Vallavan is a 2006

2006 in film

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Tamil film

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 written and directed by T. R. Silambarasan, starring himself in the title role along with Nayantara

Nayantara

Nayantara , is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut in 2003 in the Malayalam film Manassinakkare. She debuted in Tamil cinema with Ayya and in Telugu cinema with Lakshmi , following which she starred alongside popular lead actors...

, Reema Sen

Reema Sen

Reema Sen is an Indian actress and model.-Early life:Reema Sen was born in Kolkata, into a middle class Kayastha family in 1981. She completed high school from Calcutta, after which her family moved to Mumbai.-Film career:...

 and Sandhya

Sandhya (actress)

Revathi , known by her stage name Sandhya, is an Indian film actress who acts primarily in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She made her debut as an actress in the 2004 Tamil film Kaadhal , her performance in which earned her a Filmfare Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award...

  whilst Santhanam, Premji Amaren

Premji Amaren

Premji Amaren is a Tamil playback singer, film composer, songwriter and actor. Son of veteran film composer and singer Gangai Amaran, he often composes rap songs in Tamil cinema and is known for his comical performances in the Venkat Prabhu films Chennai 28, Saroja and Goa...

, Sathyan and S. Ve. Shekhar play supporting roles. The dialogues are written by noted writer Balakumaran

Balakumaran

Balakumaran is a famous Tamil writer, author of over 150 novels, 100 short stories, and dialogue/screenplay writer for over 14 films. He has also contributed to Tamil periodicals such as Kalki, Ananda Vikatan and Kumudam. His writings are noted for a distinct philosophical and religious tone. He...

, whilst the film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

. The film, loosely based on the Hollywood films The Notebook

The Notebook (film)

The Notebook is a 2004 romance film directed by Nick Cassavetes, based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall in love during the early 1940s...

(2004) and Swimfan

Swimfan

Swimfan, also known as Fanatica, is a 2002 erotic thriller film directed by John Polson and written by Charles Bohl and Phillip Schneider. Considered a Fatal Attraction for a teenage audience, the film stars Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, and Shiri Appleby.-Plot:Ben Cronin is a a star swimmer...

(2002), was released on 21 October 2006 and is considered to be an average hit despite having a good opening. The film was later dubbed into Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

 and released as Vallabha.

Plot

Vallavan (T. R. Silambarasan) is a happy-go-lucky college student with a set of friends. Bala (Santhanam) & Suji (Sandhya) are two of Vallavan's friends. When they're at the temple, he sees Swapna (Nayantara). He immediataly falls in love with her. They don't say anything to each other. She probably said something in her mind. He probably said something in his mind. He turns around and talks to himself. He turns around again, but she left. While Vallavan’s at the college, Swapna shows up. She's revealed as a teacher, who’s three years older than Vallavan. He decides to woo her by turning into Pallan, an ugly duckling with buck tooth and glasses. Pallan makes Swapna fall in love with him for his heart, even though he is ugly. The two even land up having sex.
Soon, after a couple of well-executed dramas, he makes Swapna tell him “I love you.” But when Swapna comes to know that Pallan is younger than her (from one of Vallan's enemies in school) and that too a student, she dumps him and decides to marry another guy. Meanwhile a sequence of events take place, much to the chagrin of Vallavan who is highly insulted by them.
As Vallavan walks in the streets wondering how things could get so messy. Flashback: He's probably in higher secondary school. He met Geetha (Reema Sen). A hysteric Geetha ensures that Vallavan runs crazy behind her. Coming to know of her true nature, Vallavan resolves to teach her a lesson. The flashback ends.
Geetha returns for payback time. She tells him that she was the spoilsport for the current mess in his life.
After a climax displaying histrionics, film fast-forwards to 3 years later. Geetha is released from a mental asylum. The moment she steps out, she lets go of her and exhibits her fiery psychotic expression. Vallavan is waiting for her and they communicate telepathically saying that he will betray her.

Cast

Actor	Role
T. R. Silambarasan	Vallavan/Pallan
Nayantara Nayantara Nayantara , is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut in 2003 in the Malayalam film Manassinakkare. She debuted in Tamil cinema with Ayya and in Telugu cinema with Lakshmi , following which she starred alongside popular lead actors...	Swapna
Reema Sen Reema Sen Reema Sen is an Indian actress and model.-Early life:Reema Sen was born in Kolkata, into a middle class Kayastha family in 1981. She completed high school from Calcutta, after which her family moved to Mumbai.-Film career:...	Geetha
Sandhya Sandhya (actress) Revathi , known by her stage name Sandhya, is an Indian film actress who acts primarily in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada films. She made her debut as an actress in the 2004 Tamil film Kaadhal , her performance in which earned her a Filmfare Award and Tamil Nadu State Film Award...	Suchitra
Santhanam	Bala
T. Rajendar T. Rajendar Vijaya Thesingu Rajendar is a Tamil film actor and director as well as a film score composer, screenwriter, singer, comedian, dancer and playback singer. He is also a politician in Tamil Nadu, India....	(Cameo appearance)
S. Ve. Shekhar	Suchitra's and Bala's father
Venu Aravind
Balakumaran Balakumaran Balakumaran is a famous Tamil writer, author of over 150 novels, 100 short stories, and dialogue/screenplay writer for over 14 films. He has also contributed to Tamil periodicals such as Kalki, Ananda Vikatan and Kumudam. His writings are noted for a distinct philosophical and religious tone. He...	(Cameo appearance)
Sathyan
Premji Amaren Premji Amaren Premji Amaren is a Tamil playback singer, film composer, songwriter and actor. Son of veteran film composer and singer Gangai Amaran, he often composes rap songs in Tamil cinema and is known for his comical performances in the Venkat Prabhu films Chennai 28, Saroja and Goa...
Sukumar
'Minnale' Ravi
Janaki Sabesan
Deepa Venkat
Amitha
Pallavi

