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Every Vetrimaaran Movie Ranked and Where to Watch Them

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Known for his gritty crime dramas, underdog heroes, and numerous collaborations with actor Dhanush , Vetrimaaran has established himself as one of Tamil film industry’s leading directors.

If you wish to know more about the Asuran and Vidhuthalai director’s filmography, we have got you covered with a complete streaming guide that leads you to all of Vetrimaaran’s movies and information you need on where to stream them online.

Which Vetrimaaran movies should I watch first? 

The best way to watch Vetrimaaran’s movies is in the same order as their release date, as this sequence would show how the director has only improved in his craft with every passing movie. Vetrimaaran made his directorial debut in 2007 with the action thriller Polladhavan . Dhanush played the lead character, a man whose fate changes after he buys a bike and later gets it stolen. Opening to rave reviews for Dhanush’s acting and Vetrimaaran’s directing, the movie spawned numerous remakes in other languages and popularised the Bajaj Pulsar (the bike featured in the movie) among Tamil youths.

The director and actor joined forces again for the drama Aadukalam . The 2011 hit found Dhanush’s protagonist embroiled in an unattainable romance and a rooster-fighting business. The movie earned Vetrimaaran a National Award for Best Director and Best Screenplay.

While Vetrimaaran’s first two movies addressed social themes like an economic class divide, his political themes got more evident in his third film: a police thriller titled Visaranai (also released as Interrogation). The gruelling social drama revolves around the fates of two men who are forced to confess to a crime after they are locked up by the cops. The film won a National Award for Best Tamil Film and also opened much debate and discourse over the ethics of the police force in Tamil Nadu.

Visaranai’s success opened the avenues for more ambitious projects like the period gangster epic Vada Chennai , yet again starring regular collaborator Dhanush. The movie charts an underdog’s journey between rival criminal factions in a fishing community in ‘70s-era South Chennai. Vada Chennai ended on a nail biting cliffhanger, teasing the possibility of a sequel that fans still await.

With Dhanush already starring in several anti-caste dramas, Vetrimaaran cast him again in Asuran. Addressing the oppression faced by marginalised castes, Asuran starred Dhanush as a hot-headed lower-caste youth who kills an oppressive upper-caste landlord. The ensuing chaos made for a violent, powerful, and relevant watch. As is the case with many Vetrimaaran films, Asuran also earned the National Award for Best Tamil Film. 

Why is Vidhuthalai Part 1 Vetrimaaran’s best movie to watch? 

Intending to direct a two-part saga next, Vetrimaaran directed Vidhuthalai Part 1 . Set in the 1980s and inspired by real-life politics of the era, Viduthalai explores the conflict between the police and a separatist group. However, neither side is good or bad as Vetrimaaran’s story explores the morally grey areas of the policemen and their atrocities as well. Boasting impressive performances by Vijay Sethupathi and Soori, Vidhuthalai is a gripping political thriller.

Where can I watch the best Vetrimaaran movies online? 

Below you can find the latest streaming information for every Vetrimaaran movie. This includes every offer for viewers in India today.

Viduthalai: Part I

Kumaresan, a police constable, gets recruited for an operation implanted to capture Perumal Vaathiyar, who leads a separatist group dedicated to fighting against the authorities for committing atrocities against innocent village women in the name of police interrogations.

Vada Chennai

A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters.

The teenage son of a farmer from an underprivileged caste kills a rich, upper caste landlord. How the pacifist farmer saves his hot-blooded son is the rest of the story.

Pandi and his friends, immigrant workers in Andhra Pradesh, are picked up by cops for a crime they never committed. And thus begins their nightmare, where they become pawns in a vicious game where the voiceless are strangled by those with power.

Pettaikaaran is famous in his town for an impeccable track record of successes in rooster fights. When one of his aides, Karuppu, goes against his word in a fight, it leads to an enmity between them.

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Prabhu is dejected when he learns that his bike has been stolen. He decides to find the people who stole the bike, but lands in trouble when he realises that his bike has been used to transport drugs.

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Vetrimaaran is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who primarily works in Tamil cinema. As of 2021, he has won five National Film Awards, eight Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards and two Filmfare South Awards. Now, we bring you the list of top 10 movies of this critically acclaimed Kollywood director.

1) Polladhavan (2007)

Vetrimaaran’s debut feature film opens up with a gruesome and brutal fighting sequence and then using the device of flashback, the filmmaker takes us into the dynamic world of contemporary Chennai, where an educated young man, Prabhu (Dhanush) fight injustice and in the process is forced to unleash the animal within him.The protagonist of the film is an uneducated youth who due to turn of events confronts his father (Murali) and an argument regarding the responsibilities of parents towards their offspring ensues. As a result of this conflict, Prabhu gets a hefty amount from his father and he uses the money to purchase a Bajaj Pulsar bike. This appears to be a wise investment because owning the vehicle enables him to get a job and earn respect in society. But the situation takes a drastic turn when a gang of anti-socials steals his bike. Thereafter the film presents the viewers with the transformation of resilience into power and its hold over the life of an individual’s struggle to maintain his position in the harsh reality of everyday life.The plot of the film has similarities with Wang Xiaoshuai’s Bejing Bicycle (2001). But the well worked out mise-en-scenes of Polladhavan makes it an entertaining tale of a casual urban carefree person’s conversion into a person of genuine worth and true dignity. Polladhavan was remade in Kannada as Punda, in Telugu as Kurradu starring Varun Sandesh, in Sinhala as Pravegeya, in Bengali as Borbaad (2014) and in Hindi as Guns of Banaras (2020). But none of them could achieve the excellence earned by the original version.

