Maaran (film)
| Maaran | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | A. Jawahar |
| Produced by | J. S. Pankaj Mehta |
| Written by |
A. Jawahar Pattukkottai Prabakar (dialogues) |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Deva |
| Cinematography | U.K. Senthil Kumar |
| Edited by | Sai Elango |
Production company |
Power Media |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Maaran is a 2002 Indian Tamil film, directed by A. Jawahar, starring Sathyaraj, Seetha and Manivannan's son Raghuvannan in lead roles. The film, produced by J. S. Pankaj Mehta, had musical score by Deva and was released on 20 September 2002.[1][2] The film enjoyed a moderate recognition at the box office.
Plot
Maaran (Sathyaraj) is a clerk in the district collector’s office. His life centers round his loving wife (Seetha), his son (Raghuvannan) and his daughter (Preethi Varma). Soft spoken, and a Gandhian to the hilt, Maaran does not stand by any smear on the Mahatma’s name. Being a staunch patriot, he had even named his son Sudhandhiram.
After topping at the state level, Maaran's son Sudhandhiram wins admission to a medical college, where he is in for a rough time, ragged mercilessly by the sadistic Shivadas (Robert) and his cronies. Nonetheless, Anjali (Santhoshi) falls in love with Sudhandhiram. Matters run wild when Sudhandhiram returns Shivadas’ humiliations with a tight slap, and defeats him in the college elections. The humiliation of Shivadas makes matters even wild when Sudhandhiram pays for it with his life. Shivadas packs the corpse in a suitcase and disposes of it. But soon, Shivadas is hauled up for the murder. However, Shivadas manages to get a clean-chit of the case, thanks to his influential father. Seetha becomes lunatic due to the emotional shock. The grieving father, Maaran, takes it on himself to justify his son’s murder.
Maaran traces out the conspirators one by one, and have their evil terminate themselves, justifying his own way of justice. At the end of Maaran kills the doctor and gets surrounded in the court. He gets hook in jail.
Cast
- Sathyaraj as Maaran
- Seetha as Seetha, Maaran's wife
- Raghuvannan as Sudhandhiram, Maaran's son
- Preethi Varma as Amudha, Maaran's daughter
- Robert as Shivadas
- Santhoshi as Anjali
- Delhi Ganesh as Ganesan
- Vinu Chakravarthy as Rangaswamy
- Cochin Haneefa as a C.B.I officer Madanagopal
- Ravikumar as Shivadas' father
- Ilavarasu as Inspector Irulandi
- Thalaivasal Vijay as Doctor Prakash
- Devan as a Central Minister
- Raj Kapoor as Lawyer Subramaniam
- Sarath Babu as a District collector
- Pallavi as a doctor (guest appearance)
- Abhinayashree in Item number
- Mayilsamy
- Crane Manohar
- Periya Karuppu Thevar
Production
Maaran’ is directed by A. Jawahar, who had apprenticed with directors Senthilnathan & Sunder C. This is his first film. While Deva composes the music, cinematography is by U.K.Senthilkumar, editing by Sai Illango, art by R.K.Nagu and stunt arrangements by Super Subbarayan.
Playing the role of Satyaraj's son is debutant Raghuvannan, son of actor-director Manivannan. Raghu is paired with Santhoshi, an actress of the small screen and one of the leads in Agathyan’s ‘Kaadhal Samrajyam’. Sharat Babu, Hanifas, Devan, Pallavi, Delhi Ganesh, Raj Kapoor, Ilavarasu and Robert, brother of dancer-actress Alphonsa play the supporting roles.[3]
Soundtrack
| Maaran | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Deva | |
| Released | 2002 |
| Recorded | 2002 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 25:01 |
| Label | Five Star Audio |
| Producer | Deva |
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 2002, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by P. Vijay.[4][5]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aanantham Aanantham" | Unni Menon, Sujatha Mohan | 5:07 |
| 2 | "Felomina Ni Enthan" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. B. Charan, Mathangi | 4:08 |
| 3 | "Kannukulle" | Unni Menon | 5:33 |
| 4 | "Pudi Pudi Kabadi" | Anuradha Sriram | 5:14 |
| 5 | "Queen Marys" | Silambarasan Rajendar | 4:59 |
Reception
The film received generally mixed to positive reviews. AllIndianSite.com cited the film as "a good movie and worth watching".[6] Malathi Ragarajan of hindu.com said : "Maaran takes off so well and so differently but the maker obviously got jittery mid-way and allows regular formula fare to take over, with revenge as the pivot."[7]
References
- ↑ "Find Tamil Movie Maaran". jointscene.com. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ "Filmography of maaran". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20020911201336/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/maaran.asp
- ↑ "Maaran Songs". oosai.com. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ "Maaran — Deva". thiraipaadal.com. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ "AllIndianSite.com — Maran- It's All About the movie". kollywood.allindiansite.com. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ Malathi Rangarajan (2002-09-27). "The Hindu: Maaran". Hindu.com. Retrieved 2011-12-29.