Varalaru (film)

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Varalaru
Directed by	K.S. Ravikumar
Produced by	S.S. Chakravarthy
Written by	Screenplay: K. S. Ravikumar Story: K. S. Ravikumar Dialogue: Sujatha
Starring	Ajith Kumar, Asin Thottumkal, Kanika Subramaniam, Ramesh Khanna Suman Shetty Vijayan Ponnambalam Mansoor Ali Khan Sujatha M. S. Baskar
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Distributed by	NIC Arts
Release date(s)	October 22, 2006
Running time	158 mins
Language	Tamil
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Varalaru: History of Godfather (Tamil: வரலாறு) (English: History) is a Tamil film released during Diwali of 2006. The film stars Ajith, Kanika Subramaniam and Asin, and was directed by K.S. Ravikumar. Ajith plays three roles in the movie: a father and his two sons. The female lead is played by Kanika. Ramesh Khanna and Suman Shetty are featured in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman.^{[citation needed]}

The film's release was originally scheduled for May 1, 2005, Ajith's birthday, but was delayed; it opened November 14, 2006 in India.^{[citation needed]} It was successful at the box office in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Pondicherry and Andhra Pradesh.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Synopsis

Shivshankar (Ajith Kumar) is bound to a wheelchair and has a son, Vishnu (also played by Ajith Kumar), who is playful, spoiled, irresponsible, and young. To teach him a lesson, Shivshankar sends Vishnu to Thottapuram to help the poor. Vishnu doesn't want to go, but the owner of a pizzeria convinces the latter and his friends that the village is one big brothel, so they go. However, Thottampuram is really a very sacred village and the pizzeria owner wants Vishnu and his friends to be beaten up . Also arriving at Thottapuram is the smart and pretty Divya (Asin Thottumkal), along with her classmates. They are there for their social activity course: they want to improve hygiene in the village.

The village head wants Divya and friends to stay with poor families, rather the large village building, because it is reserved for six rich guests. Divya decides to woo these six newcomers and drop them afterwards, so she and her friends can get the building.

Vishnu and his five friends arrive, are greeted by the village and start to woo Divya and the girls, whom they mistake for Thottapuram's prostitutes. When Divya finds out, they decide to teach Vishnu and his friends a lesson and ensure they leave the large building so Divya and her friends can occupy it.

A large feast is celebrated, Divya and the other girls woo Vishnu and his friends and finally lead them to the bedrooms. Vishnu's friends are injected a substance called "Monkey Blood", which makes them itch all over and they leave, screaming and scratching. Vishnu himself refuses to sleep with Divya (who desperately tries to give him the "Monkey Blood", but he evades her attempts), since he says he has committed lots of small mistakes and doesn't want to make a big one by sleeping with her. He asks her to leave her profession and Divya lies to him, saying she can't, as she has to support a family that is crippled with various diseases. Vishnu, moved, leaves.

Vishnu wants to give Divya money so she can start a new life, but Divya refuses once again, saying she doesn't need a new life, she has to restore her honour - so Vishnu agrees to marry her in the village temple. Divya doesn't believe him, but Vishnu says he will be there to marry her the next day. However, Divya doesn't come, and Vishnu and his friends see her bus leaving. The bus bears the name of the girls' college; Vishnu and his friends now know they have been tricked and the girls weren't really prostitutes.

Back at home, Shivshankar notices that Vishnua has fallen in love. He makes sure, and Vishnu and Divya get engaged.

However, during the night.ShivaShankar Notices Vishnu to have drawn over 2 lakhs from his account,Vishu refuses drawing money.But the money is found under Vishnu's bed, so Vishnu is suspected for lies. Shivshankar believes him.

Vishnu gets drunk at a party The he drives to Divya's house to see her, however her father and brothers won't let him in. A fight ensues, where Divya's father, Vijayan, tries to shoot Vishnu, who finally drives away. Vijayan ends the engagement between his daughter and Vishnu, because of the latter's behaviour who has no idea what's going on.