2) Visaranai (2016)

Based on the Tamil novel Lock Up by M. Chandrakumar, Vetrimaaran’s third outing in its first half has such brutal scenes of police torture that one could genuinely feel the bestial act of police torture. The viewers are compelled to cringe as well as empathize with the plight of four helpless souls. The narrative of the film can be divided into two sections-before and after the intermission. Four migrant workers are falsely accused in a burglary case that has taken place at a rich and affluent man’s bungalow. The police beat these four characters in black and blue and want them.

3) Aadukalam’ – Cockfight competition

‘Aadukalam’ is a remarkable Tamil film as it bagged National Award under several categories. Dhanush played the role of a Madurai based cockfighter. The actor has impressed many with his diverse role. Dhanush in the film takes up the challenge put on him by the opponents and wins a series of matches in cockfight competition to win huge prize money. Vetrimaaran has well created the sequence, and GV Prakash Kumar’s music added more power to itself. Not able to withstand the pain they agree to accept the charges. Once they are produced in the court the narrative of the film takes a twist and the viewers are presented with one shocking surprise after the other.

4)Vada Chennai

Anbu turning against Senthil Vetrimaaran and Dhanush joined after a gap of several years for the gangster drama ‘Vada Chennai’. The film carries the story of Dhanush from his childhood to a gangster. Anbu (Dhanush) was on the side of Senthil (Kishore) at the start of the film, but at a point, he turned against him since it was a secret mission to kill the opponent. The film received positive reviews, and it had a good theatrical run all over.

5) Asuran’

Sivasaami regaining his power Dhanush’s character in ‘Asuran’ was an elder one, and he played the father of two youngsters. Sivasaami (Dhanush) teaches his sons to be calm in life and to stay away from problems. It was surprising for the fans to see their energetic star in a calm role, but it was the opposite when his flashback revealed. Sivasaami regains his power to save his son from a group of people and destroys them.

6) Vada Chennai

With Vada Chennai, Vetrimaaran returns to the titular North Chennai where he shot his debut film. This time, however, there is more blood, more history, and more politics, and a richer, denser world full of human foibles and fumbles. The detailing is more vivid — like prisoners snorting lizard tails to get high. The violence is more structural — it telescopes its attention on a neighbourhood over time, not a group of friends like in Visaranai.

Like Aadukalam, Vada Chennai starts with bloodshed, which it returns to in the last half-hour. Unlike Aadukalam, this structure feels perfunctory, because the beginning is almost forgotten in the blitzkrieg of rat-a-tat action centred around Anbu (Dhanush), a sincere carrom player, who gets caught in the crossfire of a gang war that he further curdles and erupts. What sets Vada Chennai apart is not just Anbu as an ambivalent hero who is swept into heroism by circumstances, but a hero who is unsure of who is right and who is wrong. He expresses this moral dilemma to his wife in a moving scene. There is a sense that if this film was narrated from another perspective, it might easily flip the moral labels we have slapped on characters. That a film allows its characters this latitude is a triumph of an expanded, exploded imagination — both moral and literary.

7) Asuran (2019)

Asuran perfects a lot of Vetrimaaran’s pursuits — the mass film without the mass conventions. There is no hero entry scene. There is, instead, the intermission block. There is no hip dangling love. There is, instead, trauma and affection. Humour does not exist, distilled in the form of a separate character, like a court jester. It is baked into the exchanges. There is no beauty, no polish. There is a harsh abruptness with which scenes transition. And yet, Asuran has packed in it the most potent scenes of grief and redemptive violence. It is Vetrimaaran allowing his films to char your heart, not just your senses. The second half gives the origin for Sivasaami’s docile nature, one that he has arrived at after a youth of bloodshed that left him orphaned and without love. This mirroring of the two halves is another beautiful Vetrimaaran-ism — from the slippers, to the heroism, to the tragedy that culminates in an escape. It is easy to dismiss this film as templated, but there is a reason templates have survived the onslaught of genre, taste, and time shifts. That it is predictable does not take away from what an artist can do with and within that predictability. Asuran is Vetrimaaran’s most emotionally staining — not draining, but staining — film; its violence lingering as hurt, not horror.

8) Viduthalai Part 1 (2023)

In one sense, Viduthalai is the culminating artistic collaboration between Vetrimaaran and cinematographer Velraj, who has lensed all of Vetrimaaran’s films except Visaranai. The opening shot of around 10 minutes takes us, in one sweeping, single take, through the debris of a train bombing. The sheer audacity of the scene, the lubricated ease with which the camera slides, both vertically and horizontally, sets the stage for Kumeresan (Soori), a kind-hearted police officer who has been sent to the forested hills as part of a police force that is trying to weed out an extremist group. It invokes awe while depicting horror.

The dense prologue, the unfussy heroism of Vetrimaaran are both here. The politics is just as long winded and stiff — like how Vada Chennai questioned development, here, too, the story hinges on how the state uses development as a cover for profiteering; the police, here, too, are brutal beasts. Love comes as a reprieve — both to the character and the narrative.

But what marks Viduthalai apart is how it makes violence seem so routine, Vetrimaaran isn’t even interested in sharpening it. There is a blunt relentlessness to it. It is not that the director can’t show violence that whips our moral sense of the world. It’s just impossible to fixate and linger on violence the way he did in the previous films. In Visaranai what was happening to a group of friends, in Asuran what was happening to a family, is, in Viduthalai happening to a whole movement of people. Vetrimaaran employs a disenchanted cutting away from these moments before their full impact is even felt, for the impact is not in its festering but in its unrelentingness.

If you notice closely, these rankings are in the order of Vetrimaaran’s filmography, suggesting that, at least artistically, he seems to be streamlining ahead, a swift, sure motion away from where he first began.

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Every Vetrimaaran Film Ranked

Tamil filmmaker Vetrimaaran belongs to one of those breeds of director whose tight scripts, apt casting, and realistic treatment of storyline has made fundamental changes to the very nature of mainstream filmmaking. His films are made for a multi-cultural audience and backed by the strength of their storytelling and sculpted dialogue, which has reinvigorated the art of popular cinema with a breath of fresh air.

