Alaudin

This article is about the 2003 Tamil film. For the name, see Aladdin (name).

2003 Indian film

Alaudin

DVD cover

Directed by| Ravi Chakravathy
Written by| Ravi Chakravathy
Produced by| V. Satyanarayana
V. Sudhirkumar
V. Sumankumar
Starring| Prabhu Deva
Ashima Bhalla
Cinematography| Ramnath Shetty
Edited by| V. T. Vijayan
Music by| Mani Sharma

Production
company

Venkateswaralayam

Release date

* 15 August 2003 (2003-08-15)

Running time

| 140 minutes
Country| India
Language| Tamil

Alaudin is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Ravi Chakravathy. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Ashima Bhalla with Raghuvaran playing the main antagonist. The film was released on 15 August 2003 after many delays.[1]

## Plot

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Alaudin (Prabhu Deva) is a slum man and orphan with a golden heart who fights against injustice faced by his fellow slum dwellers. The people of Alli Kuppam bring him up. To fulfil the day-to-day needs of the poor, Alaudin decides to steal from rich people. His main enemy is the scheming and powerful Gangadhar (Raghuvaran). During one of his attempts to steal in Gangadhar's house, Alaudin witnesses a murder committed by Gangadhar and gets some implicating evidence: a blood-soaked knife and a cut right thumb of Gangadhar. He cleverly uses this situation and starts blackmailing Gangadhar to accomplish all of Alli Kuppam's needs. Gangadhar becomes his golden goose, his magic lamp, which does his every proposition. Preethi (Ashima Bhalla) is Gangadhar's manager's daughter, and she falls for Alaudin. All efforts to catch Alaudin fail. In the final move, Gangadhar plans carefully, traps Alaudin, and shoots him at point-blank range. A chance look at the chain worn by Alaudin brings the necessary twist to the story. To his shock, Gangadhar realizes Alaudin is his son who was mistaken to be murdered 25 years ago. The saved Alaudin refuses to accept his father's request to stay back with him and makes a promise that he should not reveal the secret to anyone and that he wants to go back to the Kuppam.

## Cast

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* Prabhu Deva as Alaudin
* Ashima Bhalla as Preethi
* Raghuvaran as Gangadhar
* Manivannan as Chinnasamy, Preethi's father
* Vinu Chakravarthy as Munusamy
* Charle as Chinnasamy's assistant
* Dhamu as Alaudin's friend
* Vaiyapuri as Alaudin's friend
* Poovilangu Mohan as Sundaram
* Mahanadi Shankar as the Police inspector
* Sukran as Alaudin's friend
* Sabitha Anand as Mallika
* Kalairani as Rasathi
* Shanmugasundari as Slum dweller
* Vandana as Selvi
* Bava Lakshmanan as Astrologer
* Chitti Babu as Auctioneer
* Vincent Roy as Central Minister
* Kovai Senthil as Slum dweller
* LIC Narasimhan as Groom's father
* Singamuthu as Raja Bhai
* Tirupur Ramasamy as Slum dweller
* Jayamani as Thangarasu
* Karnaa Radha as Meesai
* Sahadevan as Genie
* Pon Swathi as Slum dweller
* Pawan as Gangadhar's henchman (uncredited role)
* Aruldoss in an uncredited role

## Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was composed by Mani Sharma.[2]

Track listingNo.| Title| Lyrics| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Ukku Ukku Uganda"| Kavivarman| Shankar Mahadevan| 4:58
2.| "Yaaro Yaaravan"| Yugabharathi| K. S. Chithra| 4:47
3.| "Yendi Ennai"| Pa. Vijay| Ranjith, Kavita Krishnamurti| 5:12
4.| "Goyyaka"| Arivumathi| Karthik, Mahalakshmi Iyer| 4:46
5.| "Jeeboomba"| Yugabharathi| Karthik, Shreya Ghoshal, Kalpana| 5:39
Total length:| 25:22

## Reception

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Sify wrote, "He [Prabhu Deva] has matured as an actor [..] Raghuvaran is terrific as usual in the role of the villain. Ramnath Shetty's camera, Mani Sharma's music and the song picturizations are worth mentioning. On the whole, the film is enjoyable and engaging at times".[1] Mokkarasu of Kalki wrote they have rubbed the miracle lamp. Only smoke comes instead of genie.[3]

The film was dubbed into Telugu language as Gharana Donga.[4][5]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Watch 'Allaudin' for Prabhu Deva!". Sify. 22 August 2003. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
2. ^ "Alaudin". JioSaavn. 5 August 2003. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
3. ^ மொக்கராசு (14 September 2003). "அலாவுதீன்". Kalki (in Tamil). pp. 72–73. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2023 - via Internet Archive.
4. ^ "'Gharana Donga' in final mixing". IndiaGlitz.com. 9 September 2006. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
5. ^ "Prabhudeva's chances elsewhere". IndiaGlitz.com. 26 September 2006. Archived from the original on 10 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

## External links

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* Alaudin at IMDb

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