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Neranja Manasu
| Neranja Manasu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Samuthirakani |
| Produced by | V. Gnanavel Jayaprakash |
| Written by | Samuthirakani C. Balasubramani |
| Starring | Vijayakanth Susan |
| Music by | Karthik Raja (songs) Vidyasagar (score) |
| Cinematography | V. Prathap |
| Edited by | Anil Malnad |
Production company | GJ Cinema |
Release date | 5 November 2004 |
Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Neranja Manasu is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Samuthirakani. It features Vijayakanth and newcomer Susan in the lead roles. The film score is composed by Karthik Raja, while cinematography is by V. Prathap and editing handled by Anil Malnad. The film opened to negative reviews and ended as a failure at the box office.[1]
Synopsis[edit]
In Suryakudi, a village in Madurai district, the people stole from neighbouring villages and made a living. The local administration had washed their hands off this hell hole. One day, the thief Irulaiah (Sampath Raj) escaped from the police and left his pregnant wife (Sindhu). Many years later, Irulaiah returned to his village with his new wife and daughter Irulayi. His son Sivanandi killed him to steal his money and his wife died while trying to save him. His cousin Ayyanar, who witnessed it, informed the police and Sivanandi was arrested.
20 years later, Ayyanar (Vijayakanth) is a good samaritan who tries his best to improve the living of the villagers and he is highly respected by his peers. After being released from jail, a vengeful Sivanandi (Sampath Raj) returns to his village and wants to kill his cousin Ayyanar. Meanwhile, Irulayi (Susan) who is in love with Ayyanar tries to woo him and the new village doctor (Mahima) also likes him.
The village woman Thavamani (Mangai) finds out that the funds meant for the development of the village are being shared by the local bureaucracy led by revenue divisional officer Thirumalaisamy (Pyramid Natarajan) and informs Ayyanar. Thirumalaisamy then murders the innocent Thavamani and a vengeful Ayyanar kills him. Inspector Adithya (Adithya Menon) inquiries the villagers about the murder at the police station and knows that Ayyanar is the culprit. A short-tempered Ayyanar slaps Adithya for threatening the village women and a villager sets the police station on fire and Adithya is disfigured. Later, Sivanandi asks his friend Masanam to marry his sister Irulayi but Ayyanar comes to her rescue and beats up Masanam.
Sivanandi joins hands with Masanam and Adithya to kill Ayyanar. During a fight, Sivanandi is frustrated for not being able to kill Ayyanar and Ayyanar convinces him to become a good man thus Sivanandi has a change of heart. Ayyanar then beats up Masanam and Adithya. The film ends with the collector Venkatraman (Nassar) announcing that the funds will be given to the villagers.
Cast[edit]
- Vijayakanth as Ayyanar
- Susan as Irulayi
- Mahima as Doctor
- Nassar as Venkatraman
- Manorama as Ayyanar's grandmother
- Ammukutty Pushpamala as Sivanandi's grandmother
- Vinu Chakravarthy as Ayyanar's grandfather
- Senthil as Ayyanar's uncle
- Ilavarasu as Poochi
- Sampath Raj as Sivanandi and Irulaiah
- Venkat Prabhu as Machakaalai
- Mansoor Ali Khan as Masanam
- Adithya Menon as Inspector Adithya
- M. S. Bhaskar as Nariyan
- Muthukaalai as Bodaisamy
- Pyramid Natarajan as Thirumalaisamy
- Singamuthu as Villager
- Peeli Sivam as Superintendent of police
- John Amirtharaj as Government employee
- Daniel Lambert as Kutty
- Pasi Sathya as Thavamani's mother
- Mangai as Thavamani
- Kalpanasri as Sivanandi's wife
- Sriranjani as Poochi's wife
- Srilatha as Irulayi's mother
- Sindhu as Sivanandi's mother
- Gowthami Vembunathan as Gajalakshmi
- Poraali Dileepan as Photographer
- Nanditha Jennifer in a special appearance
- Samuthirakani as villager (cameo appearance)
Production[edit]
After securing Vijayakanth's dates, the producers at GJ Cinema first approached Ramana to direct the film. Ramana finalised a script titled Parthasarathy, but the makers opted to change their choice of director to N. Linguswamy, who also later opted out. Samuthirakani later took on the responsibility, using a different script.[2]
Sampath Raj appeared in his first acting role and portrayed two different characters.[3][4]
The film was largely shot in a village near Pollachi, including at Mazhai Vendi Ayyanar temple. The film crew got the permission of villagers to repair a broken temple chariot and made the chariot ready to run for the shoot.[5]
Soundtrack[edit]
| Neranja Manasu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 32:48 | |||
| Label | Mass Audios | |||
| Producer | Karthik Raja | |||
| Karthik Raja chronology | ||||
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Music was composed by Karthik Raja and released on Mass Audios.[6] Halitha Shameem worked on some lyrics for the film but her contributions were later not included.[7]
| Track-List | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Kelappu Kelappu" | Tippu | 4:44 | ||||||
| 2. | "Muthukulichi" | P. Unnikrishnan, Manjari | 5:22 | ||||||
| 3. | "Naadum" | Sriram Parthasarathy | 2:03 | ||||||
| 4. | "Paarthu Po" | Shreya Ghoshal | 5:02 | ||||||
| 5. | "Tharisa Kedakura" (Male) | Karthik Raja | 5:14 | ||||||
| 6. | "Tharisa Kedakura" (Female) | Manjari | 5:12 | ||||||
| 7. | "Vatta Karuppatti" | Ranjith, Aishwarya | 5:11 | ||||||
Total length: |
32:48 | ||||||||
Release and reception[edit]
A film critic from the portal Indiaglitz noted "the movie could have been much better had the director tried to tell a story rather build a story around a character".[8] A further critic noted "the film, which seems confused about whether it is an action movie or a village movie, is not likely to revive Vijayakanth's fortunes".[9] The film did not perform well commercially.[10][11][12]
Samuthirakani later cast both the film's producers Jayaprakash and Gnanavel in his later films.[13][14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Neranja Manasu review. Neranja Manasu Tamil movie review, story, rating".
- ↑ "06-06-04". Archived from the original on 9 February 2006.
- ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (25 February 2010). "Gay sojourn". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ "Sampath - Tamil Cinema Actor Interview - Sampath | Aaranya Kandam | Asal | Goa | Mankatha - Behindwoods.com". www.behindwoods.com.
- ↑ "Tamil Cinema News - "NeranjaManasukaran" - Preview". www.behindwoods.com.
- ↑ "Neranja Manasu - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - Saavn". 1 January 2004. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ↑ Rao, Subha J. (7 January 2019). "Halitha Shameem opens up on 'Sillu Karuppatti'". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ "Neranja Manasu review. Neranja Manasu Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com.
- ↑ http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/2004/nmanasu.html
- ↑ Naig, Udhav (21 December 2013). "Stand up and be counted". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (26 November 2011). "Rebel with a pause". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ Anand, Shilpa Nair (1 June 2012). "Capturing reality on 70 mm". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ Rangarajan, Malathi (26 September 2010). "On the road to recognition". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (16 December 2011). "Showbitz - Double delight". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
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