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Wikipedia article
'Ellame En Rasathan' is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced and directed by Rajkiran. The film stars Rajkiran, Sangita and Roopa Sree. The film's musical score is by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 14 April 1995. The film was a hit at the box-office. The film was remade in Telugu as 'Soggadi Pellam' (1996).
Plot
Singarasu comes to a remote village with his daughter. Singarasu looks for his wife's murderer and only his daughter witnessed the murderer Mookaiyan. Although, Mookaiyan follows them to kill the witness. Meanwhile, the daughter of the village chief Chinna Raani falls in love with Singarasu.
In the past, Singarasu was the gram panchayat president: he was a rough and irresponsible man who spent a lot of time playing rummy, but he was a kind-hearted man. The rowdy Mookaiyan killed a newborn girl in the other village and supported female infanticide. Later, Singarasu clashed with the other village's chief Ayya for supporting this practice. To punish Ayya, Singarasu kidnapped his daughter Raani and sequestered her in his house. Ayya then called the police to arrest the murderer Mookaiyan and Mookaiyan was sent to jail. Thereafter, Raani fell in love with Singarasu and refused to go back home. Singarasu married Raani but he was still an irresponsible man. Later, Singarasu decided to work hard and he became a respected man in the village. Upon his release from the jail, Mookaiyan decided to take revenge on Singarasu so he murdered his innocent wife Raani.
Back to the present, Singarasu clearly objects to wed Chinna Raani and he is determined to punish the heartless Mookaiyan. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Cast
*Rajkiran as Singarasu
*Sangita as Raani
* Baby Neethu Praveen as Singarasu (Rajkiran) daughter
*Roopa Sree as Chinna Raani
*Vadivelu as Vadivelu
*R. Sundarrajan
*K. R. Vijaya as Singarasu's grandmother
*Vittal Rao as Ayya
*Sooriyan as Mookaiyan
*Periya Karuppu Thevar
*Vellai Subbaiah
*Kollangudi Karuppayee
*Bayilvan Ranganathan
*Manohar
*Baby neethu praveen as Singarasu's daughter
*Baby Anusha as Singarasu's daughter
*Kanal Kannan as Rogue (special appearance)
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack, released in 1995, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Pulamaipithan and Ponnadiyan.
Reception
'New Straits Times' wrote "Ellame En Rasah Thaan has a rather slow beginning and takes too much time coming to the point but [..] there is a following for this type of family-oriented movie".
References
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