36 Vayadhinile

36 Vayadhinile (English: At the age of

thirty-six) is a 2015 Indian Tamil comedy-
drama film directed by Rosshan
Andrrews, written by Bobby Sanjay and
produced by Suriya under his production
studio 2D Entertainment. An official
remake of the Malayalam film How Old
Are You (2014), the film features Jyothika
in the lead role, while Rahman plays a
supporting role. It marked her
comeback[3] of Abhirami and Jyothika,
and her performance has been the
highlight of positive critical reviews. The
film was declared a commercial success
two weeks after its release.[4] She was
awarded Filmfare Critics Award for Best
Actress at 63rd Britannia South Filmfare
Awards.[5]
 36 Vayadhinile

Directed by Rosshan Andrrews

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
Cinematography R. Diwakaran

Edited by Mahesh Narayanan

Production 2D Entertainment
company
Distributed by Studio Green
Release date 15 May 2015[1]

Running time 115 min

Country India

Language Tamil

Budget ₹3 crore
(US$440,000)[2]

Plot
36-year-old Vasanthi (Jyothika) is a UD
clerk in the Revenue Department. Her
husband Tamizhselvan (Rahman) works
at All India Radio. 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.

Cast
Jyothika as Vasanthi Tamizhselvan
(Voice dubbed by Savitha Reddy)
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
Sethu Lakshmi 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 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
Sivakumar as President of India (voice
only)

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.[6]
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.[7] Actor Rahman
was added to the cast in October 2014,
to play the role originally played by
Kunchacko Boban.[8][9] Music director
Santhosh Narayanan was signed on to
compose the film's score and
soundtrack.[10]

The shoot of the film began in November

2014 and shoots were planned to take
place in Chennai, Delhi and Rajasthan.[11]
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.[12][13] 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.[14] 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
Soundtrack album by Santhosh Narayanan

Released 17 February 2015

Genre Feature film

soundtrack

Language Tamil

Label Think Music

Producer Santhosh Narayanan

Santhosh Narayanan chronology

Enakkul Oruvan 36 Vayadhinile Irudhi Suttru

(2014) (2015) (2016)

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.[15] The lyrics for the three
songs were written by Vivek.[16] The
album was launched at Leela Palace,
Chennai on 6 April 2015.[17][18] Two
songs, "Rasathi" and "Happy-Naalu
Kazhudha" were performed live by
Santhosh at the event, which was hosted
by Dhivyadharshini.[19] 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".[20]

All lyrics written by Vivek.

Track listing
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Happy – Santhosh 03:14
Naalu Narayanan
Kazhudha"
2. "Pogiren" Kalpana 03:46
Raghavendar
3. "Rasathi" Lalitha 04:25
Vijayakumar
4. "President" —  
5. "Kannadi" —  
6. "Vidiyal Thedi" —  
7. "Kanavugal —  
Sumandhu"
8. "Kanneer" —  
Release
The satellite rights of the film were sold
to Jaya TV.[21]

Reception
The film received positive reviews from
critics.[22] Sify wrote "Overall, 36
Vayadhinile is a better film than the most
of the so called commercial movies and
it is must watch for the family audiences
who seek quality entertainment. There
are some positive messages that the film
conveys, which also need to be
appreciated".[23] The Times of India rated
3.5 of 5 and wrote "36 Vayadhinile might
be a familiar tale of women
empowerment, but the issues that it
deals with [..] are very valid".[24] Rediff
gave the film 3 stars and wrote "A simple
yet effective script, well executed by the
director, coupled with some enjoyable
music, and the wonderful performance of
Jyothika definitely make 36 Vayadhinile
worth a watch".[25]

However, The Hindu gave a negative

review, stating "36 Vayadhinile is not
cinema. It’s, at best, a glorified television
soap, broadly written and staged and
performed, and blaring its messages
through a megaphone".[26]

Accolades
 Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
- Jyothika[27]
Behindwoods People's Choice Actor
Female - Jyothika [28]
Behindwoods Best Debut Producer -
Suriya (2D Entertainment) [29]

References
1. "36 Vayadhinile confirmed for May 15th
release" . Tamil Cinema News ›
KollyInsider. 4 May 2015. Retrieved
26 May 2015.
2. Sreedhar Pillai (1 June 2015). " 'Women
should have a drive to chase their
dreams': Jyothika on her hit comeback
film '36 Vayadhinile' " . Firstpost.
3. "Jyothika to return in how old are you
tamil remake" . PrimeGlitz Media.
Retrieved 3 April 2015.
4. 36 Vayadhinile box office collection .
Behindwoods.com. May 2015.
5. Winners of the 63rd Britannia Filmfare
Awards (South) Archived 2 July 2016 at
the Wayback Machine.
6. "Jyothika to return in how old are you
tamil remake" . Sify. Retrieved 6 April
2015.
7. "Suriya talks about Jyothika's re-entry" .
Sify. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
8. "Rahman paired opposite Jyothika" .
Indo-Asian News Service. 25 October
2014. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
9. "Rahman joins tamil remake of how old
are you" . Sify. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
10. Soman, Deepa (4 November 2014).
"Santosh Narayanan is the composer of
How Old Are You's Tamil" . The Times of
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11. "Tamil remake of How old are you" .
Indo-Asian News Service. Retrieved
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12. "Jyothika's movie follows reverse
chronology method" . Indiaglitz. 20
November 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
13. "Siddharth Basu to make his
Kollywood debut?" . The Times of India.
23 November 2014. Retrieved 6 April
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14. "Abhirami is back, plays Jyothika's
friend" . Sify. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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Santhosh Narayanan . Behindwoods.com
(20 March 2015). Retrieved on 26 May
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tamilsonglyrics. Archived from the
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17. Upadhyaya, Prakash (6 April 2015).
"Jyothika's '36 Vayadhinile' Audio
Released" . The International Business
Times. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
18. "36 Vayadhinile audio launched" . The
Times of India. 7 April 2015.
19. Jyothika shines at `36 Vayadhinile`
audio launch! . Sify.com (6 April 2015).
Retrieved on 26 May 2015.
20. `36 Vayadhinile` audio review .
Sify.com (8 April 2015). Retrieved on 26
May 2015.
21. "Ayudha Pooja 2015 Special Movies
and Programs in Tamil Television
Channels on October 21, 2015" .
Southupdates.in. 11 October 2015.
Retrieved 14 October 2015.
22. http://www.ibtimes.co.in/36-
vayadhinile-36-vayathinile-movie-review-
round-jyothika-starrer-receives-
appreciation-632621
23. http://www.sify.com/movies/36-
vayadhinile-review-tamil-
pfon1Ncedijgd.html
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entert
ainment/tamil/movie-reviews/36-
Vayadhinile/movie-
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ew-36-vayadhinile-is-jyothikas-show-all-
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a/36-vayadhinile-review-worth-a-cheer-
despite-a-broad-tvsoap-
approach/article7210772.ece
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28. "WINNERS OF BEHINDWOODS GOLD
MEDALS 2015" . Behindwoods. Retrieved
2016-10-13.
29. "WINNERS OF BEHINDWOODS GOLD
MEDALS 2015" . Behindwoods. Retrieved
2016-10-13.

External links
36 Vayadhinile on IMDb
Official Trailer on YouTube
 36 Vayadhinile Aggregated Reviews at
Vimarsi.com

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