Vaazhthugal

Vaazhthugal
Directed by	Seeman
Produced by	Arunamaheswari
Written by	Seeman
Starring	Madhavan Bhavana
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography	P. L. Sanjay
Edited by	K. Pazhanivel
Production company	Amma Creations
Release date	14 January 2008
Running time	151 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vaazhthugal (English: Greetings) is a 2008 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by Seeman. The film features Madhavan and Bhavana in the lead roles along with Venkat Prabhu, Ilavarasu, Na. Muthusamy and R. K, who play supporting roles. Produced by Siva for Amma Creations and with music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vaazhthugal was released on 14 January 2008 during Pongal.

Vazhthugal revolves around Kathiravan, a successful entrepreneur who manages a software company. Kathiravan is an affectionate son and socially responsible too. His company is involved in various social activities.

When his close friend's parents are forced by their daughter-in-law to leave home, Kathrivan decides to marry a girl who will keep his parents happy. While watching a television programme he is impressed by Kayal, a college student from Coimbatore being interviewed on a show.

To a question by the interviewer, 'where do you see yourself in another ten years?' Kayal deviating from the usual clichéd answers replies, "As an ideal wife, mother and daughter-in-law." And during the course of her talk, she attributes her success to her large and loving family consisting of her parents, maternal grandfather, aunts, uncles and cousins. Kathiravan is impressed with her attitude and feels that she is the right life companion for him.

He goes to Coimbatore to woo her. But meeting her in her college does not help. So he takes it as an opportunity when he learns that Kayal's grandfather is on the look out for an interior designer to renovate their traditional home. Posing as an interior designer, he undertakes the job winning the hearts of Kayal and her family members.

When the family comes to know that the two are in love, especially Kayal's grandfather who believes that all love marriages are a failure. However, Kathiravan does not want to marry Kayal without her family's acceptance. How he wins their love is what Vazhthugal is all about.

Following the moderate success of their previous collaboration in Thambi (2006), director Seeman and actor R. Madhavan decided to work on two more projects titled Magizhchi and Pagalavan by the end of 2006. After the launch in March 2007, Seeman announced that Magizhchi would narrate life’s little sweet meanings and appeals in a poetic fashion, being a direct contrast to the pair's earlier film and Pagalavan, where Madhavan would play an angry vigilante.Bhavana, who had worked alongside Madhavan in Arya (2007), was signed on to play the lead actress before the release of their other film together. The title Magizhchi had been registered so Seeman renamed the film as Vaazhthugal, and revealed that the film would feature no English word amongst its dialogues. Director Venkat Prabhu joined the film's cast, as did politician Velmurugan, industrialist RK and theatre actors Na. Muthuswamy and Trotsky Marudhu. Actor Naasar lent his voice for Na. Muthusamy. The film was initially set to begin production in late 2007, but was preponed after Madhavan's other films Sarkar and Oru Naal Podhuma failed to materialise. The film was shot around Coimbatore, Pollachi and Udamalpet during late 2007.