Durai (film)

Durai is a 2008 Indian Tamil action film directed by A. Venkatesh starring Arjun and Kirat Bhattal. It was considered as an average grosser at the box office. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Gajendra and in Hindi as Garjana (2010).

Durai
Theatrical release poster
Directed byA. Venkathesh
Produced byP. L. Thenappan
Written byG. K. Gopinath (dialogues)
Screenplay byArjun Sarja
Story byArjun
StarringArjun
Kirat Bhattal
Gajala
Suma Guha
Vivek
Vincent Asokan
Music byD. Imaan
CinematographyV. Lekshmipathy
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Production
company
Distributed byAyngaran International Media
Release date
  • 1 October 2008 (2008-10-01)
Running time
151 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Raja (Arjun) works with a cook Arusuvai Ambi (Vivek). Raja comes across Anjali (Kirat Bhattal), who catches his interest. She falls for Raja, but he cannot remember anything of his past. All he recollects are vague images and memories that disturb him in his sleep. After a sequence of events and a chase by rowdies, Raja collects his past.

Raja, a year ago, was Durai, the close associate of honest politician Deivanayagam (K. Viswanath). Durai, who leads a happy life with his wife Meena (Gajala) and son, is hesitant to assume the post. Anjali, a reporter, pursues him for interviews and falls in love. Deivanayagam is killed, and the blame falls on Dorai. His wife and son are murdered. Eventually, Dorai alias Raja takes on his enemies and cracks the truth behind Deivanayakam's death. Action oozes all the way.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by D. Imman, and he remixed yesteryear chartbuster hit "Raja Rajathi" from Agni Natchathiram, which was composed by Ilayaraja.[1]

Durai
Soundtrack album by
D. Imman
Released28 March 2008
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageTamil
ProducerD. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Vambu Sandai
(2008)
Durai
(2008)
Maasilamani
(2009)
No.Song TitleSingersLyrics
1Raja RajathiKarthik, Suchith Suresan, MK BalajiVaali
2Unnai MaathiriUdit Narayan, Vineeth Sreenivasan, Shreya GhoshalThabu Shankar
3Aayiram AayiramS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Haricharan, Hariharan, K. J. Yesudas
4Adi AathiJassie Gift, Ramya NSK, Chinmayi, Arjun Menon, Timmy
5Veddaikkum SonthakkaranKarthik, Harish Raghavendra, Prashanthini, Saloni

Critical reception

Indiaglitz wrote "Loads of action is the hallmark of any Arjun film. Durai is no different from his routine commercial action entertainers, where he takes on baddies, fights corrupt system and romances heroines."[2] Behindwoods wrote "Overall, Durai is a regular Arjun movie that fails to provide the regular entertainment. The weak story and loose script are the major drawbacks and with all his experience in tinsel town, Arjun ought to have done better. Even the trademark action sequences are missing with only the climax fight justifying the title of Action King."[3]

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References

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