Ramachandra (film)

2003 film by Raj Kapoor

Ramachandra

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Directed by| Raj Kapoor
Screenplay by| Raj Kapoor
Story by| Posani Krishna Murali
Produced by| Singanamala Ramesh Babu
Starring|

* Sathyaraj
* Pandiarajan
* Vijayalakshmi
* Ashish Vidyarthi

Cinematography| B. Balamurugan
Edited by| V. T. Vijayan
Music by| Deva

Production
company

Kanagarathna Movies

Release date

* 15 January 2003 (2003-01-15)

Running time

| 146 minutes
Country| India
Language| Tamil

Ramachandra is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action film, directed by Raj Kapoor, starring Sathyaraj and Vijayalakshmi. The film was released on 15 January 2003.[1] It is a remake of the 1995 Telugu film Khaidi Inspector.[citation needed]

## Plot

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Ramachandran is a police inspector who is sentenced to the death penalty. His teammates release him in secret and Ramachandran begins by killing the criminals one by one.

## Cast

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* Sathyaraj as Inspector Ramachandran
* Pandiarajan as Thirunavukkarasu
* Vijayalakshmi as Divya, Ramachandran's wife
* Ashish Vidyarthi as "Sodukku" Chockalingam
* Srikanth as Chief Minister
* Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Chockalingam's assistant
* Chandrasekhar as Sivarama Gandhi
* Delhi Ganesh as Ramachandran's father
* Livingston as Jeevarathnam / Sathyamoorthy
* Raj Kapoor as Naagaa
* Sriman as Suresh Kumar
* Ponnambalam as Kabaali, Chockalingam's henchman
* Pandu as Rajagopal
* G. M. Kumar as DSP Kumar
* Mahanadi Shankar as Sub-inspector
* Thalapathy Dinesh as Chockalingam's henchman
* Vinayak as Vijay
* Kovai Senthil
* Siva Narayana Murthy
* Deepa Venkat as Deepa
* Abhinayashree as Sandhya, Suresh Kumar's sister
* Mumtaj Pakoda Kadhar as Sub-inspector's wife
* Baby Shathika as Ammukutty
* LIC Narasimhan as Judge
* Lekhasri in a special appearance
* Radhika Chaudhari in a special appearance
* Nagendra Prasad in a special appearance – "Paarappa"

## Production

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A fight sequence was shot at a newspaper office in Chennai.[2]

## Soundtrack

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The soundtrack was composed by Deva.[3][4]

Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Duration

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"Aathukku Paalam" | Sabesh | Ponniyin Selvan | 5:27
"Chinna Chinna" | Sujatha, P. Unnikrishnan | Pa. Vijay | 4:45
"Kuththadi Kuththadi (Paarappa)" | Silambarasan | Ponniyin Selvan | 5:33
"Maidha Maidha" | Mathangi, Naveen | 4:58
"Thillaiyaadi" | Tippu, Anuradha Sriram | Pa. Vijay | 4:02

## Reception

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Arkay of Rediff.com wrote: "this film is aimed purely at the B and C categories".[5] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote: "Writer-director Raj Kapoor sees to it that Ramachandra's reckless, impulsive ventures only lead to mindless melee and every time you expect some intelligent counters from him, he lets you down very badly".[6] Krishna Chidambaram of Kalki panned the character design of the film's hero and added he can't appreciate acting since the characters are poorly developed however he found Pandiarajan as the film's only positive.[7] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "'Ramachandra' is insipid fare that offers nothing new".[8] P. Unnikrishnan won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.[9]

## References

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1. ^ Mannath, Malini (9 January 2003). "Releases for Pongal". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 27 November 2003. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
2. ^ Mannath, Malini (8 December 2002). "Ramachandra". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 24 December 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
3. ^ "Ramachandra (2003)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
4. ^ "Ramachandra Tamil Film Audio CD by Deva". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
5. ^ Arkay (17 January 2003). "Ramchandra is aimed at the front benches". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
6. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (31 January 2003). ""Ramachandra"". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 30 June 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
7. ^ சிதம்பரம், கிருஷ்ணா (9 February 2003). "ராமச்சந்திரா". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 58\. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024 - via Internet Archive.
8. ^ Mannath, Malini (19 January 2003). "Ramachandra". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 11 December 2003. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
9. ^ "State Film Awards announced". IndiaGlitz. 13 February 2006. Archived from the original on 15 February 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

## External links

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* Ramachandra at IMDb