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Wikipedia article
'Sudhandhiram' is a 2000 Tamil-language crime action film directed by Raj Kapoor and produced by K. R. Gangadharan. The film stars Arjun and Rambha while Raghuvaran, Raadhika and Sharat Saxena play supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1954 American film 'On the Waterfront'.
Plot
Vishwa (Arjun) is a goonda and an aspiring boxing champion. He does the typical goonda jobs (like scaring a batsman of the local cricket club to make sure he becomes out) for Sopraj (Sharat Saxena), the local dada. He is usually bailed out by a lawyer (Raadhika), who believes that there is still good in him and he just needs to be given another chance. Sopraj is aiming to build a colony in the area after vacating the people already living there. Vishwa's brother Raghu (Raghuvaran), is an accountant on Sopraj's payroll. Love blossoms between Vishwa and Divya (Rambha), the girlfriend of the head of a local gang. When a social worker Vikram (Ranjith) intrudes in the affairs of Sopraj, he asks Vishwa to bring Vikram to him. Vishwa does so thinking that Sopraj is just going to talk some sense into him but Sopraj brutally kills him instead. This makes Vishwa turn over a new leaf. Though his love for his brother prevents him initially, he finally decides to turn approver against Sopraj.
Cast
* Arjun as Vishwa
* Rambha as Divya
* Raghuvaran as Raghu
* Sharat Saxena as Sopraj (voice dubbed by Salim Ghouse)
* Raadhika as Lawyer Padmini
* Nassar as Sathyamoorthy
* Ranjith as Vikram
* Vivek as Vishwa's friend
* Neena as Neena
* Babloo Prithiveeraj as Charlie
* Ponnambalam as Guna
* Vaiyapuri
* Raj Kapoor as Bharathi
* Master Mahendran
* Chaplin Balu
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar and lyrics were written by Kalaikumar.
Release
The film became a commercial failure at the box office and prompted a legal tussle between actor Arjun and producer K. R. Gangadharan soon after regarding non-payment as per contract.
Owing to the success of 'Mudhalvan' (1999) in Telugu, the film's dubbing rights were bought in advance of the original release and a Telugu version titled 'Bose' was released alongside the Tamil film.
References
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