Arasiyal

Arasiyal
Directed by R. K. Selvamani
Produced by Motherland Movies Internationals
Written by R. K. Selvamani
Starring
Music by Vidyasagar
Cinematography M. V. Paneer Selvam
Edited by Udhaya Sankar
Production
company
Motherland Movies Internationals
Distributed by Motherland Movies Internationals
Release dates
 12 December 1997
Running time
 140 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Arasiyal (English: Politics) is an Indian 1997 Tamil language film directed by R. K. Selvamani. The film features Mammootty, Shilpa Shirodkar and Roja in lead roles. The film, produced by Motherland Movies Internationals, had musical score by Vidyasagar and was released on 12 December 1997 to mixed reviews.[1][2]

Plot

Chandrasekhar (Mammootty) is an honest collector who arrests Vikram (Anandaraj), an international terrorist, in Delhi. He's transferred to Madras to eradicate the corruption. Chandrasekhar has two sisters, Priya (Jeeva) and Supriya (Roja). Priya is in love with Marudapandi (Charan Raj), a hopeless police officer and Chandrasekhar's friend. Meanwhile, Chandrasekhar is in love with Anita Sharma, a Punjabi girl, who he met in Delhi. Venkatraman, a corrupt politician, is suspected by Chandrasekhar for corruption. Chandrasekhar takes actions against his brothers-in-law, Vishnu (Madhan Bob) and Ramkumar (Udaya Prakash) and sent them to jail. Chandrasekhar gets a job promotion because his superiors hate his honest work, but he resigned and shew to the journalists the corruption proofs of all corrupted politicians. The people becomes angry and beats all corrupted politicians, Venkatraman's politic party doesn't even win a seat at the parliament. Chandrasekhar gets married with his lover in Punjab. Venkatraman's wife Vasanthi (Pallavi) was sent to jail for corruption. Venkatraman loses all his money and decides to take vengeance. Vikram, released from jail, wants also to revenge Chandrasekhar and becomes friend with Venkatraman. When Vikram decides to kill Chandrasekhar, he sees his sister Anita Sharma and promised her to protect his husband. Venkatraman's henchmen kidnaps Priya, when she escaped, she fell from the building and died. They also put a bomb in Supriya's handbag which exploded by killing Supriya and Marudapandi. Venkatraman kills Vikram but Chandrasekhar is suspected for Vikram's murder. Chandrasekhar escapes from the police and kills all corrupted politicians. Finally, Chandrasekhar gets applause for his actions but the court sends him to jail.

Cast

Awards

The film has won the following awards since its release :

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 1997

Soundtrack

Arasiyal
Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar
Released 1997
Recorded 1997
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length 22:38
Label Pyramid
Producer Vidyasagar

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Vidyasagar. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vairamuthu, Vaasan, Arunmozhi and Piraisoodan.[3][4][5] The film marked the debut of Harish Raghavendra in films.

Track Song Singer(s) Lyrics Duration
1 'Arasiyal Arasiyal' Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Anitha Vairamuthu 3:49
2 'Hello Nanthalaala' Sujatha Mohan Vaasan 4:19
3 'Sindhubathi' Sundar Rajan, Anupama 5:00
4 'Vaa Sagi Vaa Sagi' Harish Raghavendra, Uma Ramanan Arunmozhi 4:53
5 'Varai En Thozhiyae' S. P. B. Charan, Harini, Shubha Mudgal Piraisoodan 4:37
6 'Varai En Thozhiyae II' Sujatha Mohan, Swarnalatha, Shubha Mudgal 4:34

References

  1. ↑ "Find Tamil Movie Arasiyal". jointscene.com. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  2. ↑ "Arasiyal By Vidya Sagar". muzigle.com. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  3. ↑ "Arasiyal - Vidyasagar". thiraipaadal.com. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  4. ↑ http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Music/Reviews/97/arasiyal.htm

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