Crew

• Story, Screenplay & Direction: T. R. Silambarasan
• Production: P. L. Thenappan
• Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
  Yuvan Shankar Raja
  Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...
  
  
• Cinematography: Priyan
• Editing: Anthony
  Anthony (film editor)
  Anthony is a Tamil film editor. He has worked in over twenty Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu language films. This makes him one of the few editors to have worked for all the 3 biggest film industries in India.-Personal life:Anthony studied BA Lit in Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai...
  
  
• Dialogue: Balakumaran
  Balakumaran
  Balakumaran is a famous Tamil writer, author of over 150 novels, 100 short stories, and dialogue/screenplay writer for over 14 films. He has also contributed to Tamil periodicals such as Kalki, Ananda Vikatan and Kumudam. His writings are noted for a distinct philosophical and religious tone. He...
  
  
• Art direction: Rajeevan
• Stunts: 'Kanal' Kannan
• Choreography: Brindha, Robert, Ashokraj & Basin
• Costumes: Moorthy, Devaraj
• Stills: Suresh Merlin, Ganesh Prabhu
• Lyrics: 'Kavignar' Vaali
  Vaali (poet)
  Vaali is a Tamil poet and lyricist who writes Tamil poetry and film song lyrics. Most recently he has extended lyrics for a couple of songs in Engeyum Kaadhal for the music of Harris Jayaraj. He has also acted in several films, most notably Hey Ram, Parthale Paravasam and Poi Kaal Kudhirai...
  
  , Thamarai
  Thamarai
  Thamarai is a Tamil poet, lyricist, writer and former journalist. She is best known for writing lyrics for Tamil films only in Tamil language, often even in very purest Tamil...
  
  , Perarasu
  Perarasu
  Perarasu is a Tamil film director. He has also been credited as an actor, music director, singer and lyricist in some of his ventures. He has mentioned that all his movies will be named after cities in Tamil Nadu, India. He is from Nattarasankottai, near Sivaganga in Tamil...
  
  , T. R. Silambarasan & Karunakaran
• Co-Production: S. M. Venkat
• Banner: Sri Raj Lakshmi Films

Soundtrack

The music was scored by noted musician and Silambarasan's friend, Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

, coming together again after churning out the successful album of Manmadhan

Manmadhan

Manmadhan is a 2004 blockbuster Indian Tamil thriller film written and Directed by A.J. Murugan, STR plays the lead title role. The film has Jyothika enacting the lead female role, Goundamani, Sindhu Tolani, Atul Kulkarni and Santhanam playing supporting roles and guest appearances by Mandira...

(2004). The soundtrack was released on 1 June 2006 and features 9 tracks, including 7 songs and two Instrumental

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....

 pieces. As it was the case in Manmadhan, a second Soundtrack was released afterwards with bit songs that feature in the film but not on the first soundtrack along with pieces from the film score. The lyrics were penned by 'Kavignar' Vaali

Vaali (poet)

Vaali is a Tamil poet and lyricist who writes Tamil poetry and film song lyrics. Most recently he has extended lyrics for a couple of songs in Engeyum Kaadhal for the music of Harris Jayaraj. He has also acted in several films, most notably Hey Ram, Parthale Paravasam and Poi Kaal Kudhirai...

, Thamarai

Thamarai

Thamarai is a Tamil poet, lyricist, writer and former journalist. She is best known for writing lyrics for Tamil films only in Tamil language, often even in very purest Tamil...

, film director Perarasu

Perarasu

Perarasu is a Tamil film director. He has also been credited as an actor, music director, singer and lyricist in some of his ventures. He has mentioned that all his movies will be named after cities in Tamil Nadu, India. He is from Nattarasankottai, near Sivaganga in Tamil...

 and T. R. Silambarasan himself. Karunakaran wrote the lyrics of the bit song "Kadhal Vandhale", released in the second edition.

Yuvan Shankar Raja won accolades for his musical score and his song, whereas especially the songs "Loosu Penne" and "Yammaadi Aathaadi" were chartbuster, topping the charts for the following weeks and the latter even becoming the anthem of the season. His film score, too, was lauded, hailed as the film's highlight and "backbone of the film", while he himself was hailed as the film's "real hero".

