Connection
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa is a film of genre Drama directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon released in USA on 26 february 2010 with Silambarasan
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listReleased in USA 26 february 2010
Length 2h37
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Themes Films about religion
Rating80%
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (English: Will you cross the skies for me ?) is a 2010 Tamil romantic drama film directed and written by Gautham Vasudev Menon, featuring Silambarasan and Trisha Krishnan in the lead roles. The film, distributed by Udhayanidhi Stalin, features a very successful soundtrack composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography by Manoj Paramahamsa and editing by Anthony Gonsalves. The story was simultaneously shot and released by Gautham in Telugu as Ye Maaya Chesave, starring Naga Chaitanya and Samantha Ruth Prabhu, however, with a different cast and climax.
Launched by a wave of publicity posters with no details about the cast and crew, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa began its initial run in February 2009. Shooting continued through 2009, with the film garnering significant media interest, through schedules in Malta and the United States. Before release, it became the first Tamil project to have a music soundtrack premiere outside of India, with a successful launch at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in London.
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa explores the complicated relationship between a Hindu Tamil assistant director, Karthik, and a Syrian Christian Malayali girl, Jessie Thekekuttu. Karthik falls in love with Jessie only to be met by her indifference and reluctance as they belong to different religions and her strict conservative family will never consent. Undeterred Karthik pursues her, going as far as her native town. She also falls in love with him. However, they have to face many problems and emotional conflicts. The film released on 26 February 2010, along with the Telugu version to advance bookings worldwide. Upon release, it achieved highly positive reviews, with several critics giving "modern classic" status, whilst also becoming a commercially successful venture. It was later remade in Hindi as Ekk Deewana Tha starring Prateik Babbar and Amy Jackson, which was not as successful.
Synopsis
Karthik (Silambarasan) is a graduate Mechanical Engineering in Chennai who aspires to become a filmmaker. His friend introduces him to cinematographer Ganesh (Ganesh Janardhanan). With Ganesh's help Karthik becomes an assistant to director K. S. Ravikumar. Karthik's family, who are Tamil Hindu Veerakodi Vellalars (Vellalar), rent Jessie's (Trisha Krishnan) house. Jessie is from a conservative Malayali Nasrani Christian family from Alappuzha, Kerala, that lives upstairs. Karthik falls in love with Jessie the moment he meets her. Karthik tries to interact with Jessie (Trisha), who is afraid of speaking to men around her strict father, and ends up angering her. Unable to hide his feelings any longer, Karthik confesses his love for her; she does not respond. A few days later, Karthik learns from his sister that Jessie has gone to Kerala to visit her grandmother. He and Ganesh end up in Kerala to look for her. After several days, he finds her and apologises. She introduces him to her family in Kerala as her "classmate". Jessie denies she has any feelings for him but agrees to be his friend. On the train journey back home, however, the two get close and share a kiss. Karthik is convinced Jessie loves him; the two meet several times and Jessie begins to admit that she also likes Karthik, but wants to refrain from any problems because she knows her father wouldn't give her hand in marriage to a Hindu. Consequently, due to various misunderstandings between Jessie's brother and Karthik, her parents learn of their supposed affair. They fix a match and schedule her wedding. The day arrives and midway through the ceremony, Jessie refuses to marry the groom, displeasing everyone in her family. Karthik, who had, without anyone's knowledge, come to Kerala to witness the wedding is ecstatic and secretly visits Jessie at her home. It is then that Jessie admits she has indeed fallen in love with him. Karthik and Jessie continue to love each other without the knowledge of their parents.Actors
Silambarasan
(Karthik Sivakumar)
Trisha Krishnan
(Jessie Thekekuttu)
VTV Ganesh
(Ganesh, a cinematographer. He assists Karthik in his repeated attempts to connect with Jessie.)
Babu Antony
(Joseph Thekekuttu)
K.S.Ravikumar
(Himself (Guest Appearance))
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
There are 169 films with the same actors, 21 films with the same director, 68191 with the same cinematographic genres (including 13416 with exactly the same 2 genres than Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa), 3314 films with the same themes, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, you will probably like those similar films :
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Silambarasan, Trisha Krishnan, Babu Antony, K.S.Ravikumar, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Naga Chaitanya
Rating80%
Kartik aura son coup de foudre en voyant pour la première Jessi, une fille qui habite juste au-dessus de chez lui, dont il va tomber amoureux. Il essaiera donc de la séduire, sachant qu'elle est Malayalam chrétienne, et en plus qu'elle a un an de plus que lui. Jessi essaie de l'éviter car elle est consciente que ses parents seront jamais d'accord de se marier avec homme tamoul hindouiste et qui est plus jeune qu'elle. De plus Kartik a une autre rêve : devenir un réalisateur. Et Jessi a horreur d'aller au cinéma et n'a vu que 5 films dans sa vie.
Yennai Arindhaal (2015)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Ajith Kumar, Anushka Shetty, Trisha Krishnan, Arun Vijay, Vivek, Parvathy Nair
Rating72%
The film begins when Thenmozhi (Anushka Shetty) is in Boston where she comes to meet her niece. In the airport, she gets a free upgrade and sits next to Sathyadev (Ajith Kumar). During the flight, she starts vomiting due to overeating and with Satya's help she feels better. The next day, a criminal named Victor (Arun Vijay) comes to a coffee shop to abduct Thenmozhi, but fails due to Sathya subduing him.
Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016)
, 2h20Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Divyendu Sharma, Silambarasan, Isha Koppikar, Daniel Balaji, Nagineedu Vellanki, Gautham Vasudev Menon
Rating62%
Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada (2016)
Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon
Genres Action, Romance
Actors Silambarasan, Rana Daggubati, Pallavi Subhash, Manjima Mohan, Daniel Balaji, Nagineedu Vellanki
Rating62%
Angel-A (2005)
, 1h30Directed by Luc Besson
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about suicide, Films about angels
Actors Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen, Gilbert Melki, Serge Riaboukine, Olivier Claverie, Franck-Olivier Bonnet
Rating69%
A freeze frame shows Andre (Jamel Debbouze), who describes himself via a voice over, stating that he lives in America though is currently in Paris. Andre concludes that he is a good guy, though laments that he is lying all the time, including to himself. When the frame unfreezes, Andre is slapped to the ground, and three thugs demand he pay back the money he owes. In the next scene, Andre is shown being held over the railing of the Eiffel Tower by a bodyguard of Franck (Gilbert Melki), who also demands Andre repay him owed money. Desperate, Andre pleads his case to both the American embassy and a Paris police station, though neither is able to help him.
Veer-Zaara (2004)
, 3h12Directed by Yash Chopra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Manoj Bajpayee, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini
Rating77%
Most of the story is revealed as a flashback from the prison cell of Veer Pratap Singh.
Miracle in the Rain (1956)
, 1h48Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Political films
Actors Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Peggie Castle, Fred Clark, Eileen Heckart, Josephine Hutchinson
Rating70%
In 1942, a few months after America's entry into World War II, secretary Ruth Wood (Jane Wyman) lives quietly in New York City with her physically and emotionally fragile mother, Agnes (Josephine Hutchinson). Ruth's co-workers at Excelsior Shoe Manufacturing Company are her best friend Grace Ullman (Eileen Heckart) and Millie Kranz (Peggie Castle), an attractive blonde involved in an affair with her married boss, Stephen Jalonik (Fred Clark). Also in the office is Monty (Arte Johnson), a young shipping clerk classified by the draft as 4-F, who monitors the war's campaigns on a world map pinned to the wall. One evening after work, when a cloudburst forces Ruth and other pedestrians to take shelter in the vestibule of an office building, Arthur Hugenon (Van Johnson), a cheerful, talkative G.I. stationed in the area, surprises the shy Ruth by starting a conversation. When he invites her to dinner, she declines, saying that her housebound mother is expecting her. Undeterred, Art buys food for three at a delicatessen and accompanies Ruth home. Agnes, who has distrusted men since her husband Harry left her for another woman ten years earlier, receives Art with little enthusiasm. During the meal, Art, who grew up on a Tennessee farm, captivates Ruth with his stories and afterward entertains them by playing the piano. Upon finding the manuscript of an unfinished song Harry composed, Art asks permission to take it back to camp, where he and his army buddy Dixie will write lyrics for it. On the weekend, Art takes Ruth and Grace to a matinee. On their way to a restaurant, they stop at an auction and Ruth impulsively bids on an antique Roman coin, which she gives to Art for good luck. At the Café Normandy, where they have dinner, Ruth is unaware that the piano player is her father (William Gargan), whom she has not seen since he left Agnes. However, Harry recognizes Ruth and confides to his bartender friend Andy that he has been too ashamed to return to his family.
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
, 1h43Directed by Danny Boyle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films about angels
Actors Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm, Dan Hedaya
Rating62%
In Heaven (which resembles a modern police headquarters), angels are tasked with ensuring that mortals on Earth find love. The "Captain", Gabriel (Dan Hedaya), is upset at reviewing the file of angel partners O'Reilly (Hunter) and Jackson (Lindo), all of whose recent cases have ended in divorce or misery. Gabriel is being pressed for results, so he introduces a radical new incentive: if their latest case isn't "cracked" – meaning, if the pair in question do not fall, and stay, in love, O'Reilly and Jackson must stay on Earth forever, which does not appeal to them. They open their case file to learn their tasks.
The Jazz Singer (1980)
, 1h55Directed by Richard Fleischer, Sidney J. Furie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Théâtre, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Laurence Olivier, Neil Diamond, Lucie Arnaz, Catlin Adams, Franklyn Ajaye, Paul Nicholas
Rating59%
In New York City, Jess Robin (Neil Diamond), whose real name is Yussel Rabinovitch, is an Orthodox Jewish cantor performing at the synagogue of his imperious father Cantor Rabinovitch (Laurence Olivier). Yussel is married to his childhood sweetheart Rivka (Catlin Adams) and has settled down to a life of religious devotion to the teaching of his faith; as a sideline, he writes songs for a black vocal quartet, "The Four Brothers". One night after Maariv, Yussel is recruited by the group to cover for one of the members who is in trouble with the law and must wear blackface and an Afro wig as it is a strictly all-black venue. The group performs "You Baby" and the engagement is a success, but an audience member (Ernie Hudson) notices that Yussel's hands are white, sparking a riot in which the band is arrested. Cantor Rabinovitch goes to the jail to bail them out but finds there is not a Yussel Rabinovitch there, only a Jess Robin. Yussel explains his use of a stage name, but his father informs him that his singing voice is to be used for God's purposes, not his own. Yussel/Jess decides to relent and do whatever his father wants, at least for now.