Vai Raja Vai

Vai Raja Vai (English: Place it, king, place it) is an Indian Tamil romantic thriller film directed by Aishwarya Dhanush, starringGautham Karthik and Priya Anand in the lead roles. The film has a musical score from Yuvan Shankar Raja. Filming commenced on September 12, 2013.

Production

Casting

Initially, director Aishwarya's choice for the lead actor was Atharvaa, but due to schedule conflicts he was unable to work on the project, therefore, Gautham Karthik was signed to play the male lead.^[2] It was later announced that Priya Anand was going to be the female lead opposite Gautham in the film.^[3] Velraj was confirmed as cinematographer for the film.^[4]

Director Vasanth was cast as Gautham's father to make his acting debut, while choreographer Gayathri Raguram was signed to play Gautham's sister, making her return as an actress after a ten-year hiatus.^[5] Taapsee Pannu and Daniel Balaji were chosen to perform guest appearances in the film. Taapsee's role would be a surprise element in the film as for the first time she plays a character with a negative shade.^[6] She later stated that she was not playing the villain in the film but "an aloof girl who is a regular at casinos".^[7] In November 2014, Dhanush also shot a for a cameo role, reprising his role he played in the film Pudhupettai, Kokki Kumar.^[8]

Filming

The film was mostly shot in Chennai, with major portions being shot at Pacifica Tech Park, OMR. The climax scenes were filmed in a cruise liner as the ship sailed a seven-night itinerary across Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The film is loosely based on the Hollywood movie 21 (2008 film).^[9] In December 2013, the crew filmed a song in Osaka, Japan.^[10] Gayathri Raguram, besides acting in the film, choreographed the love duet.^[11] A few scenes and songs were also canned in Goa.

WATCH TRAILER AT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZhj9cZHum8