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Vilayada Vaa

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Vilayada Vaa
Directed byVijay Nantha
Written byKamalesh Kumar
Screenplay byVijay Nantha
Produced byK. Thripurasundari
StarringViswanath Balaji
Divya Padmini
CinematographyK. S. Ramakrishna
Edited byAnil Malnat
Music bySrimurali
Production
company
Tripura Sundhari Cine Creations
Release date
  • 10 February 2012 (2012-02-10)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Vilayada Vaa (transl. Come and play) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film directed by Vijay Nantha. The film stars Viswanath Balaji and Divya Padmini. This film marks the Tamil debut of the director and music director, Srimurali.[1]

Plot

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Deva is a low class man who enjoys carrom and plays with his friends. He adopts Naveen, who becomes an expert at the game.[2] The story revolves around Naveen's struggles toward success in the world of carrom.[1]

Cast

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Production

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Vijay Nantha, who previously directed a film in Telugu, began working on his second film. The producer, K. Tripura Sundhari, called Vijay Natha on producing a film and the former recalls how coincidentally his son, Viswanath Balaji, was chosen to portray the lead role.[1] Balaji is a television actor and makes his film debut through Vilayada Vaa. Divya Padmini and Aishwarya Rajesh also star in the film.[3] The director wanted to shed light on the game of carrom through this film.[4]

Themes

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The director, Vijayanand, stated that "The carrom board is used as a methaphor for life in the film that is about the hero's fight to be a successful player".[5]

Soundtrack

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The songs were composed by Srimurali, who previously worked in Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu films. The audio was released by K. S. Ravikumar in 11 November 2011.[1]

Song Title Lyricist Singers
"Lali Lali Kadhali" Kabilan Karthik, Ujaini
"Vanthenda Vettriku Veeranai" Kabilan Mukesh Mohamed
"Engu Selveno" Shanmugaseelan Haricharan
"Thottadhu Thottadhu Vettriyagum" Ugabharathi Ranjith, Suchitra, Rap Biggnickk (rap)
"Vanam Enthan" Na. Muthukumar Surmukhi Raman

Reception

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A critic from Dinamalar praised the film's screenplay.[6] Maalai Malar praised the carrom scenes and the songs.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Audio Beat: It's raining songs". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ "விளையாட வா விமர்சனம்". Kungumam (in Tamil). 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. ^ K. R., Manigandan (27 April 2011). "Vilaiyaada Vaa: A film on carrom". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ^ Raghavan, Nikhil (4 December 2011). "Game for carrom?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Strike it right". The Hindu. 8 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  6. ^ "விளையாடவா". Dinamalar (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ^ "விளையாட வா". Maalai Malar (in Tamil). 18 February 2012. Archived from the original on 25 October 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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