Vettaikaaran (2009 film)

Vettaikaaran
Theatrical poster
Directed byB. Babusivan
Written byB. Babusivan
Produced byM. Balasubramanian
Gurunath Meiyappan
StarringVijay
Anushka
Sanchita Padukone
Sathyan
CinematographyS. Gopinath
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music byVijay Antony
Production
company
Distributed bySun Pictures (India)
Ayngaran International(UK)
Thameens(Kerala)
FiveStar(Malaysia)
Sri Sai Ganesh Productions(Andhra Pradesh)
Release date
  • 18 December 2009 (2009-12-18)
Running time
175 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Vettaikaaran (transl. Hunter) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by debutant B. Babusivan and produced by AVM Productions. The film stars Vijay and Anushka Shetty in the lead roles, while Srihari, Salim Ghouse, Sayaji Shinde and Ravi Shankar appear in supporting roles. Gopinath handled the cinematography while V. T. Vijayan was the film's editor. This was Vijay's first film with AVM Productions and the only film B. Babusivan ever directed.

Vettaikkaran received mixed reviews from critics, but was a commercial success and completed a 100-day theatrical run.[2][3] The film has collected $1,399,911 at the overseas box office.[4]

  1. ^ "Vettaikaaran". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  2. ^ Nair, Sree Prasad (19 May 2016). "From Ghilli to Theri: 10 Ilayathalapathy Vijay action blockbusters one should know!". CatchNews.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ^ "'Love Today' to 'Vettaikaran': Ten times when Vijay delivered a super hit film with a debutant director". The Times of India. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Vettaikaran (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 21 December 2020.