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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Vambuchanda<br />
| image = Vambu Sandai DVD.jpg<br />
| caption = DVD cover<br />
| director = [[Raj Kapoor (director)|Raj Kapoor]]<br />
| writer = [[K. Selva Bharathy]]<br />
| starring = [[Sathyaraj]]<br />[[Uday Kiran]]<br />[[Diya (actress)|Diya]]<br />
| producer = Venkatesh A<br />
| music = [[D. Imman]]<br />
| cinematography = Suresh<br />
| studio = Jai Mataji Cine Combines<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2008|02|29}}<br />
| runtime = 137 minutes<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| country = India<br />
| budget = {{INR}}3 crore<br />
}}<br />
'''''Vambuchanda''''' ({{Translation|Provocative fight}})<ref name="R">{{Cite web |last=Srinivas |first=Saraswathy |date=28 September 2007 |title=Vambuchanda has lacklustre music |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/sep/28ssvanaa.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503110734/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/sep/28ssvanaa.htm |archive-date=3 May 2021 |access-date=10 February 2025 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> is a 2008 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil director)|Raj Kapoor]] and written by [[K. Selva Bharathy]]. The film stars [[Sathyaraj]], [[Uday Kiran]] and [[Diya (actress)|Diya]]. The music for the film was composed by [[D. Imman]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Prabhakaran alias Prabhu is a college student who does not allow anyone to do wrong. He quite often argues with others to the point where he is repeatedly arrested. When he was younger his foster father, Nehru, a psychiatrist used to bail him out. In the meantime, Swetha, the sister of the commissioner of police Ravichandran, has been ditching her college classes, so her father has a police escort take her to school. When she tries to escape from her escort, they pursue her. They cross paths with the troublesome Prabhu, who battles them. In the ensuing fight, Prabhu says 'I love you' to Swetha and she is so impressed by his gallantry, she falls in love.<br />
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Prabhu then learns that his foster parents are taking him to meet his real father, Jeevanandham, who had been receiving treatment in a mental hospital. He tries to speak with his father, but the man is unresponsive. On the advice of Swetha's father, he takes his father to Kerala for treatment. When there, he meets a former bodyguard of Jeevanandham who tells him that not only was his father the former Election Commissioner, but that his current mental breakdown state was caused by local politician Dharmalingam. Coincidentally, Dharmalingam has been brought to that same Kerala facility by his own son, Narayanan. When Dharmalingam's son learns that his father's former enemy Jeevanandham is still alive, he attempts to kill him.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{cast listing|<br />
* [[Sathyaraj]] as Jeevanandham <br />
* [[Uday Kiran]] as Prabhakaran "Prabhu" <br />
* [[Diya (actress)|Diya]] as Swetha<br />
*Chitrabhanu<br />
* [[J. Livingston|Livingston]] as Nehru<br />
* [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]] as Ravichandran<br />
* [[Ramesh Khanna]]<br />
* [[Ilavarasu]]<br />
* [[FEFSI Vijayan]] as Dharmalingam<br />
* [[Riyaz Khan]] as Narayanan<br />
* [[Manobala]]<br />
* [[Rajan P Dev]] as Malayali doctor<br />
* [[Sukumari]] as Jeevanandham's mother<br />
* [[Sabitha Anand]] as Lakshmi, Prabhakaran's mother<br />
* [[Shakeela]]<br />
* [[Singamuthu]]<br />
* [[Nellai Siva]] as follower of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]<br />
* [[Siva Narayana Murthy]] as Police Inspector<br />
* [[Besant Ravi]] as Rowdy<br />
* [[Sampath Ram]] <br />
* Karthik Sabesh as Prabhu's friend<br />
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===Telugu version===<br />
*[[Brahmanandam]] <br />
*[[Raghu Babu]] <br />
*[[Shankar Melkote]]<br />
*[[Duvvasi Mohan]]<br />
* [[Mumaith Khan]] as an item number in "Em Smile Raa"<br />
}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
[[Ankitha]] was initially considered to portray [[Lakshmi]] in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 September 2007 |title=Ankitha is all smiles |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/ankitha-is-all-smiles/articleshow/2340940.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250209180220/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/ankitha-is-all-smiles/articleshow/2340940.cms |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><!-- https://web.archive.org/web/20071214075706/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Onlocation/2007/02vambu-sandai.asp --><br />
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==Themes and influences==<br />
