Red (2002 film)

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Red
Red ajith.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Singampuli
Written bySingampuli
Screenplay bySingampuli
Produced by S. S. Chakravarthy
Starring Ajith Kumar
Priya Gill
Manivannan
Raghuvaran
Salim Ghouse
Cinematography R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by Sreekar Prasad
Music by Deva
Production
company
Distributed by NIC Arts Release
Release date
  • 14 January 2002 (2002-01-14)
Running time
176 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Red is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Singampuli (under the name Ram Sathya) and produced by S S Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Priya Gill in the lead roles, while Manivannan, Raghuvaran and Salim Ghouse played pivotal roles. The film's background score and soundtrack are composed by Deva.

Contents

Red released on 14 January 2002. It received mixed reviews from critics and had an average box office performance, but later garnered a cult following. [2] [3]

Plot

Aathi is an orphan-gangster who is well known with his alias name RED, (Revolution, Education, and Development) at the Madurai district of Tamil Nadu who possesses a heart of gold, and when not bashing up mercenaries, he spends his time forcing schools to accept students without donations and taking care of orphans. Srini is his biggest enemy. RED falls for Gayathri, the daughter of his friend and confidante Narayanan, and helps her without her knowledge. She likes him but wants him to give up his life of violence. Meanwhile, reporter Manimegalai for Ananda Vikatan magazine begins to serialize red's life story under the name Aathi, and it becomes quite the rage among readers and rest forms the plot.

Cast

Soundtrack

Red
Soundtrack album by
Deva
Released14 November 2001
Recorded2001
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length36:52
Label Sa Re Ga Ma
Bayshore
Divo
Sony Music
Vega Music
Producer Deva
Deva chronology
Panchathanthiram
(2002)		Red
(2001)		 Pammal K. Sambandam
(2002)

The soundtrack features six songs composed by Deva. The film's soundtrack became a success prior to release, with critics praising the songs particularly "Thai Madiyae". [6] All lyrics written by Vairamuthu. [7]

Track list
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Red Red" SP Balasubramanyam 7:06
2."Roja Kaathu" Hariharan 5:17
3."November Madham"Hariharan, Mahalaxmi Iyer 6:04
4."Olikuchi Udambukari" KK, Anuradha Sriram 6:25
5."Dil Dil Italy Kattil" Silambarasan, Mathangi Jagdish 5:46
6."Thai Madiyae" Tippu 6:14
Total length:36:52

Production

NIC Arts, the producers of Ajith Kumar's previous films Vaali , Mugavaree and Citizen signed him to appear in a film titled Red directed by debutant Singampulia, an associate of Sundar C. The original plot point of Ajith's 1999 film Unnai Thedi was recommended by Singampuli, and Ajith had mentioned that if the film became a success he would feature in a future film to be directed by Singampuli. [8] Priya Gill was signed as heroine while the film has music by Deva and cinematography by Rajasekar. The shoot of the film started at Annapoorna Studios in July 2001, where art director Sabu Cyril erected a part of Madurai town for the film. Other members announced to a part of the cast included Salim Ghouse, Rajan P Dev, Raghuvaran, Manivannan and Srividya. Filming took place in and around Chennai, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad and also around some outskirts of Madurai while songs were filmed overseas. [9]

Release

The film was initially supposed to release in the Deepavali season of 2001 but was postponed to January 2002 to avoid competition with Kamal Haasan's Aalavandhan . The film did not succeed well at the box office.

Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu opined that "When the film begins stating that the title is an earth-shattering acronym (Revolution Education and Development), you wait for something radical and path-breaking. But no ... there is compassion, some mindless violence, a docile retreat, an impulsive retaliation ... and that's about all". [10] A critic from Sify wrote that "Like it or not, in Red didacticism prevails over a clarity of vision, logic and reason. The films leaves you exhausted and stressed and is as avoidable as a migraine". [11] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online said that "But the script is insipid, the scenes are repeated, and it gets all too monotonous towards the end". [12]

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References

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  4. ↑ "படத்தில் நீக்கப்பட்ட காட்சியை யூடியூபில் போட்டாங்க - இதான் அந்த வீடியோ". 11 March 2020.
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  11. ↑ "Red". Sify. 25 April 2003. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022.
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