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Varalaru

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Varalaaru
Varalaru.JPG
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. S. Ravikumar
Written byK. S. Ravikumar
Screenplay byK. S. Ravikumar
Story byR. K. Celluloids Unit
Produced byS. S. Chakravarthy
StarringAjith Kumar
Asin Thottumkal
Kanika
Ramesh Khanna
Suman Setty
Kanika
Sujatha Menon
M. S. Baskar
CinematographyP.C. Sreeram
Priyan
Arthur A. Wilson
S. Murthy
K. Prasad
Edited byK. Thanigachalam
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
company
Distributed byFilm Fabricators
Release date
  • 20 October 2006 (2006-10-20)
Running time
166 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹12 crore[1]
Box office₹25 crore[1]

Varalaru: History Of Godfather, or simply known as Varalaru (transl. History), is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action-drama film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar, and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy under the banner NIC Arts. The film stars Ajith Kumar in a triple role as a father and his twin sons alongside Asin, Ramesh Khanna, Suman Setty, Kanika, Sujatha and M. S. Baskar play supporting roles. The film's soundtrack and background score was composed by A. R. Rahman. The film ran for 210 days and became a blockbuster at the box office. Prior to its release, the film was known by its title Godfather, but following the Government of Tamil Nadu's motion to exempt tax on films titled in Tamil in 2006, the film's title was changed. After two years of production, the film was released on 20 October 2006 during the eve of Diwali, and emerged as the highest grosser of the year.[2] The film has been remade in Kannada, titled Godfather and in Burmese as Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal, and in Odia as Tu Mo Dehara Chhai. This film was Sujatha’s final appearance before her retirement and eventual demise in 2011.

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History

History

History is the systematic study and documentation of human activity. The time period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries.

K. S. Ravikumar

K. S. Ravikumar

K. S. Ravikumar is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, primarily working in Tamil films.

S. S. Chakravarthy

S. S. Chakravarthy

S. S. Chakravarthy is an Indian film producer in Tamil cinema. He has produced a number of Tamil films through his Production company is NIC Arts. Most of his films had actor Ajith Kumar & Silambarasan in the lead roles. His son Johnny alias Imran chakravarthy debuted as actor in Renigunta which he produced, along with Johnny's subsequent film, 18 Vayasu and also has a daughter, Shakeel Nila chakravarthy.

Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 60 films, and his awards include four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In addition to his acting, Ajith is also a sports car racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010). He became a race car driver, competing in circuits around India in places such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. He is one among very few Indians to race in the International arena and in Formula championships. Based on the annual earnings of Indian celebrities, he was included in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list three times.

Asin

Asin

Asin Thottumkal, known mononymously as Asin, is a former Indian actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She has received three Filmfare Awards. She began her acting career in the South Indian film industry, but later shifted her focus to Bollywood. She speaks eight languages.

Ramesh Khanna

Ramesh Khanna

Ramesh Khanna is an Indian actor and film director who has worked in Tamil cinema. He has acted in a number of supporting and comedian roles.

Sujatha (actress)

Sujatha (actress)

Sujatha was an Indian actress who performed and starred in a variety of unique characters in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films- in addition to few in Kannada and Hindi languages as well. The actress was best known for restraint and subtlety in portrayal of varied emotions. After starring in numerous Malayalam films in her mother-tongue, Sujatha later got introduced to the Tamil film industry by veteran director K. Balachander and producer P.R. Govindarajan as a protagonist in her first Tamil film, Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974). It was a critically acclaimed film and launched the actress's first commecrical breakthrough in her acting career. Whereas, her first Telugu picture happened to be a Telugu/Tamil bilingual titled as Guppedu Manasu (1979) in Telugu and was simultaneously shot as Nool Veli in Tamil of the same year. She died of a cardiac arrest on 6 April 2011 in Chennai.

A. R. Rahman

A. R. Rahman

Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian music composer, record producer, singer and songwriter, popular for his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Hindi films, with occasional forays in international cinema, as well as an arrangement of the 20th Century Studios fanfare for Star Studios. He is a winner of six National Film Awards, two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, fifteen Filmfare Awards and seventeen Filmfare Awards South. In 2010, the Indian government conferred him with the Padma Bhushan, the nation's third-highest civilian award.

