Vettai (Tamil: வேட்டை; English: Hunt) is a 2012 Tamil action-masala film written and directed by N. Linguswamy, that stars Madhavan, Arya, Sameera Reddy and Amala Paul.[4] The film revolves around two brothers settled in Thoothukudi, with the elder one working as a police officer. The film score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while cinematography is by Nirav Shah and editing handled by Anthony Gonsalves.
The film became announced shortly after the release of Lingusamy's Paiyaa, with Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies agreeing to produce the film, following a successful collaboration during the director's previous film. During a lengthy pre-production phase, the film, however, underwent major changes in its main cast and Cloud Nine Movies stepped out of the project, with Linguswamy's own banner, Thirupathi Brothers, taking up the film.Filming was initially planned to begin by mid-2010, but was delayed until March 2011. The film was released worldwide on 13 January 2012.
| Directed by | N. Linguswamy |
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| Produced by | N. Subash Chandra Bose Ronnie Screwvala |
| Written by | Brinda Sarathy (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | N. Linguswamy |
| Story by | N. Linguswamy |
| Starring | Madhavan Arya Sameera Reddy Amala Paul |
| Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
| Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
| Editing by | Anthony Gonsalves |
| Studio | Thirupathi Brothers |
| Distributed by | UTV Motion Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 13, 2012 (2012-01-13) |
| Running time | 168 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Following successful collaborations with director Linguswamy in Sandakozhi (2005) and Paiyaa (2010), Yuvan Shankar Raja was signed up to produce the film score and soundtrack for Vettai as well. In November 2010, the duo along with lyricist Na. Muthukumar left for Malaysia to compose the first tunes. The soundtrack album was launched on 16 December 2011 at the Anna Centenary Auditorium in Kotturpuram, Chennai, with several lead actors and directors from the Tamil film industry attending the event. Four days prior to the soundtrack release, the song "Pappappa" was launched as a single track at the studios of Radio Mirchi, with a making-of video of the recording being simultanously uploaded on YouTube. The song, which was sung by Yuvan Shankar Raja himself along with Renu Kannan, a finalist of the second season of the reality-based singing competition Airtel Super Singer, quickly gained attention and became very popular.
Track listing |
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Title | Singer(s) |
Length
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1.
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"Dham Dham" | Karthik, Krish |
4:35
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2.
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"Damma Damma" | Haricharan, Shweta Mohan |
4:51
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3.
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"Kattipidi Enna" | Vijay Prakash, Shweta Pandit |
5:09
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4.
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"Pappappa" | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Renu |
4:07
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5.
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"Thaiya Thakka" | Harini, Saindhavi |
5:22
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| Total length: |
24:13
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