Madrasi (2006 film)

Madrasi
Directed by	Arjun
Produced by	Subha Sandeep
Written by	Arjun (story & screenplay) G. K. Gopinath (dialogues)
Starring	Arjun Jagapati Babu Vedhika Gajala
Music by	D. Imman
Cinematography	K. S. Selvaraj
Edited by	P. Saisuresh
Production company	Inspired Movies Spice Team Entertainments
Distributed by	Sree Ram Films International
Release date	17 February 2006 (2006-02-17)
Running time	157 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Madrasi is 2006 Tamil-language action film produced by Subha Sandeep on Inspired Movies & Spice Team Entertainments banner and directed by Arjun. The film stars Arjun, Jagapati Babu, Vedhika, and Gajala with music composed by D. Imman. It is the debut movie of Vedhika. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Sivakasi with Sunil and M. S. Narayana replacing Vivek and Venniradai Moorthy. It was considered as an average grosser at the box office.

Plot

Kaasi (Arjun) comes to Mumbai to track his parents' killers. He is successful in finding the first two. In order to find the third one, he joins a goon named Ravi Bhai (Raj Kapoor). Ravi is in loggerheads with his own brother Mani Bhai (FEFSI Vijayan). Mani runs another gang, and the leading goonda in this gang is Siva (Jagapati Babu). Kaasi and Siva know each other from a meeting in jail, but now they both work for enemies, hence they are now enemies. Kaasi gets into an argument with Ravi, and Siva gets into an argument with Mani, and they both leave the gangs and unite. Siva leaves his brother in Kaasi's custody. Mani and Ravi, wanting to separate Siva and Kaasi, plot to kill Siva's brother by killing Kaasi's lover Anjali (Vedhika) and diverting Kaasi. Siva's brother is killed, and Siva gets mad at Kaasi. After that, Siva and Kaasi become mutually understood to kill all the gangsters, including Ravi's son, but Kaasi demands to not to kill Ravi's son and agrees to help him kill all the villains. At the end on a train, every gangster was killed, and Kaasi was fired by Mani. Siva tries to kill Ravi's son, but Kaasi shows a pistol to Siva, By seeing that Kaasi is injured with a bullet, Siva changes his mind, and Kaasi dies on the spot.

Cast

• Arjun as Kaasi
• Vedhika as Anjali
• Jagapathi Babu as Siva
• Gajala as Meenakshi
• Vivek as Pandi
• Sunil as Kiran Kumar (Telugu)
• Venniradai Moorthy
• Rajkapoor as Ravi Bhai
• FEFSI Vijayan as Mani Bhai
• Rahul Ravindran as Ravi Bhai's brother
• Periya Karuppu Thevar as Naidu
• Manish Borundia

Production

Newcomer Vedhika was selected to make her debut as a lead actress after she was approached by Arjun's manager. The film also marked the debut of Telugu actor Jagapathi Babu in Tamil cinema.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack contains remixed version of "Adho Andha Paravai" from Aayirathil Oruvan (1965).

Madrasi
Soundtrack album by D. Imman
Released	2006
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Label	Bayshore Ayngaran Music
D. Imman chronology
Aanai (2005) Madrasi (2006) Kovai Brothers (2006)

All music composed by D. Imman.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Adho Andha Paravai (Remix)"	D. Imman, Sunitha Sarathy
2.	"Kadhal Vaaram Kondata"	Tippu, Ranjith, Suchitra
3.	"Oru Unmai Sollava"	Karthik, Harini
4.	"Vidamatten Vidamatten"	Karthik, Mahalakshmi Iyer
5.	"Yentha Ooro Yaro"	Karthik, K. S. Chithra

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Raj TV. The film was given an "A" certificate by the Indian Censor Board.

Reception

Hindu wrote "You do understand Arjun's sincerity in trying out a different storyline within the restricted ambit of action, sentiment, romance and comedy. Yet after a point you can't help feeling that you've seen most of it many times before. However Arjun's target audience may help the `Madrasi' cruise comfortably."