Thiruvannamalai (film)

Thiruvannamalai is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language masala film written and directed by Perarasu. It stars Arjun Sarja, Pooja Gandhi, Karunas, Sai Kumar, and Vidharth.[1] The music was composed by Srikanth Deva. The film was later dubbed in Hindi as Main Hoon Vinashak and in Telugu as Jai Sambasiva.

Thiruvannamalai
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Perarasu
Produced by	Pushpa Kandasamy
Written by	Perarasu
Starring	Arjun Sarja Pooja Gandhi Karunas Saikumar Vidharth
Music by	Srikanth Deva
Cinematography	Padmesh
Edited by	V. Jaishankar
Production company	Kavithalayaa Productions
Distributed by	Ayngaran International
Release date	19 December 2008 (2008-12-19)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Eshwar (Arjun Sarja) is an upright, honest youth who runs a local cable channel in Kumbakonam. He is known to fight for causes of the society and the common man. He enters into fisticuffs with local MLA Poongundran (Sai Kumar) after he exposes his corrupt and greedy ways through his cable TV channel. Fearing trouble, his mother takes him to a saint in Thiruvannamalai. The Swami resembles Eshwar. A sequence of events forces them to swap places. The soft-spoken Swami tries to sort all issues through non-violent means (Gandhian philosophy). Halfway through, Duraisingam (Karunas) dies in the hands of Poongundran and his henchman (Vidharth). In the climax, Eshwar kills Poongundran.

Cast

• Arjun Sarja as Eshwar and an unnamed saint
• Pooja Gandhi as Malathi
• Karunas as Duraisingam
• Sai Kumar as MLA Poongundran
• Vidharth as Poongundran's henchman
• Vaiyapuri
• Chitti Babu
• Saravana Subbiah
• Perarasu (cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Srikanth Deva and Released by Divo. All lyrics written by Perarasu.

Thiruvannamalai
Soundtrack album by Srikanth Deva
Released	2008
Recorded	2008
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	24:34
Label	Divo
Producer	Srikanth Deva
Srikanth Deva chronology
Thenavattu (2008) Thiruvannamalai (2008) Perumal (2009)

Track list

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Om Siva Siva"	Shankar Mahadevan	1:34
2.	"Namma Nadai"	Naveen	4:11
3.	"Adiyae"	Udit Narayan, Suchitra	4:44
4.	"Kaadai"	Magi, Renuka, Senthil Das	1:45
5.	"Amma Maare"	Surmukhi Raman, Pushpavanam Kuppusamy	4:14
6.	"Solla Solla"	Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam	4:23
7.	"Emmaiyaalum"	Shankar Mahadevan	3:43
Total length:			24:34

Production

Immediately after the release of Pazhani in January 2008, Perarasu announced that he would make another action film starring Bharath titled Thiruthani.[2] However the actor's commitment to Durai's Nepali and Venkatesh's Killadi meant that he was unable to start the project at the time, so Perarasu announced his next project Thiruvannamalai with Arjun Sarja.[3][4][5][6]

Sanya Vakil was selected to play the lead heroine but she opted out.[7] instead Pooja Gandhi was selected.[8]

Reception

Indiaglitz wrote: "Though the screenplay and script are quick-paced, several sequences sans logic fails to attract attention".[9] Behindwoods wrote: "Thiruvannamalai is a full length Arjun action show in true Perarasu style".[10] Kollywoodtoday wrote: "On the whole, it’s a ridiculous film to watch for miniscule [sic] audiences who are fond of watching avant-garde filmmakers".[11] Sify wrote: "The plodding plot by Perarasu is a rehash of so many films and is as stale as day before yesterday’s Sambar! It follows the hoary formula of all mass masalas, and there is not even one scene or dialogue which is original".[12] Cinefundas wrote: "On the whole, Perarasu makes you feel that he has done something different on the interval where a great challenge is established between two characters. But with everyone anticipating that the screenplay would be sans stunts, it’s completely letting down us with a regretful work".[13]

References

1. "Ayngaran International". Ayngaran.com. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
2. "The Pazhani after-effect!". Behindwoods. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
3. "Thiruvannamalai to kick start!". Behindwoods. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
4. "Arjun in 'Thiruvannamalai'?". Indiaglitz. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
5. "From 'Pazhani' to 'Thiruvannamalai'". Indiaglitz. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
6. "Arjun and Perarasu together". Kollywood Today. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
7. "Sania Vakil — Yet another Mumbai import". Indiaglitz. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
8. "Pooja Gandhi — Back with a bang". Indiaglitz. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
9. "Thiruvannamalai Tamil Movie Review". Indiaglitz. 22 December 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
10. "THIRUVANNAMALAI MOVIE REVIEW". Behindwoods. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
11. "Review — Thiruvannamalai". Kollywood Today. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
12. "Movie Review : Thiruvannamalai". Sify. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
13. http://www.cinefundas.com/2008/12/22/thiruvannamalai-tamil-movie-review