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Running time 130 minutes Country India Language Tamil Box office ₹4 crore Sethu. Is a 1999 Indian written and directed by debutant. The film stars and in the lead roles with and in other pivotal roles, widely considered as a trendsetter. The film's score and soundtrack were composed.
The film opened in October 1999 at a single suburban theatre but later became a popular commercial success. Sethu won the and secured wins in the Best Film category at the and the, while Bala and Vikram won several awards for their contributions to the film.The film was remade in Hindi as starring which became a success and also in Kannada as which gave a major breakthrough to actor. Then remade the film in Telugu as with her husband playing the lead. This film also remade in Bangladesh as. Contents. Plot Sethu aka Chiyaan is a rough and college rowdy and also The Students Union Chairman of the college, who uses violence as the only way to deal with people.
He lives with his brother, a Magistrate , and his sister-in-law, who is the only person who seems to understand him properly. The movie opens with Sethu winning the elections to the office bearers of the college's Students Union followed by celebrations and in-campus fight between the rival candidates. Sethu has a staple diet of yes-sir friends surrounding him. He comes across a timid girl, Abitha, who is the daughter of a poor temple priest, and starts to woo her. When she initially rejects him, he kidnaps her and forces her to fall in love with him. After Abhita falls in love with him, Sethu is attacked by brothel goons who take revenge on him for interfering with their business. Sethu suffers from brain damage as a result and ends up in a temple ashram.
Suffering from amnesia and having developed an unusual behaviour, he starts to recollect memories. At one point, he is completely back to his normal self and tries to convince the swamiji that he's back to normal. However, the swamiji ignores him.
Desperate, Sethu attempts to escape from the ashram by climbing over the gates. Unfortunately, he fails and ends up with serious injuries. Whilst sleeping with his injury, Abitha makes a surprise visit. However Sethu is asleep and she leaves with this woeful memory of him. As she is about to leave the institution, he wakes up and realises that she had come to see him.
As he calls out, she leaves unable to hear him. Persistent to meet her he makes another attempt to leave the institution and this time he is successful. When he arrives at her house he is presented with his love unfortunately dead. He realises that she had committed suicide. Distraught after what he saw, Sethu just walks out and his friends and family try to help him regain his memory. Although he is aware of what's happening around him, Sethu pretends to be unconscious. At that point, he is met with the mental institution wardens who came to take him back to the ashram.
The film ends with Sethu leaving with them as he has nothing to live for after his true love's death. as Sethu (Chiyaan). as Abitha Kujalambal (Voice dubbed by ). as Sethu's brother. as Sethu's friend. Vijaya Bharathi (aka Bharathi) as Sethu's sister-in-law.
as Abitha's sister. as Abitha's brother-in-law.
Mohan Vaithya as Abitha's uncle. as Tamil Teacher. Kavitha Tinku as Abitha's Friend. as the old lady dancer in 'Gaana Karunkuyile' song Production Bala, an erstwhile assistant of wrote the script of the film, then titled Akhilam, in the mid 1990s and offered the film's lead role to his housemate who refused the film, then he chose as the lead in the film. He liked the script but unable to sign the film as he stucked in another project. The film was based on a real life incident of a friend of Bala's, who had fallen in love, lost his mind and ended up at a mental asylum.
Was then also considered for the lead role in the project, but did not sign up. In 1997, debutant director offered Vikram the role of the rogue, Sethu (Chiyaan), in the film of the same name. Was initially signed on to play the lead female role, but was later replaced by Rajshri and then subsequently Abitha.
To prepare for the character, Vikram shaved his head, thinned down to half his size by losing 21 kilograms and grew nails for the role. Furthermore, Bala did not want Vikram to accept any other offers during this period in order to maintain the continuity of his looks, and asked him to cease working as dubbing artiste. The film's launch was held in April 1997 and production lasted close to two years as the film languished in.
