Ramanaa

Ramanaa
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Directed by	A. R. Murugadoss
Written by	A. R. Murugadoss
Screenplay by	A. R. Murugadoss
Story by	A. R. Murugadoss
Produced by	V. Ravichandran
Starring	Vijayakanth Simran Ashima Bhalla Vijayan Yugi Sethu Riyaz Khan Mukesh Rishi
Cinematography	M. S. Prabhu
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	Ilaiyaraja
Production company	Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
Distributed by	Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
Release date	4 November 2002 (2002-11-04)
Running time	180 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Ramanaa, also known as Ramana, is a 2002 Tamil-language vigilante film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, starring Vijayakanth, Simran and Ashima Bhalla. The film is about a man named Ramana who decides to abolish corruption completely with the help of his ex-students who are working in various government offices. The film received positive reviews from both film critics and audiences. The movie was a Blockbuster. It was awarded the 2002 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film and A. R. Murugadoss won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Dialogue Writer. Subsequently, the film was remade in Telugu as Tagore in 2003, in Kannada as Vishnu Sena in 2005, in Bengali as Tiger in 2007 and in Hindi as Gabbar Is Back in 2015.

The film was also later dubbed into Hindi as Mar Mitenge 3 by Goldmines Telefilms in 2015 with Vijayakanth's voice dubbed by Shakti Singh.

Plot

Ramanaa begins with the abduction of fifteen District collectors. After three days in captivity, fourteen officers are released, but one is murdered. The police find a tape recording and a file on the dead officer's body that provide significant evidence concerning the kidnapping and subsequent murder. The file suggests that the crimes were committed by members of the self-proclaimed "Anti-Corruption Force" (A.C.F.), a citizen militia seeking to eliminate corruption through vigilante acts. The militia, acting as a kangaroo court, "sentenced" corrupt officials in the area to death, beginning with the captured revenue officers who were apparently engaging in criminal activity.

The film's setting then shifts to Ramanaa, a mild-mannered professor at National College, who lives in a house with four adopted kids. While treating his adopted child at a big private hospital, Ramanaa discovers that the officials at the facility are engaging in extortion and fraud. After collecting evidence of the hospital staff's deception, Ramanaa turns them over to the authorities. The ringleader is the hospital dean, who commits suicide when this is discovered. His grief-stricken father, a big and powerful construction magnate named Bhadrinarayanan, vows to take revenge on the man responsible for his son's death. Meanwhile, ACF goes on kidnapping top 15 corrupt officials each month and kill the #1. Officials from Transport, PWD, revenue, Sports, health... Then, suddenly, vasuki, a college girl and friend of Ramana's kids finds out about him being the leader of ACF. She questions him about this immoral activity.

7 years ago, Ramana was a college professor with a small cute family, of him, his 9-month pregnant wife, and his daughter. During the festival of Deepavali , Ramanaa's apartment building collapses due to heavy construction work near-by, killing many residents including his wife and daughter. Recovering from the incident, he demands to know who was responsible for the building's collapse. He discovers that the building was built and owned by Bhadrinarayanan, who knowingly constructed the complex on loose soil. When Ramanaa confronts the District Council with evidence, Bhadrinarayanan walks in and boasts about all the bribe he has thrown to the top district officials including the collector. he gives Ramanaa a chance to call any 2 top officials in the state and get him arrested. But both the officials who are called immediately hang up. Frustrated, Ramanaa seals the room and attacks all officers and as he is about to kill Bhadri, he is beaten badly by his men, and is thrown on a highway. He is then rescued by National college students, who were on a trip. In response to Bhadrinarayanan's actions, and the general corruption in the region, Ramanaa forms the Anti-Corruption Force (A.C.F.). Ramanaa and his A.C.F. ultimately capture and hang Bhadrinarayanan, along with other corrupt government officials.

