Vilayada Vaa

Vilayada Vaa (transl. Come and play) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language sports drama film directed by Vijay Nantha. The film stars Viswanath Balaji and Divya Padmini. This film marks the Tamil debut of the director and music director, Srimurali.

Plot

Deva is a low class man who enjoys carrom and plays with his friends. He adopts Naveen, who becomes an expert at the game. The story revolves around Naveen's struggles toward success in the world of carrom.

Cast

Production

Vijay Nantha, who previously directed a film in Telugu, began working on his second film. The producer, K. Tripura Sundhari, called Vijay Natha on producing a film and the former recalls how coincidentally his son, Viswanath Balaji, was chosen to portray the lead role. Balaji is a television actor and makes his film debut through Vilayada Vaa. Divya Padmini and Aishwarya Rajesh also star in the film. The director wanted to shed light on the game of carrom through this film.

Themes

The director, Vijayanand, stated that "The carrom board is used as a metaphor for life in the film that is about the hero's fight to be a successful player".

Soundtrack

The songs were composed by Srimurali, who previously worked in Kannada, Malayalam, and Telugu films. The audio was released by K. S. Ravikumar in 11 November 2011.