''Veera Sivaji'' () is a 2016 Indian

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-language

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directed by Ganesh Vinayak, starring

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and

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. The film began production during July 2015. Released worldwide on 16 December 2016, it met with extremely negative reviews and was a disaster at the box office.

Plot

Shivaji, a taxi driver, has to arrange money for his niece's surgery. Things go awry when he gets entangled in a web of deceit.

Cast

as Sivaji *

as Anjali *Manisha Shree as Anjali's friend * G. Marimuthu as

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S.S Kamaraj, Anjali's father *

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as CBI Officer *

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as Security Officer *

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as Ramesh *

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as Suresh * Andreanne as Foreign Lady *

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as Prisoner *

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* Mansoor Ali Khan *

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as Anjali's mother *

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as Lawyer *

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as Doctor *Baby Sathanya as Yazhini *Babu G as Businessman *Kaavya Sha as Soppana Sundhari (song appearance)

Production

Producer Nandagopal announced that he had signed on

to star in his film during July 2015 and that Ganesh Vinayak, who had made ''

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'' (2013), would direct the film. The film also marked the return of former child actress

, who had taken a sabbatical after a brief foray into films in 2009. Featuring an ensemble cast including

and

, the first schedule of ''Veera Sivaji'' was shot in

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from September 2015. A song choreographed by Dinesh was pictured on the beaches of the town, later that month. The film's first schedule was finished in November 2015, with the makers revealing that the film would focus on a relationship around Vikram Prabhu's character and a child. A second schedule for the film was filmed across Chennai from mid November 2015.

Music

Music has been composed by D Imman which contains totally 6 songs in this movie including the theme music. Imman later reused some of the songs from the film in Kannada film ''

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'' (2018) also directed by Ganesh Vinayak.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt6127254, Veera Sivaji 2016 films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films Indian action thriller films Films scored by D. Imman Films shot in Chennai Films shot in Puducherry 2016 action thriller films