Sudhandhiram

Sudhandhiram (English: Independence) is a 2000 Tamil Independent action drama film directed by Raj Kapoor and produced by K. R. Gangadharan. The film features Arjun and Rambha in lead roles whilst Raghuvaran, Raadhika and Sharat Saxena play supporting roles.[1] It is a remake of the Hindi film, Ghulam.

Sudhandhiram
Directed by	Raj Kapoor
Produced by	K. R. Gangadharan
Story by	Anjum Rajabali
Starring	Arjun Rambha Raghuvaran
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Cinematography	M. V. Panneerselvam
Edited by	B. Lenin, V. T. Vijayan
Production company	KRG Movies
Release date	25 February 2000
Running time	146 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Vishwa (Arjun) is a goonda and an aspiring boxing champion. He does the typical goonda jobs(like scaring a batsman of the local cricket club to make sure he becomes out) for Sopraj (Sharat Saxena), the local dada. He is usually bailed out by a lawyer (Raadhika), who believes that there is still good in him and he just needs to be given another chance. Sopraj is aiming to build a colony in the area after vacating the people already living there. Vishwa's brother Raghu (Raghuvaran), is an accountant on Sopraj's payroll. Love blossoms between Vishwa and Divya (Rambha), the girlfriend of the head of a local gang. When a social worker Vikram (Ranjith) intrudes in the affairs of Sopraj, he asks Vishwa to bring Vikram to him. Vishwa does so thinking that Sopraj is just going to talk some sense into him but Sopraj brutally kills him instead. This makes Vishwa turn over a new leaf. Though his love for his brother prevents him initially, he finally decides to turn approver against Sopraj.

Cast

• Arjun as Vishwa
• Rambha as Divya
• Raghuvaran as Raghu
• Sharat Saxena as Sopraj
• Raadhika as Lawyer
• Neena as Neena
• Nassar as Sathyamoorthy
• Ranjith as Vikram
• Babloo Prithiveeraj as Charlie
• Vivek as Vishwa's friend
• Ponnambalam
• Vaiyapuri
• Raj Kapoor
• Master Mahendran
• Chaplin Balu

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and lyrics were written by Kalaikumar.[2]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Coco Cola	Shankar Mahadevan, Swarnalatha	Kalaikumar	04:07
2	Ennanamo Matram	Sujatha, Hariharan		05:01
3	Konjam Chillunu	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Anuradha Sriram		04:07
4	Mazhai Mazhai	Hariharan, Sujatha		04:43
5	Varthai Illamal	Hariharan, K. S. Chithra		05:00

Release

The film became a commercial failure at the box office and prompted a legal tussle between actor Arjun and producer K. R. Gangadharan soon after regarding non-payment as per contract.[3]

Owing to the success of Mudhalvan (1999) in Telugu, the film's dubbing rights were bought in advance of the original release and a Telugu version titled Bose was released alongside the Tamil film.[4]

References

1. "Film Review: ''Sudhandhiram''". The Hindu. 25 February 2000. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
2. http://www.starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_listen_download.asp?MovieId=2748
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20040923225211/http://www.chennaionline.com/reeltalk/jan072.asp
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20080324155419/http://www.screenindia.com:80/old/jan14/south.htm

External links

• Sudhandhiram at IMDb