Varalaru

Varalaru (2006)

வரலாறு

History of Godfather

Shivshankar, the ageing business tycoon, bound to his wheelchair, tries to make his son, Vishnu, aware of his responsibilities but to no avail. Things take a turn for the worse after Vishnu tries to rape a girl.

Date of release
2006-10-20
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (20)
Runtime
2h 46m
Genres
Drama
Director
K. S. Ravikumar

Casting

Interesting facts

Varalaru: History Of Godfather, or simply known as Varalaru (transl. History), is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action drama film co-written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy under the banner NIC Arts. The film stars Ajith Kumar in the main triple lead role as a father and his two twin sons. Asin, Kanika, Ramesh Khanna, Suman Setty, Sujatha and M. S. Baskar play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by A. R. Rahman. Prior to its release, the film was known by the title Godfather, but following the Government of Tamil Nadu's motion to exempt tax on films titled in Tamil, the title was changed to Varalaru.

Production

As per director R. Sundarrajan, Varalaru's original base story was scripted by him for Kamal Haasan under the Sivaji Productions banner. This did not happen, however, due to Haasan's unwillingness to work with Sundarrajan as he did not like the script. Haasan felt it would portray him as a womaniser.

In late 1999, K. S. Ravikumar narrated two scripts to Haasan. One was about a transgender incorporating three roles titled Madana and a comedy script Thenali. Haasan was impressed with both but turned the former offer down due to his conflicting schedule at the time. Rajinikanth had agreed to do the story titled Madana if Haasan opted out.

The filming of Godfather began by November 2004. Asin was cast as the lead actress and the film was to be produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. Early reports suggested that one of Ajith's roles in the film would be an eunuch or a transgender, but his role turned out to be that of an effeminate classical dancer.

In early 2005, production began facing delays. Ajith fell out with the producer, who had made several films with him in the past and Ravikumar was trying to reconcile then to finish production. Actress Meena, who was supposed to do play Gayatri, opted out due a conflicting schedule. Devayani was also considered for the role but she refused, and eventually Kaniha was signed.

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