Government of Tamil Nadu

Government of Tamil Nadu

Government of Tamil Nadu is the subnational government for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is seated at Fort St George, Chennai. The legislature of Tamil Nadu was bicameral until 1986, when it was replaced by a unicameral legislature, like most other states in India.

Diwali

Diwali

Diwali, also known as the Festival of Lights, is one of the most important festivals in Indian religions. It symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance". The festival is widely associated with conflagrations between good and evil entities.

Godfather (2012 film)

Godfather (2012 film)

Godfather is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language action-drama film directed by cinematographer-turned-director Sethu Sriram starring Upendra in a triple role as a father and his two sons, alongside Soundarya Jayamala and Catherine Tresa. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by A. R. Rahman.

Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal

Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal

Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal, is a 2015 Burmese action drama film starring Nay Toe, Thet Mon Myint and Yadanar Phyu Phyu Aung. It is an unofficial remake of the 2006 Indian film Varalaru. The film, produced by Star World Film Production premiered in Myanmar on November 27, 2015.

Plot

Shivashankar, a crippled multi-millionaire, sends his spoilt son Vishnu to Thottapuram to help the poor. Vishnu does not want to go, but a local pizza restaurateur convinces Vishnu and his friends that the village is one big brothel. Thottapuram is a sacred village and the restaurateur had purposefully deceived Vishnu and his friends. Also Divya and her college classmates are visiting the village. They come for their social activity course to improve the village's health and hygiene. A large building is reserved for him and the girls are asked to stay in the poor families' houses. Vishnu and his friends arrive and start to woo the girls, whom they mistake for Thottapuram's prostitutes. When Divya discovers their plan, she and her friends decide to teach Vishnu and his friends a lesson.

Vishnu and his friends are wooed by Divya and the other girls. They are led to separate rooms where the girls inject a serum that makes them itch all over. They leave, screaming and scratching. Vishnu tells Divya to leave her profession and offers to save her honour by marrying her in the village temple the next day. Divya does not come, but Vishnu and his friends happen to see her leaving on a bus bearing the name of the girls' college, revealing that they have been duped. But, Divya got guilt ridden when she watches him carrying mangala sutra and really got ready to marry her. Depressed and feeling cheated, Vishnu returns home, Shivshankar discovers that his son fell in love. Under his influence, Vishnu and Divya get engaged. Everything goes well until one night, Vishnu goes to Divya's house in a drunken state. Her family prevent him from talking to her. This eventually leads to a fight. Vishnu then goes to Divya's cousin's house to meet Divya and apologises for his behaviour, but suddenly attempts to rape Divya's cousin which Divya got horrified when noticing. Then on the same day at night, Vishnu tries to kill Shivashankar, but is stopped by Ko Thandam, Sivashankar's P.A., who got stabbed by Vishnu. Disappointed with Vishnu's behaviour, Shivashankar sends Vishnu to a psychiatrist .

It is then revealed that Jeeva, Vishnu's twin, had assumed Vishnu's identity, took money from the bank, got drunk and went to Divya's place and attempted to rape Divya's cousin. Jeeva hates Shivashankar for abandoning him and his mentally-challenged mother Gayathri. Later, Divya manages to sneak into Vishnu's room in the hospital and believes his explanation that he is innocent. She leaves and shortly afterwards, Jeeva appears, smuggles and dumps Vishnu out of the hospital, takes over his identity and goes to kill Shivashankar. The father notices that it is not his son after he gets a call from the real son and gets out of his wheelchair to defend himself, much to Jeeva's surprise. Vishnu arrives at the scene, surprised that his father is able to walk and demands an explanation.

Shivashankar tells him that he was a Bharatanatyam dancer who behaved effeminately due to dancing and the upbringing of his mother, whom he loved dearly. His mother had arranged for Shivashankar to marry Gayathri, who was her friend's daughter. He agreed but Gayathri rejected Shivashankar for being too effeminate and insulted him in front of crowd in the wedding. Unable to bear the embarrassment, Shivashankar's mother died on the spot. Enraged, Shivashankar raped and impregnated Gayathri. The doctor refused to give her an abortion, leading to Vishnu's birth. Shivashankar took Vishnu from his mother saying the child would be the only hope of his life. But, unknown to Sivashankar, right after he left Gayathri gave birth to another baby who was Jeeva.

