Veppam
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| Directed by | Anjana Ali Khan |
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| Music by | Joshua Sridhar |
| Cinematography | Om Prakash |
| Edited by | Anthony |
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Production
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R. S. Infotainment
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| Distributed by | Photon Kathaas |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget |
₹ 25 million (US$550,000) |
Veppam (English: Heat) is a 2011 Indian Tamil action thriller written and directed by newcomer Anjana Ali Khan, starring Nani, Karthik Kumar, Bindu Madhavi and Nithya Menen. The story narrates events from the slum areas of Chennai, showcasing characters and their struggles. The film, jointly produced by Gautham Menon's Photon Kathaas and R. S. Infotainment, had been in production for over one year. The film released on 29 July 2011, while a dubbed Telugu version, titled Sega, released simultaneously in Andhra Pradesh.Veppam received mixed reviews.
The film starts by showing a girl named Revathy (Nithya Menen) forwarding towards the beach and drowning herself in it.The film is then set 18 years back in a slum in Chennai. Balaji (Muthukumar)'s mother dies and his father Jothi (Sheimour), a drunkard, leaves him on the streets. He works hard and ensures a decent living for his younger brother Karthik (Nani) with the help of Revathy's father. Karthik, who studies in an engineering college, spends all his time with his friend Vishnu (Karthik Kumar), who is also brought up in the locality. Revathy in the neighbourhood loves Karthik. Revathy, Karthik and Vishnu are close friends. Vishnu also owns a mechanic shop but is not generating enough income. Vishnu's guardian pesters Vishnu to sell it and to look for a decent job which generates enough income to ensure financial security for the foreseeable future but Vishnu refuses as the shop is the only surviving memory of his late father.
Jothi takes to illegal ways and makes money working for a drug peddler Ammaji (Jennifer). Balaji does not want his brother Karthik to join with his father, Jothi as he left them on streets in his young age. Jothi supplies call girls to men in that locality. Knowing that Vishnu is in love with Viji (Bindu Madhavi), a call girl in the locality, and also needs money as his shop is not earning enough, Jothi decides to exploit him for his selfish gain of transaction of a drug. He gives him an assignment - to transport drugs to Pondicherry, promising to give him Viji if he completes the work. Vishnu takes the help of Karthik and leaves for Pondicherry. Viji hears that Jothi is planning to sell the drug to Ammaji's official enemy. She tries to save Vishnu through Jothi's assistant. Meanwhile, Revathy's father survives a heart attack and are desperate to contact Karthick and Vishnu while in hospital. Balaji finds Karthik in Jothi's car and searches him for a week. Meanwhile, Jothi's assistant warns vishnu about Jothi's plan. Balaji finds Karthik in a bakery after a week and hits him. Karthik in anger leaves his house to Visnu's house giving a phone to Revathy, leaves the drug in his cupboard. Vishnu searches the drug in his bag in his house fights with Karthik. Karthik gets hurt in his head from a chair and faints. Vishnu's guardian kills Vishnu as he wanted to sell the mechanic shop which Vishnu owned. Viji dies in depression of Vishnu's death. Police arrest Karthik thinking he would have killed Vishnu.
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