Vellaikaara Durai

Vellaikaara Durai
Directed by Ezhil
Produced by G. N. Anbu Chezhiyan
Written by Ezhil
Starring Vikram Prabhu
Sri Divya
John Vijay
Music by D. Imman
Cinematography Sooraj Nallusami
Edited by Kishore Te.
Production
company
Gopuram films
Distributed by Olympia Movies
Release dates
  • 25 December 2014 (2014-12-25)[1]
Country India
Language Tamil
Budget ₹5 crore (US$740,000)
Box office ₹2 crore (US$300,000)

Vellaikaara Durai is a 2014 Tamil comedy film directed by Ezhil. The film features Vikram Prabhu, Sri Divya and John Vijay in the lead roles. The film commenced shoot from May 2014. The film opened to negative reviews from critics and was a box office failure.

Cast

Production

Ezhil and Vikram Prabhu agreed terms to begin a film project in November 2013 for producer Anbu, adding that the shoot would start in early 2014. The shoot of the film began in April 2014 in Thanjavur with Vikram reportedly playing a singer, while Sri Divya, Soori, John Vijay and M. S. Bhaskar were added to the cast.[2] The film was titled as Vellaikaara Durai in June 2014.[3]

Soundtrack

Vellaikaara Durai
Soundtrack album by D. Imman
Released 9 December 2014
Recorded 2013-2014
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 30.58
Language Tamil
Label Sony Music India
Producer D. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Kayal
(2014)		 Vellaikaara Durai
(2014)		 Kalukkuray Maaplay
(2015)

Music was composed by D. Imman, collaborating with Ezhil for the third time after Manam Kothi Paravai and Desingu Raja. The soundtrack contains 4 songs. 3 songs were written by Yugabharathi and 1 song were written by Vairamuthu. The album was released on 9 December 2014 at Suryan FM Radio station and received mixed reviews.Behindwoods rated the album 2.5/5 stating "Vellaikaara Durai is a neat album where Imman plays it very safe.".[4] Sify rated the album 2.5/5 stating "Imman has a forgettable outing"[5]

No Title Singer(s) Lyric(s) Length
1 "Ammadi Un Azhagu" Sathya Prakash Yugabharathi 4.29
2 "Kaakkaa Muttai" Vaikom Vijayalakshmi Yugabharathi 4.51
3 "Koodha Kaathu" Haricharan, Shreya Goshal Vairamuthu 4.55
4 "Nadigar Thilagam" Krishnamoorthy Yugabharathi 4.53
5 "Ammadi Un Azhagu (Karaoke)" Instrumental 4.16
6 "Koodha Kaathu (Karaoke)" Instrumental 4.53
7 "Brass Band" Maxwell (Trumpet) 2.37

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Thamizh.

Critical reception

The Hindu wrote, "The film takes a story template and incorporates into it one ridiculous joke after another...To be fair, the film only tries to deliver on what it promises — a laugh riot with all the masala elements to satisfy the B and C centres", with the critic concluding that "Vellaikaara Durai could be the secret pleasure you would never admit to have enjoyed".[6] Sify wrote, "The problem with Vellaikara Durai is that the actors try too hard to be funny but the writing does not offer anything new", going on to call it an "average comedy entertainer which might appeal to audience who never expect logic but only mindless comedies".[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Vellaikara Durai (Vellakara Durai) - Tamil Movie Reviews, Trailers, Wallpapers, Photos, Cast & Crew, Story & Synopsis - FilmiBeat". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Vikram Prabhu to team up with Sri Divya in his next". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Saravana. "Vikram Prabhu New Title - NaalayaCinema.Com". NaalayaCinema.Com. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "`Vellaikara durai` audio review". Behindwoods. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "`Vellaikara Durai` audio review". Sify. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/vellaikaara-durai-harmless-fun-targeted-at-b-c-centres/article6725225.ece
  7. ↑ http://www.sify.com/movies/vellaikara-durai-review-tamil-15058810.html

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, March 18, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.