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Bagavathi
Poster
Directed byA. Venkatesh
Written byA. Venkatesh
Pattukkottai Prabakar (Dialogues )
Screenplay byA.Venkatesh
Based onA.Venkatesh
Produced byK. Muralidharan
V. Swaminathan
G. Venugopal
StarringVijay
Reemma Sen
Jai
Vadivelu
Ashish Vidyarthi
CinematographyR. Rathnavelu
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music byDeva
Production
companies
Release date
  • 4 November 2002 (2002-11-04)
Running time
164 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Bagavathi is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by A. Venkatesh, which features Vijay and Reemma Sen. Jai, Vadivelu, Ashish Vidyarthi, K. Vishwanath, and Yugendran play supporting roles, while Deva composed the music for the film. The movie was released on 4 November 2002 during Diwali. The film was a commercial hit at the box office.[1] The film was remade in Kannada as Kashi from Village (2005)[2] and also remade into Bengali Bangladesh as Teji Purush (2004)[3].

Plot

Bagavathi owns a tea shop, while Vadivelu, works at his tea shop. Bagavathi lives with his younger brother Guna. He meets a girl named Anjali. She ends up appreciating his kindness, and they fall in love. Guna has a girlfriend named Priya, with whom he secretly develops a physical relationship. Guna's love is objected to by Priya's father, Easwarapandiyan. Bag avathi tries to convince Easwarapandiyan to let Priya and Guna marry, but is humiliated. Guna attempts to marry Priya with his brother's help, but Easwarapandiyan kills Guna, as well as Bagavathi's friend Anand, who is trying to defend Guna.

Bagavathi mourns over Guna's death. Guna, in his last moments, promises he will be with his brother forever. After Guna's death, everyone realises that Priya is pregnant. Bagavathi thinks that Guna will be reborn again. However, Easwarapandiyan attempts to kill the child before birth. Bagavathi challenges him, saying the child will touch the earth. In order to do so, Ganga helps him turn into a gangster. With the help of Anjali and Vadivelu, Bagavathi overcomes all hurdles by Easwarapandiyan and manages to protect Priya to allow for the safe birth of his brother's child. In the end, Bagavathi avenges the death of his brother by killing Easwarapandian.

Cast

Production

The director A. Venkatesh selected a newcomer, Jai, to play the role of Guna after seeing him at Jai's uncle, Deva's, recording studio — mentioning that the youngster looked like actor Vijay. Although his role in the film was relatively minimal, he has since gone on to appear in successful films such as Chennai 600028, Subramaniyapuram and Engeyum Eppodhum.[5]

The film was shot at various locations including Chennai, Nellore, Araku Valley, Vishakhapatnam and Sydney, Australia. Prior to the title being confirmed as Bagavathi, the maker considered the title Namma Aalu.[6]

Release

Bagavathi was released in Diwali alongside Villain.[7] The film was released in Malaysia under the title Pasupathy.[8] Ananda Vikatan rated the film 37 out of 100.[9] The Hindu wrote "The film that seemed to move at an interesting pace makes a nosedive in the climax [..]".[10] Deccan Herald wrote "The film lacks a storyline and turns out to be a dull affair after the second half with the director focussing more on the main character instead of the script".[11]

Soundtrack

Bagavathi
Soundtrack album by
Deva
Released25 October 2002
Recorded2002
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length27:49
LabelHit Musics
Star Music
Sa Re Ga Ma
ProducerDeva
Deva chronology
Ulagai Vilai Pesava
(2001) 		Bagavathi
(2002) 		Panchathantiram
(2002)

The soundtrack consists of six songs composed by Deva. The lyrics were written by Vaali, Snehan, Pa. Vijay, Kalaikumar, and Na. Muthukumar.[12][13] The song "Kai.. Kai.." is a remix of the song "Ranu raanu" from telugu movie Jayam.

Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."July Malargale"Pa. VijayKarthik, Sadhana Sargam4:45
2."Achamillai"SnehanShankar Mahadevan3:43
3."Kai... Kai.."Kalai KumarShankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram4:19
4."Saiyo Saiyo"Na. MuthukumarTimmi, Sadhana Sargam5:23
5."Allu Allu"VaaliUdit Narayan5:20
6."Podango"Kalai KumarVadivelu, Vijay4:19
Total length:27:49

References

  1. ^ "Bagavathi box office successful producer passes away due to COVID". The Hindu. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Kashi from village". Sify. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Citation Needed", Retcon Game, University Press of Mississippi, 3 April 2017, retrieved 13 September 2023
  4. ^ "Calling Agent Tina: Vasanthi on her journey from dance assistant to Vikram's ferocious spy". 7 June 2022.
  5. ^ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (18 December 2010). "My First Break: Jai". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Hotnews". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 13 December 2003.
  7. ^ "The Hindu : Adding glamour to Deepavali". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. ^ "New Media Online". Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  9. ^ சார்லஸ், தேவன் (22 June 2021). "பீஸ்ட் : 'நாளைய தீர்ப்பு' டு 'மாஸ்டர்'... விஜய்க்கு விகடனின் மார்க்கும், விமர்சனமும் என்ன? #Beast". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Bhagavathy". The Hindu. 7 November 2002. Archived from the original on 10 February 2003.
  11. ^ "Film Reviews". Deccan Herald. 29 December 2002. Archived from the original on 3 October 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Bagavathi". Hungama.
  13. ^ "Bagavathi". Gaana.
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