Meanwhile, a local police constable, frustrated for being not promoted, as he could not bribe officials, begins secretly building the case against the A.C.F. The constable eventually realizes that the A.C.F is primarily composed of people who don't take bribe. he visits multiple Revenue . But his superiors neglect him due to him being their low associate. Then, a message comes saying that Civil supplies officers are going to be taken. All corrupt officials try to get police protection by proving their corruption. But at the last moment, ACF switches to Police department. All corrupt civil supplies officers are arrested and government promises to employ 25,000 youngsters within a week. 15 district police chiefs are kidnapped. The police officer is killed and everyone is frustrated An IPS punjabi officer is flown from Delhi to head the case.

Meanwhile, Bhadrinarayanan is trying to re-corrupt the officials. As the final stroke, top 15 dons are kidnapped. Ramanaa personally comes to Bhadri. As was done to him, he gives the same lifeline to Bhadri, to call any 2 people within India. This time Bhadri fails, and is kidnapped and later killed. Then, the constable reveals his plan to his superiors and the IPS officer is delighted.

He takes swift action against them. The A.C.F. members are captured and tortured by the police, but refuse to reveal Ramanaa's identity. Ramanaa is overcome with guilt over his students' sacrifice and surrenders himself, on the condition that all the other members of the A.C.F. be released. He is tried and convicted of being the mastermind organiser behind the murders of Bhadrinarayanan and 14 other government officials, and is sentenced to death. Public pressure from the sympathetic community and family makes the Chief Minister to offer Ramanaa a pardon appeal, which will definitely give him complete freedom. However, Ramanaa refuses, stating that only he must face the consequences of his actions, and is hanged the next day. The constable is offered a promotion for his role in disbanding the A.C.F., but he refuses out of guilt.

Cast

• Vijayakanth as M. Ramana (Ramlal in Hindi version)
• Simran as Chitra
• Ashima Bhalla as Devaki (Devika in Hindi version)
• Vijayan as Bhadrinarayanan
• Yugi Sethu as Narayanan
• Riyaz Khan as Rites
• Ravichandran as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• Dhritiman Chatterjee as CBI Officer of Tamil Nadu
• Rajesh as District Collector
• Mukesh Rishi as Jalandhar Singh (Sardaar Singh in Hindi version)
• V. Z. Durai as ACF member
• P. S. Sridhar as Henchman
• Kalairani
• Kalyani

Production

Yugi Sethu replaced R. Madhavan in a role in the film.

Reproduction and character map

Ramanaa was remade in a variety of different languages and casts. The Telugu version Tagore was an instant blockbuster along with its Hindi version Gabbar is Back.

Ramanaa 2002 (Tamil)	Tagore 2003 (Telugu)	Vishnu Sena 2005 (Kannada)	Tiger 2007 (Bengali)	Gabbar is Back 2015 (Hindi)
Vijayakanth	Chiranjeevi	Vishnuvardhan	Mithun Chakraborty	Akshay Kumar
Simran	Jyothika	Lakshmi Gopalaswamy	Debashree Roy	Kareena Kapoor Khan
Ashima Bhalla	Shriya Saran	Gurleen Chopra		Shruti Haasan
Vijayan	Sayaji Shinde	Ashutosh Rana	Rajatava Dutta	Suman Talwar
Mukesh Rishi	Puneet Issar	Pankaj Dheer	George Baker	Jaideep Ahlawat
Yugi Sethu	Prakash Raj	Ramesh Arvind	Dulal Lahiri	Sunil Grover

Box office

The film was a critical and commercial success. It served as a trendsetter in later years. The film had a strong cult following till date.

Soundtrack

Untitled

The Ramanaa soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, and is the only collaboration by Murugadoss and Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack has 8 songs.

Track list

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vaanaviley"	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	5:15
2.	"Vennilavin"	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	5:51
3.	"Vaanam Adhirave"	Unnikrishnan, Sadhana Sargam, Bhavatharini	4:58
4.	"Oorukkoru"	Ilaiyaraaja	5:01
5.	"Vaanaviley"	Ilaiyaraaja, Balakumar S	5:15
6.	"Alli Mudicha"	Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Swarnalatha	5:20
7.	"Angey Yaaru Paaru"	Yuvan Shankar Raja, Tippu, Surender, Karthik	5:05
8.	"Vaanaviley"	Sadhana Sargam	5:15

External links

• Ramana at IMDb