Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006 film)

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
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Tamil	வேட்டையாடு விளையாடு
Directed by	Gautham Vasudev Menon
Produced by	Manicam Narayanan
Written by	Gautham Vasudev Menon
Starring	Kamal Haasan Jyothika Kamalini Mukherjee Prakash Raj Daniel Balaji
Music by	Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography	Ravi Varman
Edited by	Anthony
Production company	7th Channel Communications
Release date	25 August 2006
Running time	174 minutes
Language	Tamil

Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (English: Hunt and Play) is a 2006 Tamil-language crime-thriller film written and directed by Gautham Menon. Starring Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Prakash Raj and Daniel Balaji in prominent roles, the film features music composed by Harris Jayaraj. It was one of the first Indian films to be made using Super 35. Jyothika was nominated for the Best Actress category at the Filmfare Awards for her bold character Aradhana.

The film was released on 25 August 2006 to positive reviews. It also released in Telugu as Raghavan and in Hindi as The Smart Hunt, despite Menon's idea to remake the film in Bollywood which never materialized.

Rani (Bidushi Dash Barde), the daughter of former Chennai police officer Arokiya Raj (Prakash Raj), tells her father over the phone that she will be back home in Madurai in three hours. As she leaves the telephone booth, she is approached by someone she knows. Rani does not come home. The following morning, Arokiya Raj finds Rani's finger hanging at his door.

Arokiya Raj calls Raghavan (Kamal Haasan), his old friend and fellow police detective from Chennai, to help in the investigation of Rani's disappearance. With Raghavan's assistance, the police eventually find Rani's body in the outskirts of the city. The coroner's report states that the killer bisected Rani's body with a surgical knife, proving that the murderer has a strong medical background, and that he also savagely raped her. Following the trauma of losing their only daughter, Arokiya Raj and his wife (Rajashree) move to New York to be closer to their other children who are living in America.