Rettai Vaalu
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Country India | Director Desika Language Tamil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 19 September 2014 (2014-09-19) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rettai Vaalu is a 2014 Indian Tamil film written and directed by Desika. The film features Akhil and Saranya Nag in the lead roles, and was released in September 2014.
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Plot
The film revolves around a romance between Sekar, a thief, and Anjali, a village girl. Sekar, taking refuge while working on a farm, falls in love with Anjali, a local girl. When Anjali's parents discover that Sekar is a thief, they discourage her from continuing the relationship. Anjali ignores her parents' advice and continues making plans to elope with him. While Sekar's parents make arrangements for the young couple to marry, Sekar continues his criminal activities. On the night before Sekar and Anjali's marriage, Sekar's criminal cronies intoxicate him in order to sell Anjali into slavery. Sekar looks for Anjali, eventually finding the place where she was sold, and kills a woman working in the slavery business. Meanwhile, Anjali is injured by slave traders as she is thrown from a car when the drivers learn of the woman's murder by Sekar. While hospitalized, Anjali is killed by her father who fears unwanted media attention. Sekar reaches the hospital and learns about the death of Anjali.
Cast
Production
Desika made his directorial debut with the film, after having apprenticed under Thambi Ramaiah, Sairamani and Sakthi Chidambaram for fifteen years. He approached real estate businessman, Jaya Ilavarasan, with the script and succeeded in convincing him to make his first film. The team began filming scenes across Chennai in September 2012 under the title of Vaalu. During production, the film faced a legal tussle over the title with the makers of the Silambarasan Vaalu. The Tamil Film Producers Council concluded that Desika's team had not registered the title and subsequently the film used Rettai Vaalu instead.
The music for the film was composed by V. Selvaganesh and the lyrics were written by Vairamuthu. In June 2013, the team held an audio launch function where the first CD was released by Vairamuthu and received by producers R. B. Choudary and Keyar.
Release
The film had a limited release across Tamil Nadu on 19 September 2014 due to the presence of bigger budget films at the box office.