Vietnam Colony (1994 film)

Vietnam Colony
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Directed by	Santhana Bharathi
Produced by	C. V. Rajendran
Written by	Crazy Mohan (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Santhana Bharathi
Story by	Siddique-Lal
Starring	Prabhu Goundamani Vineetha Manorama
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	M. S. Prabhu
Edited by	N. Chandran
Production company	Sree Ganesh Vision
Distributed by	Sree Ganesh Vision
Release date	15 July 1994
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Vietnam Colony is a Tamil film directed by Santhana Bharathi. The film features Prabhu, Vineetha, Goundamani, Manorama in lead roles.^[1] The film was released on 15 July 1994. It is a remake of the Malayalam film of the same name'.^[2]

Plot

Venkatakrishnan (Prabhu), hailing from an Orthodox Brahmin community, gets a job with Calcutta Constructions as supervisor. Calcutta Company has been in efforts to restructure their land by vacating an illegal colony lying adjacent to its premises. Popularly known as Vietnam Colony, it is inhabited by mainly daily laborers. The company has been in efforts to demolish the colony for long time, but failed to do so. The colony is now under the rule a few hardcore criminals to whom the residents have to pay specific amount every week. Now, Venkatakrishnan is appointed by company to evacuate the colony, by dealing with these criminals. He is assisted by Joseph (Goundamani). Both arrive in the colony under the disguise of professional writers who are planning to write a story on the life of colony residents. Upon arrival, both enter the house of Manorama in search of a house, but she mistakes them to have come to see her daughter Gayathri (Vineetha) and calls her to bring tea and snacks. But after knowing that the goof happened, she lets them stay on the top floor of her house. Upon the advice of the house broker, Manorama believes that with time, her daughter might fall in love with Venkatakrishnan and might get married to him. In the coming days, Venkatakrishnan befriends with various members of the colony and tries to read out their idea about vacating the colony. But he realizes that it is not an easy task to evacuate the people and thinks about different plans to be operated. From Manorama, Venkatakrishnan comes to know that the entire colony was owned by Sulaiman Sait (Nassar), a millionaire, who gave up his mom for money. What happens next is rest of story.

Cast

Music

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Release

The film was released on 15 July 1994.^[3] On 22 July 1994, The Indian Express wrote, "An unusual story by Siddiq-Lal keeps the proceedings alive for the most part."^[4]

See also

• Vietnam Colony

References