| Vettai | |
|---|---|
| வேட்டை | |
| Genre | Crime, Drama |
| Created by | Anuratha Kanderaju and Abbas Akbar (Season 1&2) Anuratha Kanderaju & Kumaran Sundaram & Don Arvind (Season Three) Kumaran Sundaram & SS Vikneshwaran (Season Four) |
| Written by | Jaya Rathakrishnan |
| Theme music composer | Shabir |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language | Tamil |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Prema Pon Rajoo |
| Producers | Larvn Raveen Pavitra Chandrakumar Ganesh Ramalingam |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | MediaCorp EagleVission |
| Original release | |
| Network | Vasantham |
| Release | November 2010 – March 2018 |
Vettai is Singapore Tamil language police procedural drama television series created by Anuratha Kanderaju and Abbas Akbar for MediaCorp Vasantham. The series' first season was on-air from 23 November 2010 to 30 March 2011, every Monday to Thursday, 10.30 pm and the second season was on-air from 4 January 2012 to 11 May 2013. Meanwhile, the third season started to air on Deepavali 2014 and end by Spring 2015 and the fourth season started to air from 11 December 2017 to 29 March 2018, every Monday to Thursday at 10.00 pm
This long-form drama series was directed by Anuratha Kanderaju and Abbas Akbar. Meanwhile, the third season were directed by Anuratha Kanderaju, Kumaran Sundaram and Don Arvind. And the 4th Season was directed by Kumaran Sundaram and SS Vikneshwaran. The series is one of the most watched television series in Singapore.[citation needed]
The base of the drama is set in a fictionalized police unit that specializes in unraveling unsolved cases which are often referred to as cold cases.
They are part of a special task force assembled just to tackle cold cases pertaining to the Indian community and Indian immigrants. The unit is not widely publicized and kept under wraps but their work is consuming to say the least.
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired (Singapore dates) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 72 | 18 November 2010 | 14 March 2011 | |
| 2 | 72 | 7 January 2012 | 14 May 2012 | |
| 3 | 72 | Deepavali 2014 | Summer 2015 | |
| 4 | 62 | 11 December 2017 | 29 March 2018 | |
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Main article: Vettai : Pledged to Hunt |
The first season known as Vettai : Pledged to Hunt ran for 72 episodes. Due to its high degree of popularity and TV ratings, the final 3 episodes of the season were shown on Cathay, Orchard Cineleisure, at 7 pm.[1]
Following the positive reception of the first season, a second season, titled Vettai 2.0: The Next Generation was produced. The first episode aired on 4 January 2012, with a special behind-the-scenes episode airing the day before. The second season aired in the same time slot as its predecessor: 10:30 pm to 11 pm from Monday to Thursday on Vasantham.
Due to the popularity of the first two seasons a third season titled Vettai 3: The Final Judgment started to air on Deepavali in 2014. The series was on every weekend at 10.30 pm. The 3rd season was directed by Anuratha Kanderaju, Kumaran Sundaram and Don Arvind.
A fourth season titled Vettai 4: The Force started to air on 11 December 2017, with a special behind-the-scenes episode airing on 7 December 2017. The series was on every weekend at 10 pm. The 4th season was directed by Kumaran Sundaram and SS Vikneshwaran.
| Actor | Character | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seasoan 1(Vettai : Pledged to Hunt) | Season 3 (The Final Judgement) | ||
| Arvind Naidu | Shan | Main | |
| Eswari Gunasagar | Meera | TBA | Main |
| Gunalan Morgan | Mugi | Main | |
| Roxanne Sylvia | Diana | TBA | Main |
| Saravanan Ayyavoo | Shiva | Guest | Main |
| Vignesh Wadarajan | Seelan | Main | |
| Shabir | Nantha | Main | TBA |
| Gayathri Segaran | Radha | Main | TBA |
At the 2011 Pradhana Vizha awards, the series won "Most Popular Series", while Shabir won "Best Actor", Gunalan won "Most Popular Male Personality" and Gayathiri won "Most Popular Female Personality".[2]