The FEFSI strike of 1997 halted filming across the Tamil film industry from June to December 1997 and as a small budget film, Sethu was unable to progress during the period. When the strike was called off, the producer left the project and Vikram and Bala's assistant had to go and plead the producer to return, with filming resuming in January 1998. After further slow progress, the film was finally ready in June 1999. Lent his voice for S. Raman who appeared as temple priest in this film. Rathnavelu who worked as a cameraman revealed that he gave the asylum scenes a predominantly green tone for the intense psychological impact.
The film struggled to find a distributor and only after sixty seven screenings did the film manage to find a buyer, with most refusing the film due to the tragic climax. During the period, Bala and Vikram used Vikram's wife Shailaja's money to organise press previews and despite garnering good reviews, no one was interested in purchasing the film and it remained finished but unreleased.
Vikram has since described the period of production as 'the worst phase of his career' as he was weak economically, and 'his fire was in danger of dying down'. Release Made on a shoe-string budget, Sethu was an underdog hit grossing almost ₹4 crore at the box office.
The film released was released on 10 December 1999, and initially began running at a single noon show at a suburban theatre but gradually built up audiences through word-of-mouth publicity and ran over a 100 days at several cinema halls across, with Vikram being mobbed by people on the streets as a result of the film's success. Critics lapped up Vikram's performance with reviewer Easwaran Haricharan of Indolink stating that 'Vikram is a revelation' and that 'he is very natural and his acting in last few scenes are just too good and could even be compared with the best we have seen'. Similarly, a critic from the described the film as an 'unforgettable experience' and described Vikram's performance as 'praise-worthy'. The following year, Sethu won the, while also securing wins in the Best Film category at and the.
Won the and the for his directorial debut. The performance also drew accolades for Vikram who won the and the for his portrayal of the title character, he was nominated for the but lost to.
Post-success, Vikram has described the film would have been close to him regardless of the commercial success and that it put him on the 'right path', with Vikram choosing to adapt the prefix of Chiyaan to his screen name. Owing to its success, the film was remade in as starring which became a success and also in as which gave a major breakthrough to actor. Jeevitha then remade the film in as with her husband playing the lead. Legacy The film was a milestone in the career of Vikram who was struggling for breakthrough and the success of the film made Bala as one of the most sought directors in the industry. The film continued the trend of films with different themes that focused on realism and nativity.
Jeshi of The Hindu placed the film in the category of films that propagate social issues along with other films like (2004), (2006), (2007) and (2007). Sethu was parodied in various films. In a comedy scene from (2001), who acts as a Tamil teacher would lie in the same position similar to Vikram and the song 'Enge Sellum Indha Paadhai' would play in the background. The scene where Vikram kidnaps and threatens Abitha to accept his love was imitated by in Style (2002). In (2003), who appears as a barber shows to a person (who asked for hairstyle of Kuruthipunal Kamal) that one of his customers is lying in a position similar to Vikram's from Sethu. Soundtrack The soundtrack album and background score were by music (Isaignani). The lyrics were penned by Arivumathi, Palani Bharathi, Mu Metha and Ilaiyaraaja.
All songs are chartbusters. Released 1999 Recorded 1999 Length 34: 03 Lucky Audio Track list No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length 1.
'Enge Sellum Intha' Arivumathi 05:07 2. 'Gaana Karunkuyile' Ponnadiyan Kovai Kamala 05:13 3. 'Kadhalenna Kadhalenna' Palani Bharathi 05:13 4.
'Maalai En Vethanai' Arivumathi, Arun Mozhi, 05:04 5. 'Saranam Bhava' 01:59 6. 'Sethuvukku Sethuvukku' Arun Mozhi, 02:27 7.
'Sikaadha Sitrondru' Palani Bharathi, Arun Mozhi 05:12 8. 'Vaarthai Thavari Vittai' Arivumathi 03:01 9. 'Vidiya Vidiya' 00:47 Total length: 34:03 References. ^ Krishna, Sandhya (1997). Retrieved 1997-12-12. Check date values in: accessdate=. ^ Warrier, Shobha (17 August 2004).
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