Vaanavil

Vaanavil
Directed by	Manoj Kumar
Produced by	Manoj Kumar
Written by	Manoj Kumar
Starring	Arjun Abhirami Prakash Raj Manivannan
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	Karthik Raja
Edited by	P. Mohan Raj
Production company	Guru Films
Distributed by	Guru Films
Release dates	27 October 2000 (2000-10-27)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vaanavil (Tamil: Vaanavil;Telugu: Arjunudu; English: Rainbow) is a 2000 Tamil film produced by Guru Films and directed by Manoj Kumar. The film casts Arjun in the lead role. Prakash Raj donned the negative role. The film released to mixed reviews and was an underperformer at the box office.

Plot

Arjun and Prakash Raj meet Abhirami in a train as strangers and become friends. Arjun loves Abhirami, whereas Prakash Raj lusts about her. Abhirami starts liking Arjun and this makes Prakash Raj envied. He starts showing off his villainous image. The rest forms the story which rather forms a normal ending.

Cast

• Arjun as Surya
• Prakash Raj as Prakash
• Abhirami as Priya
• Manivannan as Ramasamy
• Lakshmi as Jayalakshmi
• Uma as Uma
• Indhu as Shivani
• Roopashree
• Shanthi Williams
• Devan as Saravanan
• Santhana Bharathi
• Visu as himself (Special appearance)
• S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as Bakthavatchalam (Special appearance)

Production

After Gurupaarvai, Manojkumar, brother-in-law of director Bharathiraja announced that his next project is titled "Vaanavil", and he would also produce this film under his production banner "Guru Films" titled after his previous film, the film was launched with much fanfare at the A.V.M. Studios. Many eminent persons of the film industry were present on the occasion. A.V.M. Saravanan, Producer K.R.G., distributor Sinthamani Murugeshan, hero Arjun, heroine Sakshi, director Bharathiraja, actor-director Pandiarajan, director P. Vasu, actor-director Partibhan and actress Rupasri were some of the V.I.P.s present to felicitate and wish director Manoj Kumar. Sakshi was initially announced as lead heroine but she was later replaced by Abhirami. The film was shot at locations in Chennai, Pollachi, Nagercoil and picturesque places in Switzerland.

Reception

The film set good initial expectations but released to mixed reviews and was an underperformer at the box office. Prakash Raj won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain for this movie.