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	==Plot ==		==Plot ==
	Ajay ([[Nagarjuna (actor)\|Nagarjuna]]) is an unemployed youth who always gets enraged when trouble because of his temper. He gets heated up when he encounters anyone committing a crime; he takes the law into his own hands, beats them up and then gives them some free advice. Ajay's father Padmanabhan ([[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]), who works for an insurance firm, is very unhappy with his son's attitude, and tries his best to change his attitude through a meditation expert, but fails in this matter as the expert suggests that Ajay's anguish is reasonable. Ajay meets Sonia ([[Sushmita Sen]]) through his father, and she falls in love with him. What Sonia likes about Ajay is his temper and anger when he encounters anything, which is against the law. Sonia gets Padmanabhan's help to get Ajay to love her. Still, Ajay is not interested in her and seriously rejects her at first; but he later changes his mind after going through some unusual situations, and love blossoms between them.		Ajay ([[Nagarjuna (actor)\|Nagarjuna]]) is an unemployed youth who always gets enraged when he encounters trouble because of his temper.. He gets heated up when he encounters anyone committing a crime; he takes the law into his own hands, beats them up and then gives them some free advice. Ajay's father Padmanabhan ([[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]), who works for an insurance firm, is very unhappy with his son's attitude, and tries his best to change his attitude through a meditation expert, but fails in this matter as the expert suggests that Ajay's anguish is reasonable. Ajay meets Sonia ([[Sushmita Sen]]) through his father, and she falls in love with him. What Sonia likes about Ajay is his temper and anger when he encounters anything, which is against the law. Sonia gets Padmanabhan's help to get Ajay to love her. Still, Ajay is not interested in her and seriously rejects her at first; but he later changes his mind after going through some unusual situations, and love blossoms between them.

	Sonia's father, Sriram ([[Girish Karnad]]), is an industrialist who owns the [[Daewoo]] automotive manufacturing facility. He has no objection to his daughter's relationship with Ajay, but has one condition: Ajay must become employed in his factory, control his temper for three months, and not get into any fight whatsoever, even if he encounters a crime happening in front of his eyes. If Ajay cannot do this, he will not be allowed to marry Sonia. With a heavy heart, Ajay agrees to the condition; Sonia's love for Ajay deepens, and Sriram offers Ajay a job in his factory. Sriram actually has his own problems with his factory in a loss; ten of his workers are working with his rival and younger stepbrother Gnaneswar ([[Raghuvaran]]), and they hamper the progress of his factory with frequent, pre-planned mishaps. This leads to the factory's property loss.		Sonia's father, Sriram ([[Girish Karnad]]), is an industrialist who owns the [[Daewoo]] automotive manufacturing facility. He has no objection to his daughter's relationship with Ajay, but has one condition: Ajay must become employed in his factory, control his temper for three months, and not get into any fight whatsoever, even if he encounters a crime happening in front of his eyes. If Ajay cannot do this, he will not be allowed to marry Sonia. With a heavy heart, Ajay agrees to the condition; Sonia's love for Ajay deepens, and Sriram offers Ajay a job in his factory. Sriram actually has his own problems with his factory in a loss; ten of his workers are working with his rival and younger stepbrother Gnaneswar ([[Raghuvaran]]), and they hamper the progress of his factory with frequent, pre-planned mishaps. This leads to the factory's property loss.

