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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Vizhithiru<br />
| image = Vizithiru poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <!-- see WP:ALT --><br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = Meera Kathiravan<br />
| producer = Meera Kathiravan<br />
| writer = Meera Kathiravan<br />
| starring = [[Krishna (Tamil actor)|Krishna]]<br />[[Vidharth]]<br />[[Venkat Prabhu]]<br />[[Dhansika]]<br />
| music = [[Sathyan (singer)|Sathyan Mahalingam]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Vijay Milton]]<br />R.V.Saran<br />
| editing = [[Praveen K. L.]]<br />[[N. B. Srikanth]]<br />
| studio = <br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2017|11|03}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Vizhithiru''''' ({{lang-en|Stay awake}}) is a 2017 Tamil [[action thriller]] film written and directed by Meera Kathiravan, who debuted with ''[[Aval Peyar Thamizharasi]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Venkat set to act!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-03/news-interviews/34876974_1_venkat-prabhu-second-film-directorial-venture|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103071902/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-03/news-interviews/34876974_1_venkat-prabhu-second-film-directorial-venture|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=5 November 2012}}</ref> The film which began production in 2012 after numerous delays released in 2017.<br />
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==Production==<br />
The film has [[Krishna (Tamil actor)|Krishna]] playing the lead, with [[Venkat Prabhu]], [[Dhansika]], [[Vidharth]], [[Abhinaya (actress)|Abhinaya]], ''[[Deiva Thirumagal]]'' [[Sara Arjun]], [[Thambi Ramaiah]], [[Nagendra Babu]] (brother of Chiranjeevi) and new faces Rahul Bhaskaran and [[Erica Fernandes]] in important roles.<ref>{{cite web|title=Venkat Prabhu to feature in multi-starer|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/87875.html|publisher=Indiaglitz|access-date=5 November 2012}}</ref> Playback Singer [[Sathyan Mahalingam]] is done his Debut as a Music Composer, While [[Vijay Milton]] will handle the cinematography, [[Praveen K. L.]] and [[N. B. Srikanth]] have been roped in as editors.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bollywood calling!|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-05/news-interviews/34926741_1_second-film-bollywood-hindi-version|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126104725/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-05/news-interviews/34926741_1_second-film-bollywood-hindi-version|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=5 November 2012}}</ref> The film's first look photo shoot took place recently.<ref>{{cite web|title=Venkat Prabhu's next is a multi-starrer!|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/nov-12-01/venkat-prabhu-meera-kathiravan-01-11-12.html|publisher=Behindwoods|access-date=5 November 2012}}</ref> Set in [[Chennai]], the film happens within 12 hours. It was shot completely around [[Ritchie Street]], [[Anna Salai|Mount Road]] and Vepery.<ref>http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Kreshna%E2%80%99s-the-king-of-good-times/2013/05/22/article1600167.ece</ref><br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
* [[Krishna (Tamil actor)|Kreshna]] as Muthukumar<br />
* [[Vidharth]] as Chandra Babu<br />
* [[Sai Dhanshika]] as Saroja Devi<br />
* [[Venkat Prabhu]] as Dhileepan<br />
* Rahul Bhaskaran as Vikram <br />
* [[Thambi Ramaiah]] <br />
* [[S. P. B. Charan]] as Saravanan,News Reporter<br />
* [[Nagendra Babu]] as Police Commissioner <br />
* [[Abhinaya (actress)|Abhinaya]] as Radio City RJ<br />
* [[Erica Fernandes]] as Krishteena<br />
* [[Sudha Chandran]] as Vijayalakshmi<br />
* [[Sara Arjun]]<br />
* Arun Mozhi Manikkam in a guest appearance<br />
* [[T. Rajendar]] in a special appearance<br />
* Sudhar in an uncredited role<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
It was first reported that talks were on with [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] to compose music,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-05/news-interviews/34926741_1_second-film-bollywood-hindi-version | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126104725/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-05/news-interviews/34926741_1_second-film-bollywood-hindi-version | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-01-26 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Bollywood calling!}}</ref> but singer [[Sathyan (singer)|Sathyan Mahalingam]] was finalized as the composer.<ref>https://gaana.com/album/vizhithiru</ref><ref>https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/vizhithiru/n,e97tNpiik_</ref><br />
*Papparappa - [[T. Rajender]], [[Priyadarshini (singer)|Priyadarshini]]<br />
*Aazhi Alai (female) - [[Vaikom Vijayalakshmi]]<br />
*Aazhi Alai (male) - [[Alphons Joseph]]<br />
*Kolai Vaal - Vijay, Sricharan<br />
*Vellai Irave - [[G. V. Prakash]], Ramya NSK<br />
*Pon Vidhi - [[Santhosh Narayanan]]<br />
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==Critical reception==<br />
''Behindwoods'' wrote "Vizhithiru has a decent script, but lacked execution".<ref>https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/vizhithiru/vizhithiru-review.html</ref> ''Times of India'' wrote "A not-so-bad message towards the end and the writing in some sequences make the film a tolerable watch".<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/vizhithiru/movie-review/61483401.cms</ref> ''Sify'' wrote "Vizhithiru’s core story has the potential of a classic thriller, the characters too are interestingly written but what works against the movie is the flat execution".<ref>https://www.sify.com/movies/vizhithiru-review-an-average-watch-review-tamil-rlgjzMhdefjai.html</ref><br />
==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|tt7539190}}<br />
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