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Vada Chennai is a Tamil language gangster film written and directed by Vetrimaaran. Dhanush plays the role of an amateurish carrom player. Produced by A. Subaskaran's Lyca Productions and Dhanush's Wunderbar Films with Vetrimaran's Grass Root Film Company, it features Dhanush in the lead role with Samuthirakani, Aishwarya Rajesh and Andrea Jeremiah in other key roles. Music Composed by Santhosh Narayanan and Cinematography by Velraj.
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[@rakeshbhaskaran5923]

who all wants a 5 hour cut please like.

[@tweetyburd8046]

I really want vetrimaaran to release the 5 and a half hour cut!!!

[@SciencePlusMovies]

At starting, Vetrimaaran narrated "Deaths directly or indirectly lead the events". M.G.R. Rajiv Gandhi Pazhani

[@sarasvathip68]

Yes bro

[@whostolemyfries]

Wow, this was amazing. I hadn't thought about the 'Carrom Board' analogy at all. So interesting. Please do these sessions more frequently.

[@koushalss5976]

I noticed this today, when you see java pazani stabs Rajan , and anbu stabs java pazani, the excuse what the killer gives for the murder is the same, .same dialogue "vitta ne enna konuduva" ...

[@koushalss5976]

Are they trying to emphasise karma is boomerang!!!

[@rahultej2248]

Excellent observation. Karma is portrayed actually as a loopy paradox.

[@arjunr5034]

Keep doing a lot more of these #askbr. It would be great if you do one on Hey Ram.

[@reach2prasanna]

I will stop you right there at 1:58 - did I hear you mention one of my all time favourite movies Drive. Wow sir. Just wow. Thank you.

[@aliimran4711]

BR sir, the way u have explained the movie is making me watch it again.. thanks for this session.. please interview Anurag kashyap sir..

[@surendarvijay2520]

Vadachennai will be remembered as a classic in Tamil cinema

[@altair5564]

Why would anyone talking about Kamal / Rajni / Vijay Sethupadi to do Rajan's role. I don't know how they would do but Amir has done it so perfectly - I could not imagine anyone doing it better than Amir.. A complete surprise for me as I did not know Amir as an actor. The whole movie's cast has brilliantly been chosen.. First Andrea looked out of place in this movie.. with her look, color and class.. Even her performance is convincing..

[@BharathKumar-lg2rb]

I agree this is one of the best shot films in Tamil cinema and has so many memorable scenes

[@muthuraj7080]

The binocular was handed over to hameed and not anbu.. hameed is the kid who Goes on to study and become a bank officer who comes into play at later part of movie! BR got it wrong n this 😊

[@monuniv]

you know it's a cult film when BR releases a QnA session 😊

[@rahultej2248]

L ol.. He also did on Enthiran.

[@karthiksridhar4618]

Me thinks Anbu knows Chandra is using him as a pawn. Cut back to the finale in which he threatens both Samuthrakani and Chandra telling he'll kill every last one of them.

[@rinkujacob30]

True

[@shanmugapriyas8004]

Anbu knows Chandra is using her as a pawn, only at the same time we know that as well.. Not before that.. He is threatening to kill everyone, as he is not bothered about anyone and at that point he has become a person of his own, and will not allow himself to be used by anyone

[@SupratheeshThyagarajan]

I just felt this connect so sharing it.. Bahubali and Vadachennai: Elder Bahu - Rajan Young Bahu - Anbu Sivagami - Chandra Devasena - Padma Kattappa - Thambi Balla - Senthil

[@alagarsamy5467]

Vera level ah yosikuringa.. All the movies have these characters..😊😊

[@karthikreddy8049]

Sivagami -chandra I even felt same

[@rinkujacob30]

@@karthikreddy8049 i think lot of twist will be there in 2nd and 3rd part , so character dimension will change

[@gokul.d7748]

Vara level thinking 😅

[@TwistVisuals]