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Each of the films is imbued with a powerful, coherent aesthetic that guides viewers through a dark matrix. At its best, it augments a captivating narrative and sinks viewers into a world of social realism of rural Tamil Nadu. Even urban reality is being depicted showcasing more fallible and life-like characters. The cinema of the carnivalesque with its larger-than-life characters, melodramatic orientation and highly romanticized canvas is something that does not whet his appetite for creativity.

With a filmography of five features and one short film as a director, he has earned his reputation as the most one of the most accessible filmmakers of the last decade. His style involves artistically thriving with a soothing pace lending itself to an atmospheric work filled with oneiric undertones. Some viewers may find his films brutal and gut wrenching as it gets; yet, despite its ruthless depiction, it’s also surprisingly heartwarming.

5. Polladhavan (2007)

Vetrimaaran’s debut feature film opens up with a gruesome and brutal fighting sequence and then using the device of flashback, the filmmaker takes us into the dynamic world of contemporary Chennai, where an educated young man, Prabhu ( Dhanush ) fight injustice and in the process is forced to unleash the animal within him.

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The protagonist of the film is an uneducated youth who due to turn of events confronts his father (Murali) and an argument regarding the responsibilities of parents towards their offspring ensues. As a result of this conflict, Prabhu gets a hefty amount from his father and he uses the money to purchase a Bajaj Pulsar bike. This appears to be a wise investment because owning the vehicle enables him to get a job and earn respect in society. But the situation takes a drastic turn when a gang of anti-socials steals his bike. Thereafter the film presents the viewers with the transformation of resilience into power and its hold over the life of an individual’s struggle to maintain his position in the harsh reality of everyday life.

The plot of the film has similarities with Wang Xiaoshuai’s Bejing Bicycle (2001). But the well worked out mise-en-scenes of Polladhavan makes it an entertaining tale of a casual urban carefree person’s conversion into a person of genuine worth and true dignity. Polladhavan was remade in Kannada as Punda, in Telugu as Kurradu starring Varun Sandesh, in Sinhala as Pravegeya, in Bengali as Borbaad (2014) and in Hindi as Guns of Banaras (2020). But none of them could achieve the excellence earned by the original version.

4. Visaranai (2016)

Based on the Tamil novel Lock Up by M. Chandrakumar, Vetrimaaran’s third outing in its first half has such brutal scenes of police torture that one could genuinely feel the bestial act of police torture. The viewers are compelled to cringe as well as empathize with the plight of four helpless souls. The narrative of the film can be divided into two sections-before and after the intermission. Four migrant workers are falsely accused in a burglary case that has taken place at a rich and affluent man’s bungalow. The police beat these four characters in black and blue and want them to confess. Not able to withstand the pain they agree to accept the charges. Once they are produced in the court the narrative of the film takes a twist and the viewers are presented with one shocking surprise after the other.

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The filmmaker displays superb craftsmanship and commitment to an engaging dramatic tale that ends in a tragedy. The film subtly depicts that the characters in the film become a victim because of the system that protected the criminal over the accuser. It is a deeply troubling film that is devoid of cathartic and healing moments. Vetrimaaran does not feel hesitant in constructing the brutal scene with ease and he is neither afraid to carve out its own unique style.

The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Amnesty International Italia Award. Back home it had won three National Film Awards- Best Feature Film in Tamil, Best Supporting Actor and Best Editing.

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3. asuran (2019).

What becomes the last resort for a farmer who goes on the run with his family as he is compelled to protect his son, who has murdered a wealthy upper-caste landlord in a fit of vengeance? The reply should be to fight with the oppressing forces and reclaim his identity. That is exactly what Sivasaami (Dhanush) does to break away from the uncomfortable social status he has inherited. Based on the novel Vekkai by Poomani, Vetrimaaran’s screen adaptation is so watertight that every occurrence in the screenplay feels alluring.

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With Asuran Vetrimaaran continues his excellent cinematic flair as a director enhancing his commendable grasp on the tropes of mainstream cinema. The film also benefits from technical polish – the cinematography, background score and editing are all top-notch. Asuran too has gut-wrenching violence and prepares the viewer for the edge-of-seat tension. The narrative follows a rhythm where the plot is revealed without wasting much of the screen time. The film belongs to the genre of revenge saga told from the perspective of a lower caste protagonist.

It’s one of those mainstream films that fulfill a social purpose, for it’s hard to imagine anyone viewing Asuran and not abhorring the evil practice of casteism in our country and how it voluntarily degrade human values and status. At the Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards, 2020, Vetrimaaran won the award for best director. The film had won two National Film Awards- Best Feature Film in Tamil and Best Actor.

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Watch asuran (2019) on prime video , 2. vada chennai (2018).

A tale of criminal activities narrated in a non-linear pattern over the span of more than a decade is the perfect recipe for a crime sage. Vetrimaaran’s narrative takes the viewers on a journey that lasts for nearly a hundred and sixty-four hours and introduces them to the world of guilt, regret and vital decisions leading to loyalty turned into betrayal. The protagonist of the film Anbu (Dhanush) is an expert carrom player but his life gets entwined into the world of crime. He gets pulled into the vortex so deeply that penitence alludes to him after a point in time.

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With a multiple cast the story of the film is set in the underbellies of North Chennai as the title of the film implies and the theme of the film is more nuanced than the conventional black-and-white morality tales where evil is punished by good at the end. The film blatantly showcases the graphic world of crime and violence, investigates the nature of friendship, the ethics of vigilantism, and the nature of unhappiness. Vetrimaaran delves deeply into the minds of his tortured characters and explores how the men and women he depicts grapple with moral codes and their emotions.

