Bagavathi

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Bagavathi
Bagavathi poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by A. Venkatesh
Written byA. Venkatesh
Pattukkottai Prabakar (Dialogues )
Screenplay byA. Venkatesh
Story byA. Venkatesh
Produced byK. Muralidharan
V. Swaminathan
G. Venugopal
Starring Vijay
Reema Sen
Cinematography R. Rathnavelu
Edited by V. T. Vijayan
Music by Deva
Production
companies
Release date
  • 4 November 2002 (2002-11-04)
Running time
164 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹4 crore
Box office₹20.50 crore [1]

Bagavathi is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language gangster action film written and directed by A. Venkatesh, starring Vijay and Reema Sen. Jai (in his film and acting debut), Vadivelu, Ashish Vidyarthi, K. Viswanath, and Yugendran play supporting roles, while Deva composed the music for the film. The film was released on 4 November 2002 during Diwali, and became a commercial success. [2] It was remade in Kannada as Kashi from Village (2005). [3]

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Plot

Bagavathi owns a tea shop, while Vadivelu, works at his tea shop. Bagavathi lives with his younger brother Guna. He meets a girl named Anjali who ends up appreciating his kindness, and they fall in love. Guna has a girlfriend named Priya, with whom he secretly develops a physical relationship. Guna's love is objected to by Priya's father, Easwarapandiyan. Bagavathi tries to convince Easwarapandiyan to let Priya and Guna marry, but is humiliated. Guna attempts to marry Priya with his brother's help, but Easwarapandiyan kills Guna, as well as Bagavathi's friend Anand, who is trying to defend Guna.

Bagavathi mourns over Guna's death. Guna, in his last moments, promises he will be with his brother forever. After Guna's death, everyone realises that Priya is pregnant. Bagavathi thinks that Guna will be reborn. However, Easwarapandiyan attempts to kill the child before birth. Bagavathi challenges him, saying the child will touch the earth. To do so, Ganga helps him turn into a gangster. With the help of Anjali and Vadivelu, Bagavathi overcomes all hurdles by Easwarapandiyan and manages to protect Priya to allow for the safe birth of his brother's child. In the end, Bagavathi avenges the death of his brother by killing Easwarapandian.

Cast

Production

Lakshmi Movie Makers initially started the project Unnai Ninaithu with Vijay directed by Vikraman; however Vijay left that film due to creative differences, with Suriya replacing him and the production company instead started a new project Bhagavathi with A. Venkatesh directing. [5] Venkatesh selected a newcomer, Jai, to play the role of Guna after seeing him at Jai's uncle, Deva's, recording studio, noting Jai's resemblance to Vijay. [6] The film was shot at various locations including Chennai, Nellore, Araku Valley, Vishakhapatnam with two songs picturised at Sydney, Australia. [5] Prior to the title being confirmed as Bagavathi, the maker considered the title Namma Aalu. [7]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack consists of six songs composed by Deva. [8] The song "Allu Allu" is based on "Nari Narain" by Egyptian singer Hisham Abbas. [9] Deva composed twelve tunes out of which the film's director chose six tunes. [10] The song "July Malargale" is based on "Jaana", which was originally composed by Anand Raaj Anand and sung by Kamaal Khan.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."July Malargale" Pa. Vijay Karthik, Sadhana Sargam 4:45
2."Achamillai" Snehan Shankar Mahadevan 3:43
3."Kai... Kai.."Kalai KumarShankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram 4:19
4."Saiyo Saiyo" Na. Muthukumar Timmi, Sadhana Sargam5:23
5."Allu Allu" Vaali Udit Narayan 5:20
6."Coca Cola (Podango Podango)"Kalai Kumar Vadivelu, Vijay 4:19
Total length:27:49

Release and reception

Bagavathi was released in Diwali alongside Villain . [11] The film was released in Malaysia under the title Pasupathy. [12] Ananda Vikatan rated the film 37 out of 100. [13] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote "The film that seemed to move at an interesting pace makes a nosedive in the climax [..]". [14] Deccan Herald wrote "The film lacks a storyline and turns out to be a dull affair after the second half with the director focussing more on the main character instead of the script". [15] Indiainfo wrote, "The film starts off well but ends in a very predictable manner. That's the major itch. The film could have been better if Venkatesh focused on screenplay". [16] Cinesouth wrote "Vijay's affection for his younger brother and Vadivelu's comedy are the two things that save the film. Otherwise, the film has all the ingredients that his recent half baked films had". [17]

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