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Villain (2002 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Villain' is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language heist action film written and directed by K. S. Ravikumar and produced by S. S. Chakravarthy. The film stars Ajith Kumar in a dual role alongside Meena and Kiran. Vidyasagar composed the score and soundtrack for the film. It was remade in Telugu as the same name. The film released on 4 November 2002. It received positive reviews and became a huge commercial success.
Plot
Shiva and Vishnu are identical twins. Shiva, the elder one, is a bus conductor, while Vishnu, the younger one, has a mild intellectual disability. During their childhood, Shiva overhears his parents' plot to send Vishnu to an unknown orphanage and to hide this information from him. To save his brother Vishnu, Shiva runs away to another city with him and strives hard to look after him. A 'dada' Sundaramoorthy, who runs a beggar trade, beats Vishnu brutally, and Vishnu becomes handicapped for life. Shiva leaves Vishnu in a home run by a social worker Lalitha. During the day, Shiva works as a bus conductor, and at the same time, poses as Vishnu: to play Robin Hood and steal from the rich and corrupt. A gang including Thangam, Mani, and others assist him in these operations. He is never suspected, and so, with the stolen money, he takes care of not only Vishnu, but also 800 people in other institutions for the physically handicapped. A college student Lavanya falls in love with Shiva, but he later learns that she is Sundaramoorthy's sister-in-law. Matters worsen when Sundaramoorthy becomes the chairman of the institute for the physically disabled. How Shiva deals with the situation forms the rest of the story. Meanwhile, Thangam is secretly in love with Shiva, though he does not know this. Later she gives up her love and lets Lavanya marry Shiva. At last, Shiva marries Lavanya and Thangam marries Vishnu. The brothers live happily ever after.
Cast
* Ajith Kumar as Shiva and Vishnu (dual role)
* Meena as Thangam
* Kiran as Lavanya
* Sujatha as Lalitha Subramaniam
* FEFSI Vijayan as Sundaramoorthy
* Ramesh Khanna as Mani, Shiva's friend
* Karunas as Nochikuppam Dampudi
* Vijayakumar as ACP
* Nizhalgal Ravi as Shiva and Vishnu's father
* Dinesh Sha as Childhood Shiva
* Naresh Sha as Childhood Vishnu
* Pyramid Natarajan as Minister
* Manobala as Pyramid Natarajan's brother-in-law
* Rekha as Rajalakshmi, Lavanya's sister
* Santhana Bharathi as Father Karunakaran
* Crane Manohar as Shiva's friend
* Vasu Vikram as Shiva's friend
* Pandu as a police officer
* Bayilvan Ranganathan as a police officer
* Madhan Bob as Sundaramoorthy's assistant
* Lavanya as Thangam's friend
* Vinu Chakravarthy as Minister
* Priyanka as Lavanya's friend
* R. S. Shivaji as Pyramid Natarajan's House Security
* R. Sundarrajan as Minister's related
* Besant Ravi
* Kanal Kannan in a special appearance as a henchman
* K. S. Ravikumar in a special appearance as himself
* Vasanthi (Agent Tina) in a special appearance in "Adicha Nethi Adi"
Production
The film saw the first collaboration of Ajith and K. S. Ravikumar, with the former revealing that he was initially reluctant to work with the director in fear of a misunderstanding. Kiran was signed the film after the success of 'Gemini'.[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/nov/02tamil.htm Movies: No big Tamil film release this Diwali]. rediff.com (2 November 2002). Retrieved on 2015-07-26.[https://web.archive.org/web/20030704122010/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101200500.htm Adding glamour to Deepavali]. The Hindu (1 November 2002). Retrieved on 2015-07-26. The shooting of the film was completed in 39 days.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack features 7 songs composed by Vidyasagar and lyrics written by Vairamuthu.
Release and reception
The film was released in Diwali on 4 November 2002 alongside Vijay starrer 'Bagavathi'. The Hindu reviewer claimed that "if you don't rack your brains about the feasibility of the hero's game plans, you could enjoy watching "Villain"" and that "Ajit scores on both fronts".[https://web.archive.org/web/20030627192235/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/15/stories/2002111501040201.htm Villain]. The Hindu (15 November 2002). Retrieved on 2015-07-26. Another critic cited that it was "great slag-less and racy screenplay and some stunning performances from Ajith make this film a treat for the senses".[http://movies.bizhat.com/review_villain.php BizHat.com Villain Review. Ajith, Meena, Kiran, Nasser, Ramesh Khanna, Vijay Kuma]. Movies.bizhat.com. Retrieved on 26 July 2015. Ajith's performance earned him his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811040901/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-05-17/news-interviews/27262867_1_film-awards-lal-jose-girish-kasaravalli Ajit, Simran bag Filmfare awards Times Of India]. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (17 May 2003). Retrieved on 2015-07-26.[http://cinematoday3.itgo.com/Villain.htm 10 years ago]. Cinematoday3.itgo.com. Retrieved on 26 July 2015. The film was later remade in Telugu with the same title by Ravikumar with Rajasekhar, while the original was also dubbed into Hindi.
References
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