Perumaan

2012 Indian film

Perumaan

Film poster

Directed by| Rajesh Kannan J
Produced by| Sriram Vedam
Starring| Arjun Das
Shruti
Sriram Vedam
Music by| Luiji
Vikram Sarathy R

Production
company

Sri Kamakshi Vision

Release date

* 24 August 2012 (2012-08-24)

Country| India
Language| Tamil

Perumaan (transl. Shiva) is a 2012 Tamil-language thriller film starring newcomers Arjun Das and Shruti in the lead roles while the producer Sriram Vedam plays a negative role.

## Cast

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* Arjun Das as Shakti
* Shruti as Shakti's girlfriend
* Sriram Vedam as Gangster
* Ashwin
* Madan
* Jai
* Krishna
* Srilekha
* Leo Pradeep
* Ramesh
* Rejeesh
* Suresh Nidamarthi

## Production

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The film began production as Perumaan The Rajnikanth. Initially, Rajinikanth approved the name of the film. However, the name was shortened to Perumaan upon release after Rajinikanth's spokesperson, V M Sudhakar, thought it was unacceptable for anybody to call him as higher than a deity.[1][2][3]

## Soundtrack

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The songs were composed by Luiji and Vikram Sarathy R.[4]

* "Life Is Bimbilaaki Bilaapi" - Luiji, Rajesh Kanna
* "Swapna Sundari" - Vikram Sarathy, Keerthana
* "Om Om Siva" - Vikram Sarathy, Sricharan
* "Hey Snehidhiye" - Nikhil Mathew[5]
* "Vaanum Manum" - Rajesh Kanna
* "My Sarah" - Luiji and Smruthi[5]

## Reception

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The Times of India gave the film three out of five stars stating that "It is this tough story that Rajesh Kannan sets out to tackle, and to his credit, it must be said that he has done a decent job".[5] News 18 praised the story, but criticized the slow screenplay. The reviewer wrote that "Agreed that Rajesh Kannan has presented an original story. But the pace in which the movie moves is too slow, something which he cannot afford in a suspense thriller".[2] Behindwoods gave the film one half out of five stars stating that "To sum up, Perumaan could have been made as a decent short film. Fewer dialogues, jumpy song sequences and the dead slow script show the director’s desperation to make it into a two and a half hours feature film".[6]

## References

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1. ^ "12-12-1950, a tribute to Superstar Rajinikanth: Selva". Deccanchronicle.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
2. ^ a b "Tamil Review: 'Perumaan' Original concept- Slow film". News18. 7 September 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
3. ^ "There's no one like Rajinikanth!". The Times of India. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
4. ^ "Arjun Das Songs". JioSaavn. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
5. ^ a b c "Perumaan Movie Review {3/5}". The Times of India. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
6. ^ "Perumaan Review - Perumaan Movie Review". Behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

*[transl.]: translation