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	==Plot ==		==Plot ==
	Ajay ([[Nagarjuna (actor)\|Nagarjuna]]) is an unemployed youth who always gets ~~into~~ trouble because of his temper. He gets heated up when he encounters anyone committing a crime; he takes the law into his own hands, beats them up and then gives them some free advice. Ajay's father Padmanabhan ([[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]), who works for an insurance firm, is very unhappy with his son's attitude, and tries his best to change his attitude through a meditation expert, but fails in this matter as the expert suggests that Ajay's anguish is reasonable. Ajay meets Sonia ([[Sushmita Sen]]) through his father, and she falls in love with him. What Sonia likes about Ajay is his temper and anger when he encounters anything, which is against the law. Sonia gets Padmanabhan's help to get Ajay to love her. Still, Ajay is not interested in her and seriously rejects her at first; but he later changes his mind after going through some unusual situations, and love blossoms between them.		Ajay ([[Nagarjuna (actor)\|Nagarjuna]]) is an unemployed youth who always gets enraged when trouble because of his temper. He gets heated up when he encounters anyone committing a crime; he takes the law into his own hands, beats them up and then gives them some free advice. Ajay's father Padmanabhan ([[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]), who works for an insurance firm, is very unhappy with his son's attitude, and tries his best to change his attitude through a meditation expert, but fails in this matter as the expert suggests that Ajay's anguish is reasonable. Ajay meets Sonia ([[Sushmita Sen]]) through his father, and she falls in love with him. What Sonia likes about Ajay is his temper and anger when he encounters anything, which is against the law. Sonia gets Padmanabhan's help to get Ajay to love her. Still, Ajay is not interested in her and seriously rejects her at first; but he later changes his mind after going through some unusual situations, and love blossoms between them.

	Sonia's father, Sriram ([[Girish Karnad]]), is an industrialist who owns the [[Daewoo]] automotive manufacturing facility. He has no objection to his daughter's relationship with Ajay, but has one condition: Ajay must become employed in his factory, control his temper for three months, and not get into any fight whatsoever, even if he encounters a crime happening in front of his eyes. If Ajay cannot do this, he will not be allowed to marry Sonia. With a heavy heart, Ajay agrees to the condition; Sonia's love for Ajay deepens, and Sriram offers Ajay a job in his factory. Sriram actually has his own problems with his factory in a loss; ten of his workers are working with his rival and younger stepbrother Gnaneswar ([[Raghuvaran]]), and they hamper the progress of his factory with frequent, pre-planned mishaps. This leads to the factory's property loss.		Sonia's father, Sriram ([[Girish Karnad]]), is an industrialist who owns the [[Daewoo]] automotive manufacturing facility. He has no objection to his daughter's relationship with Ajay, but has one condition: Ajay must become employed in his factory, control his temper for three months, and not get into any fight whatsoever, even if he encounters a crime happening in front of his eyes. If Ajay cannot do this, he will not be allowed to marry Sonia. With a heavy heart, Ajay agrees to the condition; Sonia's love for Ajay deepens, and Sriram offers Ajay a job in his factory. Sriram actually has his own problems with his factory in a loss; ten of his workers are working with his rival and younger stepbrother Gnaneswar ([[Raghuvaran]]), and they hamper the progress of his factory with frequent, pre-planned mishaps. This leads to the factory's property loss.

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{{Infobox film
| name = Ratchagan
| image = Ratchagan poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| native_name = {{film name|Tamil|ரட்சகன்}}
| director = [[Praveen Gandhi]]
| writer = [[Crazy Mohan]] {{small|'''(Dialogues)'''}}
| screenplay = Praveen Gandhi
| story = [[K. T. Kunjumon]]
| producer = K. T. Kunjumon Francis Joseph
| starring = [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] [[Sushmita Sen]]
| cinematography = [[Ajayan Vincent]]
| editing = [[B. Lenin]] [[V. T. Vijayan]]
| music = [[A.R.Rahman]]
| studio = Kunjumon Studios
| distributor = Gentleman Film International J. R. S. Combines
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1997|10|30}}
| runtime = 154 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = {{INRConvert|15|c|year=1997}}
}}
'''''Ratchagan''''' ({{translation|Saviour}}) is a 1997 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic action]] film written, produced by [[K. T. Kunjumon]], and directed by [[Praveen Gandhi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/98/Feb/kuttisp2.htm |title=1997-98 Kodambakkam babies Page: Part 2 |publisher=Indolink.com |access-date=2012-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724022641/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/People/98/Feb/kuttisp2.htm |archive-date=24 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It stars [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] and [[Sushmita Sen]], alongside [[Raghuvaran]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vadivelu]] and [[Girish Karnad]] in supporting roles. It was the [[List of most expensive Indian films|most expensive Indian film]] at the time of release.