Hayden Seth Kantor of [[Cornell University]] compared [[Uday Kiran]]'s character, who avenges the murder of his family, to the “angry young man” characters that [[Amitabh Bachchan]] played.<ref name="C">{{Cite web|url=https://ecommons.cornell.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/fc820cb0-dc63-4564-8461-3690c3947e1f/content|title="'WE EARN LESS THAN WE EAT:' FOOD, FARMING, AND THE CARING FAMILY IN BIHAR, INDIA"|date=May 2016|work=[[Cornell University]]|last=Kantor|first=Hayden Seth|page=154|access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[D. Imman]]. In a pre-release event for the Telugu version titled ''Lakshmi Putrudu'' held at [[Ravi Narayana Reddy#Post|Ravi Narayana Reddy Kalyanamantapam]] (Ravi Narayana Reddy Memorial Auditorium Complex) in Hyderabad, Damodar Reddy, the [[Andhra Pradesh]] State Minister for [[Information technology|Information Technology]], officially launched the audio cassette by handing a copy to [[Tammareddy]] and with its first number dedicated to producer [[Ashok Kumar]]. Distribution rights to the audio CD for the Telugu version were purchased by [[Srinivas]], a State Trading corporation chairman and former legislator.<ref name="Sify">{{Cite news |date=3 September 2007 |title='Lakshmi Putrudu' Audio Release |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/lakshmi-putrudu-audio-release-news-telugu-kkfuCjdbiba.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126014345/http://www.sify.com/movies/lakshmi-putrudu-audio-release-news-telugu-kkfuCjdbiba.html |archive-date=26 November 2015 |access-date=6 April 2012 |work=[[Sify]]}}</ref> In an audio review, Saraswathy Srinivas rated the soundtrack two out of five stars and wrote, "It's another lacklustre fare from D Imman".<ref name="R"/><br />
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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Vambuchanda<br />
| type = Soundtrack<br />
| artist = D. Imman<br />
| cover = <br />
| alt = <br />
| released = 14 February 2008<br />
| recorded = 23 August 2007<br />
| venue =<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Feature film soundtrack]]<br />
| length =<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| label = <br />
| producer =<br />
| prev_title = [[Thavam]]<br />
| prev_year = 2007<br />
| next_title = [[Durai (film)|Durai]]<br />
| next_year = 2008<br />
}}<br />
;Tamil Soundtrack<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vambuchanda Songs |url=https://mymazaa.com/tamil/audiosongs/movie/Vambuchanda.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617173222/https://mymazaa.com/tamil/audiosongs/movie/Vambuchanda.html |archive-date=17 June 2021 |access-date=10 February 2020 |website=mymazaa.com |date=31 August 2007 }}</ref><br />
{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1= Edharkkaga<br />
| lyrics1 = Thabu Shankar<br />
| extra1 = Jassie Gift, [[Sayanora Philip]]<br />
| title2= Jee Boom Baa<br />
| lyrics2 = [[Pa. Vijay]]<br />
| extra2 = Naveen, Archith<br />
| extra3 =<br />
| title3 = Pagai Odunga<br />
| lyrics3 = Pa. Vijay<br />
| title4 = Thaal Thiravai<br />
| lyrics4 = Pa. Vijay<br />
| extra4 = [[Naresh Iyer]], [[Jyotsna Radhakrishnan|Jyotsna]]<br />
| title5 = Tension Machaan<br />
| lyrics5 = Pa. Vijay<br />
| extra5 = [[Vijay Yesudas]]<br />
}}<br />
;Telugu Soundtrack<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/lakshmi-putrudu-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1165418572|title=Lakshmi Putrudu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP|work=[[Apple Music]]|date=2013|access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref><br />
{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Em Chusi Nanne Nuvvu | extra1 = [[Jassie Gift]], [[Sayanora Philip]] | lyrics1 = | length1 = 04:40<br />
| title2 = Zee Bhoom Baa | extra2 = Achyut, Naveen | lyrics2 = | length2 = 03:55<br />
| title3 =Sawariya Sawariya<br />
| extra3 = [[Jyotsna Radhakrishnan|Jyotsna]], [[Naresh Iyer]] | lyrics3 = | length3 = 04:58<br />
| title4 = Ekkadunna Tension Mama | extra4 = [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]] | lyrics4 = | length4 = 04:09<br />
| title5 = Adigadigo Toofan | extra5 = [[Rahul Nambiar]] | lyrics5 = | length5 = 02:40<br />
| title6 = Em Smile Raa | extra6 = [[Suchitra]] | lyrics6 = | length6 = 04:35<br />
}}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''Koodal.com'' said the film was too noisy but entertaining timepass.<ref>{{Cite news |title=வம்பு சண்ட |url=https://www.koodal.com/tamil/movies/reviews/376/vambuchanda |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605213348/http://koodal.com/tamil/movies/reviews/376/vambuchanda |archive-date=5 June 2012 |access-date=2025-03-16 |work=Koodal |language=ta }}</ref> ''Cinesouth'' praised Sathyaraj's performance, the climax and screenplay of the second half but noted that "Whatever is not mentioned in the plus" was a minus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vambu Sandai |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/new/vambusandhi.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616152610/http://www.cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/new/vambusandhi.shtml |archive-date=2008-06-16 |access-date=2026-01-12 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref><br />
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== Other versions ==<br />
The film was dubbed in Hindi as ''Mr. Badmash''.<ref name="C"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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