Arasatchi
| Arasatchi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | N. Maharajan |
| Produced by | Murali Manohar |
| Written by | N. Maharajan |
| Starring |
Arjun Lara Dutta Riya Sen Karan Raghuvaran Nassar Vivek Manivannan Delhi Ganesh Anand Raj P. Vasu |
| Music by | Harris Jayaraj |
| Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
| Edited by |
B. S. Vasu Saleem |
Production company |
Cee (I)TV Entertainment(p)ltd |
| Distributed by |
Mars Entertainment Group Motion Pictures Partners |
Release dates | 22 September 2004 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Arasatchi is a Tamil language film released in 2004. The film was directed by N Maharajan. The film starred Arjun, Lara Dutta and Raghuvaran in the lead roles. Vivek as the comedian, Lakshmi and Manivannan all play in other roles. The film's music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film was released in September 2004. It was dubbed into Telugu as "Judgement" and in Hindi as "Ghatak The Destroyer".
Plot
Anandraj a lawyer who argues for rapists and murderers is killed by a cricket ball hit by Arjun.
Arjun is a GM of a five star hotel owned by S V Shekar. Shekar’s daughter is Lara Dutta who is introduced with a sexy song. She comes from abroad to join her dad’s hotel but only as a traineee under the macho GM. Within no time Lara is in love with Arjun.
It’s now time for duets . Lara’s friend Karan is a campaigner of public cause. His efforts lead to a brothel raid and a minister getting arrested. The minister’s goons bump off Karan and Arjun is an eyewitness. Arjun refuses to testify and Lara walks out on him. Charanraj pleads for the killer and lets him off. Arjun bumps off Charanraj. Nazar a military officer is a witness to the murder. Nazar even postpones his heart operation till the killer is nabbed. Arjun now tells his story of why he is on a hunt of the lawyers who plead for the bad guys. Nazar gives up his mission.
Next Devan takes a brief for a rapist and he too is killed. Next is the turn of Raghuvaran who comes from Delhi. The surprise element is that Raghuvaran is the brother in law of Arjun. Raghuvaran’s wife is the long lost sister of Arjun. Now the brother- sister sentiment comes into play. Finally the story ends with Raghuvaran being shot dead by Arjun in the court premises. The police open fire and bystanders form a human wall and get shot at. Arjun tells TV crew about how his mission has spread to the masses.
Cast
- Arjun as Siddharth
- Lara Dutta as Lara
- Vivek
- Vaiyapuri
- S. Ve Shekhar
- P. Vasu
- Abitha
- Kavitha
- Ajay Ratnam
- Karan
- Nassar
- Ponnambalam
- Mansur Ali Khan
- Mahanadhi Sankar
- Delhi Ganesh
- Anand Raj
- Raghuvaran
- Charan Raj
- Devan
- M. N. Nambiar
- Rajan P. Dev
- Uma
- Manivannan
- Riya Sen as Bar Dancer in item song (Iruvadhu Vayasu)
- Perarasu as reporter (uncredited)
Production
After the success of Vallarasu Maharajan was supposed to direct Vijaykanth in another project but later got dropped and Maharajan went on to remake Vallarasu in Hindi as Indian with Sunny Deol.[1] Meanwhile, Maharajan announced his next project Arasatchi with Arjun playing the lead role. Miss Universe 2000 Lara Dutta made her acting debut in Tamil with this film.[2] The film boasts of 14 villains played by Raghuvaran, Karan, Anandraj, Nasser, Nambiar, Ponnambalam, Delhi Ganesh, Mansur Alikhan, Devan, Rajan P Dev and Manivannan among others. Uma, Abitha, Vindhya and P Vasu play crucial roles in the film.
The filming was held at Le Royal Meridian Hotel, Chennai and the songs were picturised at locations in London, New Zealand and Canada.[3]
The movie was completed in 2003 but got delayed due to financial problems and finally released in 2004,[4] in between production delays Maharajan finished Anjaneya with Ajith.
Release
The satellite rights of the film were secured by Raj TV. The film was given an "A" certificate by the Indian Censor Board. Before release, poster featuring tagline "When Justice Fails" created controversy which caused a lawyer to file a case citing that the film would portray lawyers in bad light. After one week, case was finally won.[5][6]
Soundtrack
| Arasatchi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | New Music | |||
| Harris Jayaraj chronology | ||||
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The soundtrack and background score was composed by Harris Jayaraj. Lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar, Thamarai, Viveka & Snehan.[7]
| Song title | Singers |
|---|---|
| Arakonathhil | Sunitha Sarathy |
| Buddhan | Karthik |
| Ippadiyae | Shankar Mahadevan, Swarnalatha, Sunitha Sarathy |
| Iruvathu Vayasu | Harini, Febi Mani |
| Kozha Kozha | Srilekha Parthasarathy |
| Mughalai Mughalai | Harish Raghavendra, Harini |
References
- ↑ http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:IQJObN8scEgJ:cinematoday2.itgo.com/666Hot%2520News%2520Just%2520for%2520U.htm+narasimha+tirupathisamy&cd=18&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk&source=www.google.co.uk
- ↑ http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/17/stories/2003071701190401.htm
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20030920115501/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/arasatchi.asp
- ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/9897.html
- ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/10575.html
- ↑ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/10522.html
- ↑ http://www.nilacharal.com/enter/cinebit/c59.html