Settai (2004 film)
Settai (transl. Mischief) is a 2004 Indian Tamil language comedy film directed by Shivan. The film features Pandiarajan, Livingston and Vindhya in lead roles, with Vinu Chakravarthy, Ganthimathi, Balu Anand, Priyanka Shailu, Bayilvan Ranganathan, Sempuli Jagan, Kovai Senthil, Vellai Subbaiah, Chelladurai and Suryakanth playing supporting roles. The film, produced by P. G. Balaji and T. Kavidasan, had musical score by German Vijay and was released on 14 May 2004.[1][2][3]
Settai | |
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Directed by | Shivan |
Produced by | P. G. Balaji T. Kavidasan |
Written by | Shivan |
Starring | |
Music by | German Vijay |
Cinematography | T. Sai Natraj |
Edited by | M. Sai Krishnan |
Production company | Sun Moon Movie Makers |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Plot
The brothers Chinnasamy (Pandiarajan) and Periyasamy (J. Livingston) live with their grandparents (Vinu Chakravarthy and Ganthimathi) in a remote village. Chinnasamy and Periyasamy have one habit that annoyed the villagers: they can only tell the truth thus exposing some controversial matters. Meanwhile, they both fall in love with the Malayali girl Sundari (Vindhya), the daughter of the ghatam vidwan Nair (Balu Anand). Because of Chinnasamy and Periyasamy's mischief, the local politicians decide to cut off electricity and water to their village, therefore, the villagers force them to leave the village. The brothers decide to move to Chennai.
During the bus ride, a thief drugs them and steals all their belongings. The brothers decide to earn money by hook or by crook so they become fraudsters. They rent a big house in Chennai and they send their income to the village. With that money, the villagers solved their issues and even build a school in their village. In the meantime, Periyasamy and Priyanka (Priyanka Shailu) fall in love with each other in Chennai. The two brothers later return to their village, the villagers welcome them with great respect and they lie about their job. Chinnasamy finally gets married to Sundari and she vows to only tell the truth. Sundari and her father move into the brothers' house in Chennai and Sundari eventually finds out their illegal activities. Chinnasamy and Periyasamy are then arrested and are sentenced to six-months imprisonment by the court. Six months later, Chinnasamy and Periyasamy return to their village.
Cast
- Pandiarajan as Chinnasamy
- Livingston as Periyasamy
- Vindhya as Sundari
- Vinu Chakravarthy as Chinnasamy and Periyasamy's grandfather
- Ganthimathi as Pankajam
- Balu Anand as Nair
- Priyanka Shailu as Priyanka
- Bayilvan Ranganathan as Politician
- Sempuli Jagan as Politician
- Kovai Senthil as Villager
- Vellai Subbaiah as Villager
- Chelladurai as Villager
- Suryakanth as Priyanka's father
- Roobarao
- Manjunath
- Vijay Ganesh as Villager
- Kadhal Sukumar as Thief
- Kandan
- Valayapathi
- C. Ravi
- Kannan
- Lekhasri in a special appearance
Soundtrack
Settai | |
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Soundtrack album by German Vijay | |
Released | 2004 |
Recorded | 2004 |
Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Length | 22:04 |
Producer | German Vijay |
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer German Vijay. The soundtrack features 5 tracks.[4][5]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Settaikkuthan (duet)" | P. Vijay | Tippu, Malathy Lakshman | 3:49 |
2. | "Sarigamapathani" | P. Vijay | Sujatha Mohan | 4:52 |
3. | "Thottu Vidu" | Snehan | Tippu, Malathy Lakshman | 5:11 |
4. | "Paattu Porakkudhu" | Yugabharathi | Manikka Vinayagam | 4:26 |
5. | "Thunivudan (solo)" | P. Vijay | Tippu | 3:46 |
Total length: | 22:04 |
References
- "Find Tamil Movie Settai". jointscene.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "List of Tamil Films Released In 2004". lakshmansruthi.com. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "Movie - Settai". tvwiz.in. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "Settai - German Vijay". mio.to. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- "Settai Songs". jiosaavn.com. Retrieved 24 November 2019.