Vattaram

<p>Burma is the son of Gurupadam’s chauffeur. Gurupadam, a rich businessman and arms dealer is Burma’s role model, and his dream is to be like him. Soon, Burma’s father is framed by Ayravadham, Gurupadam’s right-hand man, and unable to bear the humiliation, he commits suicide. Burma grows up in the mean streets to be a gun dealer and waits for an opportunity to enter Gurupadam’s house and take revenge. Soon, he wins over Gurupadam and his daughter Sangeetha. But Ayra and Veeravel, Gurupadom’s elder son, are tooth and nail opposed to him and fear that he will take over their empire. However, Burma uses tact and cunningness to overcome their resentment and wins over Gurupadom’s trust. Slowly, he starts to understand the machinations of the power play in the underworld. He uses Gurupadam’s bitter foe Karuppusamy aka A. K. Samy, who was once Gurupadam’s close friend, to his advantage and causes havoc, which leads to a gripping climax. Saran had initially cast in the lead role and rechristened her with the stage name of Adhisaya, before his team convinced him to cast someone else. He also initially cast who left the film due to date issues while also considered , , and but finally zeroed in debutant Kirat as the lead actress after seeing her in an advertisement. The soundtrack was composed by with lyrics by . was released on 21 October 2006 on festival alongside , , and . wrote, “Saran’s Vattaram is an engaging action packed masaala entertainer which moves at rapid pace. Director Saran has spiffily shot and stylishly packaged the film with a milieu that is new to Kollywood – Gun running trade”. Lajjavathi of wrote for people who is used of seeing gangsters with sickles, Saran has shown a different world stylishly. wrote, “Though a bit slow in the first half, the second half is all action and energy, making Saran’s ‘Vattaram’ a good entertainer”. wrote, “The backdrop is unusual for a Tamil film. The script is focused, with no silly comedy track or distracting scenes. ‘Vattaram’ is one of Saran’s best efforts to date both as a scenarist and director. There is a lot more maturity and consistency that he reveals here than he has done in his earlier films”. The film’s performance at the box office was impacted by the sudden release of delayed films including and .</p>