Even though this was a 2.5 hour film, it still felt too short. Not everything was fully explained or was scanned over too quickly, not giving us enough time to breath what the characters did and who did what. The narrations that come did anything but help the film. Overall it was still a great film. Would love to watch a 5 hour version. Hell if this movie was 3+ hours long, people would have still watched it. No need to cut it so short. Also agree with the cinematography, it was amazing. Expect for the overly dark shots, which was hard to see, especially the fight scenes. Although very well choreographed, the lighting was distracting. But still overall a very well shot film that perfectly integrates with the story. The non-linear narration only bothered me when it suddenly cut to Rajan's story, which too unfortunately ended too quickly, not giving enough time with that character. The casting was great. But Andrea could have had some makeup to look old or a little fair skinned, just to integrate more into the setting. Btw, the worst aspect of the movie is the old lady prophecizing that Dhanush will come to help Andrea. It made little sense in such a realistic film. The conversation between Dhanush and Andrea in the end also felt quite out of place. Maybe if the 5 hour version comes out somehow it'll all make sense. After the theatrical run, hope to see that version released on KZbin, just like how Rajamouli released Bahubali on KZbin after its theatrical run.

[@sarasvathip68]

Ur insta I'd

[@TwistVisuals]

@@sarasvathip68 @twist_visuals

[@sarasvathip68]

@@TwistVisuals 😊 happy

[@ranjithkumar3480]

Pudhupettai is more a psychological and philosophical take on how a person behaves with the power he holds. But vadachennai is about a community of people who are affected by the changes in the local politics and the power struggle between the various power centres and the greed that drives them and also of basic human emotions like anger,pride,greed,repentance,morality,loyalty and disgust at various levels. I personally think as cinema hands down pudhupettai is miles ahead of vadachennai which could have been something on par with game of the thrones given the time to establish the characters and dilemmas.I really wish to see the long cut and also vadachennai being made into a Netflix or Amazon series.

[@thesixthsense1]

Kindly do Pariyerum Perumal. Probably the best film of this decade. Not one character is felt needless. Seemed like every scene was written and executed to near perfection by Mr. Mari Selvaraj.

[@BharathSParthasarathy]

I just used to watch. This time I subscribed.

[@vigneshsubramanian2511]

I think having the hero persona works in Vada Chennai because I feel that Vetrimaaran was trying to convey the message of gentrification. Even though there are plenty of films that deal with that theme, it is the display of the city in an authentic yet positive manner. It is very easy to label Vada Chennai area as the city of pimps and thugs, but Vetrimaaran really shows what the area is like.

[@sujirajendran6546]

A great review and looking forward to more #askbr !

[@vigneshsubramanian2511]

If you think about it, Pudhupettai is more of a tragedy. It's the downfall of Kokki Kumar.

[@ramamurthyarunachalam9915]

#askbr for katrathu கற்ற￰து தமிழ்

[@AK-cf6sj]

Subramaniyapuram please please please please!!!!!

[@praveens8124]

Varnam aayirum.. hEy raam.... Do these two as well!

[@vshankarful]

can anyone let me know the rap that has been played in the background throughout the movie?? #askBR

[@christopherkingsley535]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH2uoaOvZruFeZI

[@shubhamkasana3691]

Interview With Anurag Kashyap

[@narasil123]

The binoculars was handed over to Hameed and not Anbu

[@akash.fit.anand.]

If they narration style continues likes part 1,dhanush will also be killed by his close circle..like his machan..and this loops forever..

[@Sathya201994]

Even I am thinking the same..at last even dhanush will be killed. I think it become like kaala which means ideology (to fight for his own land against exploitation still exists) but the hero dies. And also even if u pay attention to "alangaara panthalile" song. It says "Anbu nanban indru maanda naal" I may be wrong, it may not be pointing to Anbu (dhanush character). Still I think it would be Dhanush only.

[@Locomente]

Wow... This was a brilliant session. I loved the film..having said that... Did you think that a lot of scenes in the prison during the first few minutes of film was a drag? Rather too long ? Maybe that time could have been used to establish something else? PS: If only we could see the uncut version!

