Viduthalai : Part I (2023) Hindi Dubbed HQ

Viduthalai (transl. Liberation), marketed as Viduthalai Part 1, is a 2023 Tamil-language period police procedural crime thriller film written and directed by Vetrimaaran.[5][6] Produced by Elred Kumar under the banners of RS Infotainment.[7] It is adapted from short story Thunaivan written by Jeyamohan.[8] The film stars Soori and Vijay Sethupathi.[9] It was presented by RS Infotainment.

Kumaresan, a police constable gets recruited for Operation Ghosthunt, which is implanted to capture Perumal Vaathiyar, who leads a separatist group People’s Army which are highly dedicated to fighting against the authorities for commiting atrocities against innocent village women in the name of police interrogations. Viduthalai: Part 1 was released worldwide theatrically on 31st March 2023 where it received critical acclaim from critics. During the pre-production works of Vaadivaasal, Vetrimaaran was reported to collaborate with Soori for another project in July 2019,[10] due to the extensive pre-production of the former.[10] Vetrimaaran decided to adapt late Na. Muthukumar’s short story Pattamppoochi Virpavan and later opted for Meeran Moideen’s novel Ajnabi, which involved multiple foreign locations such as Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. In April 2020, due to the restrictions in air travel to curb COVID-19 pandemic, Vetrimaaran had decided to make changes in the script and used the lockdown period for pre-production works.[11] Media reports later claimed that, Vetrimaaran had adapted the short story Thunaivan written by B. Jeyamohan, with the film being titled the same.[12][13] However, the makers decided to title the film as Viduthalai,[6] which was officially confirmed on 21 April 2021 with the first look being released.[14][15] Originally intended as a single film, it was later split into two parts.

In January 2021, Vijay Sethupathi joined the film’s cast and also shot few portions during the commencement of the shoot,[17] thus marking his first collaboration with Vetrimaaran.[18] Vetrimaaran revealed that Sethupathi would play the role of Soori’s mentor in the film, which is said to be a crucial one, although Soori plays a crucial part in the story.[19] This is Soori’s first film in a leading role.[20] The team recreated Sethupathi’s character, which is based on Ku. Kaliyaperumal Vaathiyaar, a member from Tamil Desiyam Group.[21] While Soori’s character is based on the Indian bandit Veerappan, the team rubbished the rumours clarifying that there is no connection of Veerappan with the script.[21]

Bharathiraja was reported to join the film in his first collaboration with Vetrimaaran, although he was replaced by Kishore during the filming of the first schedule.[22] Ilaiyaraaja was reported to compose music for the film marking his first collaboration with Vetrimaaran.[23] In January 2021, Bhavani Sre, sister of composer G. V. Prakash Kumar was announced playing the female lead, in her third feature film after Ka Pae Ranasingam and Paava Kadhaigal.[24][25] In April 2021, Gautham Vasudev Menon was reported to play the role of a cop in the film.