Vandae Maatharam

Vandae Maatharam (lit. 'Mother, I bow to thee') is a 2010 Indian action film directed by T. Aravind. The film features Mammootty in the lead role, along with Arjun, Sneha, Shraddha Arya, Rajkapoor, Nassar, Jai Akash, Jagadish, Deepak Jethi, and Rajan P. Dev in supporting roles. 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 on 10 September 2010 and later in India on 17 September 2010.[1]

Vandae Maatharam
Theatrical release poster in Malayalam
Directed byT. Aravind
Produced byHenry
Written byHenry
R. N. R. Manohar
StarringMammootty
Arjun Sarja
Sneha
Shraddha Arya
Nassar
Jai Akash
Music byD. Imman
CinematographyRajesh Yadav
M. V. Panneerselvam
Edited byG. Ramrao
V. M. Udhayashankar
Production
company
Pangaj Productions
Release date
  • 17 September 2010 (2010-09-17) (India)
  • 10 September 2010 (2010-09-10) (Overseas)
LanguageMalayalam
Tamil

Plot

Gopikrishnan and Anwar Hussain are tough police officers. They analyze farmers' struggle and related social violence to put forward an amicable solution to have lasting harmony. They are highly disturbed by the terrorists' infiltrations. Nandini, an aviator, is Gopikrishnan's wife, and they are sad that they do not have a child. The rest of the story deals with how they counter act against the terrorists and save the land.

Cast

Production

The shooting started by the middle of 2007[2] 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.[3] The film was shot at locations in Kochi, Chennai, Marthandam and Thengapattanam.[4] 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.[5] The audio launch was held on 3 July 2010 and the movie was all set to release on the eve of Ramzan, 10 September 2010 in both Tamil and Malayalam.[6] But at the last moment, it couldn't make it to the theatres. Then, it was released on 17 September 2010.[7]

Amitabh Bachchan was approached to do a pivotal role in the movie,[8] 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.[9] 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;[9] 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.

Reception

Sify and Nowrunnig give the film 2/5 saying, "The done to death patriotic theme receives no fresh makeover in the film. If only it had paid more attention to that feeble script instead of raking up all that clatter and clamor on screen, would it have made more sense".[10]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack features six songs composed by D. Imman, with lyrics penned by Mankombu Gopalakrishnan and Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma for the Malayalam version and Vairamuthu, Snehan, Nandalala and Viveka for the Tamil version. The albums were released on 3 July 2010. A patriotic song penned by Vairamuthu was rendered by ten singers: D. Imman, Harish Raghavendra, Vijay Yesudas, Haricharan, Naresh Iyer, Krish, Pop Shalini, Mathangi, Srilekha Parthasarathy and Chinmayi.

Vandae Maatharam
Soundtrack album by
D. Imman
Released20 August 2010
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length25:18
LanguageTamil
ProducerD. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Vilai
(2010)		 Vandae Maatharam
(2010)		 Vaadaa
(2010)
Malayalam
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Saaragiyil"Vayalar Sarath Chandra VarmaKalyani5:00
2."Gala Gala Gala Gaaley"Mankombu GopalakrishnanJassie Gift, Roshini4:24
3."One Two Three"Mankombu GopalakrishnanRamya, Farazuddin, D. Imman4.39
4."Chirichonnurangum"Vayalar Sarath Chandra VarmaJyotsna5:01
5."Vande Maatharam"Vayalar Sarath Chandra VarmaD. Imman, Harish Raghavendra, Vijay Yesudas, Haricharan, Naresh Iyer, Krish, Pop Shalini, Mathangi, Srilekha Parthasarathy, Chinmayi 
6."Intelligence Is The Keyword"(Instrumental)D. Imman on keyboard2:02
Tamil
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Vandhe Maatharam"VairamuthuD. Imman, Harish Raghavendra, Vijay Yesudas, Haricharan, Naresh Iyer,
Krish, Pop Shalini, Mathangi, Srilekha Parthasarathy, Chinmayi		4:12
2."Sanjeevana"SnehanKalyani5:00
3."One Two Three"NandalaD. Imman, Ramya, Farazuddin4:39
4."Thirumbi Thirumbi"VivekaSuchith Suresan5:01
5."Gala Gala Gala Gaaley"SnehanJassie Gift, Roshini4:24
6."Intelligence Is The Keyword"(Instrumental)D. Imman keyboard2:02

Release

The satellite rights of the film's Tamil version were sold to Sun TV. The film's Tamil version was given a "U" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.

References
  1. Sampurn Wire. "Vande Mataram releases first in overseas". Thaindian. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  2. "Vande Mataram to release on July 15". Sify.com (30 June 2010). Retrieved on 2015-10-25.
  3. T Aravind to direct Vande Matharam – Bollywood Movie News. Indiaglitz.com (25 July 2007). Retrieved on 2015-10-25.
  4. The big picture – TVDM. The Hindu (22 February 2008). Retrieved on 2015-10-25.
  5. Aruvadai becomes Vande Mataram. Sify.com (9 December 2009). Retrieved on 2015-10-25.
  6. Moviebuzz. "Vande Mataram on Ramzan". Sify. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
  7. "Vande Matharam fails to turn up at theatres!". Sify. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
  8. Big B in Vande Mataram. Movies.bizhat.com. Retrieved on 25 October 2015.
  9. Vande Matharam-A big-budget bilingual. Sify.com (12 March 2008). Retrieved on 2015-10-25.
  10. "Aruvudai". Sify.
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