He further engages with many of the most basic questions about our humanity and how we relate to one another in a complex world. The stylistic elements in the film earn comparisons, bearing marked connections to several of Vetrimaaran’s other films. The film won the Best Film (People’s Choice Award) at the Pingyao International Film Festival, 2018. At the Filmfare Awards South, Dhanush won the trophy for the Best Actor.

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Watch vada chennai (2018) on disney hotstar, 1. aadukalam (2011).

As the roosters combat in the arena with each other, it becomes a fight of the egos of the individuals who own the fowl. So, when Karuppu’s rooster emerges victorious he not only earns a lot of money but also the enmity of his boss Periyasamy (V. I. S. Jayapalan) and Rathnasamy (Naren). And from then onwards the life of our protagonist will be filled with one hurdle after the other as the tale of loyalty, self-esteem, deception, and honor unfolds.

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In his sophomore, Vetrimaaran presents a varied cultural pattern of rural Tamil Nadu and uses realism, tradition, and contemporaneity, soaked in local flavor within the narrative structure of his tightly structured screenplay. The conflicts introduced within the plot points create tension by employing smart conventions that are able to sustain the viewer’s anticipation. The editing pattern of the film creates a commendable pace and multi-layered visual design that heightens the impact of the film. Though the filmmaker has openly admitted that he was inspired by the dogfighting scene of Amores Perros (2000), Vetrimaaran has infused his own style and poise within the film, which is anything by blatant copy.

Despite having strong content and potential for box-office success, filmmakers from another region could not dare to remake the film until now. The reason being the milieu of the film is so rooted in the soil of Tamil Nadu and that makes it the best film in the oeuvre of Vetrimaaran’s impressive career. At the 58th National Film Awards, the film won five awards-Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Choreography and Special Jury Award for Acting.

Special Mention: Oor Iravu (2020)

Oor Iravu is a part of the Tamil anthology drama Paava Kadhaigal (2020). Owing to its shorter running time, I have included it in the category of special mention. On the surface level of its narrative, the film depicts the tale of a daughter Sumathi (Sai Pallavi) who had eloped from her village and now she has reunited with her father Janakiraman (Prakash Raj). But as the story of the film moves forward we discover the sensitivity and intricacies of the complex human psyche of individual characters within the film.

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Vetrimaaran treated the film with a style that is bold and innovative with the choice of a subject in which the form and content merge into one. The pacing is not fast like his other films rather it is a slow study of how Sumathi’s drastic decision had impacted the lives of various members of his family. Vetrimaaran did not deviate from his usual style of narrative exploration but he has brought an understated rhythm to the unfolding of the events.

There is a kind of freshness in his approach and courage displayed in choosing to build a film around the brutal concept of associating the honor of the family with the sanctity of a woman. The film ends on a depressing note as we realize that such evil things are a reality and will continue to happen unless and until the evils of casteism are not obliterated from our society.

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‘Viduthalai Part-1' Review: Soori Shines in Vetrimaaran’s Realistic Cop Drama

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Vetrimaaran’s Visaranai , India’s official entry to the Oscars in 2016

Suriya-starrer , Jai Bhim

Taanakkaran , directed by Tamizh

Franklin Jacob’s  Writer presented by Pa Ranjith

Maari Selvaraj’s Karnan starring Dhanush

Featuring Soori and Vijay Sethupathi , Viduthalai (Freedom) joins this short list of some of the most important cop dramas in the Tamil film industry that vehemently raise a voice against the glorification of police brutality on screens.

A still from Viduthalai Part 1.

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Adapted from the short story titled ‘Thunaivan', written by B Jeyamohan, Viduthalai is not from the usual flamboyant cop universe where the protagonist is a stylish police officer who goes about killing goons as if he were a player in PUBG. And no, the film does not add mass background music simply to amp up the swagger of the hero's murders.

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Set in the 1980s, the film opens with a tragic train accident in a hilly terrain of southern Tamil Nadu. The police suspect the bomb blast was executed by Makkal Padai, a separatist group which claims to oppose the government as the measures taken for development of the region comes at the cost of destruction and depletion of natural resources and the ecosystem.

But were the Makkal Padai really behind the horrific train attack that killed several civilians? Who is the mastermind operating this outfit? Why do some villagers support the group that is termed a terror organisation? A naïve cop, Kumaresan (Soori) who joins the police department tasked with hunting down the kingpin, tries to give us the answers.

The film gets more realistic and rustic as it proceeds with its narration. Using the word 'terrifying’ to describe the brutality on screen would be too mild a word. Viduthalai screams of pain and helplessness under the abuse of power.

Viduthalai is a socio-political commentary that delves deeper into the systemic oppression present in the police forces. It talks about how those at the tail end of the hierarchy are forced to kill their passion to serve the people – which should ideally be the objective for any police officer on duty – just to survive and stay in their jobs.

Soori is excellent with his convincing performance as an innocent, honest, and humane cop. He does take the liberty to show off his comedic timing to spur sporadic laughter without deviating much from the serious plot.

It was interesting to see Gautham Vasudev Menon, a filmmaker whose police-themed films were appreciated but were also criticised for glorifying police encounter killings, star in a cop role that pretty much does the same. However, the gaze was quite the opposite when positioned in the Vetrimaaran universe.

The supporting actors, including Bhavani Sre, Chetan, and Rajiv Menon, deliver great performances. The songs by Ilaiyaraaja, specifically the one in Dhanush’s voice, are soothing to our ears.

Dhanush has sung 'Onnoda Nadantha', a duet in Ilaiyaraaja’s music for Viduthalai

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Viduthalai succeeds in pulverising the audience’s hearts every time it plays 'Aararirao', a word used in Tamil lullabies, infused in an 'Oppari', a folk song tune used at funerals.

The film has graphic displays of custodial torture that may border on torture porn; however, with the ultimate messaging of the film intact, it is quite evident that the director has his heart in the right place.

