''Markandeyan'' is a 2011 Indian
Tamil-language film written and directed by
FEFSI Vijayan. It stars his son Shabarish,
Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky),
Nivedhitha,
Santhanam in lead. The film score is composed by
Sundar C Babu, while cinematography is by D. Sasikumar and Santtonio and editing handled by Raja Mohammed. ''Markandeyan'' was panned by critics.
Cast
*Shabarish as Markandeyan "Mark"
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Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky) as Divya
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Nivedhitha as Ilavanchi
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Santhanam as Yaanaimudi
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Srihari
Srihari (15 August 1964 – 9 October 2013) was an Indian actor who was active mainly in Telugu cinema. He appeared in a few Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films as well. He won seven Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award.
Early life
Srihari was bor ...
as Varada
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Bala Singh
Bala Singh (7 May 195227 November 2019) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil language films. After making his debut in Nassar's '' Avatharam'' (1995), he appeared as the antagonist in over a hundred films.
Early life and career
Bala Sin ...
as Esakki
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Pragathi
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M. S. Bhaskar
Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar (born 13 September 1957) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films. Before entering the film industry, he was a theatre artist, he made his film debut in 1987 in a small role in the film ''Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi' ...
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Nizhalgal Ravi
Ravichandran Samanna (born 16 April 1956), known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films and television series. He s ...
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Tarun Shatriya
Sulile Kumar, also known by his stage name Tharun Kumar (also credited as Tarun Shatriya) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and Kannada films. He made his debut in a supporting role in Tarun Gopi's '' Kaalai'' (2008), before going on ...
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Vasu Vikram
Vasu Vikram is an Indian actor and stage director who has worked on Tamil-language films and in television dramas.
Career
Vasu Vikram is the son of actor M. R. R. Vasu, and the grandson of M. R. Radha. Several other members of his family are ...
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Appu K. Sami as Lawyer
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Periya Karuppu Thevar
Periya Karuppa Thevar (1936 - 18 September 2012) was a Tamil film character artiste and folk singer who appeared in Tamil-language films.
Film career
PKT was part of the drama troupe floated by veteran Sankaradoss Swamigal more than fifty years ...
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Karate Raja
Karate Raja is an Indian actor who has worked in predominantly Tamil-language films. He made his breakthrough as an actor by playing a supporting role in Kamal Haasan's ''Virumaandi'' (2004), before garnering acclaim for playing the lead role of ...
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Muthukaalai
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Sree Raam as Young Mark
Production
FEFSI Vijayan launched his son Shabarish with this film.
Thai actress
Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky) made her debut into Indian cinema with this film. Shabarish trained for a year in Thai boxing.
Soundtrack
Songs by
Sundar C. Babu
Sundar C Babu composes music for Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films in India. He is the son of an eminent Veena Vidhwan Dr.Chitti Babu and Sudakshina Devi and his brothers are Rangasai and Radhakrishnan. Under his father's guidance, Babu began ...
. Salman Khan (who worked with FEFSI Vijayan in ''Wanted'' and ''Dabangg''),
Vijay, and Shriya Saran attended the audio launch.
Reception
A critic from ''The New Indian Express'' opined that "The director has painstakingly worked on the script in the earlier half and given it a fresh feel. However, he could have taken more effort in the second half and made it just as engaging". A critic from ''Sify'' gave the film a verdict of "disappointing" and criticised the film. A critic from ''Behindwoods'' gave the film a half out of five stars and wrote that "Technically, there is not much that deserves mention except for the effort of the crew to make the action sequences."
References
External links
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Markandeyan Official Website
2011 films
2010s Tamil-language films
Films scored by Sundar C. Babu
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