[@nitz7061]

Do the same for Pariyerum Perumal

[@muhammadhabibzaman9448]

These videos are interesting. I hope you do one for Baasha or Padayappa.

[@Naveen50000]

Nice one sir. Class apart.

[@nitz7061]

I dont understand how Dhanush suddenly became a powerful gangster/hero by the end and manages to fend off the attack by the one of the villain's gang. And how that weird lady appears just to phropecize Dhanush as the revenge taker/prodigal son of Rajan. One more issue i have with this film is casting Andrea as Chandra, she didnt fit the role and her madras slang was hilariously awful. The best part of the movie is the soundtrack and screenplay. 8:55 agree with you here, the cinematography is not pretentious or self aware to make it look more cinematic/artistic. It sets the realistic tone of the movie.

[@cinemastuffs7175]

Anbu doesn't want to be a gangster for that only he speaks to guna at climax that" let me go" instead of "common let's see" this proves anbu just spoke for people and his motive is not to defeat anyone . And he also says to guna " I spoke. For people that's it . U should have done but I did" but Im mediately people stars supporting it and bunch of people starts to walk behind him.. though anbu grows by seeing Rajan he never wants to be. a gangster. As Rajan said to group of kids he wishes to play carrum at national level ..

[@cinemastuffs7175]

But Chandra says anbu to go but anbu refuses because if I go these people will destroy the city .. so the gangstster has born there without his knowledge anbu comes to gangster world which is not even his intension .. this all started when. Guna started to threaten anbu's friend .. . Chandra finnaly gives key of rajan's home believing he can be next Rajan 🔥🔥🔥 .. so anubu will bang as gangster on vada Chennai 2 .. he became without his Knowledge 💗💗🔥

[@nitz7061]

I think Anbu's courage to stand up against Guna wasnt well developed. Up until that community meeting scene, he was thankful/loyal to Guna and was only able to back stab Senthil that too failing to kill him. But in the next few scenes hes shown as a strategic combatant who manages to fight 10 guys and a physically stronger guy(senthil's brother in law)

[@cinemastuffs7175]

@@nitz7061 crt bro I think his age and maturity mattered

[@lightningzoldyck2974]

Anbu's courage to stand up to Guna comes from Padma, when he is in the dilemma of wanting to help the guy who saved his life and save the people of his village, she gives him that clarity. Courage is not something you develop, it's simply a choice.

[@lunaticbharathi]

💯 th like... No dislikes so far..

[@musicmusic2043]

Awesome BR

[@dineshkumar-tw7qq]

Vadachennai felt more like Godfather to me... Didn't it BR?

[@mixmatch6631]

No

[@abhiraajsingh5878]

Not at all yar

[@saravananduraiswami3963]

Why no #AskBR for Pariyerum Perumal ???? VadaChennai is superb movie but I still cant able to come out from Pariyerum Perumal... probably "The" best movie in last few years of Tamil Cinema..

[@ArunShanmugasundaram2020]

It's based on most number of question for a film people ask!

[@rajashekar7893]

Saravanan Duraiswami something fishy right ??

[@1.masterpiece]

Totally agree 👍

[@iamkiddilam]

Does the black and white screens after some scenes intend to show the flashback/present scene? Or is it just me?

[@Kannandevendran]

Anbu stabbing senthil didn't occur to me as a part of guna's plan or some kinda payoff to Guna for what he has did to anbu...i think there is some higher reason stepping in at that moment , a personal vendetta(for rajan) that made anbu do the kind of thing he did ...

[@sujithkumar8033]

Do #AskBR on Pithamagan

[@wheelalignmentblanac4163]

great reviews

[@arunmozhi4655]

Subramaniyapuram and Virumandi......

[@arunachalambanal8207]

I think only film making lovers and extreme movie buffs like me watch his review and Abhishek review and others majorly watch blue sattai review

[@dharunshreenivas4633]

Abhishek is waste

[@jayanthvik]

Why did Daniel Balaji did not stop forcefully when his bro ameer was being killed ?