Another doubt along similar lines: Why would Vetrimaaran , who is known for his anti-caste films, introduce a cop named ‘Menon’, a caste marker used predominantly in Kerala? I didn't find a major significance to its reference in this film. Was it really necessary? Again, given Vetrimaaran's track record of consistently delivering progressive films, I trust that's an unintentional reference.

Moreover, if you watch Viduthalai as a native Tamil speaker, the mediocre lip sync lets you disconnect from the film once in a while. 

Vetrimaaran makes a clear announcement at the start of the film that it is a fictitious work. Ironically, though, one could not miss noticing that the film resembles several events of police brutality that have happened in Tamil history. Was the announcement intentionally ironic? Maybe, maybe not but Viduthalai Part 1 ends with a leadup to a sequel. And that's exciting.

Just like the film has two parts, the crux of Viduthalai universe, in my opinion, can be divided into two parts too. One, not everyone who is accused and killed in police encounters necessarily is the real criminal, and two, not all police officers are brutal and inhuman. What does Viduthalai Part-2 have in store? Let's wait and watch.

But for now, you can catch Viduthalai Part-1 in cinemas.

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Viduthalai: part i, விடுதலை: பாகம் i.

Directed by Vetrimaaran

Kumaresan, a police constable, gets recruited for an operation implanted to capture Perumal Vaathiyar, who leads a separatist group dedicated to fighting against the authorities for committing atrocities against innocent village women in the name of police interrogations.

Soori Bhavani Sre Chetan Gautham Vasudev Menon Rajiv Menon Ilavarasu Munnar Ramesh Vijay Sethupathi Balaji Sakthivel Saravana Subbiah Tamizh Aryan Sardar Satya Manimegalai S. Chandran Bala Hasan Pavel Navageethan Thendral Raghunathan Sundareswaran CVC R. Ganesh Gurung Asuran Krishna R. Velraj Appukutty Surya Vijay Sethupathi

Director Director

Vetrimaaran

Co-Directors Co-Directors

Still Robert A. Jagadeesan

Producers Producers

Elred Kumar V Manikandan

Writers Writers

Vetrimaaran Manimaran R. S. Durai Senthilkumar Mathi Maran

Original Writer Original Writer

Editor editor, cinematography cinematography, additional directing add. directing.

R. S. Durai Senthilkumar Manimaran Tamizh Mathi Maran

Executive Producer Exec. Producer

Art direction art direction, visual effects visual effects.

Harihara Suthan

Stunts Stunts

Peter Hein Stunt Silva

Choreography Choreography

Baba Baskar

Composer Composer

Ilaiyaraaja

Songs Songs

Suka Ilaiyaraaja

Sound Sound

T. Udayakumar

R S Infotainment Grassroot Film Company

Alternative Titles

విడుదల : పార్ట్ 1, విడుదల: పార్ట్ 1, Viduthalai Partie 1

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Review by Anurag Kashyap 9

Very powerful film, superb performances across board , the best opening shot I’ve seen in the longest time .. looking forward to part 2 .. Vetrimaran is our best .

Review by Michael James ★★★★ 6

Another immersive socio political period drama from Vetrimaaran. His craftsmanship and control over layered storytelling is simply stupendous. The police brutality, custodial violence and systemic oppression is portrayed in a disturbingly hard hitting manner. How media turn into a PR machine to the system for delivering manipulated incidents through social narratives were well depicted. The lead character perfectly resonates the common man dilemma, as he gets caught in between the struggle. The opening single shot sequence sets the tone straight away. And along with the final 20 minutes, they are two standout impact sequences.

Based upon a power struggle conflict between government and revolutionary activist groups, the first part sets up its world, emotional landscape and conflicts effectively with enough question…

Review by Barry Egan 2002 ★★★★ 1

Vetrimaaran, in glorious form once again, shows cop violence in its most brutal form yet, with Soori as the honest, powerless cop holding the narrative together. Absolutely not for the faint-hearted. Must-watch!

The opening sequence, a continuous shot, was extraordinary for the way the camera covered the entire location for a long duration, and also heartbreaking showing the loss of human lives. Vetrimaaran, from this sequence, tells the viewer, "Be prepared to get mind fucked". The scene reminded me of 'Atonement''s superb Dunkirk sequence. We then see Soori's introduction. Vetrimaaran, in an interview, said that he cast Soori due to his innocent looks. Although I thought a couple of lines were delivered as if he were a comedian, Soori, as…

Review by jack ★★★★★

vetrimaaran stop winning challenge

Review by Alicecharles ★★★★★

If someone had told me back that I would shout at the top of my lungs for a firing scene by Soori, i would have called it a joke but OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK !!!!!!

Review by Arjun Rajput ★★★★

Vijay Sethupathi in an interrogation scene is cinema. Can't wait for the next part.

Review by cinema_made ★★★★ 2

The mere mention of Vetrimaran is a hypetrain for his film and Vetrimaran easily surpasses that. After a long wait, Viduthalai arrives as a special and scintillating film, that only Vetrimaran has guts to make. The film is the journey of the constable recruit, who in turn becomes rooted in the violent conflict between the police and the revolutionaries. As all the paths come together, there’s more tension and revelance of truth, that makes the character meet dark ends and change their mindsets.

Right from the start, Vetrimaaran channels the film with a strong dose of realism and raw filmmaking that keeps us in the center of the action at all times. This is definitely not a film for the…

Review by joelmathew ★★★ 5

Definitely the most underwhelming Vetrimaaran film so far... although I don't know if its really fair to call it a "film" because only half the story has been told. The whole story of Vada Chennai has also not been told yet but the first film still holds on its own, this however just felt like the first half of a movie...

