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  • Rajinikanth’s Vettaiyan Movie Review: Deserves More Love

    Rajinikanth’s Vettaiyan flopped at the box office

    Rajinikanth’s 2024 film Vettaiyan has emerged as a box office flop. This was unexpected and came as a huge shock because Rajinikanth’s last 2023 film ‘J’ was a blockbuster.

    Vettaiyan is an investigation film written and directed by T. J. Gnanavel. Vettaiyan had one of the greatest stars cast any film could have. The film starred Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Fahadh Faasil, Rana Daggubati, Manju Warrier, Ritika Singh, Kishore, and Dushara Vijayan. These are an exceptional bunch of actors. Imagine having someone like Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Fahadh Faasil, and Rana Daggubati in a movie and still the movie failing to work.

    Vettaiyan Movie Review

    Vettaiyan is great but could have been extraordinary and a winner at the box office.

    The story of Vettaiyan is fresh and thoughtful but seems unimpressive. The screenplay looked a bit jumbled and the climax was underwhelming. The movie didn’t have any incredible songs.

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    The movie failed to present Rajinikanth as a gigantic protagonist. Rajinikanth seemed like a usual hero. He had no sight of a superstar. His intro scene and song were quite ordinary. The climax was mediocre. Rajinikanth’s 2023 film J worked only because of the heroism shown by the character and the amazing background music and song for him. He looked like a superstar in the film.

    Fahadh Faasil is regarded as one of the greatest actors in India. Look at Fahadh Faasil’s character in the Telugu film ‘Pushpa’ and compare it with his character in Vettaiyan. Fahadh Faasil was in Vettaiyan for the comic relief. Fahadh Faasil may have signed this film to work with Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan, otherwise, there is no point in him doing such characters. He is a leading superstar. The makers of Vettaiyan should have signed any other actor for this character.

    Rana Daggubati looked weak and uninterested in his character. He should have given more screen time and his character should have given more fearlessness. Rana Daggubati looked very ordinary in the film. Bobby Deol had just a 30 minutes presence in ‘Animal’ but he left a great impact. The same was required from Rana Daggubati in Vettaiyan.

    Only Amitabh Bachchan did justice to his role. Amitabh Bachchan looked convincing and excessive in his character.

    Vettaiyan is more of an investigative than an entertaining film. The film failed to present Rajinikanth to his essential potential. As a result, Vettaiyan received mixed to positive reviews but underperformed at the box office. According to the reports, the producers of the film have suffered a great loss and they have requested Rajnikanth to do another film with them and reduce his acting fees.

    Rajnikanth will be seen next in the 2025 film ‘Coolie’. Coolie is the film that will present Rajnikanth as a true big superstar. Rajnikanth’s character in Coolie is the one to watch out. The film is directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj who is known for directing films like Leo, Vikram, Master, and Kaithi. Coolie is going to be a gamechanger Tamil film in 2025.

  • Rajinikanth’s Next Film Will Be Out On This Date

    The official release date of Rajinikanth’s 170th film titled ‘Vettaiyan’ is announced.

    Vettaiyan is scheduled to be released worldwide on 10 October 2024. Vettaiyan is a large scale drama film starring an ensemble cast of Rajnikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Fahadh Faasil, Rana Daggubati, Manju Warrier, Ritika Singh, and Dushara Vijayan among others.

    The film is written and directed by T. J Gnanavel and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah of Lyca Productions. T. J Gnanavel previously directed the critically acclaimed Tamil film Jai Bhim (2021) starring Suriya. Lyca Productions has produced several blockbuster Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi films such as Ponniyin Selvan: I, Ponniyin Selvan: II, 2.0, Vada Chennai, and Ram Sethu.

    Film director T. J Gnanavel was previously thinking of signing his last hero Suriya for Vettaiyan. T. J Gnanavel narrated the script of Vettaiyan to Suriya during the filming of Jai Bhim (2021) and the actor proved it back then. But later Suriya dropped out of the project due to his commitment to other films.

