Arasu (2007 film)

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Arasu
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Theatrical film poster
Directed by Mahesh Babu
Written byM. S. Ramesh R. Rajashekhar(Dialogues)
Screenplay by Janardhana Maharshi
Story by Janardhana Maharshi
Produced by Parvathamma Rajkumar
Starring
CinematographyRamesh Babu
Edited byS. Manohar
Music by Joshua Sridhar
Production
company
Poornima Enterprises
Distributed byVajreshwari combines
Release date
  • 6 June 2007 (2007-06-06)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Arasu (Search/King) is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Mahesh Babu. It features Puneeth Rajkumar in the title role as the son of a business tycoon who leaves his inherited wealth to make a living on his own upon being rejected by a girl played by Ramya who he proposes to in marriage. [1] When a middle-class girl played by Meera Jasmine enters their lives, it soon turns out to be a love triangle. Srinivasa Murthy, Komal and Adi Lokesh appear in supporting roles. Kannada film actors Darshan and Aditya made cameo appearance. Actress Shriya Saran also made a cameo appearance in the film, her first Kannada language film. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Zinda Dili [2] and in Marathi as Premachi Satva Pariksha. [3]

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Plot

Shivaraj Arasu is a NRI from a rich business family who idles away spending their money. He is advised to return to India by his manager Ramanna to run the well-progressing companies he heads. Once in India, Aras finds it hard to adjust after living a luxurious and carefree life in America. He falls in love with Ramanna's daughter Shruthi and proposes to her, but she blasts his spoiled lifestyle and challenges him to earn at least ₹5,000 for a month on his own before she can think of considering his proposal, and also makes a caustic remark on the company. This startles Aras who takes up the challenge of quitting the company and going in search of a job.

Now on the streets without a single penny in his pocket, Shivaraj struggles hard. Hungry, he asks for a meal at a hotel and is surprised by the low prices there, but gets thrown out when the hotelier does not believe his promise to pay them back a hundredfold. He finds an old lady selling bananas. He repeats the same, eats two bananas, and promises Rs. 200,000 for the old lady after a month. At this stage he finds an ordinary girl Aishwarya. The muscle power of Shivaraj when the rowdies attack her earns a good name. Shivaraj also gets a job as a sales representative in the saree shop where Aishwarya is working. He finds a place to live in the small room of Aishwarya. Aishwarya turns very sympathetic and Shivaraj decides to stay in her house for one month. Shivaraj sleeps on the floor and his wonderful behavior and a lot of help for the people in his colony give him a comfortable standing. He owes a lot to Shruthi for her remark that has changed his lifestyle and he is extremely happy with Aishwarya for supporting him in knowing the hard realities of life.

Shivaraj is liked immensely by Aishwarya this month. On the other hand, Shruthi is also in love with Shivaraj and ready to marry him. It turns out that Shruthi and Aishwarya are actually very close friends. Shivaraj is not aware that Aishwarya is in love with him but Aishwarya declares to Shruthi that she is in love with Shivaraj which surprises her. When Aishwarya goes somewhere, Shruthi, feeling bad for Shivaraj's condition, asks for his forgiveness, to which he agrees. Now Shruthi decides to give up his love for the sake of her friend Aishwarya. On the other hand, Aishwarya knowing that Shruthi is ready for marriage with Shivaraj also comes forward to sacrifice her love. Not knowing what to do the intelligent Shivaraj takes a bold step. Without revealing his decision he convinces both to marry his good friends Vijay and Vinay. In return, the friends arrange for another woman Arpitha to come to Shivaraj, with Arpitha suddenly driving in and proclaiming her love for him as the film ends.

Cast

Soundtrack

Arasu
Soundtrack album by
Joshua Sridhar
Released
June 2007
Genre Feature film soundtrack
External audio
Nuvola apps arts.svg Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Baaro Baaro" V. Nagendra Prasad Puneeth Rajkumar, Suchitra  
2."Eko Eno"Ram Narayan Mahalakshmi Iyer  
3."Kannu Kannugalu Seri" K. Kalyan Harini Sudhakar, Karthik  
4."Ninna Kandakshana"Ram Narayan Kunal Ganjawala  
5."No Tension" Kaviraj Blaaze, Ranjith  
6."Preethi Preethi" Hamsalekha K. S. Chitra, Karthik 

Reception

A critic from Sify wrote that "On the whole Arasu is watchable for its lead performers". [4] A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Arrasu is a neat family entertainer". [5]

Awards

Filmfare

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  2. ↑ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cTzpPk-yHuE&feature=youtu.be
  3. ↑ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kd2Yyq2oZsc&feature=youtu.be
  4. ↑ "Review : (2007)". Sify . India. Archived from the original on 12 November 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  5. ↑ R. G. Vijayasarathy (27 January 2007). "Arrasu: A neat entertainer". Rediff.com .
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