[@hafeezrahman9255]

He tried, he cut guna in his chest...but then he realized he will also be killed if he opposed the other four

[@vilokvkowsik6166]

Watch Raktha Charithiram!!

[@karthiannadurai1312]

🔥🔥

[@filmophileviews]

I think binoculars is given to hammed

[@venkateshanraman8888]

Dhanush is the hero of the movie and if the story was linear...we can see him in the second half which his fans would not like...but they have scripted like the godfather 2 but the arc is not complete for dhanush...

[@GODFATHER-pq6yw]

4 dislikes may be from 'C' center Dhanush fans😂 *JustKidding*

[@sjai007]

GOD FATHER dont over hypevthis bullshit movie...

[@onepiecefan8378]

​@@sjai007 Hollywood puluthi 😂

[@sjai007]

@@onepiecefan8378 intha kuppa thotti padathuku kooda support ah thooo💦

[@beamboy420]

Vadachennai is a really good movie. Yes. It’s very raw however pudhupettai is another class, errs in the side of more sensational bang on moments. I hope the next two parts of Vadachennai bring it close to pudhupettai but for me, not this one yet. I hope there are some really amazing moments like pudhupettai on the next one. The best gangster film in Tamil cinema is still pudhupettai. I would highly recommend anyone thinking otherwise to at least rewatch it. It was way tougher film for Dhanush, this was such a breeze for him I should say. Also one of the criticism for me in this movie or some continuity in edits. A scene where the brother in law slaps dhanush father in law has the brother in law suddenly looking some where else to previous scene. Wrong continuity. Also the film definitely feels cut abruptly and jumped right in. Some scenes feel choppy. This is by no means technically great ... not sure why the film was shot with much longer scenes and then cut later. Vetrimaran can be a great director but planning goes a long way.

[@navneethparthasarathy8395]

Completely agree. Does not even come close to Pudhupettai.. That was one heck of a movie.. with far less and Impactful characters...with world class BGM and music by Yuvan.. Stunning camerawork by Aravind Krishna.. Brilliant acting by all the actors.. Selvaraghavan.. the genius behind that master piece.. Still waiting for a movie which can come close to Pudhupettai

[@keshshivakumar4429]

>The best gangster film in Tamil cinema is still pudhupettai. imo Nayagan is without a doubt the best.

[@AA-jj8bg]

BTW why have some premonitions or preconditions that this is a Brother Dhanush film? He never had equal footage to first of all have it so easy in this movie??? Avare solla la? Neenga en solrenga!??? Thus Your first assumption is wrong. A gangster is NOT born with outcomes of just one murder. Whomever it may be! May be NOT even OUR Pudhupettai 2005 Kokki KUMAR with just one murder of ANBU!?? So be it. How foolish of you to compare Pudhupettai with Vada Chennai!!!???😢 Had you watched ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA..... you would never have found fault in Vada Chennai! Our unexposere to Great films can't be an excuse to our movie watching limitations. Please watch that movie which I had mentioned. Flimsiest of the grounds- to make a point of choppy editing in Vada CHENNAI. That's the prospective bride groom's Dad's evil laughter had 2 cuts. Shabaaa. There are too many Edit errors in this movie. Kindly you point out. Amongst all.. your comparison of VADA CHENNAI to our same Brother DHANUSH's movie speaks volumes about your understanding. Even DHANUSH won't approve of your coment. Flimsy grounds. No offence meant.. Watch more and more movies . Art movies. I am not an AD thambi ...

[@lightningzoldyck2974]

Vada Chennai surpasses Pudupettai and Nayakan. A lot of things in Pudupettai weren't done well like the fight sequences, it's structured like most come up gangster movies that we've seen. Nayakan we've already seen movies like The Godfather which are quite similar. Vada Chennai is the best in terms of story, characters and world building. A proper Epic to represent Tamil cinema.

