Pulan Visaranai

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{{Infobox film
| name = Pulan Visaranai
| image = Pulan Visaranai.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[R. K. Selvamani]]
| writer = [[Liaquat Ali Khan (director)|Liyakath Ali Khan]] (dialogues)
| screenplay = R. K. Selvamani
| story = [[Ibrahim Rowther]]
| producer = {{Unbulleted list |R. Sundar Raj |S. Raveendran |Ibrahim Rowther}}
| starring = {{Unbulleted list |[[Vijayakanth]]|[[Rupini (actress)|Rupini]]|[[M. N. Nambiar]]|[[Radha Ravi]]|[[Anandaraj]]|[[Sarath Kumar]]}}
| cinematography = [[Ravi Yadav]]
| editing = G. Jayachandran
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio = I. V. Cine Productions
| distributor =
| released = 14 January 1990 and 23 June 1995
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Pulan Visaranai''''' ({{trans|Investigation}}) is a [[Tamil films of 1990|1990]] [[Tamil language]] [[action crime]] film directed by [[R. K. Selvamani]]. The film features [[Vijayakanth]] in the lead role while [[Rupini (actress)|Rupini]], [[M. N. Nambiar]], [[Radha Ravi]], [[Anandaraj]], and [[Sarath Kumar]] play supporting roles. The film, produced by R. Sundar Raj and S. Raveendran, had musical score by [[Illayaraja]] and [[Viju Shah]] was released on 14 January 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Pulanvisaranai/120|title=Find Tamil Movie Pulan Visaranai|access-date=2012-01-19|publisher=jointscene.com|archive-date=20 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220192423/http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Pulanvisaranai/120|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/7996/pulan-visaranai.html |title=Pulan Visaranai |access-date=2012-01-19 |publisher=popcorn.oneindia.in |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712073531/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/title/7996/pulan-visaranai.html |archive-date=12 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=pulan%20visaranai|title=filmography of pulan visaranai|access-date=2012-01-20|publisher=cinesouth.com|archive-date=31 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331075915/http://roughnote.pixmonk.in/|url-status=live}}</ref>

It was remade in [[Hindi]] as ''[[Ravan Raaj: A True Story]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/preview/8036.html |title=Indiaglitz – Pulan Visaranai Part II |access-date=2012-01-20 |publisher=indiaglitz.com |archive-date=3 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203140250/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/preview/8036.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The character of the antagonist Dharma (played by [[Anandaraj]]) is loosely based on the serial killer [[Auto Shankar]].<ref name=review>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/rewind/pvisaaranai.html |title=PULAN VISAARANAI |access-date=2012-03-30 |publisher=bbthots.com |archive-date=7 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207193728/http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/rewind/pvisaaranai.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Telugu dubbed version ''Police Adhikari'' was also successful.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPishkw-57k |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 August 2016 |archive-date=31 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331075923/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPishkw-57k |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Plot==
Dharma ([[Anandaraj]]) is an [[Auto rickshaw|auto]] driver who kidnaps young women and is on the payroll of a powerful politician named RR ([[Radha Ravi]]). He kidnaps a girl from [[Chennai Central railway station]]. R K Mahendra ([[Sarathkumar]]) and Dharma go to RR's house, and Mahendra tells R.R. about his plans of opening a hospital in Chennai. He tells him that a person named Salem Cheenathana Chettiar who is obstructing the plans. Later a hired thug murders Cheenathana's daughter. R.K. Mahendra opens the hospital, and Dharma threatens the photographer capturing the event. R.R.then tries to rape the girl Dharma had kidnapped. Dharma later murders her when she resists, and then her body is buried in the house with concrete.

"Honest" Raj ([[Vijayakanth]]), a DCP investigating the murder of an MLA who voted to opposite party candidate in [[Rajya Sabha]] elections, zeroes in on RR but is suspended by his higher-ups due to political pressure. A few years later, he is brought back when Governor's rule is established and is given charge of the investigation into the disappearance of a man whose sister had earlier disappeared. The wife of the disappeared man has been repeatedly petitioning the court after her husband went missing in the police station.

He then proceeds to investigate the case. The wife of the disappeared man claims that her husband went to the police station to enquire about his sister's disappearance. He had leaked the info to Junior Vikatan. So the inspector is furious and beats him, and Dharma beats him and sends him in an ambulance.

Honest Raj tries to investigate Dharma, but he manages to slip away. Honest Raj manages to find a skeleton inside Dharma's house. Meanwhile, a mysterious lady telephones Police Department, asking for Honest Raj. Honest Raj manages to trace this lady, and she tells that the disappeared women were a doctor in training in Bombay. There she found that the hospital was stealing kidneys from patients. Honest Raj manages to find the henchmen of Dharma with the help of the mysterious lady.