Vishnu visits Divya's cousin, to patch up with Divya but suddenly tries to rape her. When Shivshankar hears of this, he whips his son, who does not know what happened. They send Vishnu to a therapist.Here enters Jeeva (the third role played by Ajith Kumar).It has been him who had taken the money from bank,gone to divya's place after party and At diyas cousins place.however Jeeva tries to stab Shivshakar and but stabs Shivshankar's assistant. It is revealed that Jeeva hates Shivshankar since he has left his mother (Kanika). At the same time, Divya manages to sneak into Vishnu's hospital and tells him that she thinks he's innocent. She leaves and shortly afterwards, Jeeva appears, smuggles Vishnu out of the hospital, dumps him somewhere, takes over his identity and goes to kill Shivshankar. The father notices that it's not his son and gets out of his wheelchair in order to defend himself. Vishnu arrives at the scene, surprised that his father is able to walk and demands an explanation.

Shivshankar tells him that wasa dancer - due dancing he got more feminist traits. His mother wants Shivshankar to marry her friens daughter(Kanika); which he agrees, at marriage time (Kanika)rejects Shivshankar, as he is too feminine. Shivshankar, enraged, rapes (Kanika).- a deed that results in a pregnancy. The doctor refuses to give a contraception to (Kanika)and so Vishnu is born, because Vishnu's grandmother wanted the child.ShivShankar takes the kid from (Kanika)mother saying this kid would be the only hope and reason of his life.Shivshankar confess to Vishnu that he is ignorances on Jeevas existence and how he resembles them. Jeeva escapes and now threatens the wedding between Vishnu and Divya. He wants to blow up the entire ceremony, and Shivshankar tries to stop him. Finally, Jeeva's grandmother comes out of hospital, explains the Jeeva is also Shivshankar son and twin of vishnu and (Kanika) went mad as Jeeva was abot to get hit by a lorry. Jeeva realizes what he has done. He wants Shivshankar to shoot him, but Police mistakes jeeva to be pointing gun at Shivshankar and shoots him.Shivshankar comes in between and takes that bullet and dies. In the end, Jeeva is taken into custody. Jeeva's mother does not accept food from anyone, until Vishnu comes dressed up as Jeeva and feeds her. It ends with stating that Shivshankar is their godfather.

[edit] Cast

• Ajith Kumar playing three roles: Shivshankar (an old man in a wheelchair living with his son Vishnu) / Vishnu (first son of Shivshankar and Kanika) / Jeeva (second son of Shivshankar and Kanika).
• Kanika Subramaniam as Shivshankar's wife.
• Asin Thottumkal as Divya: A pretty young college girl who comes to the village of Thottapuram as a part of her education.
• Ramesh Khanna as Ramesh: A friend of Vishnu.
• Suman Shetty as Oorundai: Another friend of Vishnu.
• Vijayan as Divya's father
• Ponnambalam as Divya's brother
• Mansoor Ali Khan as Divya's brother
• K. S. Ravikumar as the family doctor
• M. S. Baskar as Disguised Dean
• Sujatha as Kanika's mother
• Mathan Bob as Shop owner
• Citi Babu as Police Officer
• Sivashankar as Dance Master
• Santhana Bharathi as Jeeva's Uncle

[edit] Crew

The crew for the film is another key element; the film was able to unite Ajith with K. S. Ravikumar and A. R. Rahman. All three were looking to get their careers back on track with the film. The production house and distributors were also able to make this happen and revive a few careers in Kollywood.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Production

Originally titled Godfather (Tamil: காட்ஃபாதர்), it was renamed to take advantage of the State Government’s entertainment tax exemption for movies titled in Tamil.^[1]

[edit] Box Office

• The film opened at No. 24 in U.K. box-office collecting Rs. 1.2 million in its opening weekend.^[2] Overall gross in UK was Rs.2.4 million.^[3]
• The film was declared a blockbuster within a couple of weeks of its release.^[4]
• The film completed 13 weeks successfully before being replaced by the next Ajith film Aalwar though it continued to play for 175 days in some screens

[edit] Awards

Varalaru (Godfather) won an award at the 54th Filmfare Awards for Tamil films,where the award is considered to be the most prestigious after the National award.^{[citation needed]}

54th Filmfare Award Year 2006

• Best Actor (Male)- Ajit Kumar

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