Ramachandra | |
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Directed by | Raj Kapoor |
Screenplay by | Raj Kapoor |
Story by | Posani Krishna Murali |
Produced by | Singanamala Ramesh Babu |
Starring | |
Cinematography | B. Balamurugan |
Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
Music by | Deva |
Production company | Kanagarathna Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Ramachandra is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by Raj Kapoor, starring Sathyaraj and Vijayalakshmi. The film was released on 15 January 2003. It is a remake of the 1995 Telugu film Khaidi Inspector.[ citation needed ]
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Ramachandran is a police inspector who is sentenced to the death penalty. His teammates release him in secret and Ramachandran begins by killing the criminals one by one.
The soundtrack was composed by Deva. [1] [2]
Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Duration |
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"Aathukku Paalam" | Sabesh | Ponniyin Selvan | 5:27 |
"Chinna Chinna" | Sujatha, P. Unnikrishnan | Pa. Vijay | 4:45 |
"Kuththadi Kuththadi (Paarappa)" | Silambarasan | Ponniyin Selvan | 5:33 |
"Maidha Maidha" | Mathangi, Naveen | 4:58 | |
"Thillaiyaadi" | Tippu, Anuradha Sriram | Pa. Vijay | 4:02 |
Rediff.com wrote: "this film is aimed purely at the B and C categories". [3] The Hindu wrote: "Writer-director Raj Kapoor sees to it that Ramachandra's reckless, impulsive ventures only lead to mindless melee and every time you expect some intelligent counters from him, he lets you down very badly". [4] Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki panned the character design of the film's hero and added he can't appreciate acting since the characters are poorly developed however he found Pandiarajan as the film's only positive. [5] P. Unnikrishnan won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. [6]
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