Samudhiram
| Samudhiram | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Written by | K. S. Ravikumar Erode Sounder |
| Produced by | R. B. Choudary |
| Starring | Sarath Kumar Murali Manoj Bharathiraja Kaveri Abhirami Sindhu Menon Monal Goundamani |
| Cinematography | S. Murthy |
| Music by | Sabesh Murali |
Production company | Super Good Films |
Release date | 31 August 2001 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Samuthiram (Ocean) is a 2001 Tamil film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, starring Sarath Kumar, Murali, Manoj Bharathiraja, Kaveri, Abhirami, Sindhu Menon and Monal. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Sabesh-Murali. The film was released on 31 August 2001. The film was remade in Telugu as Siva Rama Raju with Jagapathi Babu, in Bengali as Kartavya and in Kannada as Paramashiva with V. Ravichandran. Even though it got mixed reviews it became a "Hit" at boxoffice.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sarath Kumar | Selvarasu |
| Murali | Thangarasu |
| Manoj Bharathiraja | Chinnarasu |
| Kaveri | Savithri (Rasamani) |
| Abhirami | Lakshmi |
| Sindhu Menon | Dhurga |
| Monal | Priya |
| Goundamani | Ramanathan |
| Senthil | M.Tharmaraj |
| Manivannan | Ramesh |
| Pyramid Natarajan | Rasamani's father-in-law |
| Akash | |
| Manjula Vijayakumar | |
| Thyagu | |
| Riyaz Khan | |
| Manobala | |
| Crane Manohar | |
| Santhana Bharathi | |
| Vasu Vikram | |
| Raadhika | Cameo |
Plot
Selvarasu (Sarath Kumar) is the head of the family and his two brothers Thangarasu (Murali) and Chinnarasu (Manoj Bharathiraja) are ready to give up their lives for him. The three brothers think the world of their sister Rasamani (Kaveri). A rich man (Pyramid Natarajan) from the neighboring village feels insulted when Thangarasu mishandles his son, and to take revenge, he makes Rasamani his daughter-in-law. Starting with taking away all the brothers' wealth, he insults them at every opportunity while ill-treating Rasamani. At last in the climax, Rasamani's husband and father-in-law reform and accept her and her brothers.
Production
R. B. Choudary's financial problems meant that the director K. S. Ravikumar financed the first schedule of the film by himself. The producer acknowledged and thanked the director at the audio launch function.[1]
Soundtrack
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
Sabesh-Murali, brothers of music composer Deva made their debut as full fledged composers with this project after composing background music for their brother's films previously.[2][3]
- Kaa Vitta - Mano, Anuradha Sriram
- Kandupidi - Hariharan, Ganga
- Pineapple - Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha
- Azhagana Chinna Devathai - Shankar Mahadevan, Harini
- Vidiya vidiya - Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam
Critical reception
It received good response from ladies. But the movie generally got negative reviews as it was felt that the story is not new. Malathi Rangarajan from thehindu.com stated Samudhiram is a story of the sincere affection that exists in a family - love that is more filial than fraternal; attachment that is more unnatural than normal.[4] Screenindia wrote that stars performed well in the film.[5]
References
- ^ "Nilacharal". Nilacharal. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ^ http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Samudhiram-T0000372
- ^ http://www.oosai.com/tamilsongs/samuthiram_songs.cfm
- ^ "Film Review: Samudhiram". The Hindu.
- ^ "Samutharam - Fine performance by the lead stars - Screen". Cscsarchive.org:8081. 20 June 2004. Retrieved 5 August 2012.