Vaitheeswaran

Vaitheeswaran
Directed by	R. K. Vidyadharan
Produced by	Senthilkumar, Ganesh
Written by	R. K. Vidyadharan
Starring	Sarath Kumar, Meghna Naidu, Pooja gandhi Santhanam Sayaji Shinde Vijayakumar Mayilsamy
Music by	Srikanth Deva
Cinematography	M. Saravanan, M. V. Panneerselvam
Edited by	A. Sheikh Mohammed
Production company	Annamalai Creations
Release dates	14 March 2008 (2008-03-14)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vaitheeswaran is a 2008 Tamil language film. It starred Sarath Kumar, Meghna Naidu and Pooja gandhi in the lead roles. The film went on to make an below average impact at the box office.

Plot

When a young boy Saravanan is killed by rowdy — and aspiring politician — Dhanasekaran(Sayaji Shinde), his distraught mother(Vinaya Prasad) is ready to kill herself. But she is stopped by a man Mani Shankar(Vijayakumar) who promises her that her son will be reincarnated and meet her 30 years hence. The only condition is that the mother must remain inside Vaitheeswaran temple, praying to be reunited with her son. 30 years later, her wait catches the attention of the public, who are curious to see if Saravanan shows up. Dr.Bala(Sarathkumar), who has no belief in reincarnation, wishes to treat her while Dhanasekharan, who is now a politician and eyeing the CM seat, knows that Saravanan's arrival could derail his plans. Armed with a computer-generated photo of how Saravanan would look like now, both Dhanasekharan and Bala go looking for him, when Bala realises that he is indeed the reincarnation of Saravanan and what happens next froms the climax of the story.^[1]

Cast

Sarath Kumar as Saravanan / Dr. Bala
Meghna Naidu as Roopa
Sayaji Shinde as Dhanasekaran
Vijayakumar as Mani Shankar
Riyaz Khan as AC Shakthi
Suja Varunee as Dr. Suja
Santhanam
Mayilsamy
Vinaya Prasad as Saravanan's Mother
Manobala as Dhanasekaran's Henchman
Chitra Lakshmanan as Dhanasekaran's Henchman
Thyagu
Poovilangu Mohan
Ponnambalam
Munnar Ramesh as Kasi

Soundtrack

Mudhal Murai — Unnikrishnan, Sujatha
Engirundho — Mano
Kangalum — Vijay Yesudas

Critical reception

Sify wrote "The trouble with Vaitheeswaran is that it is predictable, story is stale and there are no twists in the tale".^[2] Rediff wrote "Everything is connected'. That's the tagline of Annamalai Production's latest, Tamil film Vaitheeswaran starring action star Sarathkumar, and directed by R K Vidhayadharan. You only wish the team had managed to connect the screenplay, acting and plot all together!".^[3] Behindwoods wrote "The pre-interval session of the film proceeds linearly on track, but the first twenty minutes post interval is a little grueling for the audience. However, the film picks up momentum soon after. Reincarnation is a widely debated issue, evincing varied opinions. But this aspect has been discussed in the film back and forth and the director's apprehension on which side to fall is clearly evident."^[4]

References

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