''Ayyanar Veethi'' () is a 2017 Tamil-language

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by debutant Gipsy Rajkumar in his directorial debut. The film stars

Yuvan Yuvan may refer to: * Yuvan, Iran, a village in Miyan Darband Rural District, Kermanshah Province, Iran * Yuvan (actor), Indian film actor * Yuvan Shankar Raja Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 31 August 1979), is an Indian composer and playback sing ...

, newcomer Sara Setty, and Sinju Mohan in the lead roles with

Ponvannan Ponvannan (born Shanmugam; 23 September 1964) is an Indian actor and director who has worked in Tamil cinema and television. After beginning his career as an artist (painter), Ponvannan apprenticed as a director and writer under Bharathiraja. H ...

and

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in pivotal roles.

Cast

as Senthil *Sara Setty as Ayyanar's daughter *Sinju Mohan as Sastry's daughter *

as Ayyanar *

as Subramania Sastry *Senthilvel *

Singampuli Singampuli is an Indian actor and Film director, director working in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. After making ''Red (2002 film), Red'' (2002) and ''Maayavi'' (2005), he has made a career appearing in comedy roles and supporting roles. Career S ...

Meera Krishnan Meera Krishnan is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil-language films and television serials. Career Meera Krishnan initially played veena for music directors Deva and Maragathamani. She then worked as an announcer for Doordarshan b ...

Singamuthu Singamuthu (born 8 December 1958) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language Tamil (, , , also written as ''Tamizhil'' according to linguistic pronunciation) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South ...

Muthukaalai Muthukaalai is an Indian actor, comedian who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Early life and career Muthukaalai was born in Tirukovilpuram near Rajapalayam and dreamt of becoming a stunt choreographer. While studying in school, he recei ...

* Nadodigal Raja *

Kovai Senthil Kumarasamy, known by his stage name, Kovai Senthil, was a Tamil film character artist who appeared in Tamil films starting with Bhagyaraj's '' Oru Kai Osai''. He appeared in over 400 Tamil films. Career During his career, Kovai Senthil mad ...

Production

The film was announced to be a rural drama with

in the lead role and

and

in pivotal roles. Singer U. K. Murali makes his debut as a film composer with this film. Newcomer Sara Setty and Sinju Mohan, of ''

Pulipaarvai ''Pulipaarvai'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Praveen Gandhi who also co-produced, composed and wrote all the songs and handled editing and art respectively. It is based on the real life of Balachandran Prabhakaran, the you ...

'' fame, play the heroines, who are the daughters of the characters portrayed by Ponvannan and Bhagyraj, respectively. The film was shot in

Rajapalayam Rajapalayam () is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the largest municipality in the Virudhunagar district, Virudhunagar district. Rajapalayam is located on the Madurai to Kollam National Highway at a distance of 562 km so ...

. A twenty-seven foot tall statue of

Ayyanar Aiyanar (, ) is a Village deities of South India, Tamil folk deity venerated in South India and Sri Lanka. His worship is prevalent amongst rural Tamils, Tamil people. Some studies suggest that Ayyanar may have also been worshipped in Southeast ...

was created for the film.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by U. K. Murali. *"Vaararu Ayyan Varaaru" - Ananthu, M. L. R. Karthikeyan *"Ponnungale Poruthavare" - Jaya Moorthy *"Kallapparvai" - Prasanna, Mahathy *"Kannucharayam Munnale" - Velmurugan, Krithika Babu *"Ayyanaaru Veedhiyile" - U. K. Murali, Gipsy Rajkumar *"Anbukonda Ayyan Mugam" - U. K. Murali, Gipsy Rajkumar

Reception

''The Times of India'' gave the film one out of five stars and wrote that "It (The film) unfolds like a collection of the worst elements of 80s and 90s melodramas". ''The Times of India Samayam'' gave the film a rating of one-and-half out of five stars praising the cinematography and criticizing the plot holes. ''Dinamalar'' praised the music while criticizing the background score and plot gaps. ''Maalaimalar'' praised the cinematgorphy and music and criticized the background score.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 7951596 Indian drama films 2010s Tamil-language films 2017 drama films 2017 films