Sullan

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Sullan
Sullan poster.jpg
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Directed by Ramana
Written byRamana
Produced by Salem Chandrasekharan
Starring Dhanush
Sindhu Tolani
Manivannan
Pasupathy
CinematographyN. Raghav
Edited by Suresh Urs
Music by Vidyasagar
Production
company
Sri Saravanaa Creations
Release date
  • 23 July 2004 (2004-07-23)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Sullan is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Ramana. The film stars Dhanush, along with Sindhu Tolani, Manivannan, Pasupathy and Easwari Rao among others. It was released on 23 July 2004. Despite being a box office failure, the film was remade in Telugu as Dhairyam (2005). [1]

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Plot

Subramani, known as Sullan among his friends, is the son of Mani, a corporation garbage lorry driver. A first-year college student, his only objective in life is to have fun with his friends. He falls in love with Kavya. Soori is a moneylender who charges atrocious rates and then goes after those who fail to pay him back. When Soori's actions start to affect Sullan's family and friends, he strikes back.

Cast

Production

The song "Yaaro Nee" was shot at Christ Church Gardens at Australia while the song "Kavithai Iravu" was shot at Auckland. [2]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar. [3] [4] The song "Kavidhai Iravu" is partially based on the song "Nuvve Naa Swasa" from Okariki Okaru .

Song TitleSingersLyrics
"Kavidhai Iravu" K. S. Chitra, Karthik Yugabharathi
"Sandakozhi" Shankar Mahadevan Na. Muthukumar
"Yaaro Nee" Hariharan, Sujatha Mohan Kabilan
"Adho Varaa" Harini, Pushpavanam Kuppusamy Pa. Vijay
"Kilu Kiluppana" Adnan Sami, Premji Amaran, Pop Shalini Pa. Vijay
"Siragu Mulaitha Madhu Balakrishnan Arivumathi
"Kilu Kiluppana 2" Karthik, Premji Amaran, Pop Shalini Pa. Vijay

Critical reception

Indiaglitz wrote "weak screenplay and poor characterization makes Sullan, a big disappointment". [5] Sify wrote "Ramana's narrative and script are absurd and his attempt to make Dhanush a superstar material has failed miserably. Sullan is all sound and no fury". [6] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "Director Ramana, who gave a success with his debut film 'Thirumalai', seems to lose control over his script, characters and artistes from the early scenes itself. The whole scenario being crass and loud, subtlety seems to be the last thing on the director's mind." [7] A critic from The Hindu wrote that "Just because the role of a college goer from a lower middle class family suits Dhanush to a T, he should not be made to repeat the socio-economic scenario in film after film". [8] Visual Dasan of Kalki criticised the characters of hero, heroine and villain behaving like hyper active patients, concluding the film had no story or whatsoever. [9]

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References

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