| Directed by | Rosshan Andrrews |
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| Produced by | Suriya |
| Written by | Viji (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Bobby Sanjay |
| Story by | Roshan Andrews |
| Starring | Jyothika Rahman Abhirami |
| Music by | Santhosh Narayanan |
| Cinematography | R. Diwakaran |
| Edited by | Mahesh Narayanan |
Production
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| Distributed by | Studio Green |
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Running time
| 115 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
36-year-old Vasanthi (Jyothika) is a UD clerk in the Revenue Department. Her husband Tamizhselvan (Rahman) works in Akashvaani. Tamizhselvan aspires to emigrate to Ireland, but Vasanthi cannot accompany him as most Irish companies refuse her job applications because of her age being a problem. There is nothing interesting about her life; she leads a mundane life but she craves for a change.
One day, Vasanthi is summoned by the IG, Rajan (Nassar) to his office and she learns that the President of India would like to have a conversation with her. The meeting turns ends in disaster after she faints in front of the President and she becomes the subject of Facebook jokes and before long, she watches helplessly as her husband and daughter Mithila (Amritha Anil) fly away to Ireland.
Vasanthi's old classmate Susan David (Abhirami) now a successful CMO, reminds her of the bold, strong-willed woman she used to be and inspires her to rediscover her younger self, a woman with big dreams and aspirations. Vasanthi, who is encouraged to have bigger goals in her life, gets an idea through a wedding catering order. She learns about the unhealthy market vegetables that are sprayed with toxic pesticides, and refines her home greenhouse while appealing to other women in her neighbourhood to start their own greenhouses for the welfare of their families. Susan gets her a slot in the region's annual architectural conference, which is graced by the bigwigs of the country, and her talk on organic greenhouse farming concept is well received by the audience. Despite resistance and lack of support from her husband, Vasanthi persists on with her new project, which turns out to be a big success as she was able to fulfill the demand of the wedding catering order and materialise her idea. She receives regional and national acclaim for her endeavors. Following this success, Vasanthi once again gets an invitation from the President of India. This time, Vasanthi is unwavering and cleverly answers the questions of the President, and finally wins the respect and appreciation of her husband and daughter.
The film ends by showing autographs of the world-famous women of India who have made a mark for themselves, with one blank one, implying the women audience to be the next.
Cast
- Jyothika as Vasanthi Tamizhselvan
- Rahman as Tamizhselvan
- Nassar as Commissioner Rajan
- Ilavarasu as a vegetable merchant
- Siddhartha Basu as President of India
- Abhirami as Susan David
- Amritha Anil as Mithila Tamizhselvan
- Sethulakshmi as Thulasi
- Delhi Ganesh as Vasanthi's father-in-law
- Jayaprakash
- M. S. Bhaskar as Stephen
- Bose Venkat as Police officer
- Prem as Jayachandran
- Kalaranjini as Vasanthi's mother-in-law
- Devadarshini as Girija Sreenivasan
- Sujatha Sivakumar as Raani
- Mohan V. Raman as Nalabagam Chellur Pichai
- Muthuraman as Vasanthi's superior
- Bayilvan Ranganathan as Bayilvan Ranganathan
- Scissor Manohar as Auto driver
- Khalid Hussain as a Horticulture officer[citation needed]
- Sivakumar as President of India (voice only)[citation needed]
Production
In August 2014, it was announced that actress Jyothika would make a comeback to acting after a seven-year sabbatical by featuring in the Tamil remake of Rosshan Andrrews's Malayalam film How Old Are You (2014), which featured Manju Warrier in the leading role. Jyothika's husband Suriya agreed to produce the venture under his production banner 2D Entertainment, while director and writer Rosshan Andrrews and Bobby Sanjay were retained from the original version.[5] Suriya revealed that Jyothika and he were impressed by the Malayalam version and Jyothika took two days to agree to make a return as an actress.[6] Actor Rahman was added to the cast in October 2014, to play the role originally played by Kunchacko Boban.[7][8]Music director Santhosh Narayanan was signed on to compose the film's score and soundtrack.[9]
The shoot of the film began in November 2014 and shoots were planned to take place in Chennai, Delhi and Rajasthan.[10]The final scene of the film was first shot, with scenes of Jyothika's character meeting the President, played by Siddharth Basu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan filmed in New Delhi.[11][12] During the first schedule, actress Abhirami also signed on to portray a pivotal role, marking a comeback to Tamil films after an eleven-year absence.[13] Sanjay Bharathi was also offered a small role in the film by producer Suriya, who had been working with him in another production. Masss (2015).
Soundtrack
| 36 Vayadhinile | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Santhosh Narayanan | ||||
| Released | 17 February 2014 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Label | Think Music | |||
| Producer | Santhosh Narayanan | |||
| Santhosh Narayanan chronology | ||||
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The film's soundtrack was composed by Santhosh Narayanan. The soundtrack album features eleven tracks, which includes three songs, five instrumentals from the original score and three karaoke numbers.[14] The lyrics for the three songs were written by Vivek.[15] The album was launched at Leela Palace, Chennai on 6 April 2015.[16][17] Two songs, "Rasathi" and "Happy-Naalu Kazhudha" were performed live by Santhosh at the event, which was hosted by Dhivyadharshini.[18] Sify gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "Santhosh Narayanan delivers another terrific album adding to the list of his impressive filmography. 36 Vayadhinile has a good collection of some catchy songs & soothing background score which is a great attribute to the movie".[19]
All lyrics written by Vivek.
| Track listing | |||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Happy – Naalu Kazhudha" | Santhosh Narayanan | 03:14 |
| 2. | "Pogiren" | Kalpana Raghavendar | 03:46 |
| 3. | "Rasathi" | Lalitha Vijayakumar | 04:25 |
| 4. | "President" | — | |
| 5. | "Kannadi" | — | |
| 6. | "Vidiyal Thedi" | — | |
| 7. | "Kanavugal Sumandhu" | — | |
| 8. | "Kanneer" | — | |
