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Wikipedia article
'Uzhaippali' (; ) is a 1993 Indian Tamil-language action drama film, written and directed by P. Vasu. It stars Rajinikanth and Roja. The film was released on 24 June 1993 and became a box office success.
Plot
Rajini works as a coolie in a factory. He is asked by three brothers to feign to be a foreign-returned rich man, the heir of a property. Rajini acts, but always escapes as he doesn't want to face consequences. But then he discovers that he is the heir to the property, his father was killed by three brothers to take away the property and mother became a mental patient. He avenges the death of his father by killing the villains. At last, he says he doesn't want to be an heir to money and always remains a coolie.
Cast
* Rajinikanth as Thamizharasan/Thamizhazhagan
* Roja as Vimala
* Radha Ravi as Ragupathy
* S. S. Chandran as Seethapathy
* Nizhalgal Ravi as Gajapathy
* Goundamani as P. A. of Lawyer Balasubramaniam
* Vijayakumar as Thamizharasan's brother-in-law
* Visu as Lawyer Balasubramaniam
* Sujatha as Janaki
* Prathapachandran as Doctor
* Vivek as Tamilarasan's friend
* Charle as Thamizharasan's friend
* Ravichandran as Thamizharasan's father
* Rupini (Special appearance in the song "Mynaa Mynaa")
* Raghava Lawrence (Special appearance in the song "Uzhaippali Illatha")
Production
'Uzhaippali' marked the comeback of Vijaya Productions who stopped producing for 20 years. This was P. Vasu's third collaboration with Rajinikanth after 'Panakkaran' and 'Mannan'. Unlike those films, this was not a remake, but an original story written by Vasu.
On 5 February 1993, 'Uzhaippali' had a grand pooja at Vijaya Vauhini studio. The pooja was conducted even though the distributors not willing to distribute the film and the Red Card against Rajinikanth was not removed.
When the shooting was happening in Chikmagalur, cast and crew were refused to book rooms in hotel for not paying the discount, Rajinikanth was sleeping in car due to non-availability. Vasu completed the film in 58 days.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, and the lyrics were written by Vaali.
Release and reception
'Uzhaippali' was released on 24 June 1993. The film was much in news as, distributors banned Rajinikanth films and to resolve the issue, Rajinikanth met Kamal Haasan and the next day, 'Uzhaippali' was announced. The film was released straight in theatres without the support of distributors and become a hit by running more than 100 days. When the film was ready for release, producer was in doldrums how to release it when there is Red Card on Rajinikanth. Rajinikanth came up with an idea to distribute the film directly to theatres. Rajinikanth distributed the film in NSC through his distribution company Ramana Film Distributors. In Chennai, 'Uzhaippali' released in Albert, Abirami, Kamala, Crown and Sri Brinda. The film opening reservation was fabulous and almost 15 days houseful in reservation. The opening report was fantastic and became talk of the town. 'Uzhaippali' had a non-stop run for 116 days in Chennai's Albert and Abirami and 150 days in Madurai's Cine Priya. The film released in overseas too especially in Singapore and Malaysia doing decent business.
'The Indian Express' wrote "'Uzhaippali' is a neat, unpretentious entertainer from reel one and Vasu has kept up the pace of narration without a moment's boredom". At the 14th Cinema Express Awards, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam won the Best Playback Singer award.
References
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