Madhurey
Madhurey is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Ramana Madhesh. the film is produced by Ramana Madhesh under his production banner Movie Magic and distributed through Kalasangham Films. it stars Vijay, Sonia Agarwal, and Rakshitha in the lead roles while Vadivelu, Pasupathy, Seetha, and Tejashree play supporting roles. The film released on 27 August 2004 and performed well at the box office.[1]
| Madhurey | |
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| File:Madhurey Vijay Movie.jpg Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Ramana Madhesh |
| Produced by | Ramana Madhesh |
| Written by | Ramana Madhesh Bharathan (Dialogue) |
| Starring | Vijay Sonia Agarwal Rakshitha Vadivelu Pasupathy Seetha Tejashree |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
| Edited by | Anthony |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Kalasangham Films |
Release date | 27 August 2004 |
Running time | 148 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
SynopsisEdit
Madhuravel works as a vegetable vendor with his friend Pandu. He is a do-gooder and protector of the family of Kamatchi and her two daughters. Madurey eradicates loan sharks and fights "bad guys" in the market. Meanwhile, Anitha has a liking towards Madhurey and manages to win him over from Maheshwari. Now Kamakshi's eldest daughter Susheela, who was working with Madurey, was killed. Kamatchi blames it on Madurey and shoots him. When Kamakshi questions Pandu about how he can be an accomplice to someone who she thought was a murderer, he asks her if he knows who Madurey really is.
The story shifts to a flashback, where Madurey is the district collector of Madurai. He is the action-packed bureaucrat who takes to the streets to solve the citizens' problems. He does the job of policing and is up against criminals. He does not believe in IPS and police force to clean up the city. So one such clean up operation takes him to KTR, a don who is running a parallel law enforcement system with his own court. He doles out justice to all and is God to the ordinary. Madurey does not take lightly to this parallel outfit. A clash takes place, and Susheela, then PA to Madurey, is killed. KTR puts the blame on Madurey. Now, Madurey goes undercover to surface as a vegetable vendor because his aim is to pin down KTR. From now onwards, it is Madurey on a rampage until KTR is finished and the murder charge is removed.
CastEdit
- Vijay as Maduravel IAS (Madurey)
- Sonia Agarwal as Susheela
- Rakshitha as Anitha
- Vadivelu as Pandu
- Pasupathy as KTR
- Seetha as Kamakshi
- Tejashree as Maheshwari
- Hemalatha as Susheela's sister
- Manicka Vinayagam as Madurey's father
- Ilavarasu as Anitha's father
- Shanmugarajan as Police Inspector
- Yugendran as Jeevan
- Venniradai Moorthy as Anitha's house owner
- Karate Raja as Kumarasamy
- A. V. Ramanan as Officer Karthikeyan
- Bala Singh as Gopal
- Raj Kapoor
- Vijay Ganesh
- Sridhar as himself in the song "Machan Peru Madhurey"
ProductionEdit
DevelopmentEdit
R. Madhesh, an assistant of director S. Shankar, was initially assigned to direct Jai with Prashanth, However, after filming a song featuring Prashanth and lead actress Simran, he left the project and began work on another film Madurey.[2]
CastingEdit
Simran Bagga and Jyothika Saravanan were earlier selected as the lead actresses of the film But, both were replaced by Sonia Agarwal and Rakshitha while Tejashree who earlier appeared in Ottran was selected to appear in a cameo appearance. The supporting cast has Vadivel, Ilavarasu, Murthy, Seetha and Rajkapoor.
FilmingEdit
A stint of shooting took place at a set erected opposite Ponniyamman Kovil, at Saligramam, Chennai. The set, designed by art director Rajeevan, was on a five-acre land and is reported to have cost ₹16 crore consisting of a garden, marketplace, fish-market, flower shop, lorry stand, cinema theatre, temple, church, railway line, housing colony and slum, most of the film's shooting was done here.[3]
SoundtrackEdit
| Madhurey | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 27 June 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Star Music Hit Musics | |||
| Producer | Vidyasagar | |||
| Vidyasagar chronology | ||||
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Track listingEdit
| Song Title | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Kandaen Kandaen" | Sadhana Sargam, Madhu Balakrishnan | Yugabharathi |
| "Bambara Kannu" | Udit Narayan, Srilekha Parthasarathy | |
| "Elantha Pazham" | Tippu, Anuradha Sriram | P. Vijay |
| "Ice Katti Ice Katti" | Karthik, Sayanora Philip | |
| "Machan Peru Madhurey" | Shankar Mahadevan | Kabilan |
One song " Varanda Varanda" is included only in the screen and not in the audio disc separately.
ReleaseEdit
The film released on 27 August 2004.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "'Love Today' to 'Vettaikaran': Ten times when Vijay delivered a super hit film with a debutant director". The Times of India. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ↑ Maverick maker – Hosur. The Hindu (27 May 2012). Retrieved on 2015-09-22.
- ↑ Madhurey. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 22 September 2015.