Vetri (film)

Vetri (transl. Victory) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language action crime film directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. Vijayakanth plays the lead role. The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh. S. A. Chandrasekhar's son, Vijay, also plays a cameo role as a child artist, making it his first ever on-screen performance.[1] The film was a remake of the director's own 1983 Kannada film Geluvu Nannade which he also later remade in Telugu as Devanthakudu (1984). The film was released on 17 February 1984.[2]

Vetri
Theatrical release poster
Directed byS. A. Chandrasekhar
Written byS. N. Sundar
Produced byP. S. Veerappa
StarringVijayakanth
Viji
CinematographyM. Kesavan
Edited byGautham Raju
Music byShankar–Ganesh
Production
company
P. S. V. Pictures
Release date
  • 17 February 1984 (1984-02-17)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

A student, Vijay, loves challenges and goes to any limit to win them. With an agreement with Arun, he captures Shanti in a guest house for three days. Arun is expelled from college by Professor Ramanajam. Lalitha goes to the teacher's house and gets raped, then commits suicide.

Appusami, Lalitha's brother, asks his friend Vetri to kill the teacher at home, while Arun listens to their conversation and rejoins them shortly thereafter. Vetri asks Ramanajam to pretend to have killed him. Arun arrives, and Vetri tells that Appusami asked him to kill for a challenge. Arun kills the teacher without anyone knowing it and escapes.

While Vetri is being prosecuted by the police, it is Arun's father, Dharmaraj, who reveals that he has been killed. He is also wanted for many years by Vetri, who killed his father. Vetri is accused in court, but he reports that when he was a child, he denounced Dharmaraj for an attempt on his father, but the judge did not act. Finally, the supreme court releases him, and Vetri is pardoned and was released.

Cast

Soundtrack

All songs were composed by Shankar–Ganesh.[3]

TitleSinger(s)Length
"Oorengum"S. N. Surendar, Vani Jairam04:10
"Aathi Aathi"S. N. Surendar04:26
"Kaaval Purinthavan"S. N. Surendar, Vani Jairam03:40
"Munthaa Naa"Vani Jairam04:40
"Thai Mel Aanai"Malaysia Vasudevan04:16

Reception

Jayamanmadhan of Kalki praised the performances of Y. G. Mahendran and Venniradai Moorthy.[4]

References
  1. "Vijay's First Salary Revealed!". Nettv4u. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  2. "வெற்றி / Vetri (1984)". Screen4Screen (in English and Tamil). Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  3. "Vetri Tamil Film Super 7 EP Vinyl record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  4. ஜெயமன்மதன் (4 March 1984). "வெற்றி". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 63. Archived from the original on 28 April 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
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