Sukran

For the Turkish given name, see Şükran.

Sukran
File:Sukran Vijay Movie.jpg Threatical release poster
Directed by	S. A. Chandrasekhar
Written by	S. A. Chandrasekhar B. Balamurugan (dialogues)
Produced by	S. A. Chandrasekhar
Starring	Vijay Ravi Krishna Anita Hassanandani Sriman Nassar Rambha
Cinematography	S. Soundararajan
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Music by	Songs: Vijay Antony Background Score: Pravin Mani
Production company	J. S. Films
Distributed by	Sri Surya Movies
Release date	18 February 2005 (2005-02-18)
Running time	170 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Sukran is 2005 Tamil action film written, produced and directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar. Vijay, Ravi Krishna, Santhana Bharathi, Ajay Rathnam and Vijayan enact the lead roles, while Anita Hassanandani, Nassar and Sriman play supporting roles. The film was opened to negative reviews but was declared as an average hit at the box office.

Plot

Ravi Shankar (Ravi Krishna) and Sandhya (Natassha), who are students of a college in Dindigul, are in love. But Sandhya faces a problem in her home as her uncle has a false eye on her. One day, he peeps into her bathroom and she complains it to her stepmother (Nalini), while Sandhya encourages Ravi by telling him that they will one day get married. When Sandhya's stepmother comes to know of their affair, she pokes her nose in their wheel. But Ravi's father (Nassar), who is very caring and loving, sends them to Chennai. For his act, he gets killed by Sandhya's stepmother. Upon reaching Chennai, a corrupt police officer Mahesh (Sriman) apprehends Ravi on a complaint given by Sandhya's stepmother that he had murdered his father when he put his foot down on their affair. Ravi is put behind bars.

Sandhya is persuaded to seek the help of a judge named Needhi Manikkam (Rajan P. Dev) to get a bail for Ravi. But the judge, being an incorrect person, blackmails her to sleep with him, causing her to split saliva on his face. Then Sandhya is taken to a palace by the police, where she gets raped by Mahesh, Manikkam, and Tamil Kumaran, the son of Minister Janardhanan (Vijayan).After a series of events, the couple decides to commit suicide. At this juncture, here arrives a criminal lawyer named Sukran (Vijay), who advises them to face all the troubles boldly. They get married to each other, start living in a small house, and life gets normal for them. But one day,Mahesh, Manikkam, and Kumaran force her again, causing the couple to get harassed by the police, in which Sandhya gets arrested on false charges of prostitution. All efforts by Ravi to get her out on bail is futile. An agitated Ravi shoots Mahesh, Manikkam, and Kumaran and escapes with Sandhya from the court.

Sukran steps in and promises to save the couple. He appears Ravi's behalf and puts forward enough evidence to help out Ravi. He also eventually kills Janardhanan, who was responsible for all the wrongdoings and also due to his previous disputes with him. After that, Sukran himself surrenders to the police, stating that although Janardhanan was a pervert, he should not have done the murder in front of the judge.

Cast

• Principal Cast

• Vijay as criminal lawyer Sukran, the protagonist (1st Main Hero)
• Ravi Krishna as Ravi Shankar
• Anita Hassanandani as Sandhya
• Vijayan as Minister Janardhanan, the main antagonist

• Supporting Cast

• Rajan P. Dev as corrupt judge Needhi Manikkam, Janardhanan's sidekick (one of Sandhya's rapists)
• Sriman as Corrupt Police Officer Mahesh (one of Sandhya's rapists)
• Bobby Bedi as Tamil Kumaran, Janardhanan's son (one of Sandhya's rapists)
• Nassar as Ravi Shankar's father
• Nalini as Sandhya's stepmother
• Santhana Bharathi as Judge
• Seetha as Judge Manimekalai
• Ajay Rathnam as Public Proscecutor Ramanujam
• Chithra Lakshmanan as Manimekalai's assiatant
• M. S. Bhaskar as a comic inspector (Guest Appearance)
• Rambha in a special appearance in the song "Saathikkadi Pothikkadi"
• Ragasya in a guest appearance in the song "Thulluvadho Ilamai"
• Vijayakumar in a special appearance in film shooting
• Mahanadi Shankar in an uncredited role as Janardhanan's henchman (Special Appearance)
• S. A. Chandrasekhar as himself in the shooting of Sachien and voice-over as a police officer talking to Lawyer Sukran in phone (Dual Roles)

Production

In October 2003, after the release of his previous action thriller Thirumalai, Vijay revealed that he would play the lead role as an advocate in this film. Ravi Krishna and Anita Hassanandani were roped to play the supporting roles in the film. Vijayan portrays the main antagonist, while Sriman and Rajan P. Dev were chosen to play the secondary antagonists. Filming began in December 2003, while the principal photography occurred in November 2003. Till April 2004, the movie was without a title but soon, S. A. Chandrasekhar revealed the title to be Sukran in September 2004. The shooting happened in the cities of Vishakhapatnam, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore while the songs were filmed overseas.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by debutant Vijay Antony and lyrics written by Antony himself with Kabilan, Snehan and Vaigaiselvan.

• Uchi Mudhal — Clinton
• Suppose Unnai — Ranjith, Vinaya
• Saathikadi — Vijay Antony
• Panjumittai — Vijay Antony, Shobha Chandrasekhar
• Un Paarvai — Tippu, Sangeetha
• Thullavatho Ilamai — Malgudi Subha
• Sukran Theme Music — Vijay Antony, Javed Ali

Release

The film was released worldwide on 18th of February 2005. Upon release, the film was initially awarded with an A certificate, but the committee recensored the certificate as U/A with the Indian Censor Board's permission. It was an average-hit at the box office.

Critical reception

The Hindu wrote "Producer, writer and director S. A. Chandrasekaran returns after a hiatus, youthful in imagination and agile in execution — at times too much so [..] Chandrasekaran's yen for courtroom drama, make "Sukran" a cocktail of sorts." Thiraipadam wrote "Vijay's heroic turn and a lacklustre courtroom climax pull down what is until then a realistic story of lovers on the run."

External links

• Sukran at IMDb