Markandeyan

Markandeyan is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by FEFSI Vijayan. It stars his son Shabarish, Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky), Nivedhitha, Santhanam in lead. The film score is composed by Sundar C Babu, while cinematography is by D. Sasikumar and Santtonio and editing handled by Raja Mohammed. Markandeyan was panned by critics.

Markandeyan
Directed by	FEFSI Vijayan
Written by	FEFSI Vijayan
Produced by	FEFSI Vijayan
Starring	Shabarish Vijayan Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky) Nivedhitha Santhanam
Cinematography	D. Sasikumar Santtonio
Edited by	Raja Mohammad
Music by	Sundar C Babu
Production company	Mastermind Films
Release date	29 July 2011 (2011-07-29)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Shabarish Vijayan as Markandeyan "Mark"
• Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky) as Divya
• Nivedhitha as Ilavanchi
• Santhanam as Yaanaimudi
• Srihari as Varada
• Bala Singh as Esakki
• Pragathi
• M. S. Bhaskar
• Nizhalgal Ravi
• Tarun Shatriya
• Vasu Vikram
• Appu K. Sami as Lawyer
• Periya Karuppu Thevar
• Karate Raja
• Muthukaalai
• Bava Lakshnmanan
• Sumathi G. as Yaanaimudi's admirer
• Sree Raam as Young Mark

Production

FEFSI Vijayan launched his son Shabarish with this film.^[1] Thai actress Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky) made her debut into Indian cinema with this film.^[2] Shabarish trained for a year in Thai boxing.^[3]

Soundtrack

Songs by Sundar C. Babu.^[4] Salman Khan (who worked with FEFSI Vijayan in Wanted and Dabangg),^[1] Vijay, and Shriya Saran attended the audio launch.^[5][6][7]

Song Title	Lyricist	Singers
"Vanji Kota"	Kavivarman	Manicka Vinayakam, Naveen Madhav
"Kanna Kati Kaathule"	S. Gnanakaravel	Velmurugan
"Paasam Indri"	Kavivarman	Senthildass Velayutham
"Yakka Chakka	Kavivarman	Krishna Iyer, Charulatha
"Siru Siru Vena"	Yugabharathi	MK. Balaji, Vichitha
"Panflute Theme"		Kiran
"Markandeyan"		Kiran

Reception

A critic from The New Indian Express opined that "The director has painstakingly worked on the script in the earlier half and given it a fresh feel. However, he could have taken more effort in the second half and made it just as engaging".^[8] A critic from Sify gave the film a verdict of "disappointing" and criticised the film.^[9] A critic from Behindwoods gave the film a half out of five stars and wrote that "Technically, there is not much that deserves mention except for the effort of the crew to make the action sequences."^[10]