Athisaya Piravi

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Athisaya Piravi
File:Athisaya Piraivi.jpg
Poster
Directed byS. P. Muthuraman
Produced byA. Poorna Chandra Rao
Written byPanju Arunachalam
StarringRajinikanth
Kanaka
Sheeba Akashdeep
Music byIlaiyaraaja
CinematographyT. S. Vinayagam
Edited byR. Vittal
S. P. Mohan
Production
company
Lakshmi Productions
Release date
  • 15 June 1990 (1990-06-15)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Athisaya Piravi (transl. Extraordinary Being) is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy film starring Rajinikanth, Kanaka, and Sheeba Akashdeep , while Nagesh, Jaiganesh, Chinni Jayanth, Cho Ramaswamy, and Vinu Chakravarthy, among others, play supporting roles. This film was a remake of the Telugu film Yamudiki Mogudu (1988).[1] The film's music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, and the film released on 15 June 1990. It was declared as a hit at the box office.

Plot[edit]

Kaalaiyan (Rajinikanth) lives a poor lifestyle with his widowed mother. He falls in love with a girl called Sumathi (Sheeba Akashdeep), but because of his poor background, Sumathi's wealthy father Murukesh (Nagesh) is not ready to accept him. Kaalaiyan also gets into hot water with Murukesh as he opposes his men who were planning to demolish some huts. Murukesh and his partner (Jaiganesh) devise a plan to kill Kalaiyan by tricking him into believing that he was going to marry him to Sumathi. The plan works, and they eventually succeed in killing him. Kalaiyan's spirit goes to the underworld and meets the Lord of Death himself, Yamadharma Raja (Vinu Chakravarthy). Kalaiyan explains to Yama the whole ordeal and that his death was a mistake, so Yama transports him back to an identical body of a mild-mannered villager, Balwant Balu (also Rajinikanth), whose life is threatened by his paternal uncle and aunt, who are trying to kill him.

Reborn as Balu, he soon adapts to his new life, along with his new widowed mother and a sweetheart, Gauri (Kanaka). He also sets out to teach his uncle, Chinnasamy, aunt, and cousin Periyasaamy (Chinni Jayanth) a lesson for their ill-treatment to him and his (new) mother. Life goes on, and he has no memories of his old life until one day Murukesh, who was an old friend of Kashiram, comes to visit them. Seeing him, Balu remembers his previous life and immediately goes to his previous place, where he finds Murukesh's goons attacking the area. Upon seeing him alive, they all are astounded and flee from the place. He then explains to his biological mother and Sumathi the whole story of how he was killed and reincarnated. Meanwhile, Gauri comes searching for Balu to Chennai, and hilarity ensues as Balu/Kalaiyan struggles to manage both lovers. Balu, with help of Vichitra Gupta (Cho Ramaswamy), plans his revenge on Murukesh and his partner by outdoing him in wealth and humiliate them, but when Balu's relatives also arrive to Chennai, the whole confusion is revealed, and Murukesh captures both the families of Kalaiyan and Balu and tries to kill him, but Balu/Kaalaiyan thwarts his plans and ultimately succeeds in his revenge.

Cast[edit]

Reception[edit]

The Indian Express wrote, "Directed by S. P. Muthuraman, who keeps the action from sagging, Panju Arunachalam redoes his Kalyanaraman idea and provides the dialogues, even as Cho keeps lighting crackers with dialogues loaded with political innuendo."[2]

Legacy[edit]

Main article: Little Superstar

Many years after the release of the film, a viral video entitled "Little Superstar" became very popular on the internet. The clip features the scene with Rajinikanth watching dwarf Indian actor King Kong dancing to "Holiday Rap" by MC Miker G & DJ Sven.[3][4]

Soundtrack[edit]

This soundtrack has 6 songs composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[5][6]

Songs Singers Lyrics
"Annakiliyae" Malaysia Vasudevan Vaali
"Idhaz Sindudum" Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki Pulamaipithan
"Paattukku Paattu" Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra Gangai Amaran
"Singari Pyari" Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki Vaali
"Thanananthan" Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki Piraisoodan
"Unna Partha" K. S. Chithra, Malaysia Vasudevan Vaali

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. Penguin Books. pp. 129–130.
  2. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900622&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBtZGxQcHaM @ 1:52 and 2:41
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ http://www.starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_free_download.asp?MovieId=790
  6. ↑ http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Adhisaya-Piravi-songs-T0000560

External links[edit]

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