Also felt it was one of his weaker films technically. Vetri na is known for working on his films till literally the day before it releases. He was making dubbing corrections and changes for Vada Chennai and Asuran few days before release and this one was also no different I heard. But this time it kind of backfired. Some…

Review by Deepak Chazhoor ★★★★½ 5

Watched FDFS.

Soori is a revelation here; easily his career best yet. Vijay Sethupathi, with his terrific screen presence and powerhouse potential as an actor, makes every scene he’s featured in, though few and far between, his own. The long takes are fantastic. Ilaiyaraaja’s work here is among his finest of late; “ Kaattumalli ” is an instant favorite. Overall, yet another great work, with its focus on its hard-hitting politics and unapologetic commentary about police brutality searing as ever, from one of the greatest filmmakers of our time. Vetrimaaran never disappoints. Can’t wait for  Part II .

Review by Kibriya⚡ ★★★★ 9

Viduthalai was gut wrenching and gory as expected with powerful performance by Soori.  The electrifying one shot opening scene was terrific 🥵. Bring me part 2 and Vijay Sethupathi bringing fire on the screen 🔥

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Vetrimaaran the real Polladhavan !

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Review by sydney ★★★★★ 1

don't feel great about the gratuitous violence against women and how it's used here, it's not done especially offensively here but it is always frustrating to see it used as a shortcut to underline just how evil someone is and cliche to have women characters exist only as tools to move the male lead along. that said it's an incredible film, cried more than once, it's beautiful and soul crushing and i both can't wait to see the conclusion and am dreading it

Review by Jaisri Nandhini ★★★★

Love it when police brutality is ripped off of it's sugar coating Onscreen! Let's wait for the part 2!

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SIIMA Awards 2024 full list of nominees: Dasara, Jailer, Kaatera, 2018 top the list

The full list of nominees for siima awards 2024 in telugu, tamil, kannada and malayalam have been announced. take a look at the films that made it..

The nominations for the South Indian International Movie Awards (SIIMA) 2024 were announced. The list features names from the four south Indian film industries - Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. The event will be held in Dubai on September 14 and 15 this year. (Also Read: Filmfare Awards South 2024 full list of nominees: Salaar, Ponniyin Selvan, Kaathal bag nominations )

Telugu film Dasara, Tamil film Jailer, Kannada film Kaatera and the Malayalam film 2018 bagged the most nominations. Srikanth Odela’s Dasara, starring Nani and Keerthy Suresh bagged 11 nominations, with Souryuv’s Nani, Mrunal Thakur-starrer Hi Nanna following closely with 10. Nelson Dilipkumar’s Rajinikanth -starrer Jailer bagged 11 nominations and Udhayanidhi Stalin, Keerthy Suresh’s Maamannan bagged 9.

Tharun Sudhir’s Darshan-starrer Kaatera got 8 nominations and Rakshit Shetty , Rukmini Vasanth’s Sapta Saagaradaache Ello - Side A got 7. Jude Anthany Joseph’s 2018 with Tovino Thomas and Asif Ali got 8 nominations while Kaathal - The Core with Mammootty and Jyotika got 7. The winners will be chosen by an online voting system through www.siima.in.

Check out the full list of nominations below:

Bhagavanth Kesari

Best director

Srikanth Odela (Dasara)

Sai Rajesh (Baby)

Bobby (Waltair Veerayya)

Anil Ravipudi (Bhagavanth Kesari)

Karthik Varma Dandu (Virupaksha)

Gopichand Malineni (Veera Simha Reddy)

Best actor in leading role

Chiranjeevi (Waltair Veerayya)

Balakrishna (Bhagavanth Kesari)

Nani (Dasara)

Sai Dharam Tej (Virupaksha)

Dhanush (Sir)

Best actress in leading role

Samyuktha Menon (Virupaksha)

Keerthy Suresh (Dasara)

Mrunal Thakur (Hi Nanna)

Shruti Haasan (Veera Simha Reddy)

Sreeleela (Bhagavanth Kesari)

Payal Rajput (Mangalavaram)

Best actor in a supporting role

Brahmanandam (Ranga Maarthaanda)

Prithviraj Sukumaran (Salaar)

Dekshith Shetty (Dasara)

Viraj Ashwin (Baby)

Angad Bedi (Hi Nanna)

Ravi Krishna (Virupaksha)

Best actress in a supporting role

Varalaxmi Sarathkumar (Veera Simha Reddy)

Sreya Reddy (Salaar)

Rohini (Writer Padmabhushan)

Soniya Singh (Virupaksha)

Baby Kiara Khanna (Hi Nanna)

Shreya Navile (Month Of Madhu)

Best music director

Santhosh Narayanan (Dasara)

Devi Sri Prasad (Waltair Veerayya)

Vijay Bulganin (Baby)

Hesham Abdul Wahab (Kushi, Hi Nanna)

Thaman (Veera Simha Reddy)

Best lyric writer

Kasarla Shyam - Ooru Palleturu (Balagam)

Krishna Kanth- Adigaa (Hi Nanna)

Anantha Sriram - O Rendu Prema Meghaalila ( BABY )

Shreemani - Ori Vaari ( Dasara )

Bhaskara Bhatla - Nuvvu Navvukuntu ( MAD)

Best playback singer (male)

Sid Sriram - Aradhya (Kushi)

Rahul Sipligunj - Ayyayyo Sad Version (Mem Famous)

Adithya RK, Leon James - Almost Padipoyinde Pilla (Das Ka Dhamki)

Anurag Kulkarni - Samayama (Hi Nanna)

Ram Miryala - Ooru Palleturu (Balagam)

Best playback singer (female)

Dhee - Chamkeela Angeelesi (Dasara)

Swetha Mohan - Mastaru Mastaru (Sir)

Sahithi Chaganti, Satya Yamini - Maa Bava Manobhavalu (Veera Simha Reddy )

Harika Narayan - Ravanasura Anthem ( Ravanasura )