[@beamboy420]

A A A A A A sir you are the one who is assuming a lot. Did I ever say in my comparison that dhanush is the factor for me to compare these two movies? With all due respect, I said it was such a breeze for dhanush meaning the script doesn’t even offer the same scope of character arc to showcase his acting capabilities. How can this even be as good as if not better than pudhupettai is what I meant. The reason i compare is because It’s same Genre, pudhupettai for me is hands down the best gangster film of Tamil cinema, I can write an essay why and send it your way. I wish I had the time. One small example is like bharadwaj said in the video , it’s like breaking bad but the difference being , the character becomes bad because of some kind of power trip , but has no higher cause like breaking bad for example. It’s very unique and so many other great points of the film. Please rewatch pudhupettai, it stands out as a proud Tamil gangster film. I can say one thing, I have seen as much or if not way more movies than you. I live in canada currently but not so long ago I wanted to become a director because i had so much passion for movies. You could say I studied film making for three years , bsc electronic media at Hindustan college. My professor is a famous KZbin reviewer , Jackie cinemas and he has introduced me to so many amazing western, Korean, Iranian films and so many other languages. Sometimes I don’t even know what language film I have seen, if it’s with subtitles and the reviews are great I see it. Countless movies. Hell I have seen movies in my college classes man, have you !? On a side note I am no wanna be FileMaker , I realized I had technicality but not creativity and moved on to a different life. Several of my colleagues are making it in film industry now and one of them who studied the same course as me , my senior is director vignesh. Although it may feel like I am bragging here, your ignorant assumption is very very insulting and I have to tell you who is the ignorant person here! Again I can name ten gangster movies like once upon a time in America , scarface , godfather , good fellas, departed , pulp fiction etc but that’s Hollywood , and other gangster films in some other languages that are amazing but it’s really weird to compare Tamil gangster movie to those movies, you simply can’t, and you shouldn’t. Tamil films have their identity and it should be that way. Another thing , I never notice continuity issues, I haven’t ever noticed one before but that one scene was so jarring , how can a film team allow one shot of actor looking at point A and then suddenly next cut to point B , even to normal audience it’s jarring. Vetrimaran is great director , vada Chennai is great film but his best till date for me is visaranai, world class film and this one is not even close. Despite doing so much hard work and research before film it seems like he lets things flow too much on the sets and relies too much on improv, assuming based on 5 hours of footage .. that’s like running the race very hard till finish line and then rolling to the finish line. With that kind of work he didn’t and he can’t surpass films like pudhupettai or may be nayagan. It would be an insult for other great directors like him in Tamil cinema. After reading the comments , I need to rewatch nayagan .. I have seen it very long ago. But in so many different ways pudhupettai will always remain the best gangster Tamil film. Unless vetrimaran does something special on second and third instalment Vetrimaran I wish changes his ways a little bit and goes to shoot with a more planned script instead of fine tuning it all along. To me contrary to popular opinion , it’s not in his class and he is doing disservice to the actors who are putting their heart and soul in film just like him. Also ,How a gangster is made a gangster is a creative choice, it’s the audience who see the script that need to understand and appreciate it. It doesn’t by any means undermine pudhupettai. He didn’t become a gangster because he killed his dad, Anbu or many others? Did you even watch the film !!? He was beggar after and then he became a gangster by trying to survive. If reality and rawness is the only measure of great film what about great fantasy, science fiction and so many films. May be documentary is something that better suits your expectations. You can watch tons that are better in showing gangsters. In vadachennai suddenly in the end dhanush changes from a person who doesn’t stand up for the right thing because of loyalty , with scenes establishing that he only cares for himself being a carom player and his career changing his entire life motive to save the town because of one dialog from Aishwarya !? , do what you feel is correct !? Where are the scenes that show that dhanush does care about the society a little bit or where the defining moment that makes him that way !? Absolutely nothing. Not poor writing. Poor planning. The only reason I appreciate this film is there is footage missing somewhere that explains this. It pains really not to see vision of the director in its entirety because of sheer sloppiness Vetrimaran needs to first get to the bench mark he set for himself before aiming for others. Despite being a great film it falls short of being greatest because of him and only him. Let me tell you one thing. Even dhanush is definitely feeling the same way now. Can bet my life savings on it.

