Viduthalai: Part I

Viduthalai: Part I (2023)

விடுதலை: பாகம் I

Kumaresan, a police constable, gets recruited for an operation implanted to capture Perumal Vaathiyar, who leads a separatist group dedicated to fighting against the authorities for committing atrocities against innocent village women in the name of police interrogations.

Date of release
2023-03-30
TMDB
7.9 / 10 (57)
Runtime
2h 26m
Genres
Action, Thriller, Drama
Director
Vetrimaaran
Collection
Viduthalai Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Viduthalai Part 1 is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language political crime thriller film directed and co-produced by Vetrimaaran under Grass Root Film Company and RS Infotainment. Set in 1987, the film follows a police constable, who is recruited to arrest the leader of a separatist group but soon gets caught in ethical dilemmas. The ensemble cast includes Soori, Vijay Sethupathi, Bhavani Sre, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Rajiv Menon, Ilavarasu, Balaji Sakthivel, Saravana Subbiah, Chetan, Munnar Ramesh, and Pavel Navageethan.

Production

After wrapping work on Asuran in mid-2019, it was reported that director Vetrimaaran was in talks with Soori as the lead for his next directorial venture. Elred Kumar would reportedly be project under the banner RS Infotainment. The production was reported to begin after the director completed the post-production for Asuran. The following October, Vetrimaaran confirmed that he would direct Soori's debut as a lead.

To reduce production costs, the makers reportedly began filming the portions with an IPhone, which was never done before in Tamil cinema. The film's official title Viduthalai was announced on 21 April 2021. Originally intended to be a single film, it was later split into two parts. Cinematography was handled by R. Velraj, editing by R. Ramar, and action choreography by Peter Hein. While Vetrimaaran initially claimed he was inspired by B.

Soori worked with Vetrimaaran from the inception of the project, and Viduthalai Part 1 became his first film in a leading role. He said Vijay Sethupathi earlier advised him to explore all kinds of roles and not restrict himself to the comedic roles he was primarily known for. Sethupathi eventually joined the cast, with his character based on Kaliyaperumal Vaathiyaar, a member of the Tamil Desiyam Group who operated in the 1980s.

The filmmakers moved to Sathyamangalam forest to prepare to shoot major sequences featuring Soori during December 2020. The shooting of the film took place in Sathyamangalam for three months, and the filmmakers moved to Chengalpattu in April 2021, in which the filmmakers erected a police camp set, and shot there for 20 days. The opening sequence depicting a train accident was an 8-minute long take, and was shot on a set erected near Vandalur.

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