Vaanam Vasappadum is a South Indian Tamil film released in 2004

2004 in film

The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

. It is directed by national award-winning cinematographer P. C. Sriram. The film introduces Poongkothai Chandrahasan and Karthik Kumar as its lead actress and actor respectively, and boasts a very well reputed cast of character actors, such as Revathy, Nassar, 'Thalaivaasal' Vijay, Vijay Kumar, Boski, and 'Kovai' Sarala. It is based on a novel by Sujatha

Sujatha Rangarajan

Sujatha was the pseudonym of the Tamil writer S. Rangarajan, author of over 100 novels, 250 short stories, ten books on science, ten stage plays, and a slim volume of poems. He was one of the most popular writers in Tamil literature, and a regular contributor to topical columns in Tamil...

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It is the first high definition film to be shot, edited and released in India.