Jeeva escapes and threatens to kill Shivashankar at Vishnu's and Divya's wedding. Shivashankar fights with Vishnu and attempts to stop him. Jeeva points a gun at Shivashankar and reveals that he is also Shivashankar's son and the reason for why he came to kill Shivashankar. Jeeva's grandmother tells them that Gayathri actually became an insane when Jeeva was about to get hit by a lorry, when he was a baby. Jeeva realises his mistake. He wants Shivashankar to shoot him, but a police officer mistakenly thinks that Jeeva is pointing the gun at Shivashankar. He fires at Jeeva, but Shivashankar intervenes and gets shot in between. Jeeva accepts Shivashankar's apology and gets arrested.

Weeks later, Gayathri does not accept food from anyone, until Vishnu comes dressed up as Jeeva and feeds her. The film ends with Vishnu telling her that Shivashankar is the godfather of family.

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Mangala sutra

Mangala sutra

A mangala sutra, or thaali, is a necklace that the groom ties around the bride's neck in the Indian subcontinent, in a ceremony called Mangalya Dharanam ) within a Hindu wedding. The necklace serves as a visual marker of status as a married Hindu woman.

Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam is an Indian classical dance form that originated in Tamil Nadu. It is one of eight Indian classical dance forms recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of Shaivism and in general of Hinduism.

Godparent

Godparent

In infant baptism and denominations of Christianity, a godparent is someone who bears witness to a child's christening and later is willing to help in their catechesis, as well as their lifelong spiritual formation. In the past, in some countries, the role carried some legal obligations as well as religious responsibilities. In both religious and civil views, a godparent tends to be an individual chosen by the parents to take an interest in the child's upbringing and personal development, to offer mentorship or claim legal guardianship of the child if anything should happen to the parents. A male godparent is a godfather, and a female godparent is a godmother. The child is a godchild.

Cast

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Ajith Kumar is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 60 films, and his awards include four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In addition to his acting, Ajith is also a sports car racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010). He became a race car driver, competing in circuits around India in places such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. He is one among very few Indians to race in the International arena and in Formula championships. Based on the annual earnings of Indian celebrities, he was included in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list three times.

Asin

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Asin Thottumkal, known mononymously as Asin, is a former Indian actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She has received three Filmfare Awards. She began her acting career in the South Indian film industry, but later shifted her focus to Bollywood. She speaks eight languages.

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Pandu (actor)

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Manobala

Manobala

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Crane Manohar

Crane Manohar

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Idichapuli Selvaraj

Idichapuli Selvaraj

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K. Sivasankar

K. Sivasankar

K. Shivashankar was an Indian dance choreographer who worked in more than 10 languages but majorly with South Indian films, including Tamil films & Telugu films.

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Madhan Bob

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Production

As per director Sunderajan, Varalaru's original base story was scripted by him for Kamal Haasan under the Sivaji Productions banner. This did not happen, however, due to Kamal Haasan's unwillingness to work with Sunderajan as he did not like the script. He felt it would portray him as womaniser.[3]

In late 1999, K. S. Ravikumar narrated two scripts to actor Kamal Haasan. One was about a transgender incorporating three roles titled Madana and a comedy script Thenali. He was impressed with both but turned the offer down due to his conflicting schedule at the time.Rajinikanth too had agreed to do the story titled Madana if Kamal opts out.[4] Ravikumar was forced to pull out of a project titled Jaggubhai which he had written and begun directing and consequently signed on Ajith Kumar, who had just opted out of A. R. Murugadoss's action film, Mirattal. Later, the project shifted to the hands of NIC Arts (from Sri Surya Movies) due to a higher budget.[5] The filming of Godfather began in November 2004, with Ravikumar initially announcing a release date of April 2005.[6][7] Asin, was added to the film after Jyothika walked out of the project, while A. R. Rahman was signed on as music composer to the film to be produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. Early reports suggested that one of Ajith's roles in the film would be a eunuch or a transgender,[8] but the role eventually turned out to be that of a classical dancer.[9] Shooting progressed from November 2004 till the end of the year.

