Markandeyan


Markandeyan is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by FEFSI Vijayan. It stars his son Shabarish, Savika Chaiyadej , Nivedhitha, Santhanam in lead. The film score is composed by Sundar C Babu, while cinematography is by D. Sasikumar and Santtonio and editing handled by Raja Mohammed. Markandeyan was panned by critics.

Cast

FEFSI Vijayan launched his son Shabarish with this film. Thai actress Savika Chaiyadej made her debut into Indian cinema with this film. Shabarish trained for a year in Thai boxing.

Soundtrack

Songs by Sundar C. Babu. Salman Khan, Vijay, and Shriya Saran attended the audio launch.
Song titleLyricistSingers
"Vanji Kota"KavivarmanManicka Vinayakam, Naveen Madhav
"Kanna Kati Kaathule"S. GnanakaravelVelmurugan
"Paasam Indri"KavivarmanSenthildass Velayutham
"Yakka ChakkaKavivarmanKrishna Iyer, Charulatha
"Siru Siru Vena"YugabharathiMK. Balaji, Vichitha
"Panflute Theme"Kiran
"Markandeyan"Kiran

Reception

A critic from The New Indian Express opined that "The director has painstakingly worked on the script in the earlier half and given it a fresh feel. However, he could have taken more effort in the second half and made it just as engaging". A critic from Sify gave the film a verdict of "disappointing" and criticised the film. A critic from Behindwoods gave the film a half out of five stars and wrote that "Technically, there is not much that deserves mention except for the effort of the crew to make the action sequences."