Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa

"Will you cross the skies for me?"

2010 2h 37m TA

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 62

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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A young, aspiring filmmaker falls in love with a girl who moves into the house above his, but her sophisticated nature does more harm than good to him.

“Will you cross the skies for me?”

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Cast

Silambarasan
Karthik Sivakumar
Trisha Krishnan
Jessie Thekekuttu
VTV Ganesh
Ganesh
Babu Antony
Joseph Thekekuttu
Lakshmi Ramakrishnan
Teresa Thekekuttu
Kitty
Sivakumar
Uma Padmanabhan
Mrs. Sivakumar
Pradeep Kottayam
George

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon
Writers: Gautham Vasudev Menon, Gautham Vasudev Menon
Languages: Malayalam, Tamil
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 157 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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5 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Malayalam, Tamil.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, shot by Manoj Paramahamsa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by A.R. Rahman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Anthony shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gautham Vasudev Menon directs. Manoj Paramahamsa behind the camera. A.R. Rahman scores. Anthony cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in Malayalam, Tamil.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 157 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Shot for just $3.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.
4Released 16 years ago.
5Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Malayalam, Tamil.
6Directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon, shot by Manoj Paramahamsa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by A.R. Rahman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Anthony shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Silambarasan and Trisha Krishnan and VTV Ganesh carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Will you cross the skies for me?".
11IMDB entry: tt1609168 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Only 62 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.