Arunachalam

For other film adaptations of the novel, see Brewster's Millions (film).

Arunachalam
Directed by	Sundar C
Produced by	A. M. Ratnam
Written by	Crazy Mohan
Starring	Rajinikanth Soundarya Rambha Anju Aravaind Raghuvaran Jaishankar Senthil Janagaraj
Music by	Deva
Release date(s)	14 April 1997(Tamil) 3 July 1997 (Telugu)(Dubbed)
Running time	180 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil Telugu (dubbed)
Box office	$4 million

Arunachalam (Tamil: அருணாசலம்) is a 1997 Tamil language film starring Rajinikanth.

Plot

Rajnikanth finds himself to be an orphan. He travels from his village to Madras. There he meets Janakaraj, who gives him a job. By some magical situation, Rajni discovers himself to be a son of a dead millionaire—through Visu. Visu is the guardian of Rajni's father's trust. If Rajni wants his inheritance, he has to follow certain rules. He can get an inheritance of $30 billion if he can spend $3 million in a month. The three conditions are: no contributions to charities, not to own any assets at the end of the month, and, above all, no one else must not know. If Rajni fails to spend the money according to the rules, all the money will go to his father's trust which is managed by V.K.Ramasamy, "Nizhalgal" Ravi, Kitty and Raghuvaran. These four form a team of "villains". They want to spoil Rajni's efforts and get all the money for the trust and kill Visu. Rambha is Visu's daughter and she is appointed as the accountant for Rajni for 30 days.

The movie explores the basics of an economy where large amounts can be siphoned away with no clue as to the end of the tunnel. The script created quite the difference from may other staid Rajnikanth features, but proved nonetheless to be a box-office success. This movie is loosely inspired by the 1985 U.S. Film Brewster's Millions starring Richard Pryor.In 1988, Brewster's Millions was actually remade in Hindi titled Maalamaal starring Naseeruddin Shah.

Cast

• Rajnikanth - Arunachalam / Vethachalam
• Rambha - Nandhini
• Soundarya - Vedhavalli
• Jaishankar - Aathikesavan
• Ravichandran - Ammayappa
• Raghuvaran - Vishvanath
• Visu - Rangachari
• V. K. Ramasamy - Kalaiperumal
• Nizhalgal Ravi - Prathap
• Kitty
• Janakaraj - Kaathavaraayan
• Raja
• Shakthi Kumar - Shakthi
• Thevaraj Balakrishnan - Arivu
• Manorama
• Ponambalam - Ponnambalam
• Veeraraagavan
• Vadivukkarasi - Vedhavalli
• Thevaraj Krishnan - Chokkalingam
• Crazy Mohan - Ayyasaamy
• Ambika - Meenatshi
• Soumian
• "Thalapathy" Dinesh
• Senthil

Punch Dialogues

• Aandavan solluraan, Arunaachalam mudikkuraan.

English - God proposes, Arunachalam disposes.

External links

• Arunachalam at the Internet Movie Database
• Arunachalam Telugu Film At Basthi.com