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{{Infobox film
| name = Arasiyal
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| director = [[R. K. Selvamani]]
| producer = Motherland Movies Internationals
| writer = R. K. Selvamani,<br>[[Liaquat Ali Khan (director)|Liyakath Ali Khan]] (dialogues)
| starring = {{ubl|[[Mammootty]]|[[Shilpa Shirodkar]]|[[Roja (actress)|Roja]]|[[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]]|[[Anandaraj]]|[[Charan Raj]]|[[Jaiganesh]]}}
| music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
| cinematography = [[M. V. Panneerselvam]]
| editing = Udhaya Sankar
| distributor = Motherland Movies Internationals
| studio = Motherland Movies Internationals
| released = 12 December 1997
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
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'''''Arasiyal''''' ({{lang-en|Politics}}) is an [[India]]n [[Tamil films of 1997|1997]] [[Tamil language]] film directed by [[R. K. Selvamani]]. The film features [[Mammootty]], [[Shilpa Shirodkar]] and [[Roja (actress)|Roja]] in lead roles. The film, produced by Motherland Movies Internationals, had musical score by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] and was released on 12 December 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jointscene.com/movies/kollywood/Arasiyal/6932 |title=Find Tamil Movie Arasiyal |access-date=2012-02-22 |publisher=jointscene.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425065821/http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Arasiyal/6932 |archive-date=25 April 2011 }}</ref>

==Plot==

Chandrasekhar ([[Mammootty]]) is an honest collector who arrests Vikram ([[Anandaraj]]), an international terrorist, in Delhi. He's transferred to Madras to eradicate the corruption. Chandrasekhar has two sisters, Priya (Jeeva) and Supriya ([[Roja (actress)|Roja]]). Priya is in love with Marudapandi ([[Charan Raj]]), a hopeless police officer and Chandrasekhar's friend. Meanwhile, Chandrasekhar is in love with Anita Sharma ([[Shilpa Shirodkar]]), a Punjabi girl, who he met in Delhi. Venkatraman ([[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]]), a corrupt politician, is suspected by Chandrasekhar for corruption. Chandrasekhar takes actions against his brothers-in-law, Vishnu ([[Madhan Bob]]) and Ramkumar ([[Uday Prakash (actor)|Uday Prakash]]) and sent them to jail. Chandrasekhar gets a job promotion because his superiors hate his honest work, but he resigned and showed the journalists the corruption proofs of all corrupted politicians. The people becomes angry and beats all corrupted politicians, and Venkatraman's politic party doesn't even win a seat at the parliament. Chandrasekhar gets married with his lover in Punjab. Venkatraman's wife Vasanthi ([[Pallavi (entertainer)|Pallavi]]) was sent to jail for corruption. Venkatraman loses all his money and decides to take vengeance. Vikram, released from jail, wants also to revenge Chandrasekhar and becomes friends with Venkatraman. When Vikram decides to kill Chandrasekhar, he sees his sister Anita Sharma and promised her to protect his husband. Venkatraman's henchmen kidnaps Priya; but when she escaped, she fell from the building and died. They also put a bomb in Supriya's handbag which exploded by killing Supriya and Marudapandi. Venkatraman kills Vikram but Chandrasekhar is suspected for Vikram's murder. Chandrasekhar escapes from the police and kills all corrupted politicians. Finally, Chandrasekhar gets applause for his actions, but the court sends him to jail.

==Cast==
*[[Mammootty]] as Chandrasekhar
*[[Shilpa Shirodkar]] as Anita Sharma
*[[Roja (actress)|Roja]] as Supriya
*[[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]] as Venkatraman (R. K. V)
*[[Anandaraj]] as Vikram (guest appearance)
*[[Charan Raj]] as Marudapandi
*Jeeva as Priya
*[[Jaiganesh]] as Shanmugasundaram, Chandrasekhar's father
*[[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] as Chandrasekhar's mother
*John Amirtharaj as the [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
*[[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as Thiruvasagam
*[[Madhan Bob]] as Vishnu
*[[Uday Prakash (actor)|Uday Prakash]] as Ramkumar
*[[Pallavi (entertainer)|Pallavi]] as Vasanthi

==Production==
After ''Makkal Aatchi'', the actor and director to join together in another political film titled ''Arasiyal''. The director, prior to release, played down any potential controversial story plots and indicated it would be more about a politician's personal life rather than his work. The team shot across North India in 1997 with scenes also filmed at the [[Harmandir Sahib]], Punjab.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Nov/deepavali/deepavali1.htm|access-date=15 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817104937/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Nov/deepavali/deepavali1.htm|archive-date=17 August 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Awards==
The film has won the following awards since its release :

'''[[Tamil Nadu State Film Awards]] 1997 '''

*[[Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film Award]] (3rd Place)

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album|
| name = Arasiyal
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]
| cover =
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| released = 1997
| recorded = 1997
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 22:38
| label = Pyramid
| producer = Vidyasagar
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The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]. The soundtrack, released in 1997, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by [[Vairamuthu]], Vaasan, Arunmozhi and Piraisoodan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muzigle.com/album/arasiyal|title=Arasiyal By Vidya Sagar|access-date=2012-04-12|publisher=muzigle.com}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thiraipaadal.com/album.php?ALBID=ALBVID00053|title=Arasiyal — Vidyasagar|access-date=2012-04-12|publisher=thiraipaadal.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Music/Reviews/97/arasiyal.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604014436/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Music/Reviews/97/arasiyal.htm |archive-date=4 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film marked the debut of [[Harish Raghavendra]] in films.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s)!! Lyrics !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Arasiyal Arasiyal" || [[Pushpavanam Kuppusamy]], [[Anitha Kuppusamy]] || [[Vairamuthu]] || 3:49
|-
|2 || "Hello Nanthalaala" || [[Sujatha Mohan]] || rowspan=2|Vaasan || 4:19
|-
|3 || "Sindhubathi" || Sundar Rajan, Anupama || 5:00
|-
|4 || "Vaa Sagi Vaa Sagi" || [[Harish Raghavendra]], [[Uma Ramanan]] ||[[:ta:அருண்மொழி (பாடகர்)|Arunmozhi]]|| 4:53
|-
|5 || "Varai En Thozhiyae" || [[S. P. B. Charan]], [[Harini (singer)|Harini]], [[Shubha Mudgal]] || rowspan=2|[[Piraisoodan]] || 4:37
|-
|6 || "Varai En Thozhiyae" II || Sujatha Mohan, [[Swarnalatha]], Shubha Mudgal || 4:34
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0271368|Arasiyal}}
{{R. K. Selvamani}}
{{TamilNaduStateFilmAwardBestFilm}}

[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian political films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]
[[Category:Films shot in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Films directed by R. K. Selvamani]]

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