Vasool Raja MBBS
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| Directed by | Saran |
| Produced by | Gemini Films |
| Written by | Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rajkumar Hirani |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan Prabhu Sneha Jayasurya Prakash Raj Nagesh Karunas Rohini Hattangadi Malavika Nithin Sathya |
| Music by | Bharadwaj |
| Distributed by | Gemini Films |
| Release date(s) | 14 April 2004 |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget |  5.5 crore[1] |
| Box office | 29 crore |
Vasool Raja MBBS (Tamil: வசூல் ராஜா; English: Collection King) is a 2004 Indian Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan and directed by Saran. This film is a remake of Hindi film Munnabhai MBBS[2][3][4].,which itself is based on an American film, Patch Adams. The rest of the cast includes Sneha, Prakash Raj, Prabhu, Sneha, Jayasurya, Nagesh, Malavika and Karunas. The film's music was composed by Bharadwaj.
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[edit] Plot
Kind-hearted Rajaraman aka Vasool Raja (Kamal Haasan), a small time don, does 'vasool (collection) business' with his right hand man Vaddi (Prabhu Ganesan), making a living by collecting money from people who refuse or dilly-dally in paying their debts to others. They are very happy living in the bylanes of Chennai, though his only problem is the annual visit of his parents from the village. His parents Venkataraman (Nagesh) and Kasturi (Rohini Hattangadi) think Rajaraman is a Doctor who runs his own hospital. For their arrival Raja's house is converted into the makeshift 'Venkataraman Charitable Hospital'. During a walking excursion, Nagesh meets his friend Vishwanathan (Prakash Raj) and is keen to get his son married to Vishwanathan's daughter Paapu (Sneha). After finding out about Rajaraman's actual profession, Vishwanathan humiliates Venkataraman by revealing all about Raja's true life. This leaves Venkataraman heartbroken and he leaves. This prompts Rajaraman to change his ways for the better. He decides to become a doctor and enrolls in Dr. Vishwanathan's medical college.
Rajaraman uses the help of Dr. Margabandhu (Crazy Mohan) to cheat in the entrance exams and secure high marks. After entering the hospital he meets Dr. Janaki (Sneha}, not knowing that she is, in fact, his childhood friend Paapu. He starts his antics from the first day and then proceeds with making huge changes to the hospital including intimidating Dr. Kalidas(Chitra Lakshman) into admitting and treating a suicide patient(Nithin Sathya) and later singing and dancing to cheer him up, humiliating senior students who pick on his roommate, providing a new bed for a vegetative patient, making friends with the cleaner and also helping a terminally ill cancer patient Zakir(Jayasurya).
When confronted by the dean (Prakash Raj), Raja informs him that he has joined this college to teach him a lesson for humiliating his father. He then breaks all the plans made by the dean to remove him from the college, even inflicting injuries on himself to ensure that he stays in the hospital so that he is near Dr. Janaki. Unfortunately some time later while he is preparing for a quiz session, his friend dies of illness.
During the quiz session, Rajaraman struggles to answer a question and then torn by remorse over the death of his friend, admits his failure in front of the audience before leaving in tears. Just as the dean is about to leave, Janaki glares at her father and ascends the podium, giving a speech about how Rajaraman brought about love and confidence with his practical approach to all patients, showing him that love conquers all.
In the final scene Rajaraman and his parents reconcile, and he then meets Paapu, who reveals herself to be Dr. Janaki. The film ends with the two embracing, and it is assumed that they get married.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Kamal Haasan | Rajaraman (Raja) |
| Sneha | Janaki Vishwanathan (Paapu) |
| Prakash Raj | Vishwanathan |
| Prabhu | Vaddi |
| Nagesh | Raja's father |
| Rohini Hattangadi | Raja's mother |
| Karunas | Amit |
| Jayasurya | Zakir |
| Malavika | Priya |
| Nithin Sathya | Neelakandan |
| Mumaith Khan |
[edit] Remakes
The Hindi film Munnabhai MBBS has been remade three times.
- Vasool Raja MBBS (Tamil)
- Shankar Dada MBBS (Telugu)
- Uppi Dada MBBS (Kannada)
[edit] Soundtrack
Soundtrack is composed by Bharathwaj who composes for Saran for another time. The film has 6 songs. The audio was launched on July 2004.[5]
| No. | Song | Singers | Length |
| 1 | Kaddu Thiranthae | Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam | 5.24 |
| 2 | Kallakapovathu Yaaru | Kamal Haasan, Sathyan | 4.37 |
| 3 | Love Punnada | Kamal Haasan | 5.13 |
| 4 | Pathukullae Number | Kay Kay, Shreya Ghosal | 5.19 |
| 5 | Sakalakala Doctor Doctor | Bharadwaj | 4.31 |
| 6 | Seena Thana (Siruchi) | Grace | 4.38 |
[edit] Box office
The film released in 285 screens worldwide. Ticket sales were estimated at 1 crore.[6]
[edit] Controversy
The film faced controversy as the petition filed by Tamilnadu Medical Council president K R Balasubramanian stated that the film's title ridiculed the medical profession and tarnished the image of the medical fraternity. Moreover, the film title is a mockery on the medical profession which would lower dignity of the medical fraternity in eyes of public.[7]. Trouble over movie title is however not new for Kamal Haasan. The actor's last release Virumaandi was initially titled Sandiyar. Following protests from a particular political party, it was changed to Virumaandi.[8][9]
[edit] References
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/9010.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/9084.html
- ^ http://archives.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/04munnabhai.asp
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/9850.html
- ^ Vasoolraja sells 1C tickets
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/10001.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/10136.html
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/10158.html
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