS. JanakiS. Janaki is an Indian female playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation abilities, she has sung in many Indian languages, most frequently in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi. Throughout a career spanning more than five decades, she has won four National Film Awards and 35...
-Featuring kamal Hassan and Disco Shanti, has the elements of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal Video - Vanam Enna - voice given by S. P. Balasubramanyam and Malaysia Vasudevan -Featuring Kamal Hassan and Prabu Ganesan
- Seevi Sinukkeduthhu - voice by Malaysia Vasudevan and S. Janaki -Featuring Prabu Ganesan and Kushboo