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{{Infobox film
| name = Vaazhthugal
| image = Vaazhthugal (2008 film) poster.jpg
| director = [[Seeman (director)|Seeman]]
| writer = Seeman
| starring = [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]]<br>[[Bhavana (Malayalam actress)|Bhavana]]
| producer = [[T. Siva]] <br/>Arunamaheswari
| cinematography = B. L. Sanjay
| music = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| editing = K. Pazhanivel
| studio = [[T. Siva|Amma Creations]]
| distributor = [[Pyramid Saimira]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2008|01|14}}
| runtime = 151 minutes
| language = Tamil
| country = India
}}

'''''Vaazhthugal''''' ({{trans|Congratulations}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic drama film]] written and directed by [[Seeman (director)|Seeman]], in his final directorial work before his entry into politics. The film stars [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] and [[Bhavana (Malayalam actress)|Bhavana]], along with [[Venkat Prabhu]], [[Ilavarasu]], [[Na. Muthuswamy]] and [[R. K. (actor)|R. K.]], who play supporting roles. Produced by [[T. Siva]] for Amma Creations and with music scored by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], ''Vaazhthugal'' was released on 14 January 2008 during [[Thai Pongal|Pongal]].

==Plot==
Vazhthugal revolves around Kathiravan, a successful entrepreneur who manages a software company. Kathiravan is an affectionate son and socially responsible too. His company is involved in various social activities.

When his close friend's parents are forced by their daughter-in-law to leave home, Kathrivan decides to marry a girl who will keep his parents happy. While watching a television programme he is impressed by Kayal, a college student from Coimbatore being interviewed on a show.

To a question by the interviewer, 'where do you see yourself in another ten years?' Kayal deviating from the usual clichéd answers replies, "As an ideal wife, mother and daughter-in-law." And during the course of her talk, she attributes her success to her large and loving family consisting of her parents, maternal grandfather, aunts, uncles and cousins. Kathiravan is impressed with her attitude and feels that she is the right life companion for him.

He goes to Coimbatore to woo her. But meeting her in her college does not help.
So he takes it as an opportunity when he learns that Kayal's grandfather is on the look out for an interior designer to renovate their traditional home. Posing as an interior designer, he undertakes the job winning the hearts of Kayal and her family members.

When the family comes to know that the two are in love, especially Kayal's grandfather who believes that all love marriages are a failure. However, Kathiravan does not want to marry Kayal without her family's acceptance. How he wins their love is what Vazhthugal is all about.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[R. Madhavan|Madhavan]] as T. Kadhiravan
* [[Bhavana (Malayalam actress)|Bhavana]] as Kayalvizhi Thirunavukkarasu
* [[Venkat Prabhu]] as Kalai
* [[Ilavarasu]] as Thirunavukkarasu
* [[RK (actor)|RK]] as Vetriselvan Selvanayagam
* [[Na. Muthuswamy]] as Selvanayagam
* [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]] as Vennila
* [[T. Siva]] as Doctor
* [[T. Velmurugan]]
* [[Mallika Sukumaran]]
* [[Revathi Sankaran]]
* [[Trotsky Marudu]]
{{colend}}

==Production==
Following the success of their previous collaboration in ''[[Thambi (2006 film)|Thambi]]'' (2006), director [[Seeman (director)|Seeman]] and actor [[R. Madhavan]] decided to work on two more projects titled ''Magizhchi'' and ''Pagalavan'' by the end of 2006. After the launch in March 2007, Seeman announced that ''Magizhchi'' would narrate life's little sweet meanings and appeals in a poetic fashion, being a direct contrast to the pair's earlier film and ''Pagalavan'', where Madhavan would play an angry vigilante.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/july-07-04/30-07-07-madhavan.html|title=VAZHTHUKKAL MADHAVAN Seeman Thambi Bhavana Maddy Marudu Diwali tamil movie kreedom ajith kumar rajkiran tamil movie gallery|website=www.behindwoods.com|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> [[Bhavana (Malayalam actress)|Bhavana]], who had worked alongside Madhavan in ''[[Arya (2007 film)|Arya]]'' (2007), was signed on to play the lead actress before the release of their other film together.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/bhavana-and-madhavan-in-vazhthukkal-tamil-news-29760.html|title=Bhavana and Madhavan in Vazhthukkal - Tamil News|date=9 March 2007|website=IndiaGlitz.com|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> The title ''Magizhchi'' had been registered so Seeman renamed the film as ''Vaazhthugal'', and revealed that the film would feature no English word amongst its dialogues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/35304.html|title=Vazhthukal: Tamil flavor|publisher=IndiaGlitz|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref><ref name = sify>{{Cite web|url=http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=14591429&ctid=5&cid=2429|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122074745/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/review.php?id=14591429&ctid=5&cid=2429|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-01-22|title=Vazhthukkal|publisher=[[Sify]]|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> Director [[Venkat Prabhu]] joined the film's cast, as did politician Velmurugan, industrialist [[RK (actor)|RK]] and theatre actors [[Na. Muthuswamy]] and Trotsky Marudhu.<ref>http://www.tamilweek.com/mj/wp-content/cache/wp-cache-c13c10f4d4aac38293570c9478f1a4bb.html</ref> Actor Naasar lent his voice for Na. Muthuswamy. The film was initially set to begin production in late 2007, but was preponed after Madhavan's other films ''Sarkar'' and ''Oru Naal Podhuma'' failed to materialise. The film was shot around Coimbatore, Pollachi and Udamalpet during late 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/riding-a-wave-of-success/article2272179.ece|title=Riding a wave of success|date=20 April 2007|access-date=3 June 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Vaazhthugal
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">3 January 2008 (India)</div>
| recorded = 2007
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[Pyramid Saimira]]
| producer = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| prev_title = [[Billa (2007 film)|Billa]]
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = [[Yaaradi Nee Mohini]]
| next_year = 2008
}}

