Vandae Maatharam
Vandae Maatharam is a 2010 Indian bilingual action film directed by Tamil director T. Aravind. The film features Mammootty in the lead role and Arjun, Sneha in supporting roles along with Shraddha Arya, Rajkapoor, Nassar, Jai Akash, Jagadish, Deepak J. D. and Rajan P. Dev. The film was simultaneously made and released in Malayalam and Tamil and was later dubbed in Telugu. The story revolves around the investigation and how two police officers, played by Mammootty and Arjun, eradicate the terrorists from entering the border. The film was released overseas onSeptember 2010 and later in India onSeptember 2010.
The shooting started by the middle of 2007 and later on the story was modified due to some personal problems. The film was started with Karthi as the director, but after the first schedule the producer Henry, who also wrote the script, replaced him with debutante T. Aravind. The film was shot at locations in Kochi, Chennai, Marthandam and Thengapattanam. It took 100 days of shooting and ten schedules to complete the film. The Tamil version was initially titled Aruvadi but was later changed to Vandae Maatharam too. The audio launch was held onJuly 2010 and the movie was all set to release on the eve of Ramzan,September 2010 in both Tamil and Malayalam. But at the last moment, it couldnt make it to the theatres. Then, it was released onSeptember 2010.Amitabh Bachchan was approached to do a pivotal role in the movie, but as he was not able to allocate the call sheets, Nassar played the role. Two heroines were signed, Sneha was paired with Mammootty and played the role of a pilot, the other heroine Shraddha Arya was paired with Arjun and played the role of an ornithologist. In 2007, A. R. Rahman was approached to score the music of the film. But during that time, he was busy with the composing work of Jodhaa Akbar. Vidyasagar was reported to compose five songs but at the end it turned out that D. Imman was the composer. Stunts director for the film was the renowned stunt director Allan Amin. ........
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