Surya Vamsam (1997 film)
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| Directed by | Vikraman |
| Written by | Vikram kumar |
| Produced by | R. B. Choudary |
| Starring | Sarath Kumar Devayani Raadhika Manivannan Priya Raman |
| Cinematography | S. Saravanan |
| Edited by | V. Jaishankar |
| Music by | S. A. Rajkumar |
| Distributed by | Super Good Films |
Release date | 27 June 1994 or 1997 |
Running time | 156 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Suryavamsam is a 1997 Tamil drama film directed by Vikraman. The film stars Sarath Kumar, Devayani and Raadhika in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by S. A. Rajkumar. It was one of the biggest blockbusters of the year 1997.[1] It was subsequently remade into Telugu under the same title starring Daggubati Venkatesh, Surya Vamsha in Kannada starring Vishnuvardhan and Sooryavansham in Hindi starring Amitabh Bachchan.
Plot
Sakthivel Gounder (Sarath Kumar) is a rich, influential man in his district. He has a wife (Raadhika), three sons, and a daughter. Sakthivel hates his youngest son Chinnarasu (Sarath Kumar). Sakthivel’s daughter’s wedding is fixed and Nandini (Devayani) is the groom’s sister. She meets Chinnarasu during her brother’s wedding and wonders why Sakthivel dislikes him. Chinnarasu’s sidekick (Manivannan) tells a flashback to Nandini.
Chinnarasu was weak in studies from childhood. He was in love with his relative Gowri (Priya Raman) and elders decide to get them married. But Gowri is educated and she attempts suicide thinking Chinnarasu is not a perfect match for her as he is uneducated and illiterate. Chinnarasu saves Gowri and cancels the marriage proposal, but blames himself and does not reveal the truth. This angers Sakthivel, thinking that Chinnarasu did not respect his words and stopped talking to him.
Nandini gets impressed understanding Chinnarasu’s kind heart and develops an affection towards him. Nandini proposes to Chinnarasu for which he does not agree. But later he too understands her true love and accepts. Both get their marriage registered, but Sakthivel gets angry knowing about this and asks the couple to vacate the home. Chinnarasu and Nandini move to a small home on the outskirts, and he secures a job in a bus transport company. With the help of Nandini’s uncle (R. Sundarrajan), Chinnarasu purchases a bus and starts a transport company. Over the time, he develops his business and becomes a rich man. Also, Nandini clears civil services and gets posted as the district collector.
Sakthivel gets surprised seeing his son and daughter-in-law’s growth in life. Gowri’s husband (S. N. Vasanth) loses his job and she comes to meet Chinnarasu, requesting him to provide a job for which he accepts. Sakthivel meets Chinnarasu’s son Sakthivel Jr. (Hemalatha) at school and develops bonding towards him. Chinnarasu gets to know this and feels happy. Sakthivel realizes his mistake of not understanding his son. Dharmalingam (Anandaraj) has rivalry against Sakthivel and plans to kill him and blame Chinnarasu. Dharmalingam adds poison to the sweet given to Sakthivel by Chinnarasu. But Sakthivel is saved, and Dharmalingam gets beaten up by the people. In the end, everyone gets united and lives as a joint family.
Cast
- Sarath Kumar as Chinnarasu/Sakthivel Gounder
- Devayani as Nandini, Chinnarasu's wife (Voice dubbed by Jayageetha)
- Raadhika as Sakthivel Gounder's wife
- Priya Raman as Gowri, Chinnarasu's lover
- Manivannan as Chinnarasu's sidekick
- Anandaraj as Dharamalingam Gounder
- R. Sundarrajan as Nandhini's uncle
- Jai Ganesh as Nandini's father
- Sathyapriya as Nandini's mother
- Nizhalgal Ravi as Sakthivel Gounder's eldest son
- Hemalatha as Shaktivel Gounder Jr. (Chinarasu's son)
- Ajay Ratnam as Dharamalingam Gounder's son
- Singamuthu as Sakthivel Gounder's assistant
- Ramesh Khanna as Screenplay Director
- Sindhu as Chinnarasu's sister-in-law
- Siva as Siva, Nandini's brother
- Kumaresan as Chinnarasu's friend
- S. N. Vasanth as Gowri's husband
- Tharani as Chinnarasu's sister-in-law
- Lavanya as Gowri's sister-in-law
- Anuja as Bus conductor
- Rajakumaran as Bus passenger (Uncredited)
Production
In 1996 producer R. B. Choudary celebrated a great success of Poove Unakkaga. That time he asked Vikraman to direct once again under his Super Good Film banner. This time Vikraman came with a relationship between elder brother and younger brother. After writing the story, he immediately narrated the story to the producer. He was so inspired by story and he decided to produce the film, but he had put one demand to Vikraman to direct this story with R. Sarathkumar and give dual role for the character of Vellaichamy and Muthu like twin brothers but Vikraman didn't accept to make this character with Sarathkumar because he thought of Janagaraj for Vellaichamy character and Vijay for Muthu character. After many arguments, Vikram decided to make the film with Sarathkumar with a different story and Choudary did not accept this at first but later he was convinced with half heart to accept Suryavamsam.
Soundtrack
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The soundtrack is composed by S. A. Rajkumar. There are a total of six tracks in this film.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Rosappu Chinna Rosappu (Male) " | Hariharan | 4:12 |
| 2. | "Kadhala Kadhala" | Hariharan, Swarnalatha | 4:35 |
| 3. | "Chalakku Chalakku" | Arun Mozhi, Sujatha | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Rosappuchinna Rosappu (Female)" | Sujatha | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Natchathira Jannalil" | Mano, Sunandha | 4:56 |
| 6. | "Thirunalu Thaerazhaga" | S.A. Rajkumar, Sujatha | 3:21 |
Remakes
| Suryavamanan (1997) (Tamil) |
Suryavamsam (1998) (Telugu) |
Sooryavansham (1999) (Hindi) |
Surya Vamsha (2000) (Kannada) |
Dulha Milal Dildar (2005) (Bhojpuri) |
| Sarath Kumar | Daggubati Venkatesh | Amitabh Bachchan | Vishnuvardhan | Ravi Kishan |
| Devayani | Meena | Soundarya | Isha Koppikar | Nagma |
| Raadhika Sarathkumar | Raadhika Sarathkumar | Jayasudha | Lakshmi |