Vizha

Vizha (transl. Festival) is a 2013 Tamil film directed by Barathi Balakumaran.[1] It stars Mahendran and Malavika Menon.[2] The film, based on the award-winning short film Uthiri, portrays the love story of Sundaram (Mahendran), who plays the thappu instrument at death functions, and Rakkamma (Malavika), an oppari singer.[3] Extensively shot in Madurai and several scenes were shots on Ayyanputhur (A small village near Ordnance Estate, Trichy), Tiruchirappalli district, it has music composed by James Vasanthan, while U. K. Senthilkumar worked as the cinematographer and Praveen K. L.-N. B. Srikanth edited the film.[4] Vizha was produced by Rama Narayanan and Sunir Kheterpal for Sri Thenandal Films, Azure Entertainment and JV Media Dreams.[5] It released on 27 December 2013.[6]

Vizha
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Barathi Balakumaran
Produced by	Rama Narayanan Sunir Kheterpal K.G.Jayavel Balamurugan
Written by	Barathi Balakumaran
Starring	Mahendran Malavika Menon
Music by	James Vasanthan
Cinematography	U. K. Senthil Kumar
Edited by	Praveen K. L. N. B. Srikanth
Production company	Sri Thenandal Films Azure Entertainment JV Media Dreams
Release date	27 December 2013 (2013-12-27)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Mahendran as Sundaram
• Malavika Menon as Rakkamma
• Yugendran as Manimaaran
• Kalloori Vinoth as Pusa
• Kaali Venkat as Paandi
• Dhandapani
• Kollangudi Karuppayi
• Theni Murugan
• Pillaiyarpati Jayalakshmi
• Smile Selva

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by James Vasanthan.

Vizha
Soundtrack album by James Vasanthan
Released	2013
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
James Vasanthan chronology
Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA (2013) Vizha (2013) Azhagumagan (2013)

• Madura Ennum - Anthakudu ilaiyaraja, Dakshayini
• Sethu Po - Gaana Bala, Theodore, Sunandhan
• Ennacho Edacho - Lathakrishna
• Ennatha Solla - Lathakrishna, D. Sathyaprakash
• Sollama Kollama - Raghuram, Lathakrishna
• Nenjadichu Ninnene - Lathakrishna

References

1. S. R. Ashok Kumar (10 November 2013). "Audio Beat: Vizha - Tunes that will touch a chord". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
2. "First Look of 'Vizha' - Tamil Movie News". Indiaglitz.com. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
3. "Vizha: storytelling with a difference". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
4. "Vizha-First look revealed". Sify.com. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
5. "I had complete belief in Vizha's script: Barathi - Times Of India". Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
6. "Vizha: storytelling with a difference". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 23 December 2013.

External links

• Vizha on IMDb