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A bandit leader kidnaps the wife of the policeman who killed his sister, but later falls in love with her.

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Cast

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Veeraiya (as 'Chiyaan' Vikram)
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Ragini Subramaniam (as Aishwarya Rai)
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Dev Prakash Subramaniam (as Prithviraj)
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Vennila
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Singarasan
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Gyanaprakasam
Munna ...
Sakkarai
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Hemanth Shankar
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Annam
Vaiyapuri ...
Raasathi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aditya ...
Tippu

Directed by

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Mani Ratnam

Written by

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Mani Ratnam ... (story)
 
Mani Ratnam ... ()
 
Suhasini ... (dialogue)

Produced by

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Gayatri Gulati ... International Distribution & Sales
Bejoy Nambiar ... line producer
Mahesh Ramanathan ... co-producer
Mani Ratnam ... producer
Krupasagar Sridharan ... line producer (uncredited)
Sharada Trilok ... producer

Music by

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A.R. Rahman ... (music)

Cinematography by

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Manikandan ... director of photography
Santosh Sivan ... director of photography

Editing by

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A. Sreekar Prasad

Editorial Department

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Vinod Durgavle ... on-line editor
Vasudevan Kothandath ... digital intermediate editor
Ken Metzker ... senior colorist
Nitin Minz ... conforming editor

Production Design by

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Samir Chanda

Art Direction by

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Samir Chanda

Costume Design by

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Sabyasachi Mukherji

Production Management

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Kasim Bhatt ... production manager: India

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Pratik Gala ... trainee assistant director
Karan Kapadia ... first assistant director
Ashwin Neal Mani ... second assistant director (as Ashwin Mani)
Kharabela Mohapatra ... assistant director
Shalini Shankar ... assistant director

Sound Department

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Kannan Ganpat ... sound mixer
Nagavenkatakumar ... sound effects editor
Tapas Nayak ... sound editor (as Tappas Nayak)
C. Sethu ... sound effects editor

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Deepak C.C. ... senior modeler
Nitin Jadhav ... digital compositor
Kotamraju Karthik ... compositor: opening sequence
Ken Metzker ... lead digital intermediate colourist
Achal Muchhala ... digital compositor: Reliance MediaWorks Ltd.
Himesh Nagda ... line producer: vfx
Avadhut Nerurkar ... render wrangler/render support: VFX
Rajiv Raghunathan ... digital intermediate production head
Saurabh Vaidya ... digital compositor

Stunts

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Peter Hein ... action coordinator
Sham Kaushal ... action coordinator (as Shyam Kaushal)
Sanober Pardiwalla ... stunt double: Aishwariya Rai
Paramjeet Singh ... action coordinator assistant
Vinod Prabhakar ... stunt actor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Shiva Grn ... assistant camera
Ganesh Hegde ... gaffer
Ganesh s Hegde ... gaffer
Sojan Narayanan ... Assistant Cinematographer
Sojan ... first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eka Lakhani ... assistant costume designer
Bibi Zeeba Miraie ... assistant costume designer

Music Department

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Benny Dayal ... playback singer
Bhanuka Fernando ... musician
Karthik ... playback singer
Nitish R Kumar ... music recording engineer (as R. Nitish Kumar)
Mustafa Kutoane ... playback singer
Shankar Mahadevan ... playback singer
Pradeep Menon ... assistant recording engineer
P.A.Deepak ... additional programmer: songs (as Deepak P.A.) / musician (as Deepak P.A.) / recording engineer (as Deepak P.A.) / song mixer (as Deepak P.A.)
Vijay Prakash ... playback singer
A.R. Rahman ... playback singer
Keerthi Sagathia ... playback singer (as Kirti Sagathia)
Malin Samarasekara ... musician
Anuradha Sriram ... playback singer
Vairamuthu ... lyrics
Srinidhi Venkatesh ... sound engineer

Additional Crew

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Ganesh Acharya ... choreographer
Astaad Deboo ... choreographer: tandav dance
Brinda Master ... choreographer (as Brinda)
Soumya Ranjan ... dailies colourist
Dhairya Roy ... international distribution
Barani Sakthivel ... Production Reports and Coordination
Shobana ... choreographer
Vihang Walve ... storyboard artist

Thanks

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Siva Ananth ... thanks (as A. Sivakumar)
Vijay Sureshkumar ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Dev Prakash Subramaniam is assigned the task of apprehending a bandit, Veeraiya, and accordingly re-locates with his wife, Ragini. Shortly thereafter, while investigating another matter, he will be notified that his wife has been abducted by Veeraiya. He, in the company of several well-armed policemen, and guided by a forest guard, will relentlessly pursue this elusive bandit who is both revered and feared by the local residents; while Ragini will find out the real reason behind her abduction. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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Taglines Ten Heads. Ten Minds. A Hundred Voices. One man. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Villain (India, Telugu title)
  • Демон (Russia)
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Runtime
  • 128 min
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Budget INR550,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Director Mani Ratnam suffered a heart attack during the shoot, which delayed filming considerably. See more »
Movie Connections Alternate-language version of Raavan (2010). See more »
Soundtracks Veera See more »

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