Vanmam

Vanmham
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Directed by	Jai Krishna
Produced by	Nemichand Jhabak V. Hitesh Jhabak
Screenplay by	Jai Krishna
Story by	Jai Krishna
Starring	Vijay Sethupathi Kreshna Sunaina
Music by	S. Thaman
Cinematography	Bala Bharani
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Production company	Nemichand Jhabak Productions
Release date	21 November 2014 (2014-11-21)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vanmam (English: Vengeance) is a 2014 Indian Tamil drama film directed by Jai Krishna, a former assistant of Kamal Haasan. It features Vijay Sethupathi, Kreshna and Sunaina in the lead roles. The film has music scored by S. Thaman and cinematography by Balabharani. It is a rural tale about the life of two friends, played by Sethupathi and Kreshna. In spite of expectations the movie didn't perform well at the box office. The film was highly panned by the critics for its poor screenplay. The movie marked the biggest flop for Vijay Sethupathi.

In August 2013, it was confirmed that Vijay Sethupathi would be doing a film with Kreshna titled Vanmam which means "vengeance". Filming began in late April 2014 in Nagercoil. and was shot in and around Kanyakumari district for about 37 days, during which 60% of the filming had been completed. Vijay Sethupathi joined the cast from the second schedule onward. The final schedule began on 15 June 2014 and ended on 10 July 2014. The action sequences were canned during the final schedule of the film. The shooting was wrapped up 3 days earlier on 7 July 2014.

S. Thaman composed the music for the film. The audio launch of the film was scheduled to take place on 28 August 2014, but was postponed to 2 September 2014. The audio rights were purchased by Sony Music India.

The soundtrack received mixed reviews from critics. Behindwoods wrote, "Vanmam - de-ja-vu of Thaman’s earlier albums", and rated the album 1.75/5. M. K. Surendhar of Onlykollywood gave 2.35/5 and concluded, "Thaman's lacklustre run in Kollywood continues while he's soaring heights in Tollywood."Indiaglitz wrote, "Thaman's last release Meaghamann is a cool album with just 3 songs and a theme track. He has dished out a similar stuff in Vanmam." Karthik of Milliblog wrote, "But for occasional inventiveness, this familiar, predictable output from Thaman is distressing." Siddarth Srinivas of Cinemalead gave 2 out of 5 and concluded, "Though the autotune tsunami bashes this album to an extent, Thaman has come up with decent songs in "Manamae" and "Aetti Enga Porae". The saturation point has been breached for the composer, and its high time he comes up with innovative music. Otherwise, he better stick to the Telugu industry where he is a celebrated figure!"