Arasu
Directed bySuresh
Written bySuresh
Produced byR. B. Choudary
(presenter)
Babu Raaja
StarringSarathkumar
Simran
Roja
CinematographyY. N. Murali
Edited byV. Jaishankar
Music byMani Sharma
Production
company
JJ Good Films
Distributed bySuper Good Films
Release date
14 April 2003
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Arasu (transl. Kingdom) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Suresh and produced by Babu Raaja. The film stars Sarathkumar in dual roles, Simran and Roja, while Sai Kumar, Vadivelu, Delhi Ganesh and Riyaz Khan play supporting roles. The score and soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma.

Arasu was released on 14 April 2003 and became a commercial success at the box office.[1]

Plot

Thirunavukkarasu alias Arasu is employed in a temple by Venu Shastri at Kumbakonam and stays in Pichumani's house. Arasu's calm nature and responsible behaviour impresses the locality people and Venu Shastri's daughter Meera, who falls in love with Arasu. One day, Arasu sees the news about the release of a convict from prison where he violently kills the convict with the help of a few men, but Meera and Venu Shastri witnesses the murder. Arasu meets Venu Shastri's family and discloses his past.

Past: Arasu is the son of Periyavar Nataraj, a kind-hearted gangster who is striving hard for the welfare of slum dwellers in Chennai. Sabapathy is a business tycoon who goes to any extent for earning money. Trouble erupts between Sabapathy and Periyavar, following which Sabapathy is arrested and sentenced to imprisonment for his illegal activities which led to the deaths of a few young girls. In order to exact vengeance, Sabapathy's brother Gunashekharan and his henchmen kill Periyavar and his wife Sivagami. Arasu gets enraged and swears vengeance against Sabapathy and Gunashekharan.

Present: Venu Shastri and Meera understands Arasu's position and decide to save him by not disclosing his whereabouts to the police. Despite all the attempts by the cops, Arasu successfully kills Sabapathy and Gunashekharan, where he surrenders to the police and is sentenced to imprisonment. Five years later, Arasu finally reunites with Meera and lead a happy life.

Cast

Soundtrack

These five songs in Arasu were composed by Mani Sharma. Sharma later reused "Malligai Malligai" as "Chinnaga Chinnaga" for Telugu film Tagore.

No.SongSingersLyrics
1"Aalaana Dhegam Engum"Anuradha SriramKabilan
2"Bull Bull Thara"Pop ShaliniKalaikumar
3"Ilesha Kattumaram"Tippu, Kalpana Raghavendar
4"Kattha Kattha"Karthik, GangaKabilan
5"Malligai Malligai"Vijay Yesudas, Sujatha

Production

The film marked the debut of Suresh who had worked with directors like N. Maharajan (Vallarasu), Dharani, and Lingusamy.

Most of the shooting took place at Kumbakonam, in and around the temple areas. Other locations were Mumbai and Kolkata. A fight scene was picturised at the Kumbakonam market area. Five cameras were used and it took ten days to shoot the fight scene. The scene choreographed by Peter Hayen and canned by cinematographer Y. N. Murali, was shot amidst a large crowd including the hero, some stuntmen, character artistes and the locals. Close-up shots of the fight scene was shot again in Chennai Studio where a set resembling the market place was erected.[2]

Release

After this film, Suresh again collaborated with Sarath Kumar for films like Gambeeram and Nam Naadu.

Critical reception

Sify wrote "the narration is told in a gripping fashion with all the essential ‘masalas’ like punchy dialogues, action, song ‘n’ dance and item numbers".[3] Balaji of Thiraipadam wrote "The movie presents the revenge tale in the style of Rajnikanth's Baashha and is quite entertaining".[4]

References

  1. "Arasu". Chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. "Arasu". Chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. "Movie Review : Arasu". Sify. 17 April 2014. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  4. "Arasu - Tamil Movie Review". Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
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