Sadhurangam (2011 film)

Sadhurangam (transl. Chess) is a 2011 Indian Tamil language political thriller film directed by Karu Pazhaniappan, starring Srikanth and Sonia Agarwal. Filming began in 2003, but was stuck in development hell for years. The film's background score was composed by Vidyasagar, and his soundtrack was released in 2010.[1] The project was revived in September 2011,[2] and released on 8 October 2011.[3]

Sadhurangam
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Directed byKaru Pazhaniappan
Written byKaru Pazhaniappan
Produced byS. S. Durairaj
StarringSrikanth
Sonia Agarwal
CinematographyR. Diwakaran
Edited bySuresh Urs
Music byVidyasagar
Release date
  • 8 October 2011 (2011-10-08)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

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Thirupathisamy aka Thiru (Srikanth) is an investigative journalist working for a Tamil magazine. He fearlessly brings out the issues in the prevailing political system which earns him many enemies. Thiru falls in love with Sandhya (Sonia Agarwal), a college student. Thiru, in one of his articles, writes about the problems faced by prisoners following which the SP Rajan (Ganesh Yadav) gets suspended. He also writes about the corruption of an IAS officer leading to his transfer and about the real estate mafia run by an influential man Singaperumal. (Mahadevan).

One day, Sandhya gets kidnapped and Thiru gets a threatening call. But Thiru is unable to trace the culprit as he has so many enemies. Initially, he suspects Singaperumal but later finds that Rajan was the man behind the kidnap. Thiru flashes Sandhya's pictures in the magazines and finds out that Rajan has planned to sell her to a brothel in Dubai. Thiru rushes to the railway station where Sandhya is present. He fights against Rajan and kills him. Singaperumal comes to the spot and helps Thiru escape. Finally, Thiru and Sandhya are united.

Cast

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Production

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After the success of Parthiban Kanavu, Karu Pazhaniyappan and Srikanth reunited again for a project called Sadhurangam during December 2003.[4] Srikanth's character in the film is named after Thirupathisamy, the late director of the films Azad and Narasimha, who was Karu Pazhaniappan's close friend.[3]

Soundtrack

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Song Singers Lyrics
"Aaduvomea" Manikka Vinayagam Bharathiyar
"Ambulimama" KK, Sujatha Yugabharathi
"Enge Enge" Karthik, Timmy
"Ennanna" Sunitha Sarathy Pa. Vijay
"Enna Thandhi" Karthik, Srilekha Parthasarathy
"Vizhiyum" Harini, Madhu Balakrishnan Arivumathi

Critical reception

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Behindwoods wrote:"Sathurangam is proof of the fact that a good story never gets outdated".[5] Nowrunning wrote: "A perfect thriller with its heart in the right place".[6] The Hindu wrote, "A film which had been confined to the cans for nearly five years has finally seen the light of day. But the significant aspect is that Chathurangam (U) doesn't have a dated feel about it and is as good as any recent product".[7] Karu Pazhaniappan won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Story Writer.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Finally the dice roll for Sadhurangam". The Times of India. 25 September 2011. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. ^ "'Sadhurangam' is back". IndiaGlitz. 23 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Friday Fiesta". IndiaGlitz. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  4. ^ ""Sathurangam"!". Dinakaran. 14 December 2003. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  5. ^ "SATHURANGAM MOVIE REVIEW". Behindwoods. Archived from the original on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  6. ^ Pudipeddi, Haricharan. "Chathurangam Review". Nowrunning. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  7. ^ "The right move". The Hindu. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 2005". Webindia123. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
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