    In July 2022, T. J Gnanavel confirmed that he would start working on Vettaiyan with actor Vijay or Rajinikanth in the lead. Later, Lyca Productions officially announced the film with Rajnikanth as the main lead. After working together in film 2.0 (2018), Lyca Productions still had a two film deal with Rajinikanth and this is how Lyca Productions came on board to produce Vettaiyan. The film is made on a budget of 160 crores. It is one of the most expensive Tamil films. The film is shot in many locations such as Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kerala, and Puducherry. The film will release on Amazon Prime Video post its theatrical release.

    The title of the film was announced on 12 December 2023 on Rajinikanth’s 73rd birthday.

    Vettaiyan is set to release on 10 October 2024. Interestingly, the film is set to clash with Suriya’s Pan India film ‘Kanguva’ which releases on the same day. Kanguva is a high-budget fantasy film starring Suriya, Bobby Deol, and Disha Patani among others. The film is directed by Siva and it is one of the most awaited Indian films of 2024. Both Vettaiyan and Kanguva will find it hard to compete with each other in the southern states of India.

    Vettaiyan also clashes with the much awaited Hindi film ‘Jigra’ which releases on 11 October 2024. Jigra is directed by Vasan Bala and produced by Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta. The film stars popular Indian actress Alia Bhatt as the main lead. While Vettaiyan and Kanguva are originally Tamil films, they will find it hard to compete with Jigra in the northern states of India.

    Vettaiyan is said to be the Tamil debut film of legendary Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan. He previously shared the screen with his good friend Rajinikanth in the 1991 Hindi film ‘Hum’. Vettaiyan is the fifth Tamil film for Malayalam actor Fahadh Faasil, who is highly hailed as one of India’s finest actors. He was last seen in the 2022 Tamil film ‘Vikram’ directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj starring Kamal Hassan and Vijay Sethupathi among others. Fahadh Faasil is playing a comedy dynamic character, similar to what he played in his 2024 blockbuster film Aavesham.

    All the actresses such as Manju Warrier, Ritika Singh, and Dushara Vijayan are playing the female lead in the movie. Baahubali fame ‘Rana Daggubati’ will be seen playing a prominent role in the film. While the superstar Rajinikanth plays the role of a police officer in the film.

    Rajinikanth has played the police officer role in many of his films including his last film J (2023) which emerged as the highest grossing Tamil film of 2023 and the second highest grossing Tamil film of all time. The film grossed over 600 crores globally. J was directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. The film music was composed by popular young singer and music composer Anirudh Ravichander.

    Anirudh Ravichander is also composing music for Vettaiyan. Anirudh is the most demanded music composer in India right now. Previously he has composed music for several blockbuster films such as Master, Vikram, Jailer, Jawan, Beast, and Leo. His upcoming projects are Vettaiyan, Devara Part: 1, and Coolie among others.

    Rajinikanth is amongst the highest-paid actors in India, one of the biggest superstars of the country, and one of the most influential and loved artists in India. Before J (2023) his last big hit film came in 2018 which was the scientific film ‘2.0’. following the success of J, Rajinikanth signed a few more high-budget films including Vettaiyan. While in India Vettaiyan will be released on 10 October 2024, the film will be released a day earlier in many countries. It is the second film of 2024 for Amitabh Bachchan who is enjoying the success of his recently released film Kalki 2898 AD which is one of the highest-grossing Indian films ever.

    Popular Tamil film director Lokesh Kanagaraj who has previously directed blockbuster films such as Leo, Vikram, Master, and Kaithi has signed Rajnikanth for its next. He is also the founder of LCU (Lokesh Cinematic Universe). He founded LCU following the success of Kaithi, the first film installment of LCU. Followed by Vikram (2022), the second installment of LCU, and Leo (2023), the third installment of LCU. All of his films rank as the highest-grossing Tamil films of all time. He will be directing more films for LCU in the future but for now, he is directing a standalone film titled ‘Coolie’ which will star Rajnikanth in the lead.

    Rajnikanth is expected to start shooting for Coolie once Vettaiyan is released. Coolie is set to release in 2025 with several popular Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam actors joining the cast. Superstar Aamir Khan is expected to make a special appearance in the film.

    Rajnikanth will also star in the sequel of J (2023) titled J2. The film will be again directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. At age 73, following a magnificent movie career in India and working in more than 170+ films, Rajnikanth is dedicated and working hard like never before. He is keen on doing massive films.