Vettaikaaran
Vettaikaaran is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action film directed
by debutant B. Babusivan and produced by AVM
Productions. The film stars Vijay and Anushka,
with Srihari, Salim Ghouse, Sayaji Shinde and Ravi Shankar in
supporting roles. Gopinath handled cinematography while V. T. Vijayan was
the film's editor. This was Vijay's first film with AVM Productions.
The film was a commercial success. The film has collected $1,399,911 at the overseas box office. The story is a tale of unexpected events in the life of auto rickshaw driver due to conspiracy by a crime boss.
Plot
Ravi is a youth from Thoothukudi.
He aspires to become a policeman like his role model,
Encounter Specialist DCP Devaraj IPS. After completing his Twelfth
standard in his fifth attempt, he joins a college in Chennai and
also earns a living by driving an auto rickshaw. During the course, he meets
Suseela, an IT professional and falls in love
with her instantly. Although Suseela rejects Ravi's advances at first, with the
help of her grandmother, Ravi succeeds in winning Suseela's heart.
Meanwhile, Chella, a rowdy and a womaniser, meets Ravi's friend Uma in a public
place, where she is taking donations for some cause, and immediately develops
an attraction to her. When Uma asks Chella to contribute money, he willingly
donates, but violates her modesty by placing the money between her breasts.
When Ravi finds out what had happened to Uma, he comes to her defense and beats
up Chella, hospitalising him. His troubles start from there as Chella's father,
a powerful don named Vedanayagam, with the help of
his right-hand man, a corrupt police officer Kattabomman, begin to create havoc
in Ravi's life. Ravi is soon thrown into jail on a false case of drug smuggling and is expelled from
college. Only Suseela is willing to help him. She goes to Devaraj and pleads
with him to help Ravi, but Devaraj initially refuses to help as his entire
family had died at the hands of Vedanayagam and he himself was blinded by him
because he had taken action against him and his gang. However, with the help of
his henchmen, he saves Ravi from being killed in a fake encounter led by Kattabomman.
It is at this stage that Ravi takes up a new persona called "Police"
Ravi to clean up the illegal activities of Vedanayagam and instill hope in the
public, something that Devaraj was unable to do.
In the process however, Vedanayagam kills Ravi's close friend
Sugu, prompting Ravi to kill Chella in retribution. Vedanayagam decides soon
after to become a minister to prevent Ravi from targeting him and his
activities. As Ravi finally plans to kill the newly sworn-in minister
Vedanayagam, the police arrive to arrest Ravi. However, Ravi sees Devaraj in
the crowd and announces Vedanayagam's location to him just as he is being
arrested, allowing Devaraj to assassinate Vedanayagam,
effectively taking his revenge.
In the end, Devaraj is reinstated into the police force and offers to make Ravi a police officer. However, Ravi refuses, stating that he has found the police officer within himself and that is all he needs to succeed in life.
Cast
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Vijay as
"Police" Ravi
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Anushka as
Susheela aka Susi
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Sanchita
Padukone as Uma, Ravi's friend
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Sathyan as
Sugu, Ravi's close friend
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Srihari as
DCP Devaraj IPS, Ravi's role model
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Salim Ghouse as
Vedanayagam, the main antagonist
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Sayaji Shinde as
ACP Kattabomman, a corrupt police officer
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Srinath as
Valayapathi, Ravi's friend
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Ravi Shankar as
Chella Vedanayagam, Vedanayagam's son
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Delhi Ganesh as
Ravi's father
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Lakshmi Ramakrishnan as Ravi's mother
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Sukumari as
Susheela's grandmother
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Manikka
Vinayagam as Uma's father
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Ravi Prakash as
Police Commissioner of Chennai
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Cochin
Haneefa as Complex Owner
·
Bala Singh as
Rajasekhar
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Jeeva as Sandi
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Jayashree
as Chella's wife
·
B.
Jayalakshmi as Jaanu
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Manobala as
Reporter
·
Niya
Renjith
·
Jason
Sanjay (special appearance in the song "Naan Adicha")
·
Madalasa
Sharma (special appearance)
·
Ashok
Raja (special appearance in the song "Puli Urumudhu")
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