Azhagesan

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Azhagesan
Directed byArthi Kumar
Screenplay byArthi Kumar
Story by Vinayan
Produced byB. Avinash
C. Inayathullah
Starring
CinematographyD. Shankar
Edited byV. M. Uthayasankar
Music by Deva
Production
company
Grace Movie Makers
Distributed byGrace Movie Makers
Release date
  • 20 August 2004 (2004-08-20)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Azhagesan is a 2004 Tamil language drama film directed by Arthi Kumar. The film stars Sathyaraj and Prema. The film, produced by B. Avinash and C. Inayathullah, was released on 20 August 2004. The film is a remake of the critical acclaimed 2001 Malayalam film Karumadikkuttan . [1] The film was released with no publicity as the makers had run out of money after the film went through development hell. [2]

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Plot

Azhagesan (Sathyaraj), a mentally ill man, is in love with his cousin Nandini (Prema), a college student. Neelakandan (Pithamagan Mahadevan) is the village landlord who is a cunning man and has grabbed all the wealth from Nandini's father a few years back. Neelakandan has a son Sekhar (Manoj K. Jayan), who is a womanizer.

Nandini and her college professor fall in love with each other. He proposes to marry her, and she accepts. Sekhar, who has an eye on Nandini, is humiliated and slapped by Nandini while he tries to misbehave with her. As a means of revenge, Sekhar kicks Nandini and her grandmother (Manorama) out of their house. Nandini's marriage is immediately stopped, and her grandmother falls ill.

Azhagesan accommodates them in his small house. Later, Nandini's fall seriously ill, and Nandini is raped by Sekhar in exchange for getting her grandmother to the town hospital. But the grandmother dies on the way to the hospital, and Nandini is devastated. Nandini gets pregnant but aborts with Neelakandan's daughter's support. Neelakandan wants to take Nandini to his house and marry Sekhar, but she refuses, and Azhagesan humiliates Neelakandan. Sekhar decides to kill Azhagesan. First, he kills Azhagesan's family friend Govinda (Delhi Ganesh). In the meantime, Neelakandan dies because of his illness. Sekhar's henchmen beat Azhagesan, and Nandini kills Sekhar.

A few years later, Nandini is released from jail and lives happily with Azhagesan.

Cast

Production

After a stint of shooting at AVM Studios, the unit moved on to locations in Ootty, Conoor, Kothagiri, Singara Estate and Vandicholai among other places. [3]

Soundtrack

Azhagesan
Soundtrack album by
Deva
Released2004
Recorded2004
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length22:06
Producer Deva

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 2004, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Kalidasan and Kalaikumar. [4] [5]

TrackSongSinger(s)LyricsDuration
1"Jintha Jinakku Jintha" Srinivas, Padmalatha Kalaikumar4:31
2"Kala Kalavena" (Solo) Vijay Yesudas 4:40
3"Kala Kalavena" (Duet)Krishnaraj, Padmalatha 4:39
4"Nee Kidaicha"Vijay Yesudas4:11
5"Vaada Thambi" Deva Kalidasan4:05

Reception

B. Balaji rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stating that: "Azhagesan, which although a remake of Malayalam film Karumadikuttan, seems more like a rip-off of the classic 16 Vayadhinile". [6] Movies.bizhat.com said that: "The film is an unmitigated endurance test for the audience" and concluded that: "the film is an amateurish attempt and is strictly avoidable". [7] Chennai Online wrote "The backdrop to the story is the lush ambience of a hillstation. But apart from the lushness of its ambience, there's very little going for the film. It's a role Satyaraj should have done earlier in his career, his performance very affected here". [8]

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