All in All Azhagu Raja

All in All Azhagu Raja (lit. 'All in All Beauty King') is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by M. Rajesh.[1] It featured Karthi, Kajal Aggarwal and Santhanam in the lead roles. It marks the second collaboration between Karthi and Kajal Aggarwal who earlier starred in the 2010 action film Naan Mahaan Alla.

All in All Azhagu Raja
Directed byM. Rajesh
Produced byK. E. Gnanavel Raja
Written byM. Rajesh
StarringKarthi
Kajal Aggarwal
Prabhu
Santhanam
Music byS. Thaman
CinematographySakthi Saravanan
Edited byVivek Harshan
Production
company
Release date
  • 2 November 2013 (2013-11-02)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹18 crore
Box office₹6 crore

The film was released on 2 November 2013, and received negative reviews from critics.[2][3]

Plot

Azhagu Raja (Karthi), is the only son of the Muthukrishnan family. He owns an unpopular cable channel called "Triple A". The cable company has only two employees, Raja and Kalyanam (Santhanam). Nothing they do improves the company's fortunes. By chance, Raja meets Chitra Devi Priya (Kajal Aggarwal) when she is singing at a wedding. Her unusual voice irritates him, and they argue. However, Priya eventually agrees that she cannot sing well. Priya says she fails at everything she tries, even suicide. As their friendship blossoms, Raja tells his father Muthukrishnan (Prabhu), about Priya which triggers a memory in Muthukrishnan about his past.

Muthukrishnan (Karthi) used to work for Burma Ramaswamy (Nassar) after being recommended by Kali (Santhanam). Meenakshi (Radhika Apte) his daughter, falls for him. Seeing his hard work and dedication, Ramaswamy promotes him to more responsible work in the theater and appoints Kali under him. Meena asks for an answer in two days. But an enraged Kali, filled with jealousy, plots to pit Ramaswamy against Muthukrishnan and is successful when Muthukrishnan is ousted by Ramaswamy due to a misunderstanding.

Raja steps into Muthukrishnan's 1980s world. Muthukrishnan and Priya's father Kandhaswamy (Aadukalam Naren) reject Raja's marriage to Priya. Muthukrishnan and Kandhaswamy meet and realize that jealousy of Kali, Kalyanam's father, was the reason for the problems of the families; finally Kalyanam tells the real story & both families unite to marry Raja and Priya.[4]

Cast

Production

Rajesh first announced a project with Karthi called Kaagitha Kappal but it did not proceed and Rajesh went on to Oru Kal Oru Kannadi.[5] In 2012, Rajesh announced All in All Azhaguraja.[6] He named the new project with Karthi after a character played by Goundamani in the film Vaidehi Kaathirundhal.[7] Rajesh's usual comedian Santhanam would provide the comic relief. Kajal Aggarwal who worked with Karthi in Naan Mahaan Alla was selected as the heroine.[8][9] Prabhu joined the cast.[10] Initially, Narain denied being a part of the film project.[11] Yuvan Shankar Raja was reported to compose the film's soundtrack,[12] but was replaced by S. Thaman.[13] Filming took place on 2 March 2013.[14] The film was shot in Kumbakonam, Pollachi, Gobichettipalayam, Tenkasi, Ambasamuthiram and other places of Tamil Nadu.

Soundtrack
All in All Azhaguraja
Soundtrack album by
S. Thaman
Released10 October 2013
Recorded2013
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length20:37
LanguageTamil
LabelSony Music India
ProducerS. Thaman
S. Thaman chronology
Masala
(2013)		 All in All Azhaguraja
(2013)		 Vallinam
(2014)
Singles from All in All Azhaguraja
  1. "Yaarukkum Sollama"
    Released: 4 October 2013

The soundtrack for the film was composed by S. Thaman, in his first collaboration with M. Rajesh and Karthi. The audio rights were secured by Sony Music.[15] The audio was expected to release on 28 September 2013,[16] along with a star-studded event,[17] however the audio was released on 10 October 2013, at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai, with the presence of actor Surya as the chief guest.[18] The album features five tracks, with one of the songs "Chellam" (Yaarukkum Sollama) was released on 4 October 2013, at the Radio Mirchi FM Station.[19] Behindwoods called the soundtrack "Simple and enjoyable" and gave 2.75 out of 5 to the album.[20] Milliblog reviewed it as a short, lively and fun soundtrack.[21]

All lyrics are written by Na. Muthukumar.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."All in All"Suchith Suresan05:05
2."Yaarukkum Sollama"Rahul Nambiar04:33
3."Unnai Partha Neram"Vijay Yesudas, Srivardhini03:49
4."Ore Oru"Javed Ali02:42
5."Yamma Yamma"Sooraj Santhosh, Shreya Ghoshal04:28
Total length:20:37

Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV. The film's first look was released on 6 September 2013.[22] The teaser was expected to be released on the same day,[23] however it was released on 7 September 2013.[24] The theatrical trailer was released on 10 October 2013.[25] The film received a U certificate from the Censor Board,[26] and released on 2 November 2013, coinciding with Diwali, along with Arrambam and Pandiya Naadu.

Reception

All in All Azhagu Raja received negative reviews from critics.[3] Baradwaj Rangan wrote, "What a wretched, bloated, unfunny mess this is, with the ugliest segues between comedy and melodrama in recent memory. Scenes go on and on with no point, and as a result, the film goes on and on pointlessly."[27] Rediff.com gave it 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "All in All Azhagu Raja is an absolutely ridiculous and tortuously long romantic comedy film that seriously tests your patience."[28] Sify wrote, "All in All Azhaguraja falls flat on its face... it is an ordeal to sit through this profoundly irritating film...it lacks basic storyline and took the audiences for granted. The film has no real script to speak of, at best a skeletal plot and in its final verdict termed the film as a "Big Bore".[29] Prakash Upadhyaya of OneIndia called it "A comedy story presented in a boring way."[30] Behindwoods said, "All in All Azhaguraja lacks the Rajesh - Santhanam magic" and rated it 2.25 out of 5.[31] Indiaglitz said that while Rajesh has a history for being able "to milk humor out of a thin storyline without much trouble," he failed to do so in this film.[32]

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  7. First Goundamani, then Karthi and now its Karunaas. behindwoods.com. 17 November 2012.
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  20. All in All Azhagu Raja Songs Review All in All Azhagu Raja Songs Review
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  29. Movie Review : All in All Azhaguraja-A profoundly irritating film
  30. All in All Azhagu Raja Review - Oneindia Entertainment
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