Vilayada Vaa () is a 2012 Indian Tamil language-language sports drama film directed by Vijay Nantha. The film stars Viswanath Balaji and Divya Padmini. This film marks the Tamil debut of the director and music director, Srimurali.
Plot
Deva is a low class man who enjoys carrom and plays with his friends. He adopts Naveen, who becomes an expert at the game.
The story revolves around Naveen's struggles toward success in the world of carrom.
Cast
Production
Vijay Nantha, who previously directed a film in Telugu, began working on his second film. The producer, K. Tripura Sundhari, called Vijay Natha on producing a film and the former recalls how coincidentally his son, Viswanath Balaji, was chosen to portray the lead role.
Balaji is a television actor and makes his film debut through
Vilayada Vaa.
Divya Padmini and
Aishwarya Rajesh also star in the film.
The director wanted to shed light on the game of carrom through this film.
Themes
The director, Vijayanand, stated that "The carrom board is used as a metaphor for life in the film that is about the hero's fight to be a successful player".
Soundtrack
The songs were composed by Srimurali, who previously worked in Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu films. The audio was released by K. S. Ravikumar in 11 November 2011.
Reception
A critic from
Dinamalar praised the film's screenplay.
praised the carrom scenes and the songs.
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