Perarasu

Perarasu is a Tamil film director who is best known for his commercial movies with actors Vijay and Ajith. He has also been credited as an actor, music director, singer and lyricist in some of his ventures. He has mentioned that all his movies are named for cities in Tamil Nadu, India. He is from Nattarasankottai, near Sivagangai in Tamil Nadu.

Career

Perarasu, was born in Natarasankottai near Madurai district. He tried for 7 to 8 years to make it big and had some off-beat stories. When he was new to Chennai, he used to frequent AVM and stand in front of the studios longing to visit the place. He bribed a production in charge ten rupees one day and got himself into the studios. His experience of 15 to 16 years in the industry taught him to analyse the pulse of the audience and give them what they want. He honed his skills under Rama Narayanan and N. Maharajan. Apart from assisting, Perarasu appeared in few films doing small uncredited roles. He wants his films to be packed with mind-blowing songs, speedy screenplay, punchy dialogue and in between inserted with sentiments, comedy, twists and turns.

Perarasu (film)

Perarasu (2006) is a Kollywood Tamil film starring Captain Vijaykanth, Debina Bonnerjee, Nassar, Sarath Babu, and Prakash Raj with music composed by Praveen Mani. The film is directed by Udhayan. This movie is a typical unadulterated masala movie with a good-cop-versus-bad-guys story. Perarasu is similar to several earlier films of Vijayakanth, like Vallarasu and Pulanvisaranai. He can be seen in every frame. He plays a dual role as a law enforcer and a terminator. The action scenes are mainly flying kicks with no blood and gory scenes.

Plot

It is basically an investigative film as CBI officer Kasi Viswanath (Vijaykanth) is entrusted to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Judge Sadasivam (Nassar). The Kasi Viswanathan team comprises junior officer Kesavan Nair (Anad Raj) and a constable (Pandiaraj).

Soon Kasi finds out that a state minister Elakyam (Prakash Raj) is behind all crimes in the city and he is assisted by three senior cops. Suddenly one by one the bad cops are killed, with needle of suspicion resting on Kasi as a look-alike is behind the murders. It is revealed that it is a revenge killing by Perarasu (Vijaykanth), Kasi’s twin brother.