Vanna Jigina

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Vanna Jigina
Directed byNandha Periyasamy
Produced byN. Subhash Chandrabose
K. Thirukadal Udhayam
StarringVijay Vasanth
Sanyathara
Music byJohn Peter
CinematographyBalaji V. Ranga
Edited byGopi Krishna
Production
company
Raghul Films
Distributed byThirrupathi Brothers
Release date
21 August 2015
Running time
106 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Vanna Jigina is a 2015 Tamil comedy film, written and directed by Nandha Periyasamy. The film stars Vijay Vasanth and Sanyathara in the lead roles while Singampuli, Ravi Mariya and Ashwin Raja among others form an ensemble cast. Music for the film was composed by John Peters and the film opened to mixed reviews in August 2015.[1]

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The film was launched under the title Jigina in July 2014, and carried on using that title through production, before being christened as Vanna Jigina before the film was censored.[2] The project received further media attention after director N. Linguswamy chose to buy the rights of the film and distribute it under his production studio's banner, Thirrupathi Brothers.[3][4] Featuring a theme involving social media, Jigina was promoted online through a series of memes, describing scenes from older Tamil films.[5]

Soundtrack[edit]

The soundtrack was composed by John Peter.[6] The film's audio launch happened in July 2015, with Vignesh and Ramesh from the film Kaaka Muttai (2015) in attendance as the chief guests.[7]

  • "Rosapoo" - Hariharasudhan
  • "Kaathoda" - Surjit, Vinayetha
  • "Ayyo En Idhayuthula" - Jayamurthy

Release[edit]

The film opened to mixed reviews upon release in August 2015, with a critic from The Hindu labelling it as "backward" and criticizing the theme of portraying people with dark skin tones as inferior.[8] Likewise, the critic from the Times of India noted the film is "funny for all the wrong reasons".[9] A reviewer from the Deccan Chronicle gave a more favourable report, citing "the director has made a good attempt with a novel idea and even sends out a strong message", but "where he errs is in its execution" and adds had "he concentrated on an interesting screenplay with few more meaningful dialogues, the film would have been an engaging fare".[10]

References[edit]

  1. "Jigina".
  2. "Vijay Vasanth's 'Jigina' starts rolling!".
  3. "What is 'Jigina' all about?".
  4. "Jigina carries a huge message: Lingusamy". 12 August 2015.
  5. "Jigina uses interesting memes with Ajith, Vijay and Suriya for its social media promotions". 19 August 2015.
  6. https://gaana.com/album/jigina
  7. "Jigina audio launched by Kaaka Muttai kids, Event Gallery, Jigina audio launched by Kaaka Muttai kids, Jigina". 15 June 2015.
  8. Srinivasan, Sudhir (21 August 2015). "Jigina: A perilous movie about the perils of social network". The Hindu.
  9. "Vanna Jigina Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Vanna Jigina by Times of India".
  10. "Movie Review 'Vanna Jigina': Good attempt with a novel idea". 23 August 2015.