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration (min:sec)	Lyricist	Notes
1	"Vallava Ennai"	Sunidhi Chauhan Sunidhi Chauhan Sunidhi Chauhan is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi film songs in Bollywood. She has also recorded songs for Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Assamese and Gujarati films and is credited with over 2000 songs....	6:29	Thamarai Thamarai Thamarai is a Tamil poet, lyricist, writer and former journalist. She is best known for writing lyrics for Tamil films only in Tamil language, often even in very purest Tamil...
2	"Hooray Hooray Hip"	Sunitha Sarathy Sunitha Sarathy Sunitha Sarathy is a vocalist and performer in both Indian and Western musical genres.She is winner of Channel [V]'s voice hunt.She debuted with Tamil song Yei Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke,singing along with singer Srinivas.-Career:... , Nakul Nakul (actor) Nakul , also known as Nagulan, is a Tamil film actor and playback singer. Brother of former film actress Devayani, he debuted as a lead actor in the 2003 film Boys directed by S... , Ranjith Ranjith (singer) Ranjith is an Indian playback singer who originally hails from Kerala. He was brought up in Tamil Nadu and he is very famous for his playback singing in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam....  & Karthik Karthik (singer) Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers...	5:44	'Kavignar' Vaali Vaali (poet) Vaali is a Tamil poet and lyricist who writes Tamil poetry and film song lyrics. Most recently he has extended lyrics for a couple of songs in Engeyum Kaadhal for the music of Harris Jayaraj. He has also acted in several films, most notably Hey Ram, Parthale Paravasam and Poi Kaal Kudhirai...
3	"Kadhal Vanthirichu"	T. R. Silambarasan & Premji Amaren Premji Amaren Premji Amaren is a Tamil playback singer, film composer, songwriter and actor. Son of veteran film composer and singer Gangai Amaran, he often composes rap songs in Tamil cinema and is known for his comical performances in the Venkat Prabhu films Chennai 28, Saroja and Goa...	4:25	Vaali	Remixed from the film Kalyana Raman, composed by Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja is an Indian film composer, singer, and lyricist mainly in the Tamil film Industry. He is regarded as one of the finest music composers in India. Ilaiyaraaja is also an instrumentalist, conductor, and a songwriter...
4	"Loosu Penne"	T. R. Silambarasan & Blaaze Blaaze Blaaze is a rap artist and a popular playback singer in Indian films. An Indian by birth, born in Chennai, he grew up in Zambia and later did his education in England and in the US...	6:52	T. R. Silambarasan
5	"Yammaadi Aathaadi"	Vijaya T. Rajendar, Suchithra, T. R. Silambarasan & Mahathi Mahathi Mahathi is an award-winning Indian playback singer singing predominantly in Tamil. She is also a Direct B High graded artiste of the All India Radio.-As playback singer:...	5:30	Perarasu Perarasu Perarasu is a Tamil film director. He has also been credited as an actor, music director, singer and lyricist in some of his ventures. He has mentioned that all his movies will be named after cities in Tamil Nadu, India. He is from Nattarasankottai, near Sivaganga in Tamil...
6	"Podu Attam Podu"	Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas Vijay Yesudas Kattassery , commonly credited as Vijay Yesudas, is an Indian playback singer, who has sung songs in Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Tulu and Telugu.-Early life:...	5:38	Vaali
7	"He Knows What To Do (Vallavan Theme)"	Tanvi Shah Tanvi Shah Tanvi Shah is a popular playback singer for films in India. She is the first Indian woman to win the Grammy Awards for the lyrics of "jai ho". She has a versatile voice and can sing in Arabic, Latin, Spanish and sings a wide range of music with her band, Zahrra...  (Humming)	2:00	-
8	"Success of Love"	Instrumental Instrumental An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or singing, although it might include some non-articulate vocal input; the music is primarily or exclusively produced by musical instruments....	1:05	-
9	"Loosu Penne (Club Mix)"	T. R. Silambarasan & Premji Amaren Premji Amaren Premji Amaren is a Tamil playback singer, film composer, songwriter and actor. Son of veteran film composer and singer Gangai Amaran, he often composes rap songs in Tamil cinema and is known for his comical performances in the Venkat Prabhu films Chennai 28, Saroja and Goa...	4:02	T. R. Silambarasan

Controversy

Reema Sen has recently criticized Silambarasan for favouring Nayantara during film shootings. She has also revealed that the project Vallavan had stopped her from signing other projects. It was during the shooting of this film that Nayantara and Simbu got engaged to each other and they even went as far as doing a lip - lock scene in the movie. However, a few months after the release of this movie, Nayantara dumped Simbu. Furious, it is said that Simbu began to follow her wherever she went. It was at this point that she had enough and asked the hotel security guards to throw out Simbu from the hotel. Simbu later made a statement saying that he was going to do a film based on their love life.

Box office

• The movie had a decent run eventually turning out to be an average grosser despite having a big opening.