Veeranadai


Veeranadai is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Seeman. The film stars Sathyaraj, Arun Pandian, Khushbu and debutante Uma. It was released on 28 April 2000.

Plot

The story revolves around two village bigwigs, Periya Karuppan and Kottaisamy. Periya Karuppan, a kindhearted person, is very helpful to his villagers, while Kottaisamy is always jealous of Periya Karuppan and his father.
Periya Karuppan is very affectionate towards his sister, and he gives her in marriage to a young man. After giving birth to a beautiful girl, the couple gets killed in an accident. Periya Karuppan brings up the girl Poomayil and vows not to marry as he has to look after his niece. This disappoints Mallika, who wants to marry Periya Karuppan.
When Poomayil attains marriageable age, a young man is chosen to marry her. Before the day of betrothal she asks her grandfather why her uncle never got married, and the old man replies that he has remained a bachelor only to bring her up. This touches her, and she announces at the betrothal function that she intends to marry only her uncle, who has sacrificed a lot for her sake.

Production

Veeranadai is the debut film of Uma.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva.
SongSingersLyrics
"Kalaiyile"Krishnaraj, Jayalakshmi, Sabesh, Sushmitha, Amrutha, Yugendran, Prashanthini, Venkat PrabhuNa. Muthukumar
"Muthu Mutha"SujathaNa. Muthukumar
"Nethi Pottu"Swarnalatha, Gopal RaoSeeman
"Singanadai Pottu Vantha"Gopal RaoThamarai
"Usuravechan Mama"SwarnalathaThamarai
"Vaanam Patha Bhoomiyile"Anuradha Sriram, Gopal RaoSeeman

Reception

S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu wrote, "An out and out village story, it is handled by director Seeman in an absorbing way but at times he goes astray". Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote that the film, despite its title, "is anything but a 'brave walk'. Rather it is a crawling, doddering effort, where the script just refuses to move in any direction". She concluded, "It is a mediocre film not worth a watch".