Uzhaippali
Uzhaippali | |
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Directed by | P.Vasu |
Produced by | B. Venkatrama Reddy |
Written by | P.Vasu |
Starring |
Rajinikanth Roja Selvamani Radha Ravi S. S. Chandran Nizhalgal Ravi Vijayakumar |
Music by |
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Cinematography | M. C. Sekar |
Edited by | P. Mohanraj |
Production company |
Chandamama Vijaya Combines |
Distributed by | Chandamama Vijaya Combines |
Release dates | 24 June 1993 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Uzhaippali (Tamil: உழைப்பாளி) (English: Hardworker) (1993) is a love-comedy Tamil language movie directed by the Tamil Director P. Vasu. It stars Rajinikanth and Radha Ravi in the lead roles.
The film was much in news as, distributors banned Rajini movies and to resolve the issue, Rajini met Kamal Haasan and the next day, Uzhaippali was announced. The film was released straight in theaters without the support of distributors and become a hit by running more than 100 days.[1][2]
Cast
- Rajinikanth - Tamilarasan/Tamilazhagan
- Roja Selvamani - Vimala
- Radha Ravi - Ragupathy
- S. S. Chandran - Seethapathy
- Nizhalgal Ravi - Kajapathy
- Ravi
- Mayilsamy
- Vijayakumar - Supervisor
- Charle
- Visu - Lawyer
- Arun Kumar
- Vivek
- Goundamani - P.A of Lawyer
- Chokalinga Baghavadar
- Ravichandran
- Prathapachandran - Doctor
- Uday Prakash
- Puneet Issar
- Sujatha - Janaki
- Kavitha
- Sangeetha
- Srividya
- Rupini
- Pallavi
- Neeta Gupta
- Indraja
- Viji
- Ram-Laxman Brothers
- Thalapathi Dinesh
Plot
Rajini is working as a coolie in a factory. He is asked by three brothers (Nizhalgal Ravi, Radharavi, S. S. Chandran) to act as a foreign returned rich man the heir of a property. Rajini acts but always escapes as he doesn't want to face consequences. But then he comes to know that he is the heir to the property, his father was killed by three brothers to takeaway the property and mother (Sujatha) became a mental patient. He avenges the death of his father by killing the villains. At last, he says he doesn't want to be an heir to money and always remains as a coolie.
Production
Uzhaippali marked the comeback of Vijaya Productions who stopped producing for 20 years. This was P. Vasu's third collaboration with Rajinikanth after Panakkaran and Mannan. P. Vasu directed Uzhaippali after the grand success of Mannan. Unlike a remake film, Vasu penned the original story based on MGR's formula film Enga Veetu Pillai.[3]
On Feb 5th, 1993, Uzhaippali had a grand pooja at Vijaya Vauhini studio. The pooja was conducted even though the distributors not willing to distribute the film and the Red Card against Rajini wasn't removed. Entire film personalities attended the launch and the media covered the news in an exclusive manner.[3]
When the shooting was happening in Chickmanglore, cast and crew were refused to book rooms in hotel for not paying the discount, Rajini was sleeping in car due to non-availability.[4] Vasu completed the film in 58 days and the film was announced for June release. During the production of the film Vijaya Vauhini did a very good publicity in media and newspapers. Espeically on Tamil New Year day, they gave special advertisements in the papers and was very much attractive.[3]
Release
When the film was ready for release, producer was in doldrums how to release it when there is Red Card on Rajini. Rajini came up with a idea to distribute the film directly to theatres. Rajini distributed the film in NSC through his Distribution Company Ramana Film Distributors. In Chennai, Uzhaippali released in Albert, Abirami, Kamala, Crown and Sri Brinda. The film opening reservation was fabulous and almost 15 days houseful in reservation. The opening report was fantastic and became talk of the town. Uzhaiappali had a non-stop run for 116 days in Chennai's Albert and Abirami and 150 days in Madurai's Cine Priya. The film released in overseas too especially in Singapore and Malaysia doing decent business.[3]
Soundtrack
Uzhaippali | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Ilayaraja | ||||
Released | 1993 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Label | Kosmik | |||
Producer | Ilayaraja | |||
Ilayaraja chronology | ||||
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All Music composed by Ilayaraja. There are a Total of Seven Tracks for this Film. The lyrics for the songs in this movie were written by Vaali.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | |
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1. | "Muthirai Eppodhu " | S. P. Balasubramaniam, Kavita Krishnamurthy | ||
2. | "Oru Kola Kili" | S. P. Balasubramaniam | ||
3. | "Oru Maina" | Mano, K. S. Chitra | ||
4. | "Uzhaippali Illatha" | S. P. Balasubramaniam | ||
5. | "Uzhaippaliyum Naane" | S. P. Balasubramaniam, K. S. Chitra | ||
6. | "Amma Amma (Male)" | S. P. Balasubramaniam | ||
7. | "Amma Amma (Female)" | Sunandha |
References
- ↑ http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/01/11224912/Rajini-with-the-film-distribut.html
- ↑ http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/01/10221539/defiance-of-the-ban-ready-hard.html
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 http://cinemalead.com/visitor-column-id-the-journey-of-living-legend-rajinikanth-part-5-rajinikanth-15-09-133375.htm
- ↑ http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/01/12231510/Where-is-the-Rajini-Director-p.html