==Plot ==
Ajay ([[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]]) is an unemployed youth who always gets into trouble because of his temper. He gets heated up when he encounters anyone committing a crime; he takes the law into his own hands, beats them up and then gives them some free advice. Ajay's father Padmanabhan ([[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]), who works for an insurance firm, is very unhappy with his son's attitude, and tries his best to change his attitude through a meditation expert, but fails in this matter as the expert suggests that Ajay's anguish is reasonable. Ajay meets Sonia ([[Sushmita Sen]]) through his father, and she falls in love with him. What Sonia likes about Ajay is his temper and anger when he encounters anything, which is against the law. Sonia gets Padmanabhan's help to get Ajay to love her. Still, Ajay is not interested in her and seriously rejects her at first; but he later changes his mind after going through some unusual situations, and love blossoms between them.

Sonia's father, Sriram ([[Girish Karnad]]), is an industrialist who owns the [[Daewoo]] automotive manufacturing facility. He has no objection to his daughter's relationship with Ajay, but has one condition: Ajay must become employed in his factory, control his temper for three months, and not get into any fight whatsoever, even if he encounters a crime happening in front of his eyes. If Ajay cannot do this, he will not be allowed to marry Sonia. With a heavy heart, Ajay agrees to the condition; Sonia's love for Ajay deepens, and Sriram offers Ajay a job in his factory. Sriram actually has his own problems with his factory in a loss; ten of his workers are working with his rival and younger stepbrother Gnaneswar ([[Raghuvaran]]), and they hamper the progress of his factory with frequent, pre-planned mishaps. This leads to the factory's property loss.

Gnaneswar is the son of Sriram's stepmother, who gets deceived by Sriram and loses his share of his father's common business empire. Further, in unusual circumstances, Gnaneswar spends some years in jail and returns with a planned conspiracy and vengeance on his stepbrother, Sriram. Gnaneswar is now trying to put Sriram out of business, so his ten men create havoc in the factory by killing old ''workers'' and raging new workers. So, when Ajay comes to work in Sriram's factory, these ten men do the same to Ajay. Ajay keeps cool, trying to keep his promise to Sriram. But Sriram hopes otherwise; he wants Ajay to break the promise and beat up the ten men and throw them out of the factory. At the same time, Sriram hopes the imminent marriage between Ajay and Sonia will be cancelled, since he does not want his daughter to marry an angry street-fighter like Ajay. So, Sriram keeps hoping Ajay will somehow burst out. Gnaneswar's men damage an important machine to make the international Korean experts attend the problem. The plan is to kill those Korean experts so that it would become an international issue and Sriram's company would be locked out permanently, but Ajay saves those experts, and Sriram publicizes this to create a fight between Gnaneswar's men and Ajay, but it happens otherwise that Ajay still keeps cool in spite of them beating him black and blue, and Sriram's hopes are devastated. As the last trigger, Sriram uses his father's name in publicizing the issue in the factory to media so that Gnaneswar's men may think that it was Ajay's father who brought this to the media. As expected by Sriram, those ten men brutally murder Ajay's father for this.

