Ramana (film)

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Ramana
Directed by Murugadoss
Produced by Oscar V. Ravichandran
Written by Murugadoss
Starring Vijayakanth
Simran
Vijayan
Yugi Sethu
Ashima Bhalla
Riyaz Khan
Mukesh Rishi
Music by Ilaiyaraja
Distributed by Oscar Films
Release date(s) October, 2002
Language Tamil
Budget Rupees 11.5 million
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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Ramana (Vijayakanth) creates his own network of army called the Anti corruption Force (ACF) and start to Kill bad Government Workers.

[edit] Review

The Best Performed Movies From Vijayakanth Ever!!!!. Ramana was hyped as the next big thing in Kollywood and even now a lot of critics are showering praise on the young director Muragadas for his racy screenplay and neat handling of the movie. Well they may be right to some extent. We have a neat screenplay and a decent but old storyline which we have seen in some movies released earlier but it does have fiery dialogues and a good presentation.

Ramana is all about Vijayakanth who decides to abolish corruption once for all with the help of his students who are now in decent postsin government offices. The reason behind this powerful decision is told in the flashback. Vijayakanth is a happy professor with his wife Simran and daughter. And one day when Vijaykanth is out to make some purchases, the entire neighbourhood collapses due to some fault in the construction and many of the residents including Simran and her daughter lose their lives. Vijayakanth rushes to the Government Officials when he comes to know that all this was due to one person namely Vijayan, an industrialist with the necessary proof. But the incidents that he faces at the office, and on finding that these officials who are now corrupt to the core are mere puppets in the hands of Vijayan he gets frustrated on the situation and this makes him to form the ACF (Anti Corruption Force).

15 Thasildars are found missing and then the police find that 14 of them have been released after 3 days but one of them gets killed. They find some files and a tape along with the body of the dead thasildar. These files carry details of why the kidnap of the 15 thasildars had been done and the reason for the murder of one of them and have the words ACF written on it. It is understood by the police that these men where the thasildars who had indulged themselves in bribery and that they were the top 15 of the list of the corrupt thasildars. ACF sends the tape, with the message that they shall continue the kidnap of the corrupt officers in all the departments and that the No.1 corrupt shall be sentenced to death by their Anti Corruption Force.

There is fear among the corrupt officials. They come forward to file their returns. For a while there are no illegal transactions done, but the corruption soon continues in the society due to the threatening of the local mob to sign illegal documents and accept bribes. Meanwhile, the ACF finds that it is Vijayan who is the real reason behind this corruption scenario. Then the kidnapping continues. Finally with the help of a police constable played by Yugi Sethu, who takes up this case, they find the students working for the ACF and they are put to torture in the cell to reveal the name of their leader. Vijaykanth on seeing his students suffer, surrenders to the police and watch the movie for the climax! All the facts used in this movie are up to date and the director should be credited for this.

Vijayakanth has underplayed himself and he looks better on screen with some decent costumes but why they chose Ashima is the huge question. She looks plain jane and her acting is just ok. The kids in the flashback are a delight to watch. Simran is used spraingly and she gets one song in the flashback. It is Yugi Sethu who excels in his role and he sure does have a bright future in the Tamil cinema. Maestro has been used more in the background score than the songs. The scenes leading to the collapse defy logic at many places while this could have been easily avoided. The hospital scenes in the first half needs a mention. They are worth appreciating.

Some scenes make you feel the level of corruption prevaling now in the society while some blow it out of proportions. Murugadas should be credited for his neat handling which lacks maturity in some scenes but he must be patted for taking a neat film without any vulgarity. This movie is in par with earlier movies like Citizen, Samurai and Mudhalvan but nowhere near Indian which was more polished than this in some technical departments. On the whole, Ramana is worth a watch in theatres.

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