In January 2005, it was announced that the film was put on hold due to financial problems, initiating a long delay in the production of the film.[10] The film also faced problems, after the government banned scenes involving excessive smoking in films.[11] Furthermore, in mid-2005, Ajith fell out with the producer, who had made several films with him in the past and stated that the pair would never work together again.[12] The indefinite delay had led to Ajith taking a forced sabbatical, with his market being at a low following the failure of his previous film Ji.[13] Ravi Kumar tried to get in R. B. Choudary and his banner of Super Good Movies to finish the movie but to avail.[14]

Chakravarthy avoided trouble by claiming he would finish the film by 15 June 2005 and signed a contract in March with the Tamil Nadu Producers Committee, who wanted to resolve the problem. The film restarted in April 2005, with a 10-day shoot in Ooty including a song, with Ravikumar revealing that further shots would be filmed in Hyderabad, and then in Canada, and that the film would be ready for release by 22 July 2005. P. C. Sreeram opted out of the film after his dates clashed with his work in Kanda Naal Mudhal and was replaced by Priyan. Actress Meena who was supposed to do play Shivashankar's wife also opted out due a conflicting schedule. Devayani was also considered for the role but she refused as she did not want to scold Ajith[15] and after unfruitful discussion with Simran, Kanika was signed.[16] Problems arose in mid-2005, when Asin could not allot dates for the film due to her work in Ghajini, Majaa and Sivakasi.[17] However, by 15 June, thirty five days work was still required and Ajith was forced to leave the project to begin work on Bala's Naan Kadavul as per the signed contract.[18] Chakravarthy later reported Ajith for the delays and before further problems occurred, L. Suresh of Ananda Pictures, a leading Chennai based distributor, intervened and solved the existing problems by providing an interest-free loan.[19] Subsequently, the film became trouble free but took more than a year to finish the remaining portions and only released in October 2006 as Ajith took priority in completing Paramasivan and Thirupathi. Meanwhile, the title Godfather was reverted to Varalaru (Biography) after the state government gave an order to grant entertainment tax exemption to movies titled in Tamil.[20]

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Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 60 films, and his awards include four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In addition to his acting, Ajith is also a sports car racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010). He became a race car driver, competing in circuits around India in places such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. He is one among very few Indians to race in the International arena and in Formula championships. Based on the annual earnings of Indian celebrities, he was included in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list three times.

Asin

Asin

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Jyothika

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A. R. Rahman

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Ji (film)

Ji (film)

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Kanda Naal Mudhal

Kanda Naal Mudhal

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Ghajini (2005 film)

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Music

The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by A. R. Rahman, marking his fourth collaboration with Ravikumar after Muthu (1995), Padayappa (1999), Thenali (2000) and third with Ajith Kumar after Pavithra (1994) and Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000). He finished composing all the songs for the film by December 2004. The soundtrack features nine songs, with lyrics written by Vairamuthu.[21] The song "Ilamai" features a remix version, and "Innisai" features a reprise and an extended version of the song which is used in the film. The album was released on 27 September 2006.

All lyrics are written by Vairamuthu.

Track list
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ilamai"Mohammed Aslam, Pop Shalini, Tanvi Shah5:22
2."Ilamai" (Remix)Suresh Peters, Blaaze4:01
3."Innisai"Mahathi, Saindhavi, Naresh Iyer5:14
4."Innisai" (Reprise)Mahathi, Saindhavi3:44
5."Innisai" (Film Version)Mahathi, Saindhavi, Naresh Iyer6:33
6."Kamma Karaiyila"Naresh Iyer, Sowmya Raoh5:32
7."Kaatril Oar Vaarthai"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sadhana Sargam, Reena Bhardwaj6:03
8."Theeyil Vizhuntha"A. R. Rahman6:17
9."Thotha Puram"Kalpana Raghavendar, Ranjith, Leon James, Peer Mohammed, Sonu Kakkar5:38
Total length:48:07

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Muthu (film)

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Padayappa

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Pavithra

Pavithra

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Remix

Remix

A remix is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The only characteristic of a remix is that it appropriates and changes other materials to create something new.

Reprise

Reprise

In music, a reprise is the repetition or reiteration of the opening material later in a composition as occurs in the recapitulation of sonata form, though—originally in the 18th century—was simply any repeated section, such as is indicated by beginning and ending repeat signs.

Mohammed Aslam

Mohammed Aslam

Mohammed Aslam is an Indian playback singer. He is most known for his stage performance called "Aslam Nite" dedicated to Mohammed Rafi songs. He has performed across India and Persian Gulf countries, and is also a playback singer in the Tamil and Bollywood film industries.

