Vanthaan Vendraan

Vanthaan Vendraan
Directed by	R. Kannan
Produced by	K. S. Sreenivasan
Written by	R. Kannan Pattukottai Prabhakar (dialogues)
Starring	Jiiva Nandha Taapsee Pannu Rahman Santhanam
Music by	Thaman
Cinematography	P. G. Muthiah
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Vasan Visual Ventures
Release date	16 September 2011 (2011-09-16)
Running time	139 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

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Vanthaan Vendraan (English: He Came, He Won) is a 2011 Indian Tamil crime thriller film written and directed by R. Kannan that stars Jiiva, Nandha and Taapsee Pannu in lead roles. Principal photography began on 27 August 2010, and the film released on 16 September 2011 to mixed reviews. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Vachadu Gelichadu.

The movie opens to a school where a boy recites before the school. Another boy is seen running to school as he is late. The teacher punishes him comparing to the boy who recited earlier, who is his younger half-brother. Enmity grows in the older boy as he is always compared to this younger brother. The younger brother burns the photo of the father of the older one as he was the reason for his defeat in the school's kabbadi match. In retaliation, the older brother throws the younger one into a well. Watching him get drowned in the well, the older brother runs away from the village.

The movie then opens to Mumbai, few years after the incident. Ramana (Nandha) is an underworld don doing smuggling business with the help of local police and political support. He tries to kill Govardhan, who is a rival to Ramana, but he fails. Arjun (Jiiva) tries to see him for many days but is not able to. Finally, with the help of Delhi (Santhanam) he manages to see him and tells him about his life-story. Arjun is a boxer and he accidentally meets Anjana (Taapsee Pannu) while going to a boxing selection match. He could not attend the match because he spoils the miniature Anjana was carrying for her interview the same day. He helps her out and in turn Anjana travels to Kerala to meet the person in charge of the boxing selection match so that Arjun can get a second chance. However, it turns that Arjun has come with her to Kerala to express his love for her which she does not reciprocate. Finally, she agrees on the condition if her father (Raviprakash) agrees. When Arjun meets Anjana's father, he is accidentally shot by Ramana when he tries to kill Govardhan. Anjana proposes a deal to Arjun that if he makes Ramana surrender to the police, she will marry him and Arjun has come to Ramana to make him surrender, but Ramana's gang thrash Arjun and throw him out.