Vandichakkaram

Vandichakkaram (1980)

வண்டிச்சக்கரம்

A local gangster named Gaja falls in love with a woman named Vadivu and she tells him to mend his ways, which he does. However, he now has to deal with his former associates once and for all.

Date of release
1980-08-28
Runtime
2h 6m
Genres
Drama
Director
K. Vijayan

Casting

Interesting facts

Vandichakkaram (transl. Cartwheel) is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Vijayan and written by Vinu Chakravarthy. The film stars Sivakumar and Saritha. It revolves around a ruffian who, after falling in love, resolves to mend his ways.

Production

Vinu Chakravarthy wrote the script of Vandichakkaram in 1976, but the film's production began only in 1979. This was supposed to be the 100th film of Sivakumar but eventually became his 101st so that Rosappu Ravikkaikari (1979) could become his 100th. The film featured Sivakumar portraying a ruffian, completely different from the soft roles which he was portraying at that point of his career.

Since the film demanded a vegetable market situated in a straight line, the crew finalised a market place named Devaraja Market in Mysore where the film was shot. Sivakumar revealed that the market place usually does not give permission to shoot but they specially gave permission only to this film's crew. The filming was also held at Premier Studios at Mysore. Smitha's voice was dubbed by Hema Malini.

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