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films.

Career

In 2000, Vadivudaiyan planned to make ''Puththan,'' starring Arunkumar and Divya Unni. The film was shelved before production ended. Vadivudaiyan eventually made his directorial debut with the film '' Saamida'' (2008), after working as an assistant to director

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. The film was entirely shot at Kasi. It had a mediocre box office run and critical reception. His next venture was drama film '' Thambi Vettothi Sundaram'' (2011) starring Karan and Anjali. During the making of the film, local people protested against the use of the title and attacked the director on set. The film received mixed reviews with a critic at Behindwoods.com noting the film "could have been much better, only if it had been packaged a bit more cleverly". In 2012, Vadivudaiyan opened production studio Singam Cinema and announced that he would make a trilingual film titled ''Chokkanathan''. He suggested that Karan would star in the Tamil version, while

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and

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would feature in the Hindi version. The film failed to materialise. He then made ''Kanniyum Kaalaiyum Sema Kadhal'' starring Karan,

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and Tripta Parashar, but the film failed to have a theatrical release. Unable to release his earlier film, Vadivudaiyan signed up Srikanth and

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to star in a horror film titled '' Sowkarpettai'' (2016). He worked on a further horror film, '' Pottu'' (2019), starring Bharath, Iniya and

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. In late 2017, Vadivudaiyan began work on ''Veeramadevi'', a period drama featuring

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in the lead role. The shoot of the film was completed throughout schedules conducted in 2018, and by early 2019, the director announced a further political drama film with Sunny Leone titled ''Delhi''. While the latter did not develop into production, ''Veeramadevi'' became stalled and did not have a theatrical release. In early 2020, Vadivudaiyan announced a project titled '' Pambattam'' featuring Jeevan and

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in the lead roles. Production on the film progressed slowly over the course of several years, though it had a low-key release in 2024. In mid-2022, Vadivudaiyan revealed that he was working on a project titled ''Naga Bhairava'' with Zareen Khan in dual lead roles.

Filmography

References

Living people 21st-century Indian people Tamil-language film directors 1977 births {{India-film-bio-stub