Thiruvannamalai is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Perarasu. It stars Arjun in dual roles, with Pooja Gandhi and P. Sai Kumar playing supporting roles.[1] The music was composed by Srikanth Deva.
| Thiruvannamalai | |
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Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Perarasu |
| Written by | Perarasu |
| Produced by | Pushpa Kandaswamy |
| Starring | Arjun Pooja Gandhi P. Sai Kumar |
| Cinematography | Padmesh |
| Edited by | V. Jaishankar |
| Music by | Srikanth Deva |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ayngaran International |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Thiruvannamalai released on 19 December 2008. The film was a decent hit at the box-office. It was later dubbed in Hindi as Main Hoon Vinashak and in Telugu as Jai Sambasiva.
Plot
editEaswaran is an upright, honest youth who runs a local cable channel in Kumbakonam. He is known to fight for causes of the society and the common man. He enters into fisticuffs with local MLA Poongundran after he exposes his corrupt and greedy ways through his cable TV channel. Fearing trouble, his mother Alamelu takes him to a saint in Thiruvannamalai. Guruji resembles Easwaran. A sequence of events forces them to swap places. The soft-spoken Swami tries to sort all issues through non-violent means (Gandhian philosophy). Halfway through, Duraisingam dies in the hands of Poongundran and Poovarasu. In the climax, Guruji kills Poongundran.
Cast
edit- Arjun in a dual role as Easwaran and Guruji
- Pooja Gandhi as Malathi
- P. Sai Kumar as MLA Poongundran
- Karunas as Duraisingam
- Vidharth as Poovarasu, Poongundran's Younger brother
- Sudha as Eswaran's mother
- Akila as Easwaran's sister
- Vaiyapuri as Thumbi Singaram
- Chitti Babu as Poongundran's sidekick
- Saravana Subbiah as Police Inspector
- Pala. Karuppiah as Chief Minister
- Bharathi Kannan as Pandian
- Periyar Dasan
- Munnar Ramesh
- Vellai Subbaiah
- Kadugu Ramamoorthy
- Suja Varunee as Special appearance
- Perarasu as Dr. Swamy Malai (Cameo appearance)
Soundtrack
editThe music was composed by Srikanth Deva and Released by Divo. All lyrics written by Perarasu.
| Thiruvannamalai | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 24:34 | |||
| Label | Ayngaran Music An Ak Audio Divo | |||
| Producer | Srikanth Deva | |||
| Srikanth Deva chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Om Siva Siva" | Shankar Mahadevan | 1:34 |
| 2. | "Namma Nadai" | Naveen | 4:11 |
| 3. | "Adiyae" | Udit Narayan, Suchitra | 4:44 |
| 4. | "Kaadai" | Magi, Renuka, Senthildass Velayutham | 1:45 |
| 5. | "Amma Maare" | Surmukhi Raman, Pushpavanam Kuppusamy | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Solla Solla" | Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam | 4:23 |
| 7. | "Emmaiyaalum" | Shankar Mahadevan | 3:43 |
| Total length: | 24:34 | ||
Production
editImmediately after the release of Pazhani in January 2008, Perarasu announced that he would make another action film starring Bharath titled Thiruthani.[2] However the actor's commitment to Durai's Nepali and Venkatesh's Killadi meant that he was unable to start the project at the time, so Perarasu announced his next project Thiruvannamalai with Arjun Sarja.[3][4][5][6]
Sanya Vakil was selected to play the lead heroine but she opted out.[7] instead Pooja Gandhi was selected.[8]
Reception
editIndiaglitz wrote: "Though the screenplay and script are quick-paced, several sequences sans logic fails to attract attention".[9] Behindwoods wrote: "Thiruvannamalai is a full length Arjun action show in true Perarasu style".[10] Kollywoodtoday wrote: "On the whole, it’s a ridiculous film to watch for miniscule [sic] audiences who are fond of watching avant-garde filmmakers".[11] Sify wrote: "The plodding plot by Perarasu is a rehash of so many films and is as stale as day before yesterday’s Sambar! It follows the hoary formula of all mass masalas, and there is not even one scene or dialogue which is original".[12] Cinefundas wrote: "On the whole, Perarasu makes you feel that he has done something different on the interval where a great challenge is established between two characters. But with everyone anticipating that the screenplay would be sans stunts, it’s completely letting down us with a regretful work".[13]
References
edit- ^ "Ayngaran International". Ayngaran.com. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "The Pazhani after-effect!". Behindwoods. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Thiruvannamalai to kick start!". Behindwoods. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Arjun in 'Thiruvannamalai'?". IndiaGlitz. 14 April 2008. Archived from the original on 15 April 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "From 'Pazhani' to 'Thiruvannamalai'". IndiaGlitz. 16 May 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Arjun and Perarasu together". Kollywood Today. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Sania Vakil — Yet another Mumbai import". IndiaGlitz. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2 July 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Pooja Gandhi — Back with a bang". IndiaGlitz. 1 September 2008. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Thiruvannamalai Tamil Movie Review". IndiaGlitz. 22 December 2008. Archived from the original on 30 June 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "THIRUVANNAMALAI MOVIE REVIEW". Behindwoods. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Review — Thiruvannamalai". Kollywood Today. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Movie Review : Thiruvannamalai". Sify. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
- ^ "Cinefundas Discussion Board - Index".