Music was composed by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], who teamed up with director [[Seeman (director)|Seeman]] for the first time. The soundtrack, released on 3 January 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/35661.html|title='Vaazhthugal' audio from today|publisher=IndiaGlitz|access-date=2009-08-07}}</ref> features 7 tracks, the lyrics were provided by [[Na. Muthukumar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.starmusiq.top/tamil_movie_songs_free_download.asp?movieid=9|title=404 Error! Page Not Found! - StarMusiQ|website=www.starmusiq.top|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> The lyrics of the song "Muzhumai Nila" were taken from a poem, written by 'Purachi Kavignar' [[Bharathidasan]].

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s)!! Duration !! Notes
|-
|1 || "Enthan Vaanamum Neethan" || [[Haricharan]], [[Mahathi]] || 5:29 ||
|-
|2 || "Chinna Chinna" || [[Shweta Mohan]] || 4:17 ||
|-
|3 || "Pookkal Rasithathu" || Haricharan, Ajindan || 3:52 ||
|-
|4 || "Muzhumai Nila" || [[Sriram Parthasarathy]], Mukesh || 2:03 || Lyrics taken from a poem of [[Bharathidasan]]
|-
|5 || "Unmela Aasapattu" || [[S. P. B. Charan]], [[Anuradha Sriram]] || 4:00 ||
|-
|6 || "Kannil Vanthathum" || Haricharan, Dishanthan || 5:15 ||
|-
|7 || "Enthan Vaanamum Neethan (Reprise)" || [[Rahul Nambiar]], Rajalakshmi || 5:27 ||
|}

==Release==
The film opened to negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. Sify.com wrote "Seeman's intentions to make Vazhthukkal were noble but his execution is tacky and the final outcome is a dreary and boring message film that leaves you exhausted! The flaw is not in the tale, it's in the telling — too many songs, conversations going nowhere, clichéd characters and a long drawn out 30 minutes tedious climax".<ref name = sify/> Behindwoods.com noted "Director Seeman seems to suggest that films are just a medium to express your opinions on society and its values. The result, the movie pans out into a medium of propaganda rather than a visually rich, soulful narrative. Though the intention is good, his attempt to have no English words in the dialogues seems too contrived. The first half of the story is wasted in an elaborate introduction of all the characters and the plot reaches a (so-called) stage of conflict only well into the second half."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-1/vazhthukal-review.html|title=TAMIL MOVIE REVIEW VAZHTHUKAL MADHAVAN BHAVANA SEEMAN YUVAN SHANKAR RAJA MADDY BHAVANA TAMIL MOVIE NEWS hot stills picture image gallery|website=www.behindwoods.com|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> Rediff.com's critic wrote "Seeman has obviously tried desperately, and failed to make a movie with a moral message for today's generation."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/ssvaz/20080116.htm|title=Review: Vazhthukkal is tedious|website=Rediff|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> The film's failure and their strained relationship as writers on the sets of ''[[Evano Oruvan]]'' meant that the pair eventually opted not to make ''Pagalavan'' together.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/seeman-and-madhavan-team-up-again--tamil-news-37347.html|title=Seeman and Madhavan team up again? - Tamil News|date=19 March 2008|website=IndiaGlitz.com|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=1509832}}

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