Red (2002 film)

Red is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Singampuli and produced by S S Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar and Priya Gill in the lead roles, while Manivannan, Salim Ghouse and Raghuvaran played pivotal roles. The film's background score and soundtrack are composed by Deva. The film received mixed to average reviews from critics and the film did average performance at the box office.[1][2]

Red
Poster
Directed bySingampuli
Produced byS. S. Chakravarthy
Written bySingampuli
StarringAjith Kumar
Priya Gill
Manivannan
Salim Ghouse
Raghuvaran
Rajan P. Dev
Revathi
Rajesh
Nizhalgal Ravi
Rajeev
Music byDeva
CinematographyR. D. Rajasekhar
Edited bySreekar Prasad
Production
company
NIC Arts
Release date
14 January 2002
Running time
175 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

RED (Ajith Kumar) (Revolution, Education, Development) is an orphan who has grown up to be the local don in Madurai. He possesses a heart of gold, and when not bashing up bad guys, he spends his time forcing schools to accept students without donations and taking care of orphans. Cheeni (Salim Ghouse) is his biggest enemy. RED falls for Gayathri (Priya Gill), the daughter of his friend and confidante Narayanan (Manivannan), and helps her without her knowledge. She likes him but wants him to give up his life of violence. Meanwhile, reporter Manimegalai (Rajesh) for Ananda Vikatan begins to serialize RED's story under the name Aadhi, and it becomes quite the rage among readers. In the end, RED kills Cheeni and reunites with Gayathri.

Cast

Soundtrack
Red
Soundtrack album by
Deva
Released2001
Recorded2001
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length36:52
LabelSa Re Ga Ma
ProducerDeva
Deva chronology
Panchathanthiram
(2002)		 Red
(2001)		 Pammal K. Sambandam
(2002)

The soundtrack features six songs composed by Deva. The film's soundtrack became a success prior to release, with critics praising the songs particularly "Thai Madiyae".[3] All lyrics written by Vairamuthu.[4]

Track list
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Red Red"SP Balasubramanyam7:06
2."Roja Kaathu"Hariharan5:17
3."November Madham"Hariharan, Mahalaxmi Iyer6:04
4."Olikuchi Udambukari"KK, Anuradha Sriram6:25
5."Dil Dil Italy Kattil"Silambarasan, Mathangi Jagdish5:46
6."Thai Madiyae"Tippu6:14
Total length:36:52

Production

NIC Arts, the producers of Ajith Kumar's previous films Vaali, Mugavaree and Citizen signed him to appear in a film titled Right directed by debutant Singampulia, an associate of Sundar C. The original plot point of Ajith's 1999 film Unnai Thedi was recommended by Singampuli, and Ajith had mentioned that if the film became a success he would feature in a future film to be directed by Singampuli.[5] Priya Gill was signed as heroine while the film has music by Deva and cinematography by Rajasekar. The shoot of the film started at Annapoorna Studios where art director Sabu Cyril erected a part of Madurai town for the film. Other members announced to a part of the cast included Salim Ghouse, Rajan P Dev, Raghuvaran, Manivannan and Srividya.[6]

Release

The film was initially supposed to release in the Deepavali season of 2001 but was postponed to January 2002 to avoid competition with Kamal Haasan's Aalavandhan .The film ran more than 100 days at madurai only.[7]

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References
  1. Krishnamoorthy, Mohan (7 December 2018). "Red Movie : காரணமும் இது தான்.!". Kalakkal Cinema. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "'தல படத்துல ஒரு தப்பு பண்ணிட்டேன்' Red Movie Director Singam Puli Exclusive Interview... (video)". nakkheeran. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. Retrieved on 2017-11-19.
  4. "Red". Saavn.com. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. Ashok Kumar, S. R. (27 November 2010) My First Break: Singam Puli. The Hindu
  6. Itihaasam and Red. www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. Retrieved on 2017-11-19.
  7. www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. www.ajithkumar.fr.fm. Retrieved on 2017-11-19.
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