Dharma, meanwhile, fakes his death and comes to Minister RR's house. RR and his wife are murdered by his servant when he planned to turn approver. Dharma is shocked, and Honest Raj manages to fight and hit Dharma severely. Dharma is admitted to the hospital, and the doctor tries to kill him. Honest Raj gets the information that R K Mahendra is behind this, and his hospital is used to steal the kidneys of patients from the doctor.

He travels to Bombay and manages to infiltrate inside the hospital to gather evidence against R.K. Mahendra. His daughter is kidnapped, and Honest Raj is forced to fight and kill R.K. Mahendra when his daughter is murdered. He manages to bring back the missing man, albeit at the cost of losing his daughter.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Vijayakanth]] as DCP Honest Raj
* [[Rupini (actress)|Rupini]] [[Madhoo]] as Gayathri Geeta
* [[M. N. Nambiar]] as DGP
* [[Radha Ravi]] as R. R.
* [[Anandaraj]] as Dharma
* [[Sarath Kumar]] as D. R. Mahendran Khurrana
* [[Sonia (actress)|Baby Sonia]] as Nimmy as Dolly
* S. N. Vasanth as Vasantha Gopalan
* [[Vaishnavi (Malayali actress)|Vaishnavi]] as Vasantha Gopalan's wife
* [[Kamala Kamesh]] as Vasantha Gopalan's mother
* [[Lalitha Kumari]] as Kasthuri
* [[G. M. Sundar]]
* [[Peeli Sivam]] as Sivaguru
* [[Vijay Krishnaraj]] as Doctor
* [[K. S. Jayalakshmi]] as Parvathi
* John Amirtharaj
* [[Senthil]] as Police officer (guest appearance)
* [[Kuyili (actress)|Kuyili]] as in a special appearance
}}

==Production==
[[R. K. Selvamani]], an erstwhile assistant of [[Manivannan]] decided to make a film with [[Sathyaraj]]. But Sathyaraj was not interested to act under the direction of a newcomer but he promised that he would act only if Selvamani establishes himself as a director. Selvamani decided to narrate a storyline to [[Vijayakanth]]. Vijayakanth insisted to narrate the story to his friend producer Ibrahim Rowther, but Rowther said that Vijayakanth was booked for 2 years.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/09/02224002/selvamani-cinema-history.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 November 2013 |archive-date=1 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101203743/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/09/02224002/selvamani-cinema-history.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Selvamani with the help of his friend Jothi decided to narrate the story through drawn pictures by having Hollywood films as reference.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/09/03231730/selvamani-cinema-history.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 November 2013 |archive-date=1 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101205247/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/09/03231730/selvamani-cinema-history.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Selvamani led many rules and conditions which led to the cancelling of shooting for 6 months, with the help of Manivannan shooting was continued.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/09/04213332/Director-dream-fulfilled-Selva.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 November 2013 |archive-date=7 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907081912/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/09/04213332/Director-dream-fulfilled-Selva.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Sarathkumar portrayed the antagonist character after he was recommended to the film's team by Vijayakanth's personal make-up man Raju.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/sarath-speak/article4124936.ece|date=23 November 2011|last=T. Saravanan|website=thehindu.com|title=Sarath Speaks|access-date=4 January 2015|archive-date=4 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104213038/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/sarath-speak/article4124936.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/03/31/stories/2002033100300200.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=4 January 2015 |archive-date=31 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331075851/https://www.thehindu.com/archive/print/2002/03/31/ |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2002-03-31 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Release==
The film was released on 14 January 1990 on the occasion of [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal festival]] and became one of the successful films at box-office. The success of the film led G. Venkateswaran to give a chance to Selvamani for another project.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/09/05231139/selvamani-cinema-history.html|title=Selvamani Cinema History|website=maalaimalar.com|date=2013|access-date=13 November 2013|archive-date=1 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101210751/http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/09/05231139/selvamani-cinema-history.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Selvamani rejected the project as he expressed his gratitude to Rowther to make another film with him. The team again collaborated with ''[[Captain Prabhakaran]]'' which also became successful.