[@ajjayvenkatesh250]

I think BR is a good fan of Vetrimaaran 🙄🤔

[@muralitharan8274]

Sir pls do #AskBR for Heyram

[@alagarsamy5467]

#askBR I have a doubt on these film.. This part,they showed thambi's wife in screen..but they are celebrating for daughter of thambi.. Anyone noticed thambi's wife in the film...???

[@mixmatch6631]

They don't show thambi wife. But indirectly says Kala is daughter of thambi. In a scene thambi calls Anbu to his home to tell that give back the sewing machine to the owner. There thambi says to his daughter (KALA) to give flowers to her mom. Hence thambi's wife is been told indirectly.

[@Gokulmans]

Wow. Could you expect anything more ? Abruptly, Inner mind says ' Please do a long review for hey ram'

[@summa987n2]

Whats Chandra's take on thambi for not saving rajan

[@nitintnn]

Nice shirt

[@sutheshnnaduvvur8026]

Sir #askbr on andhadhun plssss

[@Hikari_3301]

8:46 What the Actual F? No Memorable Shots! Dude did you even watch the movie? The Next Question too… enga irrundhu da varringa ningala? 😂

[@yogeshmurugesan3110]

First comment..

[@SPAUDIOSPONNERI]

Dislikes will be blue satta panda etc

[@jayashreenarayanan7572]

You are giving Spoilers of this film is okay. But please do not reveal spoilers for another movie. Or you need to give spoiler alert for all the references

[@praveenkumarm4624]

So u don't feel any problem with the story at all......sombu thukra mathiri irukka......atleast accept that some negatives r there in the movie.....like the casting of Ameer for Rajan, which definitely didn't look convincing at all

[@Pelztheo]

Vijay sethupathi sir is only one who will Abt for this role rajan

[@deenaaravind1]

Vada Chennai is a good movie but pudhupettai is best one

[@MrKandanTamil]

Deena Dhayal both r masterpiece

[@Indians30]

Ameer character was the only exciting factor in Vada Chennai. Otherwise it is an average movie

[@ahhsbbsbbw]

The way movie unfolded makes this a cult movie.

[@sjai007]

Dont overhype this usual revenge movie..its creating a bad impact against north madras people..there are many good things to talk about north madras apart from rowdysm... ...

[@user-wc4wb3mh5t]

That way even Subramaniapuram was overhyped usual revenge movie which created a bad impact about madurai people and even Madurai has good things to talk about

[@nitz7061]

Subramaniapuram was different at that time. But north madras being depicted this way has been a common thing in tamil cinema except for Madras.

[@justasapien9039]

Are u sure about what u are said now? A Usual revenge movie.....if that so just tell me what ll be the ending and who will kill whom in the end.....???u can't.....the narration of the movie is different......and it's a triology series....we people know what is reality and what is in the film....it's just a film promoters and you tube channels creating a temptation over this film by promoting idiotic stuffs about north Chennai that you fear off ...blame the promotion not the film!!!

[@sjai007]

Sri Vatsan i liked polladhavan and visarani..both are superb movies..but aadukalam and vada chennai useless revenge story..we can easily predict..i predicted that andrea would be the black sheep...whats great deal..portraying a northmadras girl like a prostitute who would share the bed with the person who killed her husband, just to take revenge, is too too much..please dont overhype this useless movie..slowly the collection of the movie will drop..now i started getting negative wom from many.m

[@sjai007]

a a who stopped u to talk good things about madurail..even subramaniapuram was also a over hyped useless revenge story...ask vetrimaran to take movies like ratsasan..merku thodarchi mazhai vikram vedha..etc..