Sandakozhi

Sandakozhi
Directed by N. Linguswamy
Produced by Vikram Krishna
Written by N. Linguswamy
S. Ramakrishnan (dialogues)
Starring Vishal
Meera Jasmine
Rajkiran
Lal
Suman Setty
Ganja Karupu
Music by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography Nirav Shah
Jeeva
Edited by G. Sasikumar
Production
company
GK Films Corporation
Release dates
  • 16 December 2005 (2005-12-16)
Running time
 135 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil

Sandakozhi (English: Battle rooster) is a 2005 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by N. Linguswamy and produced by Vikram Krishna under the banner of GK Film Corporation. The film stars Vishal, Meera Jasmine, Rajkiran and Lal in lead roles, whilst Suman Setty, Raja, Shanmugarajan and Ganja Karuppu essay supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film released on 16 December 2005 to rave reviews and has become one of the huge hits in 2005, running for more than 200 days in theatres.[1] The film was remade in Kannada as Vayuputra. It was also remade in odia as Ganja Ladhei.It was declared a blockbuster at the box office.

Plot

Balu (Vishal) visits his friend Karthik’s (Raja) home in Chidambaram after completion of engineering. Balu meets Hema (Meera Jasmine), sister of Karthik and both develops an affection which transforms into love. Kasi (Lal) is the local gangster in Chidambaram and the entire town fears for him. Balu on his way back to his place sees Kasi chasing a man with a sickle. When Kasi was about to kill the man he was chasing, Balu interferes and stops Kasi. Angered Kasi, immediately tries to attack Balu and to save himself, Balu retaliates by hitting Kasi. Only then, Balu comes to know that the person he hit is none other than Kasi. To everyone’s surprise, Balu smashes Kasi in front of everyone and then leaves.

Kasi is furious and wants to take revenge on Balu. Kasi’s men trap Karthik’s father and gets to know about Balu’s native place. Kasi sets goons to kill Balu. But Kasi gets shocked when he knows that Balu’s father is Durai (Raj Kiran), who is a powerful man in Madurai and it will be very difficult to attack them. Kasi leaves to Madurai and wait for the right moment to kill Balu and his family.

Meanwhile Balu meets Hema and her family at a temple. Hema’s father initially gets angry seeing Balu as he was responsible to bring trouble by hitting Kasi but later Balu convinces him. Both the families decide to get Balu and Hema married to each other.

One day, Kasi tries to kill Balu but instead attacks Durai. Durai understands that Balu is being targeted and decides to protect him. Thaiavasal Vijay is a local guy in Madurai who hates Durai and his family. He decides to help Kasi so that Durai can get killed. Kasi decides to bring in violence during a temple festival day and utilise that opportunity to kill Balu and Durai. But Balu saves his father and also fights Kasi. In the end, Balu hits Kasi badly and leaves the place challenging him to return if he still has guts to take revenge.

Cast

Actor Role
Vishal Krishna Balu
Meera Jasmine Hema
Rajkiran Durai
Lal Kasi
Suman Setty Ilango
Ganja Karuppu
Shanmugarajan
Thennavan
Raja Karthik
'Thalaivaasal' Vijay
'Kaadhal' Thandapani
Monica
K. Sridhar Kumar
Manochithra Vedi
Vidharth
Elango Kumaravel
(uncredited)

Crew

Production

Meera Jasmine-Lingusamy duo, after successfully teaming up together for 'Run', come together again in 'Sandai Kozhi', shortly set to hit the theaters. The film gives scope for Meera and Vishal to dominate the first and second half respectively. For Vishal it's his second release after 'Chellamey', and for director Lingusamy it's his fourth film after 'Anandam', 'Run' and 'Ji'. Title is named after the song from Aayutha Ezhuthu which also featured Meera Jasmine.

Playing the villain in the film is popular Malayalam actor and producer Lal, who'd played a dual role in the Vijaykanth-starrer 'Engal Anna'. Rajkiran plays the village chief.

A fight scene involving hero Vishal and Lal was picturised in Dindigul for seven days. The songs have been shot at locations in Australia, New Zealand and Chennai. An introduction song for Rajkiran was shot at Theni.[2]

Soundtrack

Sandakozhi
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released
25 November 2005 (India)
Recorded 2005
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label New Music
Producer Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Kanda Naal Mudhal
(2005)		 Sandakozhi
(2005)		 Kalvanin Kadhali
(2005)

The soundtrack, composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, teaming up for the first time with director N. Linguswamy, was released on 25 November 2005. It features 5 tracks, the lyrics of which were written by Pa. Vijay, Na. Muthukumar, Yuga Bharathi and Thamarai. Both the film score as well as the songs were appreciated and praised as outstanding with the song "Ennamo Nadakirathe" considered as the pick of the album.[3][4]

Track Song Singer(s) Duration Lyricist Notes
1 "Dhavanipotta Deepavali" Vijay Yesudas, Shreya Ghoshal 4:23 Yuga Bharathi
2 "Ennamo Nadakkirathe" Shaan 5:01 Na. Muthukumar
3 "Gumthalakkadi Gana" Karthik, Ranjith 5:03 Na. Muthukumar
4 "Ketta Kodukkira Boomi" Chinmayi, Ganga, Jassie Gift, Sujatha Mohan 4:26 Thamarai
5 "Mundasu Sooriyane" Karthik, Sriram 3:44 Pa. Vijay

Box office

References

  1. ↑ "Sandakozhi celebrates 210 days". Oneindia. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20060101134255/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Onlocation/2005/12sandaikozhi.asp
  3. ↑ "Interesting twists". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 23 December 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  4. ↑ "Movie Review: Sandakozhi". Sify. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  5. ↑

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