After this, Ajay becomes furious and breaks his promise and banishes the ten men from the factory. But Gnaneswar holds Ajay and blackmails Sonia that he would kill Ajay unless Sonia kills herself by destroying Sriram's factory by bombarding it with a truck armed with a powerful Russian explosive. In the climax, Gnaneswar kills Sriram by throwing him off the helicopter; Gnaneswar gets killed when his helicopter hits the mountains; and Sonia gets saved and unites with Ajay.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]] as Ajay Padmanabhan (Voice-Over by actor [[Suresh (actor)|Suresh]])
* [[Sushmita Sen]] as Sonia Sriram (Voice-Over by actress [[Saritha]])
* [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] as Padmanabhan
* [[Raghuvaran]] as Gnaneswar
* [[Girish Karnad]] as Sriram
* [[Vadivelu]] as Ajay's friend
* [[Sukumari]] as Sonia's grandmother
* [[Kavitha (actress)|Kavitha]] as Sonia's mother
* [[Subhalekha Sudhakar]] as Sathish Varma, the company manager
* Kevin Erik Gray as Kevin, the sales officer (one of the ten men)
* [[Ajay Rathnam]] as Mithran, the performance engineer (one of the ten men)
* [[Thalapathy Dinesh]] as Sopraj (one of the ten men)
* [[Mahanadi Shankar]] as Surla, the chemical expert (one of the ten men)
* Daljith Singh as Singh, the weapon designer (one of the ten men)
* [[Abu Salim (actor)|Abu Salim]] as Abu Salim (one of the ten men)
* Sanjay as Sanjay (one of the ten men)
* Joseph as Joseph (one of the ten men)
* Mithran as Rishi (one of the ten men)
* Luka Varghese as Malik (one of the ten men)
* [[Chinni Jayanth]] as a police constable
* [[Manobala]] as Kanniyappan
* Dr. Rudhran as a psychiatrist doctor
* Karikalan as a police officer
* [[Vijay Krishnaraj]] as a police officer
* [[R. N. Sudarshan]] as Gnaneshwar's father
* [[Vinodhini]] as Priya
* [[Madhan Bob]] as Priya's husband
* Gopal Aravind as Aravind
* [[Omakuchi Narasimhan]]
* [[Gundu Kalyanam]]
* Manager Cheena as MRF Santhakumar
* Soundar as a dog owner
* [[Joker Thulasi]] as a dog owner
* [[Kavithalaya Krishnan]] as an auto driver
* [[Mohan Raman]] as [[Ananda Vikatan|Junior Vikatan]] editor
* [[Alphonsa (actress)|Alphonsa]] in a special appearance
* [[Sridhar (choreographer)|Sridhar]] as dancer
{{colend}}

==Production==
The film was launched in January 1996, but filming only commenced the following year, in January 1997. Despite signing on established crew including [[A. R. Rahman]] along with [[Miss Universe]] pageant winner [[Sushmita Sen]], producer Kunjumon signed debutant [[Praveen Gandhi]] to be the director and [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], a Telugu star as the lead actor. The producer revealed that in the direction, he saw "a young man who is very talented and full of ideas who was willing to work hard."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/aug/02sush.htm |title=Rediff On The Net, Movies: Will Rakshakan resurrect Sushmita's career? |publisher=Rediff|date=1997-08-02 |access-date=2012-11-12}}</ref> The period in between was spent with pre-production works with art director [[Thotta Tharani]] constructing a huge set in [[Mahabalipuram]] with an elaborate bungalow and swimming pool as a part of the heroine's home, as well as a huge five star hotel where the villains lived and a landing area for helicopters.<ref name="indolink">{{cite web |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Nov/deepavali/deepavali1.htm |title=Deepavali releases |work=Indolink Tamil |access-date=2014-09-15 |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>

Furthermore, Tharani created 8 sets for the song "Love Attack", with Nagarjuna and Sushmita dancing alongside 50 other dancers. The song "Mercury Pookkal Model Nilakkal" was picturised in the midst of many small aeroplanes in [[Bangalore]]. The film was shot all over India, including locations in [[Manali, Himachal Pradesh|Manali]], [[Mumbai]], [[Goa]], [[Ooty]], [[Rajasthan]] and [[Delhi]], with Kunjumon making a claim during filming stages that the film would become India's most costly production. However, this record was broken when [[S. Shankar|Shankar]]'s ''[[Jeans (film)|Jeans]]'' released the very next year.<ref name="indolink"/> Nagarjuna's voice was dubbed by actor [[Suresh (actor)|Suresh]].

