Madura Veeran

Madura Veeran (2018)

மதுரவீரன்

Jallikattu

Durai returns to his village from Malaysia after 20 years in the pretext of getting married. However, his prime aim is to conduct jallikattu along with the panchayats of five neighbouring villages and fulfill his father's dream. Will he succeed?

Date of release
2018-02-02
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 2m
Genres
Action, Family
Director
P. G. Muthiah

Casting

Interesting facts

Madura Veeran is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by cinematographer P. G. Muthiah. Viji Subramaniam produced the film along with the director, under the banners of V Studios and PG Media Works. Shanmuga Pandian and Meenakshi play the lead roles, while Samuthirakani, Vela Ramamoorthy and Mime Gopi amongst others play supporting roles in the film. Santhosh Dhayanidhi was selected to compose the music for the film. The film's plot narrates the issues on jallikattu and the politics associated with, favouring the tradition rather than the proposed ban. The film released across Tamil Nadu on 2 February 2018 to mixed-to-positive reviews.

Production

Following the release of his debut film Sagaptham (2015), Shanmuga Pandian moved on to work on Thamizhan Endru Sol co-starring his father Vijayakanth in a pivotal role. However Vijayakanth's ill health meant that the project was postponed and Shanmuga Pandian moved on to work on Madura Veeran, which would mark the directorial debut of cinematographer and producer P. G. Muthiah.

The team began the shoot in April 2017 in Gerugambakkam in the outskirts of Chennai, with actors including Samuthirakani, Mime Gopi, Rajendran and Bala Saravanan joining the cast. Production continued in and around Madurai throughout the middle of 2017, and the shoot was finished by August 2017. The team began promotions in hope of releasing the film for 12 January 2018, to coincide with Thai Pongal and the jallikattu season across Tamil Nadu.

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