Arumugam (film)

Arumugam
Poster
Directed bySuresh Krishna
Written byRashid Premji
Produced byChida.Shenbaga Kumar
StarringBharath
Priyamani
Music byDeva
Production
company
Kool Productions
Distributed byMannan Films
Release date
  • 25 September 2009 (2009-09-25)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Arumugam (transl. Six Faces) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by Suresh Krishna and written by Rashid Premji. The film stars Bharath and Priyamani, while Ramya Krishnan, Saranya Mohan, Sathya, and Karunas play supporting roles. The music was composed by Deva. This movie was based on the Rajinikanth film Annaamalai (1992), also directed by Suresh Krishna. The film released on 25 September 2009 and was panned by critics as well as audience.

Plot

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Arumugam (Bharath) is a Good Samaritan who makes a living selling idlis on a roadside platform shop along with his father (Ilavarasu), sister Mallika (Saranya Mohan), and sidekick (Karunas). Arumugam is in love with his childhood sweetheart Yamini (Priyamani) His best friend is the rich man Karthik (Sathya), whose sister is an arrogant tycoon Malini Devi (Ramya Krishnan). She and her uncle (Pithamagan Mahadevan) hate Karthik's deep bonding with Arumugam, who she finds to be below her stature. Malini, through her machinations, is able to separate the friends and bring Arumugam to the streets. Arumugam, after his mother's (Seetha) grave is bulldozed and Mallika is humiliated, vows to bring Malini to the streets. Due to his hard work and smart moves, he becomes the richest man in the town and takes his revenge.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Pa. Vijay and Perarasu.[2]

No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss)
1 Aarumugam Deva, Shankar Mahadevan Perarasu 05:11
2 Yamini Hariharan, Sadhana Sargam Pa. Vijay 05:43
3 Salona Udit Narayan, Sonu Kakkar 05:03
4 Endhan Rajadhi Mahalakshmi Iyer 03:11
5 Oru Poongatru Mahalakshmi Iyer, Shankar Mahadevan 03:23
6 Rendu Rendu Suraj, Madhushree 04:52

Release and reception

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The film was released on 25 September 2009 alongside four other films.[3]

The film received negative reviews from critics, who compared it with the director's own film Annamalai due to its similar plot.[4] Sify labelled the film as "poor" and cited that the film "makes you feel suffocated and every scene is predictable".[5] Pavithra Srinivasan from Rediff labelled the film as a "ridiculous fare", giving it merely 0.5 out of 5 stars.[6] Behinwoods wrote calling it "outdated story taken in a manner that would have worked in the mid 90s".[7]

References

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  1. ^ Malathi Rangarajan (25 December 2010). "Nellu: Grain and pain". The Hindu.
  2. ^ Arumugam Tamil Movie Songs Download & Listen To Music By Deva – Listen High Quality mp3 Arumugam – Songs Free @. Starmusiq.com. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  3. ^ "Five Tamil films this Friday!". Sify. 23 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Review – Aarumugam". Kollywood Today. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Movie Review:Arumugham". Sify. Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Review: Arumugam is ridiculous fare". Rediff.com. 28 September 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  7. ^ Arumugam – Tamil Movie Review – Bharath Priyamani Ramya Krishnan Deva Suresh Krissna Cool Productions. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
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