After much speculation about who would be directing actor Suriya‘s next, his 40th, Kalaipuli S Thanu took to Twitter in December 2019 to announce that director Vetri Maaran will be helming the film. After bankrolling Dhanush starrer Asuran, Thanu’s V Creations will once again associate with the director for this film.
After the tremendous success of Asuran, director @VetriMaaran will be teaming up with @Suriya_offl
for the first time in #Suriya40 @theVcreations is happy and proud to produce this film.
– S.Thanu— Kalaippuli S Thanu (@theVcreations) December 21, 2019
In January, Vetri Maaran announced at the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards that the makers have acquired the rights of CS Chellapa’s Vaadi Vaasal novel, which revolves around the sport of jallikattu. Following this, it was confirmed that the film had been titled the same although no official announcement was made by the production house.
Today the makers have confirmed that the film has been titled Vaadi Vasal and have unveiled the first look poster of the same. The poster features a fierce and beefed up Suriya donning a black vest and tiger-tooth pendant chain. In the backdrop, we find tribal wall carvings of animals, tools, and humans.
இன்று உங்கள் பிறந்த நாள்…என்றும் அது சிறந்த நாள்…@Suriya_offl #HappyBirthdaySuriya #TeamVaadivasal @VetriMaaran @gvprakash #Vaadivasal pic.twitter.com/qtGAMk9oU6
— Kalaippuli S Thanu (@theVcreations) July 23, 2020
On the technical front, GV Prakash Kumar is composing music, R Velraj is handling the cinematography and Jacki is helming art. The rest of the cast and crew are yet to be revealed.
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Vetri Maaran is known to dapt literary texts into films. Some of his previous films like Aadukalam (2011) and Asuran (2019) were also based on novels, the former loosely based on Alex Haley’s Roots and the latter based on writer Poomani’s Vekkai. Visaranai (2016) was also based on M Chandrakumar a.k.a Auto Chandran’s novel Lock Up.
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His previous film Asuran was critically acclaimed and appreciated by audiences as well. He won the ‘Best Director’ award for the same at the Ananda Vikatan Awards 2019 and Zee Cine Awards Tamil 2020. The film was also screened at the 17th Chennai International Film Festival last December.
Meanwhile, the director also has another film starring comedian Soori in the pipeline. The untitled film will be bankrolled by Elred Kumar‘s RS Infotainment.
Watch the trailer of Asuran here:
Suriya is meanwhile awaiting the release of his next, Soorarai Pottru, helmed by Sudha Kongara Prasad. He will also be seen in director Hari‘s Aruvaa which, although announced, has yet to commence with shooting.
Watch the Soorarai Pottru teaser here: