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Directed by | Sundar C |
Written by | A. Jawahar (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Sundar C |
Story by | Panchu Arunachalam |
Produced by | Meena Panchu Arunachalam |
Starring | R. Sarathkumar Meena Sanghavi |
Cinematography | U. K. Senthil Kumar |
Edited by | P. Sai Suresh |
Music by | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
Production company | P. A. Art Productions |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Rishi is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Sundar C. The film stars R. Sarathkumar, Meena and Sanghavi, while Arun Pandian and Prakash Raj plays the supporting roles. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by U. K. Senthil Kumar, and editing by P. Sai Suresh. The film released on 16 February 2001. The core plot was partially reported to be inspired by the 1989 Hong Kong film The Killer . [1]
Rishi is a tough, suave, professional criminal who is the right-hand of Sathya, the underworld kingpin. On one of Rishi's missions, he happens to watch Minister Devaraj killing Hema, a TV reporter who is about to expose him. Before dying, Hema hands a floppy to Rishi. Rishi neither bothers about the floppy nor the murder, but Devaraj wants the floppy back. Things get confusing because of Velu, who looks like Rishi and gets into trouble. Velu is the opposite of Rishi: he is simple-minded, takes life easy, and works for a moneylender. The "seth" lends money for buying cars, and Velu, with his friend Cheenu, persuades errant customers to either repay dues or part with their cars.
Complications arise when the paths of the duo cross, for Rishi and Velu are lookalikes. Only Indu, a salesgirl, seems to have some family to speak of.
The narration moves smoothly forward with Rishi and Velu leading their own lives, then their paths cross. One is mistaken for the other, and complications arise. The underworld guns for Velu.
Meanwhile, Rishi turns over a new leaf when one of his tasks ends up in a singer and dancer named Nandhini being blinded. He saves her life, finances for her eye operation, and turns her protector, knowing fully well that she could identify him and the rest of the gang. He even parts ways with Sathya on the issue, but his is unwilling to let him go. Indu, who becomes Velu's girlfriend, sees Rishi with Nandini and misunderstands Velu for his duplicity.
Velu is puzzled when he is attacked by a gang who demands the floppy from him. When Indu accuses him of having an affair with Nandini she sees him in the hospital, Velu visits the hospital and encounters Rishi. The duo strikes a good rapport. The puzzle pieces fall in place. Devaraj, realising that his ministerial position is shaky, kidnaps Nandini, with Sathya's help and blackmails Rishi to kill the Chief Minister, but Velu goes in his place. The scene where he tries to warn the security personnel about the assassination attempt, only to find that they too are part of the conspiracy is taken straight from a Die Hard 2
The movie ends rather abruptly, with Velu being shot, the Chief Minister's life being saved by Rishi and Devaraj getting arrested.
The film was initially titled Sri Ramajayam but ran into production trouble, before retitled and relaunched as Rishi. [2] The film was shot in Chennai and song sequences were shot in Switzerland. During the making of the film, there were reports that the film had a similar storyline to another Tamil film which was in production, Citizen (2001). [3] [4]
The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, who teamed up with Sundar C. for the second time after Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga . It was released via the label Saregama. [5]
Song | Singers | Lyricist | Duration |
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"Vaa Vaa Poove Vaa" | Hariharan, S. Janaki | Palani Bharathi | 4:56 |
"Nilavai Konjum" | Anuradha Sriram | Pa. Vijay | 4:37 |
"Oh Mane Mane Maane" (Male version) | Hariharan | Panchu Arunachalam | 5:36 |
"Oh Mane Mane Maane" (Female version) | Sujatha | 5:35 | |
"Kaatrodu Puyalai" | Shankar Mahadevan | Pa. Vijay | 3:57 |
"Jumbo Idhu Kadhal" | S. P. B. Charan, Sujatha | Palani Bharathi | 4:22 |
Malini Mannath of Chennai Online called it "An unpretentious, fairly engaging entertainer". [6] Sify wrote, "All the characters looks superficial and even the comedy track is disappointing. Clumsily acted and superficially directed Rishi is a sleep inducing film". [7]
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