Markandeyan

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• 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

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FEFSI Vijayan launched his son Shabarish with this film.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Vijayan-launches-his-son/articleshow/7971890.cms|title = Vijayan launches his son|website = The Times of India}} Thai actress Savika Chaiyadej (Pinky) made her debut into Indian cinema with this film.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/movie-details/news-interviews/markandeyan-makes-an-impression/articleshow/9453363.cms|title=Markandeyan makes an impression|website=The Times of India|date=2 August 2011 }} Shabarish trained for a year in Thai boxing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/Learning-curve/article14677358.ece|title = Learning curve|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 9 April 2011|last1 = Raghavan|first1 = Nikhil}}

Songs by Sundar C. Babu.{{cite web |title=Markandeyan Songs |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/markandeyan-songs-T0003071 |date=2022-07-31 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230324005010/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/markandeyan-songs-T0003071 |archive-date=2023-03-24 |url-status=live}} Salman Khan (who worked with FEFSI Vijayan in Wanted and Dabangg), Vijay, and Shriya Saran attended the audio launch.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/mumbai/sallu-storms-chennai/articleshow/8886734.cms|title=Sallu storms Chennai|website=The Times of India|date=17 June 2011 }}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/salman-khans-advice-to-shabarish/articleshow/8876453.cms|title = Salman Khan's advice to Shabarish|website = The Times of India}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/salman-khan-not-being-human/articleshow/8912442.cms|title = Salman Khan not being human|website = The Times of India}}

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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2011/aug/02/markandeyan-277423.html|title = Markandeyan}} A critic from Sify gave the film a verdict of "disappointing" and criticised the film.{{cite web|title=Markandeyan|work=Sify|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/markandeyan-review-tamil-14975978.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628023613/http://www.sify.com/movies/markandeyan-review-tamil-14975978.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 June 2013|access-date=23 May 2012}} 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."{{cite web|title=MARKANDEYAN MOVIE REVIEW|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/aug-11-01/markandeyan-review.html|access-date=23 May 2012|work=Behindwoods}}

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Category:2011 films

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