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Dum (2003 Tamil film)
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Wikipedia article
'Dum' is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action-romantic comedy film directed by A. Venkatesh and written by Puri Jagannadh. The film stars Silambarasan and Rakshitha, while Ashish Vidyarthi and S. S. Rajendran play pivotal roles. It is the Tamil remake of 2002 Kannada film 'Appu'.[https://archive.org/details/kalki2003-05-04/page/n33/mode/2up 'Kalki' review]
Plot
Satya (Silambarasan) is the son of a police constable. He gets into fights and ends up in jail where his own father gets him out on bail. While he is returning home from a party drunk, a group of college students beat him up. That is when Suchitra (Rakshitha) comes and takes him to the hospital and gives blood. She is the daughter of a police commissioner. Later, Satya falls in love with Suchitra. That leads to several problems which are faced bravely by Satya in the later part of the film. Finally, all goes well, and Satya also receives the letter confirming his selection for IPS.
Cast
* Silambarasan as Sathya
* Rakshitha as Suchitra
* Ashish Vidyarthi as Thilak
* S. S. Rajendran as IGP
* Delhi Ganesh as Chokkalingam
* Livingston as Boopathi
* Radha Ravi as Inspector
* Sumitra
* Neelima Rani
* Besant Ravi
* Madhan Bob
* Cool Suresh
Production
The film was initially set to be titled 'Idiot' after the Telugu version, but the title was later changed. A. Venkatesh remade the film from Puri Jagannadh's 2002 Kannada film 'Appu', which was also remade in Telugu in 2002 as 'Idiot'. Venkatesh was keen to cast Kiran Rathod, but later selected Rakshitha, who appeared in all three versions of the film. During the making of the film, Silambarasan did his own stunts including a risky jump from the fifth floor of a building.
Release
'Dum' was an average hit at the box office.[http://www.sify.com/movies/manmathan-silambarasan-news-tamil-kkfvC9gfbdfsi.html Dum was Simbu's first hit]
Soundtrack
There are eight songs composed by Deva, while SabeshMurali handled the film's background score. The songs Chanakya, Polladha Padava, Manase are reused from the original Telugu movie Idiot. The song "Chanakya Chanakya" was sampled by Bulgarian pop-folk singer Emilia in her song "Ti si mi". Lyrics written by Pa. Vijay and Kabilan.
References
Category:2003 films
Category:Tamil remakes of Kannada films
Category:2000s Tamil-language films
Category:2000s masala films
Category:Indian action comedy films
Category:2003 action comedy films
Category:Films directed by A. Venkatesh (director)
Category:2003 comedy films
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