Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani
| Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | L. G. Ravichandhran |
| Produced by | Pushpa Kandaswamy S. Mohan |
| Starring | Bharath Nandita Swetha |
| Cinematography | P. G. Muthiah |
| Edited by | Vijay |
| Music by | Simon |
Production company | Rajam Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 173 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani (transl. 5th generation siddha specialist Sigamani) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by L. G. Ravichandar. The film features Bharath, making it his 25th project as an actor and Nandita Swetha in the leading roles, while Simon composes the film's music. The film was released on 22 August 2014 received mixed to positive reviews and it was a commercial success at the box office.
Plot
[edit]The movie starts off with Sigamani as a young student refusing to go to school. His father, after having heated arguments with the school teacher, says his son does not have to go to school. Thus, Sigamani grows up illiterate and uneducated. After 25 years, he has grown up to be a siddha vaithiyar, following his family's roots. There is also a marriage broker in this story, Vijay Sethupathy, who tries hard to find an educated girl for Sigamani, but he is unable to. Due to the fact that Sigamani is uneducated, he is easily cheated by his friends. His only trustable friend is Paalpandi. In desperation to marry an educated girl, Sigamani plans to wait outside a college to find a girl to love. He then sees Nandini and decides to go after her. One day, Sigamani and Paalpandi follow Nandini and end up in her house. After listening to an unknown phone call, Nandini's father Chinnadurai mistakes Sigamani to be a doctor who has studied MBBS and arranges for the marriage, which also takes place successfully and Sigamani is happy as his dream of marrying an educated girl has come true. Before the interval, Ravichandar places another major twist in the story to keep the audience in the edge of their seats.
Cast
[edit]As per the film's opening credits:[1]
- Bharath as Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani 'aka' Sigamani
- Nandita Swetha as Nandini
- Thambi Ramaiah as Silambu Chinnadurai
- Karunakaran as Paalpandi
- M. S. Bhaskar
- Imman Annachi as Sivakarthikeyan
- Manobala as Soori
- Chaams as Sarvanana Bhavan supervisor
- Mayilsamy as Bhai
- Singampuli as Vijay Sethupathy
- Robo Shankar as Mohanlal
- Swaminathan as Santhanam
- Kadhal Dhandapani as Sigamani's father
- Badava Gopi as Sigamani's friend
- Kottachi as Sivagami's friend
- Soundararaja as Thiru
- Kovai Senthil as Ward boy
- Bose Venkat as Trust Manager
- Scissor Manohar as Police constable
- Nellai Siva as Police inspector
- Kadhal Saravanan as Malayali
- Pandu as Police inspector
- Madhan Bob as Dr. Tippu Sultan MBBS
- Komal Kumar as Dr. Sathish Kumar
- Renuka as Sigamani's mother
- Dr. Sharmila as Dr. Sathish Kumar's wife
- Bayilvan Ranganathan as History teacher
- Ravi Venkataraman as Police Officer
- Robert (cameo in "Onnuna Rendu Varum")
- Gaana Bala (cameo in "Ainthaam Thalaimurai Siddha Vaidhya Sigaamani")
- Yabama JO (cameo in "Ainthaam Thalaimurai Siddha Vaidhya Sigaamani")
Production
[edit]In December 2013, it was reported that Bharath and Nandita would come together for a comedy film to be directed by L. G. Ravichandran.[2] The film, funded by Rajam Productions, was told to be a comic tale on the life of an illiterate husband (Bharath) and an educated wife (Nandita).[3] Twenty one comedy actors with Kannada actor Komal Kumar being one of them (in his 100th film and Tamil debut) were signed for the film,[4] with the director announcing that the film would run along the lines of Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964) and Ullathai Allitha (1996).[5]
The film is set in Salem and 25 days of shoot was completed in Coimbatore, Pollachi, Pazhani and Dindiugal.[6] The satellite rights were sold to Polimer TV
Soundtrack
[edit]| Ainthaam Thalaimurai Siddha Vaidhya Sigaamani | ||||
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| Soundtrack album to Ainthaam Thalaimurai Siddha Vaidhya Sigaamani by | ||||
| Released | 2 July 2014 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Sa Re Ga Ma | |||
| Producer | Simon | |||
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Film score and soundtrack of Ainthaam Thalaimurai Siddha Vaidhya Sigaamani is composed by Simon of Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu fame. The songs were written by Yugabharathi and the Elarai song written and sung by Gana Bala also featured Yabama JO, a Congo-based singer.[7] The audio was released by veteran director Padmashree K. Balachander himself. The launch of the film's album was held on 2 July 2014.Simon's music, won a lot of positive response and was widely appreciated. A review stated "Simon continues to show promise after Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu!."[8] The music was also greatly appreciated by veteran Director K. Balachander, as he stated "I myself felt like dancing to those tunes.".[9] The album also featured Music Director Vijay Antony, crooning a complete song for the first time, for a different composer.[10]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ainthaam Thalaimurai Siddha Vaidhya Sigaamani" | Simon | Chinnaponnu, Sheeba Truman, Sathya Prakash, Simon, Yabama JO | |
| 2. | "Onnuna Rendu Varum" | Yugabharathi | Vijay Antony, Sunidhi Chauhan | |
| 3. | "En Anbe" | Yugabharathi | Vijay Prakash, Ramya NSK | |
| 4. | "The Elarai" | Gana Bala | Gana Bala, Feat : Yabama JO | |
| 5. | "Kandangi Selai" | Yugabharathi | Hariharasudan |
Release
[edit]The film was later dubbed into Hindi as ATM by Goldmines Telefilms in 2017.[11]
Critical reception
[edit]Times of India wrote:"ATSVS is a film so dated that by the interval the reek of staleness is so strong that we start looking at the ticket to see if there was an expiry date mentioned".[12] Behindwoods wrote:"In short ATSVS achieves fairly what it sets out to. If you are the type who would not take cinema seriously, ATSVS may appeal to you in some ways".[13] Indiaglitz wrote:"ATSVS is nothing but a customary comical movie".[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aindham Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhya Sigamani Full Movie | Bharath, Nandita, Karunakaran | Tamil Movie". 18 December 2020 – via YouTube.
- ^ Lakshmi, V. "Bharath, Nandita to team up for a comic caper". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Bharath signs his next film with K Balachander". Behindwoods. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Komal to Tamil - News". IndiaGlitz.com. 20 February 2014.
- ^ "21 comedians in K Balachander's Aindham Thalaimurai Siddha Vaidhya Saalai — KOLLY TALK". kollytalk.com. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Bharath and Nandhitha with 18 comedians — Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Aintham Thalaimurai Siddha Vaidhiya Sigamani by Simon". Saregama. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani (Music review), Tamil – Simon by Milliblog!". 4 July 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Young Music director makes KB feel like dancing - Tamil Movie News - IndiaGlitz". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Vijay Antony sings for Bharath's film". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "Aindhaam Thalaimurai Siddha Vaidhiya Sigamani Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani (aka) Aintham Thalaimurai Siddha Vaithya Sigamani review". www.behindwoods.com. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani review. Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani Tamil movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz Tamil". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 30 August 2017.