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{{Short description|2017 Tamil action drama film by S. R. Prabhakaran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Sathriyan
| image = Sathriyan 2017 poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[S. R. Prabhakaran]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
*T. T. G. Thyagasaravanan
*Selvi Thiyagarajan
}}
| writer = S. R. Prabhakaran
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Vikram Prabhu]]
*[[Manjima Mohan]]
*[[Kavin (actor)|Kavin]]
*[[Aishwarya Dutta]]
*[[Rio Raj]]
}}
| music = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| cinematography = [[Sivakumar Vijayan]]
| editing = M. Venkat
| studio = [[Sathya Jyothi Films]]
| distributor = Saattai Karthik
| released = {{Film date|2017|06|09|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =

}}
'''''Sathriyan''''' ({{translation|''Warrior''}}) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language [[action drama film]] written and directed by [[S. R. Prabhakaran]] and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. The film features [[Vikram Prabhu]] and [[Manjima Mohan]], while [[Kavin (actor)|Kavin]], [[Aishwarya Dutta]] and [[Rio Raj]] play supporting roles. The film was shot in [[Tiruchirappalli]]. The music was composed by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] with cinematography by [[Sivakumar Vijayan]] and editing by M. Venkat. The film released on 9 June 2017.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=866568347260829696 |user=iamVikramPrabhu |title=#Sathriyan from June 9th 🙏👍😊 |author=Vikram Prabhu |date=22 May 2017}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Niranjana is the daughter of Samuthiram, Tiruchirapalli's biggest rowdy, who works for the minister as his minion. The minister calls Samuthiram and tells him to come to one of his factories to handle a personal matter. Upon arriving, Samuthiram becomes suspicious as no one is present. He calls Ravi, his second-in-command, and asks for one of their boys to check on him. Meanwhile, the minister's goon Shankar and his gang arrive and kill Samuthiram for meeting with the opposing party's minister. Guna, having been sent by Ravi, arrives and finds Samuthiram dead. The gang holds a funeral with Samuthiram's family, and Ravi swears loyalty to them. Guna kills Vetri, a goon from Shankar's gang, for becoming an approver.

Meanwhile, some guys have been harassing Niranjana at her college bus stop for weeks. Her mother asks Ravi to send someone to take care of it. Ravi sends Guna, who slashes the guy's arm. Later, that guy's friends threaten to throw acid on Niranjana if he does not recover, and Guna is tasked with following and keeping Niranjana safe until she finishes college. She slowly falls in love with him and proposes to Guna, but he refuses, saying that love will not work for him and that the townspeople respect and fear him. She asks him to spend a day without any weapons. He does this, but learns that Shankar's men are following him on that very day.

The next day, Niranjana asks Guna if he was scared even for a minute because he had no weapons with him. She tells him that he was not fearing the enemy but their weapons; similarly, the town's people are afraid of his weapons and not him. She tells him to come out of this delusion and seriously consider starting a life and family for himself. She also says she will wait for him until then. Guna then starts reciprocating her feelings. He tells Ravi about his love for Niranjana, but Ravi tells Guna to forget her, as it is inappropriate.

Meanwhile, Shankar's gang follows Guna to kill him, and he gets stabbed but survives with the help of Dr. Chandran. Niranjana's family learns about Guna's relationship with her and refuses to accept it. Guna gets into a scuffle with Niranjana's brother. Shankar and his gang try to kill Guna again, and Guna ends up killing Shankar and eloping with Niranjana to Thondi while Ravi and the police continue to search for him. Guna asks Chandran to fetch {{INR}}7 lakhs, his passport, and his mother's wedding chain from his home, and Chandran goes to Guna's house. One of Ravi's men informs Ravi about someone's presence in the house. Ravi and three of his men wait outside to stab the man, as they think it is Guna. They stab the man, who turns out to be Chandran. Ravi asks where Guna is, but Chandran refuses to tell. Ravi tells him to tell Guna that he will find them and bring Niranjana home by killing Guna, and lets Chandran go.

Guna is furious that Ravi, whom he thought of as his own brother, tried to kill him. He goes to Trichy, where a chase and fight ensue between Guna, Ravi, and his gang, with Guna gaining the upper hand and slashing Ravi multiple times. Ravi asks Guna to kill him, but Guna cannot bring himself to do so. He asks Ravi to leave everything and takes him to the hospital. Guna also convinces his friend from Shankar's gang to leave the violent life behind and join him. The film ends with Guna, Niranjana, Chandran, and his girlfriend having married; Ravi, his wife, and his children coming to Niranjana's home; and her mother taking an aarti to everyone.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Vikram Prabhu]] as Gunasekaran "Guna"
* [[Manjima Mohan]] as Niranjana<ref>{{Cite web |last=Subramanian |first=Anupama |date=4 February 2017 |title=Sathriyan is a realistic gangster movie: Director SR Prabhakaran |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/040217/sathriyan-is-a-realistic-gangster-movie-director-sr-prabhakaran.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323122421/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/040217/sathriyan-is-a-realistic-gangster-movie-director-sr-prabhakaran.html |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref>
* [[Kavin (actor)|Kavin]] as Dr. Chandran
* [[Aishwarya Dutta]] as Dr. Chandran's love interest (girlfriend)
* [[Rio Raj]] as Guna's friend
* [[Sharath Lohitashwa]] as Samuthiram, Niranjana's father
* [[Aadukalam Naren]] as Vijayan
* [[Poster Nandakumar]] as Minister
* [[Aruldoss]] as Shankar
* R. K. Vijay Murugan as Ravi
* [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]] as Niranjana's mother
* [[Soundararaja]] as Niranjan
* [[Nitish Veera]] as Vetri
* [[Yogi Babu]] as Samudhram's nephew
* [[Florent Pereira]] as Police Commissioner
* Veluthu Kattu Kathir as Kani
* Sundari Divya as Kavi
* Vishnu Priya as Niranjana's friend
* [[Supergood Subramani]] as Manikandan
{{colend}}

