Rummy (2014 film)

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Rummy
Rummy Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBalakrishnan K.
Written byMona Palanisamy
Balakrishnan K.
Produced byK. Gurunathan
P. Ealappan
M. Dharmarajan
Balakrishnan K.
Starring
CinematographyPremkumar Chandran
Edited by Raja Mohammad
Music by D. Imman
Production
company
Sri Valli Studio [1]
Distributed by JSK Film Corporation
Release date
  • 31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)(India) [2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Rummy is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller drama film co-produced and directed by debutant Balakrishnan K. It features Vijay Sethupathi, Inigo Prabhakar, Aishwarya Rajesh, Gayathrie Shankar, Soori and Joe Malloori. The music was composed by D. Imman with editing by Raja Mohammad and cinematography by Premkumar Chandran. The story revolves around college students, Sakthi and Joseph, fall in love with girls of the same family. When the family learns about the love affairs, they are ready to go to any length to save their honour.

Contents

The film was shot around Pudukottai, Karaikudi and Thanjavur. [3]

Rummy released on 31 January 2014 to moderate reviews.

Plot

Sakthi attends a college in Sivagangai, where he meets classmates Joseph and Meenakshi. Sakthi and Joseph are roommates and are very close. Meanwhile, Sakthi falls in love with Meenakshi, who happens to be the daughter of Periyavar, the headman of a nearby village. Periyavar and his family are practitioners of casteism to the extent of killing anyone involved in an inter-caste marriage. Meenakshi fears her father would kill Sakthi if he found out about her relationship with him. Sakthi and Joseph are expelled from the college hostel following a fight with another classmate, after which they go to Meenakshi’s. Joseph meets Swarna in the village and develops a liking for which is reciprocated. It is revealed that Swarna is actually Meenakshi's elder sister. Periyavar finds about Swarna’s love affair and makes plans to kill Joseph.

However, Joseph and Swarna elope from the village and get married with the help of Sakthi and Meenakshi. Periyavar’s henchmen track them down and beat up Joseph. In the process, Joseph is killed, and Swarna is taken back to her village and locked up in a room. In the meantime, Periyavar discovers Meenakshi's love affair and makes plans to kill Sakthi. An angered Swarna kills Periyavar with a sickle before he can kill Sakthi, effectively ending Periyavar’s honor killing practice. Sakthi and Meenakshi are united at the end.

Cast

As per the film's opening credits: [4]

Production

In December 2012, Vijay Sethupathi signed up a project for debutant K. Balakrishnan, former assistant of N. Linguswamy who impressed him with his script. [5] The film is said to be set in the 1980s. [6] According to sources, Rummy is a dark romantic thriller. The first look was released on 4 October 2013. [7] While it was reported that actress Remya Nambeesan, a trained classical singer, would be making her Tamil singing debut with this film, the song apparently doesn't appear in the soundtrack. [8] [9] Contrary to popular thought, Inigo Prabhakar plays the male lead role although the film was marketed as a Vijay Sethupathi film. [10]

Music

Rummy
Soundtrack album to Rummyby
D. Imman
Released25 October 2013 [11]
Recorded2013
Genre Film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Label Sony Music
Producer D. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Ninaivil Nindraval
(2014)		Rummy
(2013)		 Amara
(2014)

The soundtrack album was composed by D. Imman [12] to the lyrics penned by Yugabharathi. [13] The audio rights were bought by Sony Music. [14] [15] The album was released by Kamal Haasan. [16]

Track list

From Times of India. [17]

All lyrics are written by Yugabharathi

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Koodamela Koodavechi"V. V. Prasanna, Vandana Srinivasan 05:01
2."Adiye Enna Raagam" Abhay Jodhpurkar, Poornima Satish04:42
3."Oru Nodi"D. Imman, Divya Ramani04:20
4."Yedhukkaga Enna"Santhosh Hariharan, AV Pooja04:06
5."Yedhukkaga Enna" (instrumental)Karthick Iyer (violin)04:06

Release

The satellite rights of the film were secured by Zee Tamil. The film was supposed to release on 31 December 2013, but due to the presence of many big films it was postponed and released on 31 January 2014.

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. [18]

Baradwaj Rangan wrote, "We keep waiting for something to happen and throw these aimless scenes into sharp relief. We await a twist in the tale. But there’s nothing...It’s a testament to the power of melodrama that the story turns mildly interesting in its final section, but the ending isn’t earned. It appears tacked on simply so that we leave the theatre on an emotional high — and that’s the worst kind of cheating". [19] The Times of India gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "While it is, on the whole, a decent film, especially in the set-in-the-sickle-toting-south genre, Rummy is also wearisome, mainly because it is so predictable. There is a strong been-there-done-that whiff in the proceedings that you are hardly surprised and never really root for the characters". [20] Sify wrote, "K. Balakrishnan makes a decent debut with Rummy, but it is predictable and at times the pace sags. As usual first half is decent, while the story loses its steam post-interval". [21]

Rediff gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and called Rummy "an engaging film, let down by an average screenplay and the extremely slow pace". [22] The Hindustan Times gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Rummy is often violent...There is more bloodshed and gore to come, more revenge and brutality -- sometimes treated with arrogant casualness. However, the high point of Balakrishnan's script is the shock it presents at the end". [23] Behindwoods gave 2 stars out of 5 and called it "A familiar tale of oppositions to love which takes its own sweet time to move". [24]

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