Devan

Devan (2002)

தேவன்

When the movie opens Devan(Arun Pandiyan) murdering photographer Jeeva(Thalaivasal Vijay) in cold blood in his house. Jeeva strategically positions a video camera to capture the impending murder but Devan never shows his face to it. And when Jeeva shouts out the name of his killer before dying, the audio is lost at that point. While the police search for the killer, Devan zeroes in on Chetta (Saikumar) as his next target. He follows Chetta to Chandigarh but is apprehended by CBI officer Ratnavel(Vijayakanth). But once Ratnavel realises Chetta's true nature, he begins to help Devan, even hiring successful lawyer Chakravarthy(Karthik) to fight for him. The flashback shows that Devan's sister (Kausalya) was killed by Chetta, Devan wants to avenge the death of his sister. In the climax, villain is killed.

Date of release
2002-06-14
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 33m
Genres
Drama, Action, Romance
Director
C. Arun Pandian

Casting

Interesting facts

Devan is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Arun Pandian marking his debut as a director. The film stars himself in the title role being his 50th project as an actor with Meena and an ensemble supporting cast including Vivek and Sai Kumar, while actors Vijayakanth, Karthik and Kausalya appeared in extended cameo roles. Sai Kumar made his Tamil debut with this film. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film was released on 14 June 2002.

Production

The film was Arun Pandian's 50th film as actor and debut film as director. The climax scene was shot in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, at the harbour, where underwater sequences were shot, using helicopters and ships, 3000 tractors, 50 buses, and 200 camels. Says Arun Pandian, "It's a story that I penned about 10 years back.

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