Markandeyan is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by FEFSI Vijayan. It stars his son Shabarish, Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky), Nivedhitha, Santhanam in lead. The film score is composed by Sundar C Babu, while cinematography is by D. Sasikumar and Santtonio and editing handled by Raja Mohammed. Markandeyan was panned by critics.

Markandeyan
Directed byFEFSI Vijayan
Written byFEFSI Vijayan
Produced byFEFSI Vijayan
StarringShabarish
Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky)
Nivedhitha
Santhanam
CinematographyD. Sasikumar
Santtonio
Edited byRaja Mohammad
Music bySundar C Babu
Production
company
Mastermind Films
Release date
  • 29 July 2011 (2011-07-29)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Cast edit

Production edit

FEFSI Vijayan launched his son Shabarish with this film.[2] Thai actress Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky) made her debut into Indian cinema with this film.[3] Shabarish trained for a year in Thai boxing.[4]

Soundtrack edit

Songs by Sundar C. Babu.[5] Salman Khan (who worked with FEFSI Vijayan in Wanted and Dabangg),[2] Vijay, and Shriya Saran attended the audio launch.[6][7][8]

Song Title Lyricist Singers
"Vanji Kota" Kavivarman Manicka Vinayakam, Naveen Madhav
"Kanna Kati Kaathule" S. Gnanakaravel Velmurugan
"Paasam Indri" Kavivarman Senthildass Velayutham
"Yakka Chakka Kavivarman Krishna Iyer, Charulatha
"Siru Siru Vena" Yugabharathi MK. Balaji, Vichitha
"Panflute Theme" Kiran
"Markandeyan" Kiran

Reception edit

A critic from The New Indian Express opined that "The director has painstakingly worked on the script in the earlier half and given it a fresh feel. However, he could have taken more effort in the second half and made it just as engaging".[9] A critic from Sify gave the film a verdict of "disappointing" and criticised the film.[10] A critic from Behindwoods gave the film a half out of five stars and wrote that "Technically, there is not much that deserves mention except for the effort of the crew to make the action sequences."[11]

References edit

  1. ^ Markandeyan at IMDb  
  2. ^ a b "Vijayan launches his son". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "Markandeyan makes an impression". The Times of India. 2 August 2011.
  4. ^ Raghavan, Nikhil (9 April 2011). "Learning curve". The Hindu.
  5. ^ https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/markandeyan-songs-T0003071 [bare URL]
  6. ^ "Sallu storms Chennai". The Times of India. 17 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Salman Khan's advice to Shabarish". The Times of India.
  8. ^ "Salman Khan not being human". The Times of India.
  9. ^ "Markandeyan".
  10. ^ "Markandeyan". Sify. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  11. ^ "MARKANDEYAN MOVIE REVIEW". Behindwoods. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

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