Thiruvannamalai (film) explained

Thiruvannamalai
Director:Perarasu
Starring:Arjun Sarja
Pooja Gandhi
P. Sai Kumar
Producer:Pushpa Kandaswamy
Music:Srikanth Deva
Cinematography:Padmesh
Editing:V. Jaishankar
Distributor:Ayngaran International
Runtime:160 minutes
Studio:Kavithalayaa Productions
Country:India
Language:Tamil

Thiruvannamalai is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Perarasu. It stars Arjun Sarja in dual roles, with Pooja Gandhi and P. Sai Kumar playing supporting roles.[1] The music was composed by Srikanth Deva. The film was later dubbed in Hindi as Main Hoon Vinashak and in Telugu as Jai Sambasiva.The movie was a decent hit at the box-office.

Plot

Easwaran 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.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Srikanth Deva and Released by Divo. All lyrics written by Perarasu.

Thiruvannamalai
Type:Soundtrack
Artist:Srikanth Deva
Released:2008
Recorded:2008
Genre:Soundtrack
Length:24:34
Label:Ayngaran Music
An Ak Audio
Divo
Producer:Srikanth Deva
Prev Title:Thenavattu
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:Perumal
Next Year:2009

Production

Immediately 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

Indiaglitz 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 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ayngaran International . Ayngaran.com . 2009-12-15 . 2013-06-19.
  2. Web site: The Pazhani after-effect! . Behindwoods . 2009-09-02 . 2013-06-19.
  3. Web site: Thiruvannamalai to kick start! . Behindwoods . 2008-05-15 . 2013-06-19.
  4. Web site: Arjun in 'Thiruvannamalai'? . https://web.archive.org/web/20080415143639/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/37884.html . dead . 15 April 2008 . IndiaGlitz . 2008-04-14 . 2013-06-19.
  5. Web site: From 'Pazhani' to 'Thiruvannamalai' . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517085300/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/38581.html . dead . 17 May 2008 . IndiaGlitz . 2008-05-16 . 2013-06-19.
  6. Web site: Arjun and Perarasu together . 23 February 2008 . Kollywood Today . 2013-06-19.
  7. Web site: Sania Vakil — Yet another Mumbai import . https://web.archive.org/web/20080702002726/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/39646.html . dead . 2 July 2008 . IndiaGlitz . 2008-06-30 . 2013-06-19.
  8. Web site: Pooja Gandhi — Back with a bang . https://web.archive.org/web/20080902015200/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/41177.html . dead . 2 September 2008 . IndiaGlitz . 2008-09-01 . 2013-06-19.
  9. Web site: Thiruvannamalai Tamil Movie Review . https://web.archive.org/web/20080630161746/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/review/10380.html . dead . 30 June 2008 . IndiaGlitz . 2008-12-22 . 2013-06-19.
  10. Web site: THIRUVANNAMALAI MOVIE REVIEW . Behindwoods . 2007-12-05 . 2013-06-19.
  11. Web site: Review — Thiruvannamalai . 21 December 2008 . Kollywood Today . 2013-06-19.
  12. Web site: Movie Review : Thiruvannamalai . https://web.archive.org/web/20140531111926/http://www.sify.com/movies/thiruvannamalai-review-tamil-14822489.html . dead . 2014-05-31 . . 2013-06-19.
  13. Web site: Cinefundas Discussion Board - Index.