Pop Shalini

Pop Shalini

Shalini Singh, popularly called as Pop Shalini, is a singer from Tamil Nadu, India. Born in 1984, she is a singer, performer, blogger, and also a writer. She released an album 'Shalini' when she was only 13. She has sung over 5000 songs in various Indian languages for Indian films and albums. She has sung for the likes of A.R.Rahman, Harris Jayaraj, Illayaraja, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Vidhyasagar and many others.

Blaaze

Blaaze

Lakshmi Narasimha Vijaya Rajagopala Sheshadri Sharma Rajesh Raman, professionally known as Blaaze, is an Indian Tamil language playback singer and rapper in Indian cinema who specializes in writing and performing rap music. An Indian by birth, born in Chennai, he grew up in Zambia and later did his education in England and in the US.

Mahathi (singer)

Mahathi (singer)

Mahathi. S, known by the mononym Mahathi is a Carnatic musician and playback singer for film songs in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi languages.

Naresh Iyer

Naresh Iyer

Naresh Iyer is an Indian playback singer. Born Mumbai, Iyer is fluent in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi and Marathi. Naresh Iyer has rendered 2000 film songs in several Indian languages and has several chart hits to his credit. His rendition of "Roobaroo" from the movie Rang De Basanti composed by A. R. Rahman topped the music charts for many weeks in 2006 and won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer. He won the Filmfare award in the R.D. Burman Musical Talent category.

Release

The film released on 20 October 2006, during the Diwali season alongside Silambarasan's Vallavan, S. P. Jananathan's E, Saran's Vattaram and Sarath Kumar's Thalaimagan, and emerged as the biggest hit of the year.[22][23] Varalaru opened in over 300 screens worldwide including 25 screens in Chennai district. It ran for 210 days and also went on to become Ajith Kumar's biggest grosser until the release of his 2007 film, Billa.[24]

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Silambarasan

Silambarasan

Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S.T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, before his first lead role in Kadhal Azhivathillai (2002), under his father's direction and produced by his mother Usha.

Vallavan

Vallavan

Vallavan is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written and directed by Silambarasan, starring himself as the titular character along with Reema Sen and Nayanthara as lead heroines whilst Sandhya, Santhanam, Premji, and Sathyan play supporting roles. The dialogues are written by Balakumaran. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film released on 21 October 2006. It received mixed to positive reviews and became Simbu's 2nd best success after Manmadhan (2004).

S. P. Jananathan

S. P. Jananathan

S. P. Jananathan was an Indian film director and screenwriter who worked in Tamil cinema.

E (2006 film)

E (2006 film)

E is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language medical thriller film directed by S. P. Jananathan. The film stars Jiiva and Nayanthara, while Ashish Vidyarthi, Pasupathy and Karunas played supporting roles. The film's music is composed by director Srikanth Deva. The film was appreciated for its fresh storyline connecting to real-life medical crimes. The movie was a commercial failure, garnering mixed critical response.

Saran (director)

Saran (director)

K. V. Saravanan, better known as Saran, is an Indian film director active mainly in Tamil cinema. He was once an assistant to K. Balachander. He owns production house called Gemini Productions.

Vattaram

Vattaram

Vattaram is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action gangster film written, produced, and directed by Saran. The film stars Arya, Napoleon, and Kirat Bhattal. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Bharadwaj. The film released on 21 October 2006. This film declared an average grosser at the box office. The film was dubbed in Hindi as Are You Ready To Fight.

Thalaimagan

Thalaimagan

Thalaimagan is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action film starring Sarath Kumar, Nayanthara, Vadivelu and Vijayakumar. This film marked Sarath Kumar's directorial debut. It was the 100th film of Sarath Kumar. The film received mixed to negative criticism.

Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar

Ajith Kumar is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 60 films, and his awards include four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and three Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. In addition to his acting, Ajith is also a sports car racer and participated in the MRF Racing series (2010). He became a race car driver, competing in circuits around India in places such as Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. He is one among very few Indians to race in the International arena and in Formula championships. Based on the annual earnings of Indian celebrities, he was included in the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list three times.

Billa (2007 film)

Billa (2007 film)

Billa is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Vishnuvardhan. It is a remake of the 1978 Hindi film Don. The film stars Ajith Kumar who plays a double role as an underworld don and his friendly look-alike alongside Nayanthara and Namitha, while Prabhu, Rahman, Adithya Menon, and Santhanam playing supporting roles. It is produced by L. Suresh and Abdurrahman M while featuring a score and soundtrack by Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by Nirav Shah and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.

