Arunachalam
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| Arunachalam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sundar C |
| Produced by | K.S. Ravikumar |
| Starring | Rajinikanth Soundarya Rambha Raghuvaran Jaishankar Visu |
| Music by | Deva |
| Release date(s) | 1997 |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| IMDb profile | |
Arunachalam is a film about a village hero (Rajnikanth) who has 2 brothers and a sister and a happy family. Ravichandran and K.R.Vatsala are his parents. "Vedavalli" (Soundarya) is the daughter of Jaisankar and 'Venniraadai' Nirmala. Nirmala is Ravichandran's sister and they all come to Ravichandran's home for Rajni's sister's wedding. That gives the opportunity for Soundharya and Rajnikanth to fight first, then to kiss and fall in love with each other.
[edit] Plot
Rajnikanth finds himself to be an orphan by interval. He goes out of the village. He goes to Madras where he meets Janakaraj, who gives him a job. By some magical situation Rajni discovers himself to be a son of a (dead) millionaire - through Visu. Visu is the guardian of Rajni's father's trust. If Rajni wants his inheritance, he has to follow certain rules. He can get an inheritance of 3000 Crore Rupees if he can spend 30 crores in 30 days. The conditions are: no contributions to charities, not to own any assets at the end of 30 days and above all, no one else should know about this! Receipts should be provide for all the expenses. If Rajni fails to spend the money according to the rules, all the money will go to his father's trust which is managed by V.K.Ramasamy, "Nizhalgal" Ravi, Kitty and Raguvaran. These four form a team of "villains". They want to spoil Rajni's efforts and get all the money for the trust and kill Visu. Rambha is Visu's daughter and she is appointed as the accountant for Rajni for 30 days.
What happens next is the main part of the story. Rajni tries hard to spend his money and many times, the money comes back! He spends on Horse races, lottery tickets, makes a movie with Senthil as the hero and he even starts his own political party with Janakaraj being the candidate. This part of the script draws from the Telugu movie Babai Abbai starring Nandamuri Balakrishna. All these events are good opportunities for situation comedies. Does Rajni win this competition? Does he get all the 3000 Crore rupees for himself and live happily ever after?
This movie is loosely based on the George Barr McCutcheon's novel Brewster's Millions.
[edit] Trivia
- Rajnikanth's dailogue "Aandava solra, Arunachala mudikkira, .. sollittaa" [Lord wills, Arunachalam does it] was popular. Whenever Rajnikanth utters it, Screenplay had events like Temple bell ringing or like that, so as to prove nature is with him, he then utters Sollittaa. [He said]
- Rajnikanth reportedly kept his earnings a secret, but reportedly donated it to 8 different artists, who were leading a difficult life. Rumours say it includes Smt Pandharibai, [who famously played his mother roles] who received nearly 35 Lakh rupees.
However, Rajnikanth never speaks about his philanthropy.
- Movie was written and directed by Sundar C. It was a super hit at the box-office.
