Nethaji

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Nethaji
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Directed by Murthy Krishna
Written byMurthy Krishna
Produced byG. Ramesh
G. Suresh
Starring Sarathkumar
Lisa Ray
CinematographyS. Muthu Ganesh
Edited byV. Uthaya Sankaran
Music by Vidyasagar
Production
company
G.K Films International
Release date
  • 10 November 1996 (1996-11-10)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Nethaji ( /nθɑːɪ/ ) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Murthy Krishna in his debut. The film stars Sarathkumar and Lisa Ray. It was released on 10 November 1996. [1]

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Plot

Karunamurthy, an honest home minister, is forced to help terrorists kill the current governor to save his daughter Priya. Nethaji, an upright journalist, runs a newspaper called "India" and falls in love with Priya. Baba is a terrorist who smuggles arms with his right-hand Dharma. Nethaji saves the scientist Shivashankari from terrorists, and Charan, a police officer, congrats Nethaji and arrests Baba. Dharma hurts Nethaji's sister and niece Ammu and later kidnaps the latter. Dharma threatens Nethaji to kill Ammu, and Nethaji is forced to kidnap Shivashankari. Nethaji kidnaps Shivashankari and saves Ammu, and later, Charan arrests him. The rest of story is how Nethaji will be able to prove himself innocent and punish the terrorists.

Cast

Production

The film marked the directorial debut of Murthy Krishna who later used the screen name Kicha for his subsequent ventures. [2] Antara Mali was originally chosen as the lead actress; however she got a chance to act in Hindi films and left the film uninformed, thus she was replaced by Lisa Ray. [3]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vidyasagar, with lyrics written by Vaali. [4]

SingersSongDuration
"Holey Holey Chinchilei" Vidyasagar, Swarnalatha 5:14
"Machamunna Machamthan"Vidyasagar, Gopal Rao, Sindhu5:01
"My Dear My Dear" Anuradha Sriram, Febi Mani, Fiji Mani, Pop Shalini 5:07
"Nerunga Nerunga" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki 4:52
"Raappothu" Anuradha Sriram 5:06

Reception

R. P. R. of Kalki felt there were too many plots and the screenplay crosses from continent to continent. [5]

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