Chiyaan Vikram Movie Sethu: You must have seen Salman Khan’s film Tere Naam, the film in which Salman entered everyone’s heart by playing the role of ‘Radhe’. People liked his acting very much and that film was also successful at the box office. The songs and story of the film touched people’s hearts, many people even cried after watching this film. That Tamil film itself gave the obsessive lover ‘Radhe’ to Bollywood.
The film Tere Naam was not based on the original content because it was a Hindi remake of a Tamil film. That film was ‘Setu’ which was released in the year 2001. Let us tell you how the film Setu was and how it performed at the box office.
‘Tere Naam’ was the Hindi remake of ‘Setu’.
Famous South director Bala had directed the film Setu. This film was originally in Tamil language and Chiyaan Vikram was seen in the lead role. Lead actress Abita was seen in the film. ‘Setu’ was the superhit Tamil film of that year. The idea of the film Tere Naam came to Satish Kaushik.
He had told in one of his interviews that when he saw the film Setu, he had decided that he would make its Hindi remake. He immediately talked to the makers and bought the copyrights of the film. After a lot of hard work he also got the star cast. The film Tere Naam was released in the year 2005 and became a superhit at the box office. Salman Khan was very much liked as ‘Radhe’ in the film.
‘Setu’ box office
The film Setu was released on 10 December 1999, which was directed by Bala. According to media reports, the budget of the film Setu was Rs 40 lakh while the film earned Rs 5 to 6 crore at the box office. This film proved to be a blockbuster.
The film was later released on OTT Amazon Prime Video. However, you can also watch this film for free on YouTube. This film is considered one of the best films of Chiyaan Vikram.
‘Setu’ director and star cast
The Tamil film Sethu was produced and directed by Bala. In the film, Chiyaan Vikram played the role of a young man named Setu. Who does not believe in love but goes crazy when he sees Abita. After falling in love with her, he leaves all the bad things.
When Abita also falls in love with him and there is talk of their marriage, then someone attacks Setu and he goes mad. Later Abita commits suicide and he spends his life in a mental asylum because he does not like the outside world. Artists like Sivakumar, Sriman, Mohan Vaidya, Bharti Vishnuvardhan were seen in the film Setu.
These awards were in the name of ‘Setu’
Bala received the award for Best Feature Film for the film Setu. Apart from this, he received the Best Director, Best Actor and Best Film awards in Filmfare. Got a place in the nomination for Best Actress. Apart from this, the film Sethu was given the Best Director and Best Actor awards in the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.