Shakthisree Gopalan - Ammaadi ( Hi Nanna )

Best actor in negative role

Prakash Raj (Waltair Veerayya)

Duniya Vijay (Veera Simha Reddy)

Arjun Rampal (Bhagavanth Kesari)

Shine Tom Chacko (Dasara)

Arvind Swamy (Custody)

Ponniyin Selvan 2

Viduthalai-1

SU Arun Kumar (Chiththa)

Vetrimaran (Viduthalai 1)

Nelson (Jailer)

Mani Ratnam (Ponniyin Selvan 2)

Mari Selvaraj (Maamannan)

Lokesh Kanagaraj (Leo)

Vijay (Leo)

Sivakarthikeyan (Maaveeran)

Vikram (Ponniyin Selvan 2)

Udhayanidhi Stalin (Maamannan)

Siddharth (Chiththa)

Rajinikanth (Jailer)

Trisha (Leo)

Nayanthara (Annapoorani)

Aishwarya Rai (Ponniyin Selvan 2)

Keerthy Suresh (Maamannan)

Meetha Raghunath (Good Night)

Aishwarya Rajesh (Farhana)

Best actor in supporting role

Vadivelu (Maamannan)

MS Baskar (Parking)

SJ Suryah (Jigarthanda Double X)

Sarathkumar (Varisu)

Vasanth Ravi (Jailer)

Best actress in supporting role

Mullai Arasi (Are you Ok Baby)

Nadiya Moidu (Let's Get Married)

Abarnathi (Irugapatru)

Saritha (Maaveeran)

Raichal Rabecca (Good Night)

Santhosh Narayanan - Jigarthanda Double X, Chiththa

Nivas K Prasanna - Takkar

Anirudh Ravichander - Jailer, Leo

Ilayaraja - Viduthalai-1

AR Rahman - Ponniyin Selvan-2

Ilayaraja - Kaatumalli - Viduthalai-1

Yugabharathi - Nenjame Nenjame - Maamannan

Vignesh Shivan - Rathamaarey-Jailer

Vivek Unakku - Thaan-Chiththa

Ku Karthik - Nira - Takkar

Sean Roldan - Naan Gaali - Good Night

Anirudh Ravichander - Badass - Leo

Vishal Mishra - Rathamaarey- Jailer

Haricharan Chinnanjiru - Nilave-Ponniyin Selvan-2

Vijay Yesudas - Nenjame Nenjame - Maamannan

Shwetha Mohan - Vaa Vaathi- Vaathi

Dhee - Maamadurai- Jigarthanda DoubleX

Karthiga Vaidyanathan- Kangal Yeno-Chiththa

Ananya Bhat - Kattu Malli- Viduthalai-1

Sakthisree Gopalan - Aga Naga- Ponniyin Selvan-2

Fahadh Faasil (Maamannan)

Vinayakan (Jailer)

Mysskin (Maaveeran)

Arjun (Leo)

Sunil Sukhada (Por Thozhil)

Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A

Kousalya Supraja Rama

Aachar & Co

Akash Srivatsa (Shivaji Surathkal 2)

V Harikrishna (Kranti)

Hemanth M Rao (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)

Shashank (Kousalya Supraja Rama)

Tharun Sudhir (Kaatera)

Darshan (Kaatera)

Rakshit Shetty (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)

Daali Dhananjaya (Gurudev Hoysala)

Raj B Shetty (Toby)

Dr. Shivarajkumar (Ghost)

Ramesh Aravind (Shivaji Surathkal 2)

Chaithra J Achar (Toby)

Rachita Ram (Kranti)

Rukmini Vasanth (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side A)

Sindhu Sreenivasa Murthy (Aachar & Co)

Meghana Raj (Tatsama Tadbhava)

Megha Shetty (Kaiva)

Aravinnd Iyer (Tatsama Tadbhava)

Gopalkrishna Desphande (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello – Side B)

Rangayana Raghu (Tagaru Palya)

Harshil Koushik (Aachar & Co)

Naveen Shankar (Hondisi Bareyiri)

Archana Kottige (Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare)

Chaithra J Achar (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello - Side B)

Samyukta Hornad (Toby)

Kavya Sha (David)

Saathvika (Baang)

Bindhumalini - Aachar & Co

Vasuki Vaibhav - Tagarupalya

Charan Raj - Sapta Saagaradaache Ello - Side A

V Harikrishna - Kaatera

Ravi Basrur - Kabzaa

Daali Dhananjaya - Tagarupalya Title Track

Chethan Kumar - Pasandagavne (Kaatera)

Dhananjay Ranjan -Sapta Saagaradaache Ello - Side A Title Track

Kinnal Raj - Namaami Namaami (Kabzaa)

Pruthvi - Mellage (Swathi Mutthina Male Haniye)

Hemanth Kumar - Yava Janumada Gelathi (Kaatera)

B Ajaneesh Loknath- Hostel Hudugaru Protest Song (Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare)

Haricharan - Arre Idu Yentha Bhavane (Gurudev Hoysala)

Kapil Kapilan - Sapta Saagaradaache Ello - Side A Title Track

Adithya R K - Oh Kavana (Hondisi Bareyari)

Vijayalaxmi Mettinahole - Radha Radha (Kabzaa)

Mangli - Pasandaagavne (Kaatera)

Aishwarya Rangarajan - Pushpavati (Kranti)

Sunidhi Ganesh - Doori Laali (Tatsama Tadbhava)

Srilakshmi Belmannu - Kadalanu Kano Horatiro (Sapta Saagaradaache

Ello Side B)

Ramesh Indira (Sapta Saagaradaache Ello Side B)

Naveen Shankar (Gurudev Hoysala)

Ugram Manju (Kaiva)

Deepak Raj Shetty (Toby)

Kaliprasad K P (Hondisi Bareyari)

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam

Kaathal - The Core

Lijo Jose Pellissery (Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam)

Jude Anthany Joseph (2018)

Jeethu Joseph (Neru)

Priyadarshan (Corona Papers)

Jeo Baby (Kaathal the Core)

Mammootty (Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam, Kaathal - the Core, Kannur Squad)

Suresh Gopi (Garudan)

Tovino Thomas (2018)

Joju George (Iratta)

Basil Joseph (Falimy, Kadina Kadoramee Andakadaham)

Mohanlal (Neru)

Jyotika (Kaathal - the Core)

Manju Warrier (Ayisha)

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'Longlegs' movie will haunt your nightmares and 'hijack your subconscious,' critics say

The reviews are in and the critics agree unanimously: "Longlegs" is absolutely terrifying. 

