Paramasivan

Paramasivan
Directed by	P. Vasu
Produced by	S. Ramesh Babu
Written by	P. Vasu
Story by	Mahesh Bhatt
Starring	Ajith Kumar Laila Vivek Prakash Raj Jayaram
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	Sekar V. Joseph
Edited by	Suresh Urs
Production company	Kanagarathna Movies Samrat Pictures
Release date	14 January 2006 (2006-01-14)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Paramasivan (Tamil: பரமசிவன்) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by P. Vasu and produced by S. Ramesh Babu. The film features Ajith Kumar in the lead role with Laila, Vivek, Prakash Raj and Jayaram playing other pivotal roles. It was released on 14 January 2006 to positive reviews and declared as a blockbuster.^[1][2] The film was inspired from the Hindi-language film Kartoos (1999) starring Sanjay Dutt. It was dubbed into Hindi as Godfather Shiva.^[3]

Plot

Subramaniyam Siva (Ajith Kumar) is in jail, awaiting the death sentence for killing corrupt and evil members of the police force who had killed his father and sister. SP of Police, Nethiadi Nandakumar (Prakash Raj) is an honest, fearless and upright police officer who has been given the mission to flush out the terrorist outfit behind the Coimbatore blasts. He decides to employ unconventional methods to fulfill his mission and engages Siva to assist him, renaming him Paramasivan, and giving him a single-point agenda – trace out and erase the people responsible for the Coimbatore blasts. Unaware to Paramasivan, Nandakumar intends on killing him after the mission is completed.

The fly in the ointment is played by Nair (Jayaram), a CBI officer, who is out to trace Paramasivan and stop his unlawful activities. His assistant, SI Agniputran (Vivek) provides lighter moments. How Paramasivan finishes the villains and finishes his job forms the rest of the story. Paramasivan comes to know of Nandakumar's idea to kill him after the mission during the last few scenes where Nair intervenes. Eventually, Paramasivan is forgiven, and so he starts a new life with his lover Malar (Laila Mehdin).

Cast

Production

After the success of Chandramukhi (2005), director P. Vasu announced his intentions of directing Rajinikanth again but the announcement of Rajinikanth's collaboration with Shankar in Sivaji hindered his hopes. In August 2005, He roped in Ajith Kumar to play the protagonist in his next film.^[4] The project was initially taken up by director Bala's production house, B Studios, and was titled Idi (Thunder), with Laila selected to play the leading female role.^[5] The film was launched on 10 September 2005 by Rajinikanth, while the title was changed to Paramasivan.^[6]

Following Ajith Kumar's exit from Bala's directorial venture, Naan Kadavul, this film changed producers the next month with S. Ramesh Babu agreeing to finance the film. Nisha Kothari was first requested to appear in an item number in the film but the role was later taken by Rahasya.^[7] For the film, Ajith Kumar lost fifteen kilograms to get into shape.^[8] K. Balachandar's Kavithalaya Productions took up the distribution of Paramasivan for the Chengalpet area.^[9]

Soundtrack

Background score and Songs composed by Vidyasagar^[10]

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Jaya TV.^[11]

See also

• List of action films of the 2000s
• List of Tamil films of 2006

References

External links

• Paramasivan at AllMovie
• Paramasivan on IMDb