Reception

The critic from The Hindu gave a verdict that the film "scores in pace and performance!" and mentioned that "Ajith's skills as a performer have been appreciably honed and efficiently used" and that it is a "milestone in Ajith's cinema efforts, the film has the potential to propel its hero into a higher league in stardom", while describing Asin as "lustrous and sails through her role smoothly", while Kanika "gets more scope, which she makes good use of".[25] Rediff.com also gave the film a positive review claiming that "Varalaaru is undoubtedly the only must-watch release this Diwali. Watch it for a display of all the elements of Ajith's versatility and range of emotions".[26] The reviewer from Behindwoods praised the film saying "the narration and an implausible screenplay succeed in entertaining the masses", with the critic from Indiaglitz.com citing that "Varalaru will make history. Ajith's work will certainly uplift to it being a ultimate legend".[27][28] Ajith subsequently won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil for 2006 for his triple role performance.

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The Hindu

The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after The Times of India. As of March 2018, The Hindu is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India.

Asin

Asin

Asin Thottumkal, known mononymously as Asin, is a former Indian actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She has received three Filmfare Awards. She began her acting career in the South Indian film industry, but later shifted her focus to Bollywood. She speaks eight languages.

Rediff.com

Rediff.com

Rediff.com is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996. It is headquartered in Mumbai, with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City.

Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil

Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil

The Filmfare Best Actor Award is given by the Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Tamil film lead actors. The Filmfare Awards South Awards were extended to "Best Actor" in 1972. The year indicates the year of release of the film.

Remakes

Ravi Teja announced he was going to remake the film in Telugu in 2007, but eventually did not do so.[29] Further discussions by Pawan Kalyan to do the role in Telugu with Ravikumar as director also failed.[30]

In 2012, cinematographer Sethu Sriram opted to remake the film in Kannada under the original title, Godfather. And in Odia as Tu Mo Dehara Chhai[31]

The movie was unofficially remade in 2015 in Burmese as Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal.

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Ravi Teja

Ravi Teja

Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju, known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian film actor and producer who mainly works in Telugu cinema. Known for his roles in action comedy films, he is popular by the moniker "Mass Maharaja". One of the highest-paid Telugu film actors, Teja has won three state Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award South. He was featured by Forbes India in the list of top 100 Celebrities in 2012, 2013, and 2015.

Pawan Kalyan

Pawan Kalyan

Pawan Kalyan is an Indian actor, filmmaker, and politician. His films are predominantly in Telugu cinema. Kalyan is the younger brother of actor-ex.politician Chiranjeevi, and made his debut in the 1996 film Akkada Ammayi Ikkada Abbayi. He starred in Tholi Prema in 1998, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu that year.

Sethu Sriram

Sethu Sriram

Sethu Sriram is a national award-winning cinematographer, art director and director. He is best known for his national award-winning short film Blindfolded (2000). He has worked in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi films. In 2014, he is coming with his first Hindi film SNAFU.

Godfather (2012 film)

Godfather (2012 film)

Godfather is a 2012 Indian Kannada-language action-drama film directed by cinematographer-turned-director Sethu Sriram starring Upendra in a triple role as a father and his two sons, alongside Soundarya Jayamala and Catherine Tresa. The film's soundtrack and background score were composed by A. R. Rahman.

Burmese language

Burmese language

Burmese is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Myanmar, where it is an official language, lingua franca, and the native language of the Burmans, the country's principal ethnic group. Burmese is also spoken by the indigenous tribes in Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh, and in Tripura state in Northeast India. Although the Constitution of Myanmar officially recognizes the English name of the language as the Myanmar language, most English speakers continue to refer to the language as Burmese, after Burma, the country's once previous and currently co-official name. Burmese is the common lingua franca in Myanmar, as the most widely-spoken language in the country. In 2007, it was spoken as a first language by 33 million, primarily the Burman people and related ethnic groups, and as a second language by 10 million, particularly ethnic minorities in Myanmar and neighboring countries. In 2022, the Burmese-speaking population was 38.8 million.

Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal

Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal

Nat Khat Mhar Tae Tite Pwal, is a 2015 Burmese action drama film starring Nay Toe, Thet Mon Myint and Yadanar Phyu Phyu Aung. It is an unofficial remake of the 2006 Indian film Varalaru. The film, produced by Star World Film Production premiered in Myanmar on November 27, 2015.

Source: "Varalaru", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 20th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varalaru.

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