Aaravadhu Vanam

Aaravadhu Vanam is a 2010 Indian Tamil romantic drama film directed by R. Bhuvanesh. The film features Bhushan, Vidhya Mohan and Bose Venkat in lead roles, with Ramya, Ansiba Hassan, Scissor Manohar, Mahalingam Pollachi, Porur Sekar and Thangam playing supporting roles. The film, produced by S. M. Thiyagarajan, had musical score by R. Haribabu and was released on 30 July 2010. The film was remade in Malayalam as Bhagavathipuram (2011).[1][2]

Aaravadhu Vanam
Directed byR. Bhuvanesh
Produced byS. M. Thiyagarajan
Written byR. Bhuvanesh
Starring
Music byR. Haribabu
CinematographyS. Taj
Edited byXian
Production
company
MPG Films International
Release date
  • 30 July 2010 (2010-07-30)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

A few months ago in a remote village named Aaravadhu Vanam, the villagers strongly condemned inter-caste marriages and strictly followed the caste system. The village bigwig Dharma (Bose Venkat) wanted to marry his college-going relative Malar (Vidhya Mohan) whereas the ruffian Puli (Bhushan) who had no family carried out crimes wearing a lion mask. Malar became curious about Puli, she then fell in love with him and she even kissed him one day. One week before her marriage with Dharma, Malar declared her love to Puli and Puli scolded her for being senseless to fall in love with a wastrel with no future. The day of the marriage, she left the wedding hall and went on to meet Puli but Puli brought her back to the wedding hall. Malar's father and his henchmen insulted Puli. Consumed with anger, Puli changed his mind and he swore to marry her. The two ran away from the henchmen, and when they arrived in Chennai, Puli is stuck by a car. Malar admitted him to the hospital in Chennai and Dharma came to support her. Puli was diagnosed with mental illness and Malar took care of her at the hospital, but a year later, Puli vanished.

Back to the present, Dharma is still in love with Malar and wants to marry her at any cost. Dharma was the one who put Puli in a random container lorry and he even corrupted a police officer to declare him as dead. Malar finally accepts to marry Dharma. In the meantime, Puli returns to his village and has a brutal fight with Dharma and his henchmen. Puli is eventually killed by Dharma and Dharma marries Malar the next day as he planned. Just after the marriage, Malar reveals to Dharma that she knows that he has killed her lover and she suddenly dies. Dharma then discovers that all the villagers are dead except him and he finds that their marriage food was poisoned.

After this incident, Dharma became a lunatic and he lived alone in the empty village. The film ends with Dharma dying.

Cast

Production

R. Bhuvanesh, an erstwhile assistant of directors K. Bhagyaraj and R. Parthiepan, made his directorial debut with Aaravadhu Vanam under the banner of MPG Films International. Kannada actor Bhushan, Vidhya Mohan from Kerala and Bose Venkat were selected to play the lead roles. The story is derived from the Mahabharata in which the sixth forest (Aaravadhu Vanam) was supposed to be the toughest for the Pandavas to go through and the battle was the bloodiest in the whole war when going through this passage. Aaravadhu Vanam is based on a real-life incident about the entire village community vacating their lands for the sake of a young couple in love. Director R. Bhuvanesh wanted to film Aaravadhu Vanam in the same village, but the couple didn't allow them to do so. Without any options left, the crew journeyed across various places and finally nailed down Singaram Palayam located near Coimbatore district. But again, the villagers were infuriated on the plea of filmmaker to vacate their lands for five whole days. As they were explained about the contextual scenario and script, the villagers changed their minds and heeded to their petitions. R. Haribabu, a former assistant to Srikanth Deva, had scored the music.[3][4][5]

Soundtrack
Aaravadhu Vanam
Soundtrack album by
R. Haribabu
Released2009
Recorded2009
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length29:27
ProducerR. Haribabu

The soundtrack was composed by film composer R. Haribabu. The soundtrack, released in 2009, features 6 tracks.[6] A reviewer rated the album 1.5 out of 5 and said, "This album hobbles around Keeravani and Natabhairavi ragas so much so that you get a feeling of déjà vu by the time you come to the fourth song".[7]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Vinmeena Pidichivandhu"R. BhuvaneshRoshini4:21
2."Kannale Kannale"Muthu VijayanBellie Raj4:47
3."Enn Uyire"M. PugazhendhiPrasanna, Deepa Miriam5:23
4."Yarodu Yaaridam"R. BhuvaneshMukesh6:08
5."Mayiley Oh Mayile"R. BhuvaneshSrimathumitha4:48
6."Aanda Gunda"R. BhuvaneshVelmurugan, Charulatha Mani4:00
Total length:29:27

References
  1. "Aaravadhu Vanam (2010)". gomolo.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. "Aaravadhu Vanam". ayngaran.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  3. "AARAVADHU VANAM MOVIE PREVIEW". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  4. "Villagers forego their village for 5 days". kollywoodtoday.net. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. "Aaravadhu Vanam and an 'unimaginable story'!". filmibeat.com. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  6. "Aaravadhu Vanam (2009) - Hari Babu". mio.to. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  7. Malathy Sundaram. "AARAVADHU VANAM MUSIC REVIEW". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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