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Vaitheeswaran
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Wikipedia article
'Vaitheeswaran' is a 2008 Tamil language film. It starred Sarath Kumar, Meghna Naidu and Pooja Gandhi. The film made a 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. She is stopped by 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, Dhanasekharan and Bala go looking for him, when Bala realises that he is indeed the reincarnation of Saravanan. What happens next forms the climax of the story.http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=706&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english
Cast
* Sarath Kumar as Saravanan / Dr. Bala
* Meghna Naidu as Roopa
* Pooja Gandhi as Sanjana a Journalist
* Sayaji Shinde as Dhanasekaran
* Vijayakumar as Mani Shankar
* Riyaz Khan as AC Shakthi
* Suja Varunee as Dr. Sharmila
* 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
Critical reception
'Sify' wrote "The trouble with Vaitheeswaran is that it is predictable, story is stale and there are no twists in the tale". '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!". '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."
References
Category:2008 films
Category:Films about reincarnation
Category:2000s Tamil-language films
Category:Films scored by Srikanth Deva
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