Ramachandra (film)

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Ramachandra
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Movie poster
Directed by Raj Kapoor
Screenplay byRaj Kapoor
Story by Posani Krishna Murali
Produced bySinganamala Ramesh Babu
Starring
CinematographyB. Balamurugan
Edited by V. T. Vijayan
Music by Deva
Production
company
Kanagarathna Movies
Release date
  • 15 January 2003 (2003-01-15)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

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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Plot

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.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Deva. [1] [2]

SongSinger(s)LyricsDuration
"Aathukku Paalam" Sabesh Ponniyin Selvan5:27
"Chinna Chinna" Sujatha, P. Unnikrishnan Pa. Vijay 4:45
"Kuththadi Kuththadi (Paarappa)" Silambarasan Ponniyin Selvan5:33
"Maidha Maidha" Mathangi, Naveen4:58
"Thillaiyaadi" Tippu, Anuradha Sriram Pa. Vijay4:02

Reception

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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