Vettai

For the Singaporean Tamil series, see Vettai (TV series).

Vettai
Theatrical release poster
Directed byN. Linguswamy
Dialogues by
Screenplay byN. Linguswamy
Story byN. Linguswamy
Produced byN. Subash Chandra Bose
Ronnie Screwvala
N. Linguswamy
Siddharth Roy Kapur
StarringArya
R.Madhavan
Sameera Reddy
Amala Paul
CinematographyNirav Shah
Edited byAnthony
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
companies
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures
Vendhar Movies[2]
Release date
  • 14 January 2012 (2012-01-14)
[1]
Running time
168 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Vettai (transl. Hunt) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action film co-produced, written and directed by N. Linguswamy.[3] The film stars Arya and R. Madhavan in the lead roles, while Sameera Reddy, Amala Paul, Ashutosh Rana, Nassar and Thambi Ramaiah appear in supporting roles.[4] The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, and cinematography and editing handled by Nirav Shah and Anthony.[5]

The film was announced shortly after the release of Lingusamy's Paiyaa, with Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies agreeing to produce the film, following a successful collaboration during the director's previous film.[6] During a lengthy pre-production phase, the film underwent changes in its main cast and Cloud Nine Movies pulled out of the project. Linguswamy's own banner Thirupathi Brothers takes up the film.[7] Filming was initially planned to begin by mid-2010, but was delayed until March 2011.[8][9]

Vettai was released on 14 January 2012, coinciding with Pongal festival, and became a commercial success at the box office. The film was remade in Telugu as Tadakha (2013), in Bengali as Hitman (2014) and in Hindi as Baaghi 3 (2020).

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  3. ^ Pillai, Sreedhar (19 September 2010). "Arya-Tamannaah in Lingusamy's next". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Madhavan to join Vettai team!". Sify. 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 15 October 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  5. ^ "It's Arya... not Vijay..." Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  6. ^ "After Paiyaa's success..." Behindwoods. 19 April 2010. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Lingusamy and Bros: The Going is great — Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Simbu — Lingusamy ready — Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Vettai Begins!". Behindwoods. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.