Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006)

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Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The film stars Kamal Haasan and Jyothika, while Prakash Raj, Daniel Balaji, and Salim Baig play supporting roles with Kamalinee Mukherjee in her Tamil debut. It revolves around DCP Raghavan, who tries to track down two serial killers Amudhan and Illamaran.

Production

In 2005, Gautham Vasudev Menon planned to make a film in Malayalam (which eventually became Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu) and approached Mohanlal after finishing the script, but nothing materialised. Kamal Haasan had agreed to make a film for producer Kaja Mohideen of Roja Combines, and the pair discussed signing Menon to be the director after they were impressed with his work in Kaakha Kaakha (2003).

Actresses Rohini and Andrea Jeremiah dubbed for the voices of Jyothika and Kamalinee Mukherjee respectively. Ganesh Janardhanan, who later became popularly known as VTV Ganesh, portrayed the role of the kidnapper of Mukherjee's character at Haasan's request after the original actor failed to turn up for the shoot. Menon selected Bidushi Dash Barde, from several girls who screen tested, to play a murder victim.

The film began production in August 2005 in Chennai, with Ravi Varman signed as the cinematographer. Towards the start of the shoot, producer Kaja Mohideen ran into financial troubles and subsequently attempted suicide. As a result, Haasan wanted to quit the project but Menon convinced him to stay on as they had taken advance payments.

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