Ilaignan

Kalaignarin Ilaignan (pronunciation ) (English: Youth) is a 2011 Tamil-language period action film directed by Suresh Krishna, who directs his 50th film, and written by DMK Chief and the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi, its 75th film and based on the Russian novel, The Mother, by Maxim Gorky.[2]

Ilaignan
Directed bySuresh Krishna
Produced byS. Martin
Written byKalaignar M. Karunanidhi
Based onThe Mother
by Maxim Gorky
StarringPa. Vijay
Meera Jasmine
Remya Nambeeshan
Suman
Khushbu Sundar
Namitha
Music byVidyasagar
CinematographyB. L. Sanjay
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Distributed byMartin Productions
Release date
  • 14 January 2011 (2011-01-14)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹ 20 crores [1]

Plot

Karky (Pa. Vijay) is the son of Arokkyasami (Nassar), who wants to win freedom of his people from the shipbuilding owner Rajanayagam (Suman) and his wife Sena (Namitha). Meera (Meera Jasmine) is Rajanayagam's sister. She is a very kindhearted woman who helps Karky. With Meera's help, Karky starts a war against Rajanayagam. Rajayanagam is not only cruel and stone-hearted, but also very cunning and a big fraud. He and his wife play a cunning game and cheat Karky. Karky's mother Valliammai (Kushboo) is initially reluctant to wage war against evil openly as she is afraid of bloodshed. She wanted all workers to live and not die. Rajanayagam crosses all the levels of cruelty. There is no way the situation can be handled peacefully, so Valliammai asks Karky to open a full-fledged war against evil. Then the final war starts between good and evil in which good wins over evil.

Cast

Soundtrack
Ilaignan
Soundtrack album by
Vidyasagar
Released15 January 2011
GenreWorld Music
ProducerVidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Kaavalan
(2010)		 Ilaignan
(2011)		 Siruthai
(2010)

The soundtrack has 5 songs composed by Vidhyasagar.[3]

Reception

Sify wrote "The film is made like an old fashioned steamy tear jerker where good triumphs over evil in the last reel. Characters and milieu look early 20th century, they speak loudly as though they are on a stage without mikes".[4] Behindwoods wrote "Ilaingan is a movie that extols the virtues of communism; of workers demanding their rights and fighting for them. A good tight plot which seldom deviates, but is weighed down by a slightly plain graph of narration and a bit incomplete period recreation. It will be a good watch for those who enjoy strong-willed dramas."[5] Nowrunning wrote " Great effort has been taken to make the film with a ship of majestic proportions, but the story fails to impress. The plot is age old, something irrelevant in today's time."[6]

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References
  1. "'Thai Kaviyam' is now big budget 'Ilaignan'". Indiaglitz. 19 March 2010.
  2. "CM to launch 'Ilaignan'". Indiaglitz. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  3. http://starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_free_download.asp?MovieId=169
  4. http://www.sify.com/movies/ilaignan-review-tamil-pclxOUbhagdaj.html
  5. http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/ilaignan-movie-review.html
  6. http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/8229/tamil/ilaignan/2911/review.htm
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