Theeyavan

Theeyavan
Theeyavan
Soundtrack album by L. V. Ganesan
Released	2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	23:09
Producer	L. V. Ganesan
L. V. Ganesan chronology

Theeyavan
Theeyavan
Directed by	B. Kathir
Written by	B. Kathir
Produced by	B. Kathir
Starring	Sriranjan; Udhay; Midhuna;
Cinematography	S. Karunakaran
Edited by	O. Ravi Shankar; K. Mahavishnu
Music by	L. V. Ganesan
Production; company	Eswaar Creations
Release date	31 October 2008;
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Theeyavan (transl. Evil Man) is a 2008 Tamil language romantic thriller film produced, written and directed by B. Kathir. The film stars newcomer Sriranjan, newcomer Udhay and Midhuna, with newcomer Saritha, Radha Ravi, Kuyili, M. S. Bhaskar, Aarthi, Vennira Aadai Moorthy, Pandu, Nizhalgal Ravi and Ganeshkar playing supporting roles. It was released on 31 October 2008.

Plot

The film begins with the college student Dileep (Sriranjan) drugging Anitha during her birthday party,. He then sneaks into her home and rapes her in her sleep. Dileep acts as a good person to his family and friends, but he has many bad habits and is very possessive. Dileep's family is known for talking to spirits from generation to generation.

At college, Ganesh (Udhay) and Vanitha (Midhuna) are classmates and fall in love with each other. Tired of drugging and raping aunties, Dileep wants to get married and then falls under the spell of Vanitha. While playing a truth or dare game with her friends, Vanitha is forced to say "I love you" to Dileep, who, in turn, kisses her in front of a rattled Ganesh. Dileep eventually shows his true colours to his friends and swears to them that he will marry Vanitha at any cost. In the meantime, an astrologer tells Dileep's parents that if Dileep gets married, then he will die. Thereafter, Vanitha starts to behave weirdly when she sees Dileep, and she begins to hang out with him. Ganesh and his friends are worried about Vanitha's sudden change, and they file a police complaint against Dileep. Ganesh then finds out that when Dileep utters her name, Vanitha becomes possessed. At the police station, Dileep refuses to tell the truth. Through recovered-memory therapy, the chief psychiatrist of the hospital uncovers Dileep's past.

Many years ago, Dileep went to Ooty for his vacation, but since the hotels were fully booked for the busy season, he decided to stay in an abandoned mansion. There, he spoke to the spirit of Seetha (Saritha) and learned that her brother Bhaskar had sold her to the filmmaker Ravi. Ravi attempted to rape Seetha and killed her. Her ghost then murdered Bhaskar and emasculated Ravi. Afterwards, Dileep would go to the mansion every year to talk to Seetha's spirit, and they became good friends. When Dileep fell in love with Vanitha, he knew it was impossible to change her mind, so he lied to Seetha, telling her he loved her. Dileep wanted to sleep with Vanitha, so he forced Seetha to enter her body. When Seetha knew about his perverse intention of raping Vanitha, she saved Vanitha on multiple occasions and threatened Dileep to kill him.

In the present, Seetha enters Dileep's body and makes him commit suicide.

Cast

Sriranjan as Dileep
Udhay as Ganesh
Midhuna as Vanitha
Saritha as Seetha
Radha Ravi as Nair, Dileep's father
Kuyili as Dileep's mother
M. S. Bhaskar as Velu
Aarthi
Vennira Aadai Moorthy as College professor
Pandu as Film producer
Nizhalgal Ravi as Ravi
Ganeshkar as Arivu
Mayilsamy as Mayilsamy
Vaiyapuri as Dhandapani
Ajay Rathnam as Police Inspector
Vasu Vikram as Bhaskar
Ponnambalam as Manikkam
Vahini as Anitha
Jai Sakthi
Rithika
Saathappan Nandakumar as Ganesh's father
Halwa Vasu
Kovai Senthil as Arivu's father
Achamillai Gopi as Police Inspector
Poovilangu Mohan
Crane Manohar as Cotton candy seller
LIC Narasimhan as Doctor
Bava Lakshmanan
Usha Elizabeth as Vanitha's mother
Risha in a special appearance

Production

B. Kathir, who had directed several ad films, made his directorial debut with the romantic thriller Theeyavan under the banner of Eswaar Creations. Newcomers Sriranjan, son of the producer, and Udhay signed to play the lead roles while Midhuna, who made her acting debut in Maa Madurai (2007), was chosen to play the heroine. L. V. Ganesan, the son of veteran musician L. Vaidyanathan, scored for the film. Actor Silambarasan who was L. V. Ganesan's childhood friend was rumoured to render his voice for a song. The film was shot in Hyderabad, Ooty, Mumbai and Chennai. During the shooting of a song in Chennai, actress Midhuna got injured in the leg.^[1]^[2]

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by L. V. Ganesan. The soundtrack, released in 2008, features 5 tracks.^[3]^[4]

All lyrics are written by Muthu Vijayan.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Eathikitta Pothavarum"	L. V. Ganesan	04:29
2.	"Manjal Nilla"	Prasanna, Padmalatha	05:01
3.	"September Thaandi"	Sathyan, Pop Shalini	05:11
4.	"Katta Katta"	Yugendran	05:03
5.	"Urirodivaa"	Jaikript, Ganga	04:15
Total length:			23:59

References

^ "Kettavan musically connected to Theeyavan". chennai365.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
^ "Theeyavan". The Hindu. 24 October 2008. Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
^ "Theeyavan (2008) - Ganesh LV". MusicIndiaOnline. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
^ "Theeyavan Songs". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

[1] "Kettavan musically connected to Theeyavan". chennai365.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

[2] "Theeyavan". The Hindu. 24 October 2008. Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

[3] "Theeyavan (2008) - Ganesh LV". MusicIndiaOnline. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

[4] "Theeyavan Songs". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

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