Neon's horror thriller film, starring Nicolas Cage as an unstable rural dollmaker and Maika Monroe as a young FBI agent, had its red carpet premiere at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday.

Fans in attendance were each gifted a red 45" vinyl covered in "Longlegs Cipher," but left the theater too scared to play the soundtrack.

"Longlegs" is the latest film from actor and screenwriter Osg o od "Oz" Perkins , who is also the son of Anthony Perkins, the star of Alfred Hitchcock’s "Psycho. "

The film follows FBI agent Lee Harker (Monroe) as she tackles an unsolved serial killer case plaguing her small Pacific Northwest town, and takes an unexpected, supernatural turn as she discovers a personal connection to the occult killer.

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Here's what critics are saying about "Longlegs."

'Longlegs' will 'hijack your subconscious,' critics say

Critics are calling "Longlegs" a true horror film, with Peter Debruge of Variety writing that it can "hijack your subconscious:" "Less than 12 hours after seeing it, the demented Nicolas Cage character resurfaced in my nightmares."

David Ehrlich of Indie Wire shared a similar sentiment in his review: "Terrifying in the abstract even as it grows increasingly absurd to watch, 'Longlegs' slinks its way into that liminal space between childhood nightmares and grown-up practicalities."

The H o llywood Reporter calls "Longlegs" Perkins' "most fully realized and relentlessly effective film to date," despite concerns that he may "stir too many elements into the mix here."

Neon has used strategic marketing to convey the horror level of this film, releasing a teaser stating that "the first time Maika Monroe saw Nicolas Cage as Longlegs, her heart rate hit 170 bpm."

One user replied , "the marketing for this film (is) so good i’m actually getting worried."

"Longlegs" stars Blair Underwood as Agent Carter and Alicia Witt as Ruth Harker, Lee Harker's ultra-religious mother. The ensemble cast includes Michelle Choi Lee, Dakota Daulby, Lauren Acala, Kieran Shipka, and Maila Hosie.

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"Longlegs" is out in theaters Friday.

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‘Sound of Hope’ Studio Defends Partnership With The Daily Wire

Letitia Wright, the “Black Panther” actor and an executive producer of “Sound of Hope,” had posted her frustration with people using the film for “divisive political purposes.”

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By Marc Tracy

The studio behind last year’s unexpected hit “Sound of Freedom” defended a partnership with the conservative website The Daily Wire to promote “Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot” following complaints by the actress Letitia Wright, an executive producer of the film.

“Sound of Hope” is based on the true story of a Christian couple in Texas who adopted 77 children from foster care. The distributor, Angel Studios, framed the film as a spiritual sequel to “Sound of Freedom,” which starred Jim Caviezel as a real-life former federal law enforcement official who combats human trafficking.

On the day “Sound of Hope” received its full theatrical release, Matt Walsh, the Daily Wire commentator and podcaster, posted on social media about the inspiration for the movie and added that “leftists are trying to stop Christians from saving more children.”

In a series of posts on X, Walsh then condemned states that he said had prevented adoptions by parents who declined to recognize gender transition in children. He detailed two cases involving lawsuits in Oregon and Vermont.

Wright, whose acting credits include “Black Panther” and “Ready Player One,” said on social media days later that she did “not condone using this beautiful film for divisive political purposes.”

“This story isn’t about politics, it’s about children,” she posted. “It’s about sacrificial love for children who have experienced unthinkable horrors.”

She added, “Any conversation that detracts from that is unnecessary and harmful.”

Several of those involved suggested that the controversy is an example of the tension between a right-leaning, faith-based segment of the moviegoing public and a more progressive entertainment industry that is often accused of overlooking that audience.

Jordan Harmon, president of Angel Studios, said in a statement last week that “Angel Studios is grateful for both Letitia and Daily Wire’s partnership on getting this story out into the world.” In a separate statement , the filmmakers apologized to Wright for not informing her of the association with The Daily Wire while noting that there were “real efforts to prevent families of faith from adopting.”

The chief executive of The Daily Wire, Jeremy Boreing, declined to discuss details of the partnership with Angel Studios. He said in an interview on Monday that while the film was screened early for the company’s employees, Walsh’s posts were made in a personal capacity and not as part of the formal association.

Boreing, who co-founded The Daily Wire with Ben Shapiro, chided Wright for “doing the thing she said she didn’t want to see done — creating polarizing content around the film.” He added: “I think she felt cultural pressure to do it, because she occupies a space within a system that is more hostile to conservatives than affirming of the good that ‘Sound of Hope’ is attempting to do.”

A representative for Wright did not reply to a request for comment.

Though “Sound of Hope” was independently produced, Angel Studios distributed the movie through a crowdfunding model in which “angel investors” select movies to distribute and market, funding those expenses in exchange for revenue-sharing.

The studio, based in Provo, Utah, scored its biggest success last year by picking up the distribution rights for “Sound of Freedom,” which brought in $250 million worldwide, making it one of the most successful independent movies ever.

Marc Tracy is a Times reporter covering arts and culture. He is based in New York. More about Marc Tracy

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