==Release==
The film was initially slated to be released on 31 July 1997, but the strikes in the Tamil film industry delayed such plans. The film was released in [[Tamil Nadu]], along with the Telugu dubbed version in [[Andhra Pradesh]] on 30 October 1997 to mixed reviews.
<ref>http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/art.nsf/(docid)/3FAC79AFA4381E8665256940004D0DEA{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The film was dubbed into Telugu as ''Rakshakudu''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcxM0FC3AaI</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Ratchagan
| type = [[Soundtrack]]
| artist = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1997
| recorded = 1997
| venue =
| studio = [[Panchathan Record Inn]]
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] [[K. T. Kunjumon|Gentleman Audios]] Star Music Hit Musics
| producer = [[A. R. Rahman]]
| prev_title = [[Daud (film)|Daud]]
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = [[Vishwavidhaata]]
| next_year = 1997
}}
The soundtrack featured eight songs and a theme song composed by [[A. R. Rahman]]. The lyrics were written by [[Vairamuthu]] and [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]. Hindi company, Sony music T-Series, bought the music rights of the film in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india-today.com/itoday/13101997/biz1.html |title=India Today Business [Super Cassettes Industries: All in the Family] |publisher=India-today.com |date=1997-10-13 |access-date=2012-11-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124142427/http://india-today.com/itoday/13101997/biz1.html |archive-date=24 November 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

'''Tamil track list'''
{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_music =
| all_lyrics = [[Vairamuthu]], except where noted
| title1 = Soniya Soniya
| extra1 = [[Udit Narayan]], [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Harini (singer)|Harini]]
| length1 = 5:35
| title2 = Love Attack
| extra2 = Gopal Rao, Kavita Paudwal
| length2 = 5:01
| note2 = Lyrics: [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| title3 = Chandiranai Thottathu Yaar
| extra3 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]
| length3 = 6:46
| title7 = Pogum Vazhiyellam
| extra7 = [[K. S. Chitra]]
| length7 = 4:13
| title5 = Lucky Lucky
| extra5 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Swarnalatha]]
| length5 = 6:06
| title6 = Nenje Nenje
| extra6 = [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| length6 = 6:56
| title4 = Kanava Illai Kaatra
| extra4 = [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]]
| length4 = 4:34
| title8 = Mercury Pookkal
| extra8 = [[Anupama (singer)|Anupama]], [[Swarnalatha]]
| length8 = 5:23
| note8 = Lyrics: [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| title9 = Theme Music
| extra9 = Instrumental
| length9 = 3:42
}}

'''Telugu track list'''
{{tracklist
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_music =
| all_lyrics = [[Bhuvana Chandra]]
| title1 = Soniya Soniya
| extra1 = [[Udit Narayan]], [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Harini (singer)|Harini]]
| length1 = 5:35
| title2 = Love Attack
| extra2 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], Kavita Paudwal
| length2 = 5:01
| title3 = Chandruni Takinadi
| extra3 = [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]
| length3 = 6:46
| title4 = Kalava Kanne Kalava
| extra4 = Rangan
| length4 = 4:34
| title5 = Lucky Lucky
| extra5 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Sukhwinder Singh]], [[Swarnalatha]]
| length5 = 6:06
| title6 = Ninne Ninne
| extra6 = [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| length6 = 6:56
| title7 = Preme na Gamyamanna
| extra7 = [[Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith (singer)|Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith]]
| length7 = 4:13
| title8 = Mercury Poollu
| extra8 = [[Anupama (singer)|Anupama]], [[Swarnalatha]]
| length8 = 5:23
| title9 = Theme Music
| extra9 = Instrumental
| length9 = 3:42
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0485270|title=Ratchagan}}

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