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album
| name = Pulan Visaranai
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Ilaiyaraaja]] /[[Viju Shah]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1990
| recorded = 1990
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length = 13:45
| label = Five Star Audio
| producer = [[Ilaiyaraaja]] / [[Viju Shah]]
| prev_title = Pagalil Pournami
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = [[Amman Kovil Thiruvizha]]
| next_year = 1990
}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1990, features 3 tracks with lyrics written by [[Gangai Amaran]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thiraipaadal.com/album.php?ALBID=ALBIRR00521|title=Pulan Visaranai - Illayaraja|access-date=2012-01-20|publisher=thiraipaadal.com|archive-date=31 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331075853/https://track.vcdc.com/proceed.php?domain=thiraipaadal.com&hash=86f6d4e661bed81ce2bcb780f7337a4b&u=eyJkb21haW4iOiJ0aGlyYWlwYWFkYWwuY29tIiwiZG9tYWluX2lkIjoiMzM1NzMyNCIsImZvbGRlcl9pZCI6bnVsbCwibWlkIjoiMTUxIiwiZmlsdGVyX2lkIjpudWxsLCJhZHZlcnRpc2VyX2lkIjoiODgiLCJ0YXJnZXQiOiJodHRwOlwvXC9yZWNvZGUucHdcL2FkP2lkPTIxMzk2JmltcGlkPTE2MTcxNzc1MzI4Mzg0OSZya2V5PTAmdT05MDYiLCJpcF9hZGRyZXNzIjoiMjA3LjI0MS4yMzIuMTg1IiwidHlwZSI6ImphdmFfcmVkaXJlY3QiLCJiaWQiOiIwLjAxNzUifQ==|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{track listing
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 13:45
| title1 = Ilamaikku
| extra1 = [[S. Janaki]]
| length1 = 4:40
| title2 = Ithuthan
| extra2 = Ilaiyaraaja
| length2 = 4:24
| title3 = Kuyiley Kuyiley
| extra3 = [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Uma Ramanan]]
| length3 = 4:41
}}

==Sequel==
{{main|Pulan Visaranai 2}}
Selvamani began working on ''Pulan Visaranai 2'' in November 2005, a sequel to his 1990 film, and cast [[Prashanth (actor)|Prashanth]] in the leading role of the investigative cop.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pulan Visaranai 2 - It's sequel time in Kollywood|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/News/News39/29-11-05/tamil-movies-news-pulan.html|date=29 November 2005|website=behindwoods.com|access-date=2 January 2014|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923192755/http://www.behindwoods.com/features/News/News39/29-11-05/tamil-movies-news-pulan.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He revealed that the idea had come to him in the early 2000s and Vijayakanth's unavailability had meant the film only materialised after a delay. Prashanth underwent strength training for the venture, while beauty pageant winner Medha Raghunathan was briefly signed on to play the lead female role, before opting out again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/may-06-03/16-05-06-prasanth.html|date=16 May 2006|title=No Heroine, but the shoot is going on|website=behindwoods.com|access-date=2 January 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013145/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/may-06-03/16-05-06-prasanth.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film progressed slowly, also a result of Prashanth's marital problems, and reports in May 2007 suggested that Rowther was unhappy with the film's content and felt the film lacked a proper storyline, unlike the previous version.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/may-07-01/02-05-07-prasanth.html|date=2 May 2007|last=Behindwoods News Bureau|website=behindwoods.com|title=Pulan Visaranai 2 without a proper storyline|access-date=2 January 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013159/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/may-07-01/02-05-07-prasanth.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film ran into problems during its censor in April 2008, with the committee highlighting twenty-six objectionable scenes. Selvamani subsequently appealed and compromised by agreeing to remove controversial dialogues and a sequence which involved an actress depicting Indian tennis player [[Sania Mirza]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Censor Ban on Pulan Visaranai 2 lifted|website=nowrunning.com|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/news/tamil/censor-ban-on-pulan-visaranai-2-lifted/15086/story.htm|date=20 April 2008|access-date=2 January 2014|archive-date=2 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194629/http://www.nowrunning.com/news/tamil/censor-ban-on-pulan-visaranai-2-lifted/15086/story.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The producer subsequently accepted an "A" certificate for the film, with the soundtrack releasing the following week. The team also revealed that the film would be released the following month, though this proved to be untrue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/may-08-01/radhika-02-05-08.html|title=Sarathkumar condemns Radhika|website=behindwoods.com|last=Behindwoods News Bureau|date=2 May 2008|access-date=2 January 2014|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115304/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/may-08-01/radhika-02-05-08.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film has since remained unreleased, with little news regarding its chances of having a theatrical release, Prashanth indicated that the film was still delayed due to producer's financial problems.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/19446.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 May 2012 |archive-date=18 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718023811/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/19446.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The sequel was released in 2015.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0320321}}
{{R. K. Selvamani}}

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