==Production==

Sathya Jyothi Films signed on director [[S. R. Prabhakaran]] to direct a film for their production house during the middle of 2015, with [[Vikram Prabhu]] joining the team in September 2015 to portray the leading role.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Saravanan |first=T. |date=7 August 2015 |title=Playing on home ground |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/director-srprabhakaran-on-his-choice-of-stories/article7512326.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323122420/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/director-srprabhakaran-on-his-choice-of-stories/article7512326.ece |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=The Hindu |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 September 2015 |title=Dhanush - Prabhu Solomon's film is 60% complete |url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/dhanush-prabhu-solomons-film-is-60-complete.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062423/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/dhanush-prabhu-solomons-film-is-60-complete.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> The film, featuring music by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] and cinematography by [[Sivakumar Vijayan]], was initially set to be launched in early December 2015, but the [[2015 South Indian floods]] meant that the event was delayed by a month.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 November 2015 |title=Vikram Prabhu - SR Prabhakaran project to start from 7th December |url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/vikram-prabhu-sr-prabhakaran-project-to-start-from-7th-december.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325184836/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/vikram-prabhu-sr-prabhakaran-project-to-start-from-7th-december.html |archive-date=25 March 2016 |access-date=26 June 2016}}</ref> In December 2015, [[Manjima Mohan]] was signed on to portray the leading role before the release of her first Tamil venture, the [[Gautham Vasudev Menon|GVM]]-directional ''[[Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada]]'' (2016), opposite [[Silambarasan]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 January 2017 |title=Manjima Mohan cast opposite Vikram Prabhu |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Manjima-Mohan-cast-opposite-Vikram-Prabhu/articleshow/50167381.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221031748/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Manjima-Mohan-cast-opposite-Vikram-Prabhu/articleshow/50167381.cms |archive-date=21 February 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

The film's title of ''Mudi Sooda Mannan'' was announced in June 2016, before the title was changed to ''Sathriyan''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2016 |title=Vikram Prabhu- Manjima Mohan new movie title is here - Tamil News |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/hot-actress-manjima-mohan-aishwarya-dutta-with-vikram-prabhu-in-mudi-sooda-mannan-tamil-news-160490.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323122421/https://www.indiaglitz.com/hot-actress-manjima-mohan-aishwarya-dutta-with-vikram-prabhu-in-mudi-sooda-mannan-tamil-news-160490.html |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Sathriyan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 30 January 2017
| recorded =
| venue = [[Chennai]]
| studio = [[U1 Records]]
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 12:49
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label = [[U1 Records]]
| producer = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| prev_title = [[Taramani (film)|Taramani]]
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = [[Kadamban]]
| next_year = 2017
}}

The soundtrack was composed by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], and the audio was released on 30 January 2017. ''Behindwoods'' stated, "A short album that has the stamp of Yuvan Shankar Raja! Very specific and to the point composing by YSR for Sathriyan".<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2017 |title=Sathriyan (aka) Mudisooda Mannan songs review |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/sathriyan/sathriyan-songs-review.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413234700/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/sathriyan/sathriyan-songs-review.html |archive-date=13 April 2017 |access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref> the songs "Paarai Mele" and "Sathriyan In Action (Theme)" were well received.

{{track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 12:49
| title1 = Sooda Oru Sooriyan
| lyrics1 = [[Vivek (lyricist)|Vivek]]
| extra1 = [[Deepak]]
| length1 = 3:36
| title2 = Paarai Mele
| lyrics2 = [[Snehan]]
| extra2 = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| length2 = 3:36
| title3 = Maina Rendu
| lyrics3 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| extra3 = [[Vijay Yesudas]]
| length3 = 3:40
| title4 = Sathriyan In Action (Theme)
| lyrics4 =
| extra4 =
| length4 = 1:57
}}

==Reception==
Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote "The biggest problem is the running time, over two-and-a-half hours"<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2017 |title=Sathriyan Movie Review – Film Companion |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/sathriyan-movie-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128012512/https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/sathriyan-movie-review |archive-date=28 January 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref>

== Home media ==
The satellite rights of the film were sold to [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] And Sun NXT.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=6735094}}

{{S. R. Prabhakaran}}
{{Sathya Jyothi Films}}

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[[Category:Films shot in Tiruchirappalli]]
[[Category:Films set in Tiruchirappalli]]
[[Category:Indian gangster films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
